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626056

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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: Working Hours
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 have opted out of the EU Working Time Directive.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	51134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>We have no record of any individuals employed by DFID who have opted out of the EU Working Time Directive.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/11/2016 15:50:11 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

626058

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Microfinance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in which countries and for how many projects her Department provides microloans to local communities or small businesses.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	51237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>DFID does not track microloans separately from other financial inclusion programmes. DFID’s total investment in financial inclusion programmes is more than £426 million as of July 2016. The portfolio has a wide geographic spread with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. DFID focuses on ways to make business easier for micro and small enterprises to support growth and jobs, as opposed to a specific focus on microlending.</p><p>One of the best examples of our work with small businesses is DFID’s anchor investment of £75m in the Global Small and Medium Size Enterprise (SME) Finance Initiative established in 2012 along with other investors. As of June 2016, the programme had contributed to nearly £3.5bn of commercial loans supporting nearly 66,000 SMEs in 26 countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Mozambique and Bangladesh. The programme has a particular focus on increasing finance to women-headed SMEs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/11/2016 15:53:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

626059

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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: 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 citizens of non-UK EU countries work in her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	51003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 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><p>More broadly, the Government will be consulting in due course on how we work with business to ensure that workers in this country have the skills that they need to get a job. But there are no proposals to publish lists of the number or proportion of foreign workers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/11/2016 15:49:45 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

622676

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many apprenticeships have been created in her Department in each region in each of the last five years; and how many participants in those apprenticeships subsequently secured a job within the Civil Service.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	50812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>In light of the Government’s manifesto commitment to achieve three million new apprenticeship starts in England by the end of the Parliament, the Cabinet Office will be centrally collecting data on apprenticeships to allow the Civil Service to report on its contribution towards the national target. In line with these commitments DFID’s targets are set as:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DFID’s target</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>With current in year planning DFID will exceed the target set for 2016/17.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Type of Apprenticeship/ Location</p></td><td><p>Fast Track</p></td><td><p>Operational Delivery</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Kilbride</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Totals</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>DFID’s commitment to central Government apprenticeships started during 2015/16, details as below. These apprenticeships will not finish until at least July 2017 and it is too early to know how many will secure a job within the Civil Service.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Type of Apprenticeship/ location</p></td><td><p>Fast Track</p></td><td><p>Operational Delivery</p></td><td><p>Totals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Kilbride</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>DFID did sponsor two internal apprenticeships in 2012; both were successful in retaining employment with DFID.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/11/2016 15:53:57 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

622677

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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: Iron and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate she has made of the level of procurement of British steel by her Department in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	50640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>DFID does not procure steel.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/11/2016 15:51:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

621972

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of senior civil service graded posts in her Department classified as (i) deputy director, (ii) assistant director, (iii) team leader and (iv) policy manager have been based outside London in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	50403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The proportion of DFID Senior Civil Servants designated as Deputy Director based outside of London is detailed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>DFID does not designate Senior Civil Servants as assistant director, team leader or policy manager.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Deputy Director Outside London </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 02/11/2016 16:33:15 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

622009

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
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 Written Ministerial Statement of 6 December 2010, Official Report, column 7WS, what consideration her Department has given to the articles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child when making new policy and legislation since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	50464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The rights, freedoms and protections for children are considered throughout policy-making and programme activity across DFID. As part of DFID’s commitment to children, the Secretary of State recently announced her founding Board membership of the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children and increased UK ambition in tackling child labour in developing countries. DFID leadership includes recent commitments to eradicate female genital mutilation; end child, early and forced marriages; tackle all forms of violence against women and girls, recognising the harm this does to both boys and girls; and protecting children in conflict and humanitarian settings.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 02/11/2016 16:36:15 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

622075

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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: Fraud
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 13 October 2016 to Question 47905, what proportion of her Department's spending those proven cases of fraud represented in each of those financial years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	50367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>In 2013-14 net losses resulting from fraud cases closed in the period totalled £202,474.</p><p>In 2014-15 net losses resulting from fraud cases closed in the period totalled £748,980.</p><p>In 2015-16 net losses resulting from fraud cases closed in the period totalled £1,069,481.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 31/10/2016 18:12:07 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

622076

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Middle East: Overseas Aid
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 13 October 2016 to Question 47905, whether any of those instances of fraud were related to her Department's spending in (a) Israel and (b) the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	50368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The department had no reported losses relating to (a) Israel and (b) the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the three consecutive years mentioned.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 31/10/2016 18:12:26 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

621005

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance for medical care the Government provides for people living in Palestine.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	50208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK has contributed to medical care for Palestinians through our support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and the Palestinian Authority. The UK is a long-term supporter of UNRWA, providing over £60 million in 2015/16. Through this funding, we have supported UNRWA to deliver comprehensive primary healthcare to 5 million Palestinian refugees in Gaza, the West Bank and the region, as well as supporting them to access more specialised medical care.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/10/2016 13:23:27 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff