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Departmental Projects

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will list the Department's high-risk bilateral projects, referred to on page 189 of the 2004 Departmental Report, which are evaluated as (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful. [174113]

Hilary Benn: The high-risk projects referred to on page 189 of DFID's Departmental Report are listed on the tables below. Each DFID project is given a score ranging from 1 to 5 based on the likelihood of achieving their intended objectives. Table (a) relates to projects scored 1 and 2, table (b) relates to projects scored 3 to 5.
 
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We judge projects receiving a score of 1 or 2 to be successful. Projects receiving a lower score will have achieved some of their objectives
Table AAll high risk projects with a commitment value of £ million or over evaluated as successful during 2003 £

Region	Title	Commitment
Africa Division
DFID Nigeria
Nigeria	Insecticide Treated Nets	2,131,094
	CeP	3,365,346
	Contraceptive Social Marketing	14,000,000
DFID Rwanda
Rwanda	R Revenue Authority 3	7,218, 800
DFID Southern Africa
Lesotho	Agricultural Policy and Cap Bld	1,200,000
DFID Uganda
Uganda	Acholi land Conflict Reduction	1,755,155
DFID Zambia
Zambia	Venture Capital Fund	1,362,000
Asia Division
DFID Bangladesh
Bangladesh	Manusher Jonno (HUGO Fund)	16,520,000
DFID South East Asia
Indonesia	Community Recovery Prog	7,050,000
Sri Lanka	ICRC Programme 1998–1999	3,500,000
DFID Vietnam
Vietnam	Vietnam Proverty Reduction Support Credit Confinancing	14,000,000
Western Asia Department
Pakistan	NWFP SRSP Community infrastructure initiative	1,120,000
Europe, Middle East and Americas Division
DFID Caribbean
Belize	Belize Southern Highway Upgrade	1,400,000
	Belize Southern Highway Project	7,835,000
Guyana	Guyana Enterprise Privatisation	3,572,000
DFID Russia
Russian Federation	Revitalisation of Insolvent Farms Project (RIFP)	3,539,158
Latin America Department	OSI Ham Reduction	4,200,000
Brazil	Plantas do Nordeste Project	1,953,000
Peru	San Martin Rural Development Project	1,515,000
Middle East and North Africa Department
West Bank and Gaza	SCF Water and Sanitation—Jabalia	1,190,537
	SCF Water and Sanitation—Rafah	2,013,836
	SCF Water and Sanitation—Dura	2,233,000
	SCF Water and Sanitation—Anabta	2,290,565
	World Bank NGO Project
Private Sector Infrastructure and CDC Department
Africa Regional	Africa Private Infrastructure Financing Facility (APIFF)	70,500,000

 
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Table BAll high risk projects with a commitment value of £ million or over evaluated as only partly achieving their purpose and outputduring 2003 £

