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757649

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date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Rwanda: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the findings of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative report on Rwanda, published in 2009, have affected policy on (a) aid to Rwanda and (b) Rwanda's continued membership of the Commonwealth.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	8637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>UK aid policy in Rwanda has evolved considerably since 2009. The UK has not provided General Budget Support to Rwanda since 2013 and stopped Sector Budget Support in 2014. The British Government continues to speak candidly with the Government of Rwanda on all issues of human rights, freedom of expression and governance. Commonwealth membership is a matter for the Commonwealth Secretariat.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/09/2017 15:56:45 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

755950

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sierra Leone: Floods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support the UK has given to the people of (a) Sierra Leone and (b) Freetown after recent flooding.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	7446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Our deepest sympathies are with the people of Sierra Leone affected by the mudslide and flooding in and around Freetown. The UK was among the first to respond, with personnel at the scene within hours. We provided vital humanitarian assistance immediately, drawing on supplies already in place following the Ebola outbreak. We have allocated £5m to provide clean water and hygiene kits to prevent a cholera outbreak; essential health and psychosocial services; and food and clothing to those affected. We are helping families to re-establish their lives by finding alternative accommodation, and ensuring their children can return to school.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/09/2017 16:00:44 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

755954

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sierra Leone: Floods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what resources her Department has made available to help Sierra Leone in the aftermath of recent flooding and mudslides in that country.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	7289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Our deepest sympathies are with the people of Sierra Leone affected by the mudslide. The UK was among the first to respond, with personnel at the scene within hours. We provided vital humanitarian assistance immediately, drawing on supplies already in place following the Ebola outbreak. We have allocated £5m to provide clean water and hygiene kits to prevent a cholera outbreak; essential health and psychosocial services; and food and clothing to those affected. We are helping families to re-establish their lives by finding alternative accommodation, and ensuring their children can return to school.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/09/2017 16:00:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

756558

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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 applications her Department has received for (a) internal loans and (b) secondments from civil servants in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	7998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The number of applications DFID has received for internal loans from existing civil servants applying through Civil Service Jobs (from November 2012) is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of Applicants</p></td><td><p>Loans</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>285</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information prior to November 2012 is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Existing Civil Servants apply to DFID on loan, and not secondment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/09/2017 16:02:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

756561

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of consultancy assignments procured by her Department are paid at a daily rate.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	7935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The information is not held in the form requested and can only be collated at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/09/2017 16:01:15 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

754180

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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 plans she has to improve oversight of the UK Aid Strategy across Government; and what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendation by the National Audit Office on her Department improving its assessment of overall effectiveness of ODA expenditure and its coherence across Government.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	6032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>In line with commitments in the UK Aid Strategy, DFID and Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) have introduced robust monitoring, governance and oversight arrangements to ensure value for money of all of Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend, including through setting up an ODA Senior Officials Group, which meets regularly and reports to Ministers. However, it is important to note that individual government departments have direct responsibility and accountability for their own ODA spend.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/09/2017 09:09:52 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

754181

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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, whether her Department plans to assess official development assistance spending by other Government departments against the International Aid Transparency Index; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	6033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>Under the UK Aid Strategy all government departments will aim to achieve a good or very good rating in the Aid Transparency Index by 2020. The Government will make arrangements for an assessment of the aid transparency rating of all departments to be made by 2020. DFID will continue to support departments to achieve this goal.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/09/2017 09:10:06 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

754182

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what additional resources her Department has provided to the humanitarian relief operations in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	6199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>In response to the £50 million United Nations flash appeal for the Kasais in April 2017, the UK has committed £4.65 million of new funding for emergency lifesaving humanitarian assistance to the Kasais. Taking into account broader humanitarian support to DRC, the total UK humanitarian support to the Kasais to more than £7.7 million. The UK also provides support to healthcare, WASH and education activities in the region.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/09/2017 09:10:19 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

753546

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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: European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the potential number of Acts or parts of Acts in the remit of her Department that will be subject to repeal as a result of provisions in the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	5714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Government departments have been analysing the UK statute book and directly applicable EU law in their areas of responsibility to enable an assessment of the scale of the changes needed. This is likely to include the repeal, but also the amendment, of provisions in Acts but we are not in a position to give a sense of scale at this time.</p><p>In the Government White Paper on the Repeal Bill [‘Legislating for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union’], published on 30 March 2017, we estimated around 800 - 1,000 EU-exit related <strong>Statutory Instrument</strong>s will be required.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/07/2017 12:46:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

753547

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials of her Department and non-departmental public bodies have the word trade in their job title.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	5740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>DFID’s Trade for Development team contains 42 staff. Three elsewhere in DFID have trade in their job title. There are no staff with job titles including trade in DFID’s two non-departmental public bodies.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 25/07/2017 14:35:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil