Supplementary written evidence submitted
by the Department for International Development
November 2009
Thank you for inviting me to give evidence to
the International Development Committee inquiry on HIV and AIDS.
During the session, I promised to write to you with further details
of the composition and funding of the Informal Cross-Whitehall
Group on Tackling HIV & AIDS in the Developing World.
I attach the latest terms of reference for this
group. Core members are DFID, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
the Department of Health and the Home Office, although other Departments
can be involved as required. As an informal coordination group,
it has no dedicated budget. The costs, which are largely staff
time, are met from existing resources.
The group is next due to meet in December. I
will ask them to consider how best to address the concerns about
transparency that were raised at the evidence session.
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Mike Foster
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