Department for International Development Annual Report and Accounts 2019-20

Department for International Development Annual Report and Accounts 2019-20 HC 517 Department for International Development Annual Report and Accounts 2019‑20 Annual Report presented to Parliament pursuant to Section 1 of the International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Act 2006 Accounts presented to the House of Commons pursuant to Section 6(4) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 Accounts presented to the House of Lords by Command of Her Majesty Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed on 14 July 2020 HC 517 1 © Crown copyright 2020 This publication is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. To view this licence, visit nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open‑government‑licence/ version/3. Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. This publication is available at www.gov.uk/official‑documents Any enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us at [email protected] This is part of a series of departmental publications which, along with the Main Estimates 2020‑21 and the document Public Expenditure: Statistical Analyses 2019, present the government’s outturn for 2019‑20 and planned expenditure for 2020‑21 ISBN 978‑1‑5286‑1866‑3 CCS0320348248 07/20 Printed on paper containing 75% recycled fibre content minimum. Printed in the UK by APS Group on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Contents Section 1: Performance Report 5 Overview 5 Foreword by the Secretary of State for International Development 6 Lead Non‑Executive Director’s introduction to the Annual Report 2019‑20 8 DFID’s purpose, performance and activities in 2019‑20 and how we deliver 10 Working in partnership 13 Working bilaterally with partner countries 13 Working with private sector suppliers 13 Working with multilateral organisations 14 Working with civil society 14 Our work with UK Government partners 15 COVID‑19 response 16 DFID’s contribution to global development 17 Leaving the European Union 20 DFID’s legislative framework 21 DFID’s people 22 DFID’s approach to risk management 23 Safeguarding 24 Financial summary 26 Expenditure 26 Trends in Total Managed Expenditure 26 Going concern 27 Performance Analysis 29 1.1 Single Departmental Plan 29 Strategic Objective 1 PEACE: Strengthen global peace, security and governance 32 Strategic Objective 2 PLANET: Strengthen resilience and response to crises 37 Strategic Objective 3 PROSPERITY: Promote global prosperity 44 Strategic Objective 4 PEOPLE: Tackle extreme poverty and help the world’s most vulnerable 51 Strategic Objective 5 PARTNERSHIP: Support a strong and resilient international system 57 Strategic Objective 6 QUALITY: Improve the value for money and transparency of UK aid 60 DFID’s risk profile 65 Engaging UK citizens 66 1.2 Financial Review 67 1.3 Sustainability Report 70 3 Department for International Development: Annual Report and Accounts 2019-20 Section 2: Accountability Report 79 2.1 Corporate Governance Report 79 2.1.1 Directors’ Report 79 2.1.2 Statement of Accounting Officer’s responsibilities 79 2.1.3 Governance Statement 80 2.2 Remuneration and Staff Report 102 2.3 Parliamentary Accountability and Audit report 119 Statement of Parliamentary Supply 119 Notes to the Departmental Resource Accounts – Statement of Parliamentary Supply 121 Parliamentary Accountability Disclosures 125 The Certificate of the Comptroller and Auditor General to the House of Commons 127 Section 3: Financial Statements 131 Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure 131 Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 132 Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 133 Consolidated Statement of Changes in Taxpayers’ Equity 134 Notes to the Departmental Accounts 135 Annex A: DFID allocations by programme 171 Annex B: Annual reporting of statistical information 175 Annex C: Regulatory reporting 197 4 SECTION 1 Performance Report Overview The Overview section of this report sets out information about the Department for International Development (DFID)’s role and activities, how the department delivers, who we work with, how we ensure effective cross‑government coordination to achieve our aims, and DFID’s headline results and achievements for 2019‑20. 5 Department for International Development: Annual Report and Accounts 2019-20 Foreword by the Secretary of State for International Development Since the beginning of 2020, we have witnessed the rapid spread of COVID‑19, the greatest health threat the world has been subjected to in decades. This global pandemic does not respect national borders and is having a devastating impact at home and overseas. COVID‑19 has created a health crisis, an economic crisis, a humanitarian crisis and a rights crisis. The reality is that no one is safe until we are all safe in our interconnected world. We know the secondary impacts on many aspects of our lives – economies, education, livelihoods, food systems, as well as gender and broader inclusion issues – will be felt for some time and that it is the poorest people who are disproportionately