To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funding mechanisms his Department uses to deliver work with the private sector.

The various funding mechanisms the Department for International Development (DFID) uses are laid out in the operational plans of all DFID offices and departments and are available on our website:

http://www.dfid.gov.uk/news/latest-news/2011/action-plans-set-out-future-of-uk-aid/

The range of funding mechanisms available for businesses wanting to work with DFID are also outlined on our website:

http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Work-with-us/Funding-opportunities/Business/ and there is an overview of the approaches DFID takes to deliver work with the private sector in our 2011 publication ‘The Engine of Development’, available at:

http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Documents/publications1/Private-sector-approach-paper-May2011.pdf