[Withdrawn] Department for International Development single departmental plan - December 2017
Updated 27 June 2019
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Our single departmental plan sets out our objectives and how we will achieve them.
Single departmental plan
Secretary of State for International Development
Permanent Secretary
The Department for International Development (DFID) leads the UK’s work to end extreme poverty, support delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) internationally, and tackle the global challenges of mass migration, disease, insecurity, conflict and climate change in line with the UK Aid Strategy. DFID is committed to Leave No One Behind, including by transforming the lives of people living with disabilities. DFID is building a safer, healthier, more prosperous world for people in developing countries. This is firmly in the UK’s interests. The Department’s work will play a crucial part in Britain becoming more outward looking and engaged on the world stage as it exits the European Union.
The Bilateral Development Review and the Multilateral Development Review set out how the UK will deliver a more open, modern and innovative approach to development. These reviews spell out DFID’s commitment to drive value for money and reform and improve the way the whole world does development.
Our objectives
We will:
- Strengthen global peace, security and governance
- Strengthen resilience and response to crisis
- Promote global prosperity
- Tackle extreme poverty and help the world’s most vulnerable
- Deliver value for money and efficiency
DFID is delivering its objectives through our bilateral work and our work with multilateral organisations. Details of how we will achieve our objectives at country level are set out in our country profiles for 2017/18 and 2018/19.
1. Strengthen global peace, security and governance
Lead minister
The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP, Secretary of State for International development
Lead official
Nick Dyer, Director General, Economic Development and International; Director General, Policy and Global Programmes
1.1 Tackle the causes of instability, insecurity and conflict
| How we will achieve this |
|---|
| Continue to spend at least 50% of DFID’s budget on fragile states and regions |
| With the FCO, continue to lead global efforts to tackle sexual violence in conflict |
| Continue to champion SDG 16, promoting effective, accountable and inclusive institutions as a cornerstone for development |
| Continue to champion British values around the globe: freedom, democracy, tolerance and the rule of law |
| Following our April 2017 announcement, scale up our work on demining |
1.2 Tackle crime and corruption
| How we will achieve this |
|---|
| In accordance with the Addis Tax Initiative, double spend on tax programmes between 2015 and 2020 |
| Work with others across Government to combat the brutal slave trade |
| Work to end the subjugation and mutilation of women |
Our performance
Percentage of DFID’s budget spent on fragile states and regions
53% 2017
Source: Results Achieved by Sector
Release schedule: annual
Number of countries supported by DFID to manage their public finances (including natural resources and extractives) more transparently
30 2015 to 2017
Source: Results Achieved by Sector
Release schedule: annual
DFID spend on improving tax systems
£26 million in 2016
Source: Results Achieved by Sector
Release schedule: annual
2. Strengthen resilience and response to crisis
Lead minister
The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP, Secretary of State for International Development
Lead official
Nick Dyer, Director General, Economic Development and International; Director General, Policy and Global Programmes
2.1 Support for ongoing crises, including that in Syria and other countries in the Middle East and North Africa region
| How we will achieve this |
|---|
| Provide support for ongoing crises, including in Syria |
| Continue to lead the response to humanitarian emergencies |
| Expand our global efforts to combat extremism, terror, and the perpetration of violence against people because of their faith, gender or sexuality |
| Operate a ring-fenced £500 million p/a Official Development Assistance crisis reserve |
| As part of the UK-Caribbean Partnership continue to work together on health, justice and disaster resilience, including by investing £30 million to help ensure that hospitals remain operational when natural disasters strike |
2.2 Science and technology spend on global public health risks such as antimicrobial resistance
| How we will achieve this |
|---|
| In line with the UK Aid Strategy, spend £547 million through the Ross Fund portfolio, including £357 million on research and development to tackle the most serious infectious diseases in developing countries, including malaria, TB, Ebola, neglected tropical diseases and drug resistant infections caused by antimicrobial resistance |
2.3 Support for efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change
| How we will achieve this |
|---|
| Provide support to enable low carbon growth and greater country resilience to shocks |
| With BEIS and DEFRA, continue to lead international action against climate change, the degradation of habitat and loss of species |
| Under the Mission Innovation Initiative, help deliver a doubling of global public funding of clean energy Research, Development and Demonstration (RD&D) |
| With DEFRA, work to prevent catastrophic environmental degradation |
Our performance
Number of people reached with humanitarian assistance (food aid, cash and voucher transfers) through DFID support
17 million between 2015 and 2017
Source: Results Achieved by Sector
Release schedule: annual
DFID spend on climate adaptation and mitigation
£755 million between 2016 to 2017
Source: DFID Spend on Climate Change and Mitigation
Release schedule: annual
3. Promote global prosperity
Lead minister
The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP, Secretary of State for International Development
Lead official
Nick Dyer, Director General, Economic Development and International; Director General, Policy and Global Programmes
3.1 Promote economic development and prosperity in the developing world
