Development Awareness Fund: proposals for reform

Dear Sir or Madam,

Three questions.

One of the department's funding schemes shows a large number of
requests - mainly public sector - for exactly the maximum amount.
Another large number is for very detailed-looking amounts within 5%
of the maximum. Together, I think these groups are the majority of
grants claimed:
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Working-with-DFID...

This makes me wonder why so many people in such different
situations achieving such a general, nebulous goal should find that
it costs almost exactly the maximum amount.

Another of the department's funding schemes is called the Civil
Society Challenge Fund, designed to
"improve the capacity of ... civil society to engage in the local
decision-making processes"
"improve the capacity of ... civil society to engage in national
decision making processes"
"...[? - unclear ]..."
"...[? - unclear ]..."
"provide service delivery in difficult environments"

Scheme one also funds Triple Line Consulting to consider these
things that I call reforms:
"quality assurance, information management, grant disbursement and
performance assessment" "performance appraisal and strategic advice
on design of process and fund management."

Question One:

What information does the department hold about proposed reforms to
the development awareness mini grants scheme? I mean proposals from
Triple Line Consulting and any others that are kept in a formal
way.

Question Two:

What of this information relates to making grant accounts
transparent & easy to find for those who use the services of
grant-claimants, seek to provide rival services, whistle blowers,
journalists, MPs researchers and the like?

Question Three:

What of this information relates to putting grant accounts online?

What of this information relates to requiring claimants to tell
those who might use the service that they have received a grant and
where to find the accounts?

Yours faithfully,

John Robertson

PS I'm making this request in a public way so I should explain that
I don't object to taxpayers paying to educate each other about fair
trade as a form of international development; I'm just concerned
about how to make funding clearer.