§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to his answer of 28 April 2004,Official Report, columns 1068–69W, on China (coercive population control), how and by whom the independent monitoring and evaluation of the impact of UN FPA's work in China is carried out; and if he will make a statement. [172985]
Mr. Gareth ThomasIn 2002, an impact survey was conducted by the China Population and Information Research Centre (CPIRC). Using funds provided by DFID, Southampton University provided technical assistance and quality control in the process of preparing the impact survey report.
In the current country programme which lasts from 2003 to 2005, the baseline survey and monitoring are funded by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and conducted jointly by CPIRC and the Chinese Ministry of Health. The baseline was completed in September last year. DFID is again providing funding to Southampton for quality control of the surveys. The total amount of funding from DFID is £99,200.