Region	Title	Commitment
Africa Division
DFIP Ghana
Ghana	Sub-Vented Agencies Ref Proj	2,300.000
	Programme Aid Grant 2002	30,000,000
	Integrated Personnel Payroll Database Replacement Project	1,500.000
DF1D Malawi
Malawi	Economic Activities programme (EAP)	1.490,736
DFID Mozambique
Mozambique	Agricultural sector public expenditure programme (PROAGRi)	1,800,000
DFID Nigeria	Nigeria
	Change Agent Programme	1,600,000
	Nigeria Governance Fund	2,400,000
	Slgp	20,871,000
DFID Southern Africa
Sthrn Af Dev Coord Ctte	Regional Aids Programme	7,850.000
DFID Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Great Lakes and Horn Department	Credit for the Informal Sector Project	1,84 1.000
Angola	Luanda Urban Poverty Prog	7.471.188
Sudan	ICRC 2002 Appeal Sudan	2,500.000
West Africa Department
Sierra Leone	MRC Tonkolili	1,195,000
	Sierra Leone—Security Sector Programme	2,030,100
Asia Division
DFID Bangladesh
Bangladesh	SHAPLA: Public/ Private Partaership	2.300.000
	SHAPLA: Organisation and Management Development	5,265.000
	SHAPLA : WB Time Slice Funding	25,000,000
	Rural Hygiene, Sanitation and Water Supply	27,250,000
	SHAPLA: Human Resources Planning and Development Project	1.405000
	Parliamentary Committees	2,077.554
	SHAPLA: Hospital Management	3,300,000
	Reforms in Revenue Admin (RIRA)	5.550.000
	Proshika Phase VI	23,000,000
DFID China
China	HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care(TC)	8,217.100
	HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care(FA)	11.682.900
DFID India
India	Madhya Pradesh Technical Assistance for Power Sector Reform	10.000.000
	AP Power Sector Restructuring Project	28,000.000
DFID Nepal
Nepal	Achham Poverty Reduction Project—JlBlKA	2,150,000
	Hill Agriculture Research Project	11,661.000
DFID South East Asia
Indonesia	Multistakeholder Forestry Programme	25.160.000
Pakistan	Social Action Prog 2	50.000.000
Europe, Middle East and America Division
DFID Caribbean
Guyana	Guywa Technical Cooperation Water Authority Twinning Project	1,125,000
	Guyana Water Supply and Rehabilitation Project	3.870.000
DFID Russia
Russian Federation	Samara STls including Togliam	1,000,000
	Tuberculosis (TB) treatment training programme in Tomsk	1.426,224
Europe and Central Asia Department
Bosnia	Public Broadcasting	3.710.000
Private and Sector Infrastructure and CDC Department
Non Specific Country	Public/Private Partnership for the Urban Environment (PPPUE)	3.614,000

 
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Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development when he will publish his assessment of the reasons for the decline referred to on page 190 of the 2004 Departmental Report on the number of low-risk departmental projects evaluated as successful. [174118]

Hilary Benn: The number of low risk projects judged as likely to be successful was reported as 75 per cent. in DFID's Departmental Report, against a baseline of 81 per cent. This increased to 78 per cent. in the first quarter figures for 2004.

The figure gives a forecast of success for projects of £1 million or more that have been in operation for at least two years. It fluctuates on a quarterly basis because it is recording work in progress and is a 12-month snapshot view on a particular date reflecting those projects that meet the above criteria. The decline was caused by a small number of successful projects ending and therefore graduating from the scoring system.

We will continue to report both the underlying data, and our assessment of it, in our Autumn Performance Report and in the annual Departmental Report.

Efficiency Reviews

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development when he will publish the outcome of the rolling programme of efficiency reviews referred to on page 190 of the Departmental Report 2004. [174112]

 
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Hilary Benn: In addition to the information in DFID's Departmental Report, DFID will make a report covering all aspects of DFID's efficiency programmes available on our public website in the autumn. This will incorporate plans under development in response to the Government's Efficiency Review.

Electronic Applications

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development for what reasons the Service Delivery Agreement target to provide 100 per cent. capacity to receive and process electronic applications from UK offices by 2003 has not been met. [174139]

Mr. Gareth Thomas: As indicated in Annex 3 of DFID's 2004 Departmental Report, the introduction of a Human Resource (HR) Integrated Management System in DFID has initially focused on the payroll and data base elements. Now that these modules have been successfully introduced complimentary e-recruitment systems will be considered and introduced in 2004. The facility to receive full details of vacancies and return application forms on line already exists through the civil service recruitment gateway and DFID websites.

Iraq

Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the trauma caused to children in Iraq from (a) the coalition invasion and (b) the continuing violence; and what assistance his Department is providing to mitigate trauma in Iraqi children. [174374]

Hilary Benn: DFID's support for the health sector in Iraq, including psychosocial support, is being channelled through the multi-donor Trust Fund managed by the United Nations. The work of the UN in this area will focus on the provision of technical assistance for the development of mental health and psychosocial support services at the primary level. DFID has made an initial contribution of £30 million to the UN Trust Fund.

DFID has not undertaken an assessment of the levels of trauma suffered by children in Iraq, but such an evaluation is planned by the UN as part of the World Health Organisation's mental health plans.

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