| How we will achieve this |
|---|
| In line with DFID’s Economic Development Strategy, create more and better jobs, increase trading opportunities, and make it easier to channel private sector investment to the world’s poorest countries to help grow economies and eradicate extreme poverty |
| Help unlock opportunities for economic development in sectors such as energy, infrastructure, urban planning, manufacturing, commercial agriculture and financial services |
| Through CDC, the UK’s Development Finance Institution, create jobs and opportunities in some of the poorest and most challenging places |
3.2 Contribute to the reduction of poverty whilst strengthening UK trade and investment opportunities around the world
| How we will achieve this |
|---|
| Use trade as an engine for poverty reduction |
| As we leave the EU, secure duty-free quota-free access for the world’s Least Developed Countries to UK markets |
Our performance
DFID investment in Development Capital
£819 million
Source: Development Capital Investment Levels
Release schedule: annual
4. Tackle extreme poverty and help the world’s most vulnerable
Lead Minister
The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP, Secretary of State for International Development
Lead Official
Lindy Cameron, Director General for Country Programmes
4.1 Strive to eliminate extreme poverty by 2030
| How we will achieve this |
|---|
| Through our work towards delivering the Sustainable Development Goals, including Goal 2 (end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture), Goal 3 (ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages), Goal 4 (ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning) and Goal 6 (ensure access to water and sanitation for all) and others |
| Lead the world in the hard work to end extreme child poverty |
4.2 Support the world’s poorest people to ensure that every person has access to basic needs
| How we will achieve this |
|---|
| Support children gain a decent education |
| Increase our funding of UK-led medical and technical research into the biggest threats to global health and prosperity |
| Deliver DFID’s global nutrition strategy Saving lives, investing in future generations and building prosperity: the UK’s Global Nutrition position paper |
| Support poor people get sustainable access to clean water and sanitation |
4.3 Prioritise the rights of girls and women
| How we will achieve this |
|---|
| Continue to place gender equality at the heart of all that the Department does |
| Provide global leadership on girls’ education which is key to progress in so many countries |
| Continue as a global leader on sexual and reproductive health and rights and boost our support for family planning for all who want it |
Our performance
Number of children supported to gain a decent education
7.1 million 2015-2017
Source: Results Achieved by Sector
Release schedule: annual
Number of people with sustainable access to clean water and/or sanitation through DFID support
27.2 million 2015-2017
Source: Results Achieved by Sector
Release schedule: annual
Number of children under 5, women (of childbearing age) and adolescent girls reached by DFID through nutrition related interventions
26.3 million 2015-2017
Source: Results Achieved by Sector
Release schedule: annual
Number of lives saved by immunising against killer diseases
28.7 million 2015-2017
Source: Results Achieved by Sector
Release schedule: annual
Number of women and girls using modern methods of family planning
8.5 million 2015-2017
Source: Results Achieved by Sector
Release schedule: annual
5. Deliver value for money and efficiency
Lead Minister
The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP, Secretary of State for International Development
Lead Official
Joy Hutcheon, Director General for Finance and Corporate Performance
5.1 Deliver value for money
| How we will achieve this |
|---|
| Maintain the commitment to spend 0.7% of our gross national income on assistance to developing nations and international emergencies |
| Support other departments in assessing whether spending proposals meet OECD Official Development Assistance rules and in sharing best practice on aid delivery |
| Continue to be responsible for reporting all Official Development Assistance spending to the OECD on an annual basis, and for reporting to Parliament on the government’s performance against the 0.7% gross national income target |
| Work with like-minded countries to change the Official Development Assistance rules so that they are updated and better reflect the breadth of our assistance around the world |
| Drive efficiency and effectiveness in all our programmes |
5.2 Provide greater transparency
| How we will achieve this |
|---|
| Continue to ensure that DFID is ranked as a world leader in aid transparency by the International Aid Transparency Index (IATI). Insist that every government and organisation we fund meets global transparency standards |
| Continue to seek to reform multilateral institutions, especially in the way they distribute development funds, so that money is used to greatest effect to protect and help the world’s most vulnerable people |
5.3 Deliver tough, independent scrutiny
| How we will achieve this |
|---|
| In accordance with the International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015, make arrangements for the independent evaluation of the value for money of UK aid |
Our performance
UK Official Development Assistance as a proportion of gross national income
0.7% 2016
Source: Statistics on International Development
Release schedule: annual
Portfolio Quality Index score
104 2017
DFID uses an index of portfolio quality to measure the extent to which projects are on track to deliver their expected outputs, with a range from 50 (outputs substantially did not meet expectation) to 150 (outputs substantially exceeded expectation).
Source: Portfolio Quality Index
Release schedule: annual
Our finances
Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) - £10.5 billion
Resource DEL (including depreciation) - £7.6 billion
Capital DEL – £2.9 million
Annually Managed Expenditure – £724 million
Control totals included in this document are in line with the latest voted by Parliament in the Main Supply Estimates 2017/18
Source: Main Estimates 2017/18