§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will list the Department's bilateral aid projects which have been evaluated as successful; and if he will publish the most recent criteria. [149193]
§ Hilary BennAll DFID projects and programmes, 515W which are at least two years old and have a commitment value of £1 million and over, are reviewed annually and scored on likely success. The outcome of the review is recorded on DFID's central Performance Reporting Information System (PRISM), and is used to track DFID's performance against its Public Service Agreement (PSA) Value for Money Target.
The success rating consists of a 5-point scoring system ranging from 1 (Likely to be "Completely" achieved') and 2 (`Likely to be "Largely" achieved') to 5 ('"Unlikely" to be realised'). In the context of the PSA,
Value for money divisional breakdown for calendar year 2003 High Medium Low Risk category Number of projects Percentage of commitment value Number of projects Percentage of commitment value Number of projects Percentage of commitment value Africa 30 34 188 48 80 85 Asia 30 14 125 62 69 79 Europe, Middle East and Americas 23 66 108 67 58 67 Others 6 94 67 55 76 63 A list detailing the individual projects of £1 million and over covered in the table has been placed in the Library of the House, entitled 'Projects in 2003'. The project list is broken down by DFID department and region.