Triennial Review of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact Completed

17 Dec 2013

The Government has published the results of the Triennial Review which considered whether there is a continuing need for independent scrutiny of the UK’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) and whether the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) was fit for that purpose.

 The Review found that it was in the public interest for independent scrutiny to continue and that ICAI should remain in its current form.

 ICAI welcomes the findings of the Triennial Review and will continue to offer robust, independent, evidence-based scrutiny of ODA expenditure. The taxpayer deserves confidence that the 0.7% of GNI equivalent funding of ODA is being spent properly – ICAI is the independent body that provides scrutiny of that expenditure.

 The Written Ministerial Statement on the Triennial Review is available to view on the Parliament website:

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131217/wmstext/131217m0001.htm