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The Department for International Development (DFID) does not allocate a specific proportion of the budget to private sector projects. The DFID annual report and accounts 2010-11 set out the plans for the priority pillars for the four years of the spending review period and private sector department plans for the next two years. I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to her on 7 September 2011, Official Report, column 704W:"'For planning purposes the Department for International Development (DFID) allocates money by priority pillars. The pillars are wealth creation, governance & security, climate change and global partnerships, as well as DFID funding in support of the Millennium Development Goals (education, health, water & sanitation and humanitarian assistance).'"DFID's new private sector department will play a key role in promoting private sector activities within wealth creation, as well as the other pillars. More detail on DFID's approach to working with the private sector is contained within the paper titled "The Engine of Development: The Private Sector and Prosperity for Poor People". This can be found on the DFID website:"http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Media-Room/News-Stories/2011/Mitchell-Harness-dynamism-and-energy-of-private-enterprise-in-international-development/"For more information on current activities in this area and budget allocations please see the DFID annual report and accounts 2010-11, which can also be found on the DFID website:"http://www.dfid.gov.uk/about-us/how-we-measure-progress/annual-report/"Further information on DFID projects/programmes can be accessed from our Project Information Database"http://projects.dfid.gov.uk/"individual country pages"http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Where-we-work/"and in the DFID departmental operational plans"http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Site-search/?g=operational+plans"on the DFID website. |