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registered interest
date	19/04/2017
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: Famine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the UN report stating that 60 per cent of Yemenis are in crisis or emergency food situations, published on 15 March 2017, what steps her Department is taking to prevent famine in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	71294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The UK provided £112 million in aid to Yemen in 2016/17, which supported over 462,000 people with food or food vouchers, and over 889,000 women and children with nutrition interventions. Given the scale of the current crisis in Yemen, yesterday we further increased UK aid for 2017/18 to £139 million, to provide lifesaving aid to hundreds of thousands of desperate people. I would refer the Right Honourable Gentleman to the Written Ministerial Statement HCWS606 for further information.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/04/2017 16:53:50 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

722138

registered interest
date	18/04/2017
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: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in her Department respond to Freedom of Information requests.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	71046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>DFID has a central team of three staff who advise on and co-ordinate responses to Freedom of Information requests. All DFID staff may have some involvement in preparing responses.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/04/2017 16:55:45 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

720674

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Independent Commission for Aid Impact: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many applications the board of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact received during its last intake.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	70493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>During the last intake of Commissioners to the Board of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact in 2014 and 2015, DFID received twenty-six applications for the position of Chief Commissioner and one hundred and thirty five applications for the Commissioner positions.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/04/2017 16:57:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

720675

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to paragraphs 1.296 and 1.297 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, what progress her Department has made by estimated capacity of land sold since March 2016 in identifying and disposing of land to meet the Government's commitment.
tabling member constituency	Hertford and Stortford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Prisk
uin	70681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>DFID does not own any land beyond its headquarters buildings in London and East Kilbride.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/04/2017 16:53:20 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1424 label Biography information for Mr Mark Prisk

720676

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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: Conditions of Employment
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 staff employed by her Department are employed on a contract which is (a) full-time permanent, (b) part-time permanent, (c) for less than two years' duration, (d) on an agency basis and (e) zero-hours.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Rob Marris
uin	70467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The number and proportion of staff employed by DFID in the categories requested is shown below:-</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>.</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% as a proportion of total Home Civil Servant (HCS) staff</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Permanent and Pensionable Full Time</p></td><td><p>1890</p></td><td><p>87.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Permanent and Pensionable Part Time</p></td><td><p>209</p></td><td><p>9.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 2 years duration*</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agency contracts</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zero Hours</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* - includes Fixed term and Limited term contracts, Loans and Secondments in to DFID who are on payroll as at 31<sup>st</sup> March 2017</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/04/2017 16:56:14 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1468 label Biography information for Rob Marris

720677

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Overseas Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2017 to Question 67083, on trade agreements, if she will publish the review referred to in the Answer of 14 March 2017 to Question 66937, on overseas trade.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	70330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I provided on 14th March 2017 to Question number 66937.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/04/2017 12:45:00 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

720679

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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: Private Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff of her Department based (a) in the UK and (b) overseas are in receipt of support for private school fees for children.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	70380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>This information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/04/2017 16:50:36 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

720680

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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: Management Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2017 to Question 69290, on management consultants, whether the spend listed was for (a) advice or (b) the implementation of programmes.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	70260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The consultancy spend provided for Question 69290 was for advice.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/04/2017 16:51:02 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

720691

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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: 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 aid is not being passed on by the Palestinian Authority to the families of people who have been involved in terrorist activity.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	70696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2017 answer text <p>UK financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA) is only used to fund the salaries of PA health and education public servants in the West Bank who are on a vetted EU list. The list of eligible beneficiaries is subject to a vetting process that includes screening against international and ad hoc sanctions lists, covering a large number of different risk categories including terrorism financing.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/04/2017 12:18:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

715719

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
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: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people holding security passes for other Government Departments are granted access to her Department's premises with that pass, by Department.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	70067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>Civil Servants have to have the ability to work flexibly across government sites where there is a business need to do so. The issuing of all passes is controlled by local Departmental Security teams who follow strict procedures and protocols. Information on the number of people holding security passes for other government departments who are granted access to DFID premises is not centrally recorded.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/04/2017 16:30:49 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett