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Departments: Public Participation

Volume 462: debated on Monday 25 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many public consultations his Department undertook in the last 12 months; and what the cost was of each consultation. (145279)

Over the 12 months up to end-May 2007, DFID launched 15 formal public consultations on its public website in order to inform the Department's policy development.

Information on the cost of each consultation and the total cost of all consultations, could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The consultations launched were:

DFID health strategy

Country Strategy for DFID Sierra Leone

DFID Ethiopia Country Assistance Plan

DFID Tanzania Country Assistance Plan

DFID Pakistan Country Assistance Plan

Updating “Taking Action—the UK's strategy for tackling AIDS in the developing world”

DFID’s work in Latin America 2008 to 2011

DFID Regional Assistance Plan for the Caribbean

Linking Scheme—investing in raising the levels of awareness about global issues among the UK public

DFID and Volunteering

Equality for Disabled People (this was a cross-Whitehall consultation)

DFID Vietnam Country Assistance Plan

DFID Ghana Country Assistance Plan

DFID India Country Assistance Plan

Preventing Violent Conflict Policy Paper