Rapid review of DFID’s Smart Rules

A rapid review of DFID's procedures for programme management, the Smart Rules, to see how they respond to the issues that we have raised in our 38 reports to date.

  1. Status: Completed
  2. Published: 16 December 2014
  3. Type: Rapid review
  4. Subject: Government processes and systems
  5. Assessment: Unrated
  6. Lead commissioner: Mark Foster

ICAI follow-up

We follow up on the steps the government has taken in response to our recommendations for all ICAI reviews. This process is a key link in the accountability chain, providing Parliament and the public with an account of how well government departments have responded to ICAI reviews.

We published the follow-up for our Smart Rules review in 2016.

Read the follow-up

Timeline

Review publication

Published 16 December 2014

Government response

Published 19 January 2015

ICAI follow-up

Published 30 June 2016