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International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Act 2006 (c. 31)

International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Act 2006 2006 CHAPTER 31 An Act to require the Secretary of State to report annually on total expenditure on international aid and on the breakdown of such aid, and in particular on progress towards the target for expenditure on official development assistance to constitute 0.7 per cent of gross national income; to require such reports to contain information about expenditure by country, about the proportion of expenditure in low income countries and about the effectiveness of aid expenditure and the transparency of international aid; and for connected purposes. [25th July 2006] Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Legislation

Table of Content

1. Annual reports: general U.K.

2. Statistics to be reported U.K.

3. Progress towards United Nations 0.7% expenditure target U.K.

4. Aid effectiveness and Millennium Development Goals 1 to 7 U.K.

5. Policy coherence and Millennium Development Goal 8 U.K.

6. Miscellaneous and final provisions U.K.

7. Interpretation, and meaning of terms used in annual report U.K.

8. Expenses U.K.

9. Short title and commencement U.K.

1. Annual reports: general U.K.

2. Statistics to be reported U.K.

3. Progress towards United Nations 0.7% expenditure target U.K.

4. Aid effectiveness and Millennium Development Goals 1 to 7 U.K.

5. Policy coherence and Millennium Development Goal 8 U.K.

6. Miscellaneous and final provisions U.K.

7. Interpretation, and meaning of terms used in annual report U.K.

8. Expenses U.K.

9. Short title and commencement U.K.

Section 1

1. Annual reports: general U.K.

(1) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to lay before each House of Parliament each year a report about international aid pursuant to the provisions of this Act (an “annual report”). (2) In this Act, “ relevant period ” means— (a) a period of 12 months ending with 31st December, in the case of information which is normally produced by reference to calendar years, (b) in any other case, a period of 12 months ending with 31st March. (3) An annual report shall, subject to subsection (5), be laid before each House of Parliament as soon as practicable after 31st March each year. (4) An annual report may revise anything contained in a previous annual report. (5) Nothing in this Act shall be read as preventing an annual report being combined with any other report which the Secretary of State lays before either House of Parliament.

Section 2