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663004

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date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan and Yemen: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for what reasons the Government reduced the bilateral aid budget to (a) South Sudan and (b) Yemen in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	58524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>DFID has published 2016/17 budgets by department. The allocations are continually reviewed throughout the year and may increase to respond to changing needs. For example, support for Yemen will increase from £90 million in 2015/16 to £112 million in 2016/17 in light of the humanitarian crisis. Final spending figures for all departments will be confirmed in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2016.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/01/2017 16:52:00 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

663008

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	CDC: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms her Department has in place to ensure that spending of public funds by the Commonwealth Development Corporation is focused on the reduction of poverty.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	58567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>We have radically transformed CDC over the last five years to ensure their investments are targeted where they are needed most and have greatest impact in the world’s poorest places.</p><p>Since 2012, all new investments made by CDC have been focussed on Africa and South Asia where 80% of the world’s poorest live, and where CDC investment can have the greatest development impact. All investments made by CDC are made in accordance with the Investment Policy agreed with DFID. This ensures that CDC invests responsibly and transparently, creating jobs and promoting good governance.</p><p>Through its Development Impact Grid, developed in conjunction with DFID, CDC is incentivised to specifically invest in the poorer countries and regions and across those sectors that have the highest propensity to create jobs, such as infrastructure, agribusiness and financial services. Creating jobs for the world’s poorest countries is a key driver in reducing poverty. In 2015, CDC-backed businesses helped create over a million new direct and indirect jobs (41% Africa and 59% South Asia).</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/01/2017 17:00:03 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

663009

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to improve relationship management with bilateral government partners through transition by risk management and more coordinated communications.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	58565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Independent Commission on Aid Impact (ICAI) published a review of DFID’s approach to managing exit and transition in its development partnerships in November 2016. My Department will publish its response shortly to recommendations made in the ICAI report, including on cross-government management of relationships and risk, and on communication.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/01/2017 16:51:16 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

663012

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support the creation of an international fund for Israeli-Palestinian peace.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	58557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK is supportive of people-to-people (co-existence) programmes that bring Israelis and Palestinians together to break down barriers and build trust. Ministers are assessing options for how the UK can do more to support work in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/01/2017 16:52:43 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

663013

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms are in place within government to ensure that development considerations are taken account of in wider government bilateral relationships.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	58558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The National Security Council, of which the Secretary of State is a Member, is the main forum for collective discussion of the government’s objectives for national security, foreign policy and international development. The Secretary of State for International Development is also a member of the European Union Exit and Trade Committee, which oversees the negotiations on the withdrawal from the European Union and policy on international trade, the Committee for Tackling Extremism in Communities, and the Committee for Tackling Modern Slavery and People Trafficking.</p><p>Coordination at working level is provided by sub-groups and overseen by the Cabinet Office secretariats.</p><p>Overseas, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is responsible for leading the UK’s relationship with the host country and for ensuring a coherent cross-government approach that reflects all government priorities, including development.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/01/2017 16:54:31 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

663014

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to improve transparency and accountability on its commitments to end aid or change aid relationships.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	58559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Independent Commission on Aid Impact (ICAI) published its review of DFID’s approach to managing exit and transition in its development partnerships in November 2016. My Department will shortly publish its response to recommendations made in the ICAI report, including the reporting of aid relationships following the end or transition of a DFID country programme.</p><p>DFID is a leader on aid transparency. The Secretary of State set out her vision for even greater transparency in the Bilateral and Multilateral Development Reviews published on 1 December. DFID will provide detail for how this can be achieved in due course.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/01/2017 17:24:55 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

663015

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	CDC
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that it maintains accountability and oversight of the use of public funds by the Commonwealth Development Corporation.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	58560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>DFID is an active and engaged shareholder. Our influence over the strategic direction of CDC is evident from the changes that CDC has undergone over the last 5/6 years, in which we have played a key role.</p><p>DFID, as sole shareholder, sets the company’s investment policy – outlining which countries CDC should invest in, the types of investments it makes, and setting the performance targets CDC must reach. DFID appoints the Chair and certain other members of the Board, and holds the Board accountable for delivery of CDC’s five year strategy and for achieving the performance targets set in the Investment Policy.</p><p>Management has delegated authority from the Board to make investment decisions, meet corporate objectives and financial regulatory obligations.</p><p>DFID exercises shareholder oversight through close contact with both Board and management, including via Quarterly Shareholder Meetings held to review progress and performance (financial, development impact, risk management, investment pipeline forecasts) and Annual Meetings with the Board.</p><p>DFID’s oversight of CDC is scrutinised by the International Development Committee, the National Audit Office, UK Government Investments, the Treasury and the Public Accounts Committee. The National Audit Office recently described DFID’s governance arrangements as ‘thorough’ in its recent value for money study.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/01/2017 16:57:43 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

663018

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Credit Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department permits its employees to join a credit union through payroll deductions; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	58456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>I can confirm my department currently does not have the facility to allow staff to join a credit union through payroll deductions. Staff can still make arrangements to contribute to a credit union via direct debit.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/01/2017 17:25:25 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

661758

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, who the diversity champion is on her departmental board.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	58239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The diversity champion on the Departmental Board is Joy Hutcheon, Director General for Finance and Corporate Performance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/01/2017 16:58:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

661759

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent reports she has received on the availability and accessibility of aid routes into Aleppo.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	58223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The city of Aleppo is now fully under the control of the Assad regime. The UN has gained partial access to most neighbourhoods in eastern Aleppo, formerly under opposition control, to carry out assessments and start responding to needs. The UK supports fully the UN’s call for unhindered access to all areas of Aleppo in order to meet humanitarian needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/01/2017 16:49:45 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms