Written question asked by Baroness Tonge (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 25 June 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 July 2003. It was answered by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Monday, 7 July 2003 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development, how much the Department for International Development spent in each year since 2001 on the (a) Performance Reporting Information System for Management, (b) Multilateral Organisations' Performance Assessment Initiative and (c) Performance Assessment Network; if she will list the titles of their documents concerning the Department for International Development; and if he will place the documents in the Library. - Includes table.

Answer: Dr. Tonge: To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development how much the Department for International Development spent in each year since 2001 on the (a) Performance Reporting Information System for Management, (b) Multilateral Organisations' Performance Assessment Initiative and (c) Performance Assessment Network; if she will list the titles of their documents concerning the Department for International Development; and if he will place the documents in the Library. [122568] Hilary Benn: The following amounts were spent on the Performance Reporting Information System for Management (PRISM): _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial year £ 2001-02 482,000 2002-03 306,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. As both the Multilateral Organisations' Performance Assessment Initiative and the Performance Assessment Network are discussion groups it is not possible to identify a specific allocation of funding for these activities. There are no official documents relating to either PRISM or these two discussion groups.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 122568; 408 c582W;408 c580W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Department for International Development ICT Expenditure Documents Standards
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk