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710874

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date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to review her Department's spending on all education projects in the Palestine authority to ensure those projects meet her Department's criteria.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	67713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK’s bilateral funding to the Palestinian Authority education sector only goes to support the salaries of vetted teachers and public servants. Our support is helping around 25,000 young Palestinians go to school each year.. The UK is about to assess performance of this past year’s support with the Palestinian Authority, including progress against the Partnership Principles, and tackling incitement in education. DFID OPTs regularly monitors programme performance, including through annual reviews. The Minister of State has also personally reviewed our educational programs on his most recent visit to Palestine and will be contributing to our portfolio review.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/03/2017 16:49:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

711053

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's humanitarian aid budget was disbursed for (a) one year, (b) two years and (c) three years or more in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	67793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>Due to the nature of Humanitarian Responses, DFID cannot always allocate humanitarian budgets in advance. However, over the last three budget periods DFID’s spend on humanitarian aid was allocated as follows (rounded to the nearest 5%):</p><ul><li>65 per cent to projects with an operational period of 3 years or more</li><li>30 per cent was to projects with an operational period of two years</li></ul><p>and</p><ul><li>5 per cent was to projects with an operational period of one year.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/03/2017 16:49:50 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

710613

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
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: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what proportion of people employed by her Department are from other EU countries.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	67465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>All Government Departments are bound by legal requirements concerning the right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules.</p><p>Evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Civil Service as part of wider pre-employment checks, but there is no requirement on departments to retain this information beyond the point at which it has served its purpose.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/03/2017 16:50:25 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

710621

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
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 ensure that UK international development aid is not spent on the promotion of terrorism.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	67699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>DFID’s development work complements and reinforces the UK’s efforts to counter terrorism and extremism. DFID helps to build stronger, stable and more democratic states and societies that are better able to respond to the threat from terrorism. Development programmes can do this by addressing poor governance, corruption, inequality, marginalisation and a lack of economic opportunity which create the enabling environment which extremists exploit. We have enhanced our operational framework and internal guidance to ensure that DFID effectively manages the risk of aid diversion to terrorist groups in line with our obligations under the 2000 Terrorism Act. A dedicated Counter Terrorist Financing Officer has also been appointed. DFID controls include a comprehensive management framework which requires risks to be identified at design stage and reassessed regularly during the project. Further measures include understanding the country context; where terrorist organisations are operating; and the impact of our programmes, to monitor unintended consequences. Every project is subject to an annual performance review and a project completion review, to ensure that the desired objectives have been achieved, and that aid has been delivered to the intended beneficiaries.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/03/2017 17:16:07 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

709735

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Occupied Territories: Demolition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans are in place to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to Palestinians who will be made homeless by demolitions in the near future.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	67285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>DFID’s core contribution to the European Union includes support to emergency humanitarian work in Area C. The UK also supports the Norwegian Refugee Council to provide legal advice and representation to Palestinian communities at risk of losing their homes to demolition or eviction. The UK continues to raise with Israeli authorities at the highest level our serious concern at the increase in demolitions of Palestinian properties in Area C of the West Bank and in East Jerusalem, most recently when the Foreign Secretary met Prime Minister Netanyahu on 8 March 2017.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/03/2017 17:16:53 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

709737

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
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: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff in her Department have been seconded from (i) businesses and (ii) charities.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	67313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>Since 2009, 6 staff have been seconded to DFID from businesses. No staff have been seconded from charities.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/03/2017 17:14:27 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

709738

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Inter Mediate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding has been provided to Inter Mediate for work related to Burma in each financial year since 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	67269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>Between 2012 and 2015 DFID provided just over £1.4 million to Inter Mediate for work related to Burma. Following this further funding from the cross-departmental Conflict Stability and Security Fund has been agreed, totally nearly £1.3 million.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/03/2017 17:14:57 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

709337

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Ports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	67115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>The UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) in Yemen is successfully verifying, and where necessary inspecting, ships in line with UNSCR 2216 (2015). UNVIM’s average processing time is several hours lower than its target, and DFID has received positive feedback from commercial importers about UNVIM staff’s accessibility, professionalism and responsiveness.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/03/2017 17:17:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

709389

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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, by what date she expects that all projects funded through the (a) Prosperity Fund and (b) Conflict Security and Stabilisation Fund will be listed on her Department's Development project tracker.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	67107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government set out a firm commitment in the UK Aid Strategy to improve transparency of UK official development assistance. As part of this effort, both the Conflict Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) and the Prosperity Fund will publish online information on programmes during 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/03/2017 17:18:34 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

709390

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinian Authority: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, to clarify how UK aid supports the Palestinian Authority's centralised education service.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	67153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>UK direct financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority is used for the sole purpose of contributing to the salaries of West Bank public servants responsible for providing essential services in the education and health sectors, including both frontline teachers and administrative staff in the Ministry of Education.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/03/2017 17:16:14 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley