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	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of his Department's ODA-funded projects are listed on the Department for International Development's Development Tracker website.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	uin	199343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>BEIS is committed to meeting the Government’s target for transparency and to score ‘good’ or ‘very good’ on the Publish What You Fund aid transparency index.</p><p> </p><p>29 of the Department’s 30 International Climate Finance programmes are listed on the Development Tracker website. This represents 96% of the Department’s International Climate Finance programmes, covering 99% of BEIS International Climate Finance expenditure from 2010/11 to the end of 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>At present BEIS does not publish detail of its research and innovation (R&amp;I) spend on the Development Tracker website. However, much of the detail is published on the Gateway to Research website, which is run by UK Research and Innovation. BEIS is currently implementing a technical solution to be able to fully publish details of its R&amp;I expenditure to the International Aid Transparency Index, which can be automatically accessed by the Development Tracker.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/12/2018 14:39:32 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 91120 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

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	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Independent Commission for Aid report, Global Challenges Research Fund - a rapid review, published in September 2017, what progress his Department has made on delivering recommendation 3 of that report.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	uin	199345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>BEIS accepted recommendation 3 of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s (ICAI) report and is taking action accordingly to enhance assessment of the performance of the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF).</p><p> </p><p>We have commissioned an evaluation of the GCRF by the independent contractor ITAD, the first stage of which established a clear Theory of Change. ITAD is now refining a further comprehensive evaluation methodology for the fund.</p><p> </p><p>Work is also being undertaken to provide assurance on value for money and to develop Key Performance Indicators to enable monitoring of project and portfolio outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS is actively engaged with ICAI in their follow up to the review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/12/2018 14:39:43 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 91122 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson