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date	01/12/2014
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, how many international payments of less than £2 million her Department has made and to which countries in each financial year from 2010-11; what the total value of such payments to each such country was; and what the total cost in fees and transactions of each such payment was.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	216682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The table below details the number of International payments together with the total values for each period.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>Payments under £2m</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>VOLUME OF PAYMENTS</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>2352</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>2256</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2741</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>3718</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are unable to allocate payments to individual countries or apportion the total costs of fees for these payments without incurring a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 04/12/2014 16:30:06 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

166779

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Voluntary Service Overseas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department is providing to the business volunteering hub over the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	216439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>DFID is supporting VSO to establish a self-sustaining Corporate Volunteering Hub (CVH). The CVH will act as market-making organisation and will match the growing demand in development programmes for business skills with the growing supply of experienced business professionals willing and able to volunteer. VSO’s experience in international development and volunteering will ensure the Hub will be responsive to both programming needs of development partners and sustainability interests of corporate members. DFID will provide up to £3.4m over 5 years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 04/12/2014 16:31:28 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

166780

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many security breaches have been recorded by her Department in each year since 2010; and what action has been taken following each such breach.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	216440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>DFID takes all breaches seriously but most breaches within DFID are of a minor nature such as loss of a pass. The earliest data we hold is from 2008. Across all DFID’s staff, since 2010 my Department has recorded the following minor security breaches.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Minor breaches</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>331</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>294</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>327</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There have been 9 major breaches and 0 gross breaches, the highest category.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 04/12/2014 18:00:11 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh