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681226

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	USA: Family Planning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of the US restoring the Mexico City Policy on the effectiveness of her Department's projects.
tabling member constituency	Finchley and Golders Green
tabling member printed	Mike Freer
uin	62149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>The full implications of the reinstated and expanded Mexico City policy are not yet clear, but we are closely following developments. DFID will consider the implications with our offices, with UK civil society and with donors.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 06/02/2017 17:38:27 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer

681227

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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 plans she has to cap the daily rate of consultants working (a) directly for and (b) for contractors working on projects funded by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	62150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State announced to the International Development Committee (IDC) on 19 December that DFID will conduct a fundamental review of supplier practices which will include looking at how to drive greater transparency of costs in our supply chain.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 02/02/2017 17:48:44 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

681228

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza and West Bank: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of Israel's border restrictions and permit system on urgent medical care for people resident in (a) the West Bank and (b) Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	62175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The availability of some medical supplies and services in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) can be restricted by Israeli security procedures. A recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report noted increasing restrictions, notably permit delays or denial, for patients who have been referred for further care outside Gaza and the West Bank. For Gaza this is particularly acute, and is compounded by frequent closure by Egypt of the Rafah crossing, preventing urgent medical cases from seeking treatment in Egypt.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 02/02/2017 17:44:49 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

681229

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much government funding is provided for climate action in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	62257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>Over the last five years, the UK Government has provided £3.87 billion for climate action in developing countries. This has, amongst other things, supported 21 million people to cope with the effects of climate change and helped 6.6 million people access clean energy.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 02/02/2017 17:49:17 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

681230

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the implications are for her policies on her Department's assistance for the training of teachers in the developing world to meet 2030 educational targets of UNESCOs Policy Paper 19 of April 2015, The challenge of teacher shortage and quality.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	62246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>We welcome the educational targets of UNESCO's Policy Paper. Well trained, motivated and empowered teachers are central to a quality education and this is where we are focusing our efforts; in the period 2011 – 2015 we helped to train 380,000 teachers and improve the effectiveness of teacher development. Through our ongoing bilateral education programmes and support to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), we assist 65 developing countries to develop and finance education sector plans for teacher training.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 06/02/2017 17:12:55 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

681231

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will place in the Library a list of public consultations, White Papers and other documents her Department plans to publish to assist the UK in making effective the Government's plans for the UK to leave the EU within the two year timetable from the triggering of Article 50.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Ms Gisela Stuart
uin	62279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>Yes, but currently none have been published.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 06/02/2017 17:13:55 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	296 label Biography information for Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston

681232

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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: Cleaning Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the hourly pay-rate is for her Department's cleaning staff.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	62271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>DFID utilises a cross government contract for cleaning services in their UK estates. Cleaners are currently paid an hourly rate of £9.40 in DFID’s London office and £8.25 in DFID’s East Kilbride office.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 06/02/2017 17:19:07 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

681341

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	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 steps she is taking to ensure that aid can continue to be provided to Aleppo should the conflict in that city resume.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	62325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>DFID-funded UN and humanitarian partners are assessing and responding to needs in east Aleppo city and have increased their activities in the west of the city to support those displaced there from the east. This is in addition to ongoing work to support the existing 350,000 displaced persons already in west Aleppo city.</p><p>The UN assesses that the security situation in the city is stable, but we will continue to monitor this closely and scale up our response if necessary. We are working with our partners to ensure that they have effective contingency plans in place for any deterioration. As part of this work, they now have substantial contingency stocks of food available inside Aleppo City, and could quickly mobilise further stocks if required at short notice.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 06/02/2017 17:20:55 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

681342

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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: EU Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her press statement of 16 December 2016 on future UK support to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, that she intends to channel payments to the Palestinian Authority directly through the EU's PEGASE mechanism, if she will set out what her policy is on making such payments after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	62399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK’s ability to use the EU PEGASE mechanism will not be affected when we leave the EU. Non-EU countries are able to channel funding through this mechanism.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 02/02/2017 17:45:12 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

681343

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which contracts have been suspended by Ministers of her Department in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	62380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>No contracts over the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) threshold (currently £106,047) have been suspended by Ministers in the Department for International Development in the last three months.</p><p>A number of procurements and payments were paused following recent concerns about DFID suppliers. We have also recently examined DFID programmes in OPT’s.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 02/02/2017 17:52:12 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty