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347359

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Nepal: Earthquakes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department is offering to Nepal after the recent earthquakes in that country.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 1 June 2015 to Question 21 <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons&amp;uin=21" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons&amp;uin=21</a>.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 02/06/2015 14:04:20 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

178586

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her strategy is for the protection of children in countries receiving UK aid.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	223853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>Assessing the needs of men, women, girls and boys in emergency situations, including their protection needs, is a core function of DFID humanitarian partners. In conflict affected areas for example, children face multiple problems ranging from being used as child soldiers, to sexual exploitation, to denial of access to education. DFID views facilitating education as one of the ways we can help to protect children.</p><p> </p><p>In the Syria region for example, the No Lost Generation initiative contributes to protecting children through access to learning and psychosocial support. It advocates for better protection of children from violence, abuse and exploitation, aiming to restore hope for the future to thousands of children. DFID has allocated £50m to the No Lost Generation initiative, and is working with UNICEF and other partners to maximise the quality, coverage and coherence of these interventions, contributing to resilience and peaceful co-habitation. DFID has also funded education, psychosocial support and child protection across the region, with a particular focus on support to education in Lebanon and Jordan.</p><p> </p><p>We have also focussed on protecting children as part of our Call To Action on Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), which saw commitments from partners that included creating new protection officer roles, incorporating the issue of VAWG into humanitarian coordination response plans, supplying additional human resources on VAWG and to increase the evidence base on this issue for more effective targeting of UK assistance. In each rapid onset emergency DFID supports, we review specific actions to address Violence Against Women and Girls. For example in response to Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the Philippines during the Call to Action meeting in 2013, the Secretary of State convened a high level meeting with donors and UN agencies to specifically ensure that VAWG was addressed as a priority. As a result, participants agreed that the Philippines should act as a pilot for improving how VAWG is addressed in emergencies. The Secretary of State tasked a team of DFID experts to the Philippines to take stock of the international response VAWG within the first weeks of the emergency and to ensure DFID programmes addressed this issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 12/02/2015 17:35:20 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

178587

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has allocated to the protection of children in emergencies in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	223852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>Protection of children in emergencies is a priority for DFID. Examples of our work include in the Syrian region DFID is helping to provide protection to children affected by armed conflict. We are providing more than £500 million in humanitarian aid to help people, including children, who have lost everything as a result of the violence. Of this the UK has dedicated £82 million specifically for the protection, trauma care and education of children affected by the crisis. In Eastern DRC, DFID is in close discussion with the international community and the government of DRC on Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) programming with a specific child soldier component.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Additionally the UK has supported child protection activities in emergencies through our work on Violence Against Women and Girls following Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, in the recent Iraq crisis and through security sector reform programmes in Somalia. In Sierra Leone we are supporting UNICEF for child protection activities in the Ebola outbreak, where DFID deployed child protection advisers to jump start a focus on this important issue.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Child protection activities in emergencies are often part of wider projects and funding is not recorded separately. For example, education projects in emergencies will often provide protection and since 2009/10 DFID has more than doubled education spending in conflict and fragile states. From 2010 to 2015, the UK has supported 11 million children in primary and lower secondary school, and trained more than 190,000 teachers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 12/02/2015 17:41:41 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

176536

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
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 measures her Department has put in place to ensure that funding provided by her Department and spent by foreign governments is used for its intended purposes.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>DFID has introduced tighter ministerial controls and tough anti-corruption controls over spending decisions and we only provide aid direct to other governments where we are completely satisfied that the government shares our commitment to the UK’s four Partnership Principles - (1) poverty reduction, (2) respecting human rights, (3) improving public financial management, promoting good governance and transparency and fighting corruption, and (4) strengthening domestic accountability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have robust systems for carrying out due diligence and promoting use of funds as well as enhanced internal audit and rigorous external scrutiny.</p><p> </p><p>DFID also carries out Fiduciary Risk Assessments which include an explicit assessment of corruption risk. These are subject to independent scrutiny. DFID provides financial aid, only where there is a credible programme to address weaknesses in public financial management.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All organisations which receive funding from DFID are required to provide evidence about the use of funds, including providing audited financial statements, and this is monitored as part of our monitoring of programme performance and delivery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID has a range of audit processes:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· Internal Audit Department. DFID applies a risk based approach to planning its internal audit assignments: using risk registers and the audit committee.</p><p> </p><p>· National Audit Office - The DFID Annual Report 2013-2014 which can be found on our website is subject to external audit by National Audit Office (NAO).</p><p> </p><p>· The UK Government set up the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) to evaluate our work and report directly to Parliament. ICAI examines Official Development Assistance (ODA) across government although concentrates principally on DFID. ICAI reports on audits undertaken are publically available through their website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 03/02/2015 15:05:38 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

174452

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Nigeria
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 takes to ensure that aid provided to Nigeria is not used by Boko Haram.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	221193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>DFID has a zero tolerance approach to the misuse of aid and has a range of robust controls and measures in place to safeguard UK taxpayers’ money.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 22/01/2015 17:43:07 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

172598

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent (a) financial and (b) other assistance her Department has given for children in Palestine.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	220071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>DFID funds the two main providers of health and education services for children in the Occupied Palestinian Territories; the Palestinian Authority and the UN Relief and Works Agency. In response to the trauma suffered by children following the summer’s Gaza conflict we are also funding a range of health and psychosocial support initiatives for children in Gaza.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 12/01/2015 16:44:26 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

65531

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Uganda
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 June 2014, Official Report, column 416W, on Uganda, to which human rights organisations her Department is stepping up to support; and what form that support will take.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	203718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>We are consulting in-country with LGBTI groups and development partners to determine the best ways to support our aims.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 07/07/2014 16:36:23 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

64074

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Uganda
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 in response to the Ugandan anti-homosexuality act; and what steps she plans to take to encourage its repeal.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	202545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>We have consistently raised concerns about the legislation with the Ugandan Government at the most senior levels, and sought assurances on the protection of individuals. Most recently, the Secretary of State for International Development and the Minister for Africa raised the issue with the Ugandan President on 6 May. We will continue to press the Ugandan Government at the highest levels to defend human rights for all.</p><p> </p><p>The UK suspended all Budget Support to the Government of Uganda in 2013 following the misappropriation of donor funds. After the passing of the Anti-Homosexuality Act we assessed our programme to ensure that UK aid was not being provided to organisations that proactively and publically promoted the legislation. Following this, the UK and other donors suspended funding to one organisation. We will continue to monitor this situation. We are also stepping up our