Invitation to submit Written Evidence
This year’s Departmental Annual Report is shorter and presented differently compared with previous editions. The Committee is interested in receiving submissions on DFID’s work, and especially on the following areas:
- DFID’s approach to assessing the effectiveness of aid and the role of DFID’s new aid watchdog
- Reduction in DFID’s administration costs
- DFID’s use of technical assistance and consultants and whether reducing this expense could be an appropriate target for the new Government
- The work of CDC, a DFID owned fund management business, which invests in the private sectors in developing countries especially Africa and South Asia.
The Committee invites short written submissions from interested organisations and individuals. The deadline for submitting written evidence is Friday 10 September 2010.
- Written evidence submitted should:
If possible, be provided electronically in MS Word or Rich Text format by e-mail to indcom@parliament.uk. If submitted by e-mail or e-mail attachment, a letter should also be sent validating the e-mail. The letterhead should contain your full postal address and contact details
- Begin with a one page summary if it is longer than six pages
- Have numbered paragraphs
- Avoid the use of colour or expensive-to-print material.
Submissions can also be sent by post to International Development Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA.
Individuals and organisations interested in submitting written evidence to the Committee may find the Commons: Guide for Witnesses particularly useful.
Please also note that:
- Material already published elsewhere should not form the basis of a submission, but may be referred to within written evidence, in which case a hard copy of the published work should be included. If a number of published documents are sent to accompany written evidence, these should be listed in the covering email.
- Written evidence submitted must be kept confidential until published by the Committee, unless publication by the person or organization submitting it is specifically authorised.
- Once submitted, evidence is the property of the Committee. The Committee normally, though not always, chooses to make public the written evidence it receives, by publishing it on the internet (where it will be searchable), by printing it or by making it available through the Parliamentary Record Office. If there is any information you believe to be sensitive you should highlight it and explain what harm you believe would result from its disclosure. The Committee will take this into account in deciding whether to publish or further disclose the evidence.
- It would be helpful, for Data Protection purposes, if individuals wishing to submit written evidence send their contact details separately in a covering letter. You should be aware that there may be circumstances in which the House of Commons will be required to communicate information to third parties on request, in order to comply with its obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
- Select Committees are unable to investigate individual cases.