affected. The humanitarian picture is bleak: we have the threat of famines in East Africa, exacerbated by the worst locust plague for 70 years; weak health and monitoring systems allowing the spread of COVID‑19; economic disruptions hitting the world’s poorest; a global recession; and conflict and insecurity increasing. As this report shows, DFID, together with British innovation, technology and expertise, is at the forefront of the global response. The needs will be many and great in the coming months and years, and the UK will do whatever we can to make sure vaccines, treatments and technologies are available, to save lives and help the most vulnerable countries endure and, eventually, end the pandemic. We know from our experience tackling Ebola that stopping the spread of COVID‑19 in developing countries will help the world’s most vulnerable and keep Britain, and the world, safe from a second wave of infection, as well as reduce preventable deaths from the impact of overwhelmed health services and fear of attending medical spaces. In response to COVID‑19, we are using the full breadth of UK Government policy levers and expertise, working with the private sector, our world‑class universities, civil society, and non‑governmental organisations to tackle the pandemic. It is a whole‑of‑mission effort at post with DFID and Foreign Office staff supporting each other’s immediate and essential objectives. COVID‑19 will only be defeated by strong global collaboration so perhaps most importantly of all, we are using our significant influence in the world’s leading international organisations, and through the G7 and G20, to ensure international partners work together to support the global effort. On 29 April 2020, I announced new UK support to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance to protect up to 75 million children against deadly diseases. Then, in June, the UK hosted the Global Vaccine Summit bringing together representatives of 62 countries, including 42 heads of state, to co‑ordinate international investment efforts for Gavi. When a vaccine is developed, it needs to be available for, and deliverable to, developed and developing countries, and Gavi is integral to this being possible. Work on other main priorities, including our manifesto commitments, continues. At the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in September 2019, the Prime Minister made a number of very significant announcements, demonstrating the government’s commitment to delivering 12 years of quality education for girls all around the globe and to tackling the dangerous levels of climate change, catastrophic environmental degradation and loss of biodiversity the world is facing. We also remain committed to ending preventable deaths, the eradication of malaria and Ebola, and enabling developing countries to grow towards economic self‑sufficiency, alongside continued commitment to peace building and stabilisation of vulnerable communities. This report sets out the progress we made in 2019‑20 towards achieving the Global Goals through the objectives in DFID’s single departmental plan. DFID provided – and continues to provide – life‑saving supplies to people around the world in the most desperate need. Examples of our support in 2019‑20 include providing more than 1 million people in Syria and more than 1 million people in Yemen with access 6 SECTION 1 Overview to clean drinking water; providing more than 1.4 million people in Afghanistan and more than 2 million people across the Sahel with emergency humanitarian assistance; and 150,000 children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo under the age of 5 with urgent nutritional assistance. In addition to UNGA, the UK’s prominence and global leadership in development was exemplified by two other major international events during the financial year. Our substantial efforts to achieve the Global Goals were presented at the UK’s first Voluntary National Review at the UN High Level Political Forum, in July 2019. Then in January this year, DFID took a leading role, alongside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Trade, as the UK hosted the UK‑Africa Investment Summit. There we agreed new lasting partnerships between the UK and African countries to deliver more investment, jobs and growth. The summit delivered results that will benefit people and businesses across Africa and the UK. This was reflected in commercial deals between UK companies and African partners announced at the summit worth over £6.5 billion, spanning sectors including infrastructure, energy, retail and technology. They include agreements with well‑known British firms such as Rolls Royce, GSK and Diageo. As the Prime Minister noted, the summit demonstrated how we are supporting vital economic development and reform, helping countries build well regulated, competitive markets sector by sector, and establish mutually beneficial and prosperous partnerships with countries across the globe. We continue to tackle climate change, the dangers of catastrophic environmental degradation and loss of biodiversity.

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