To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will provide details of how the joint funding scheme of the Overseas Development Administration is monitored.

All agencies receiving funds through the joint funding scheme are required to provide annual audited accounts which separately identify the joint funding scheme grant.Five agencies to which we provide block grants to finance a number of projects are required to provide a project description for all new projects and, each quarter, to submit a statement of project expenditure showing the duration of the project and the total financial commitment. Each agency provides an annual report on all continuing projects. All other agencies supported under the scheme are required to submit financial reports on their projects at least every six months. Progress reports are required annually and a final report is called for on the completion of each project.Review visits to selected projects are carried out at least twice a year by advisers and officials. Evaluations of specific projects are carried out by professional advisers on an ad hoc basis.Overall expenditure is monitored throughout the year to ensure that the scheme's financial targets are met.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will provide a full list of countries in which joint funding scheme projects were implemented, for the most recent year.

A full list of countries in which the joint funding scheme projects were implemented in the last financial year is as follows:

• Afghanistan
• Angola
• Bangladesh
• Belize
• Benin
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Chad
• Chile
• China
• Colombia
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Ethiopia
• Fiji
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Grenada
• Guinea Bissau
• Haiti
• Honduras
• India
• Indonesia
• Jamaica
• Jordan
• Kenya
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mexico
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Nepal
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Rwanda
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Solomon Islands
• Somalia
• South Africa
• Sri Lanka
• St. Lucia
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Togo
• Uganda
• Uruguay
• Vanuatu
• Vietnam
• West Bank
• Yemen Arab Republic
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much Government assistance was provided to voluntary agencies through the joint funding scheme in each year from 1985 to 1990, in cash and real terms.

The amount of Government assistance provided to voluntary agencies through the joint funding scheme in each year from 1985 to 1990 was as follows: