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date	05/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the conclusions of the Prosperity Fund’s first Annual Report.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	126442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The Prosperity Fund is a key part of the UK Aid Strategy and complements DFID’s own economic development funding: supporting economic reform to stimulate growth that creates productive jobs and private sector investment; and that helps eradicate poverty. A DFID minister has a permanent seat on the Prosperity Fund’s ministerial board.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 12/02/2018 16:14:40 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

837324

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the implications for the work of the Prosperity Fund of the concerns raised by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s February 2017 review of that fund in respect of its transparency, quality and limited focus on poverty reduction for the purposes of the International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	126443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The ICAI Rapid Review of the Prosperity Fund acknowledged the significant progress made to date and the recommendations on areas for improvement were constructive. Work has continued since early 2017 to respond to the ICAI recommendations and to build a strategic portfolio that matches UK government priorities.</p><p>The Prosperity Fund published an Annual Report and financial data for 2016/17, and will continue to publish information, working to meet the government commitment of ‘good’ on the Aid Transparency Index by 2020.</p><p>All Prosperity Fund Official Development Assistance spend will comply with the International Development Act, and with the Gender Equality (2014) and the Official Development Assistance Target (2015).</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 12/02/2018 16:11:26 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill