The briefing examines:

• the Department’s structure and trends in its expenditure (Part One);
• the Department’s Multilateral and Bilateral Aid Reviews and its approach to delivering its results (Part Two);
• the Department’s approach to reducing its administration costs by a third in real terms over the Spending Review period and limiting its total operating costs (Part Three);
• the restructuring of the Department’s workforce (Part Four); and
• the Department’s expenditure on technical cooperation and research (Part Five).

October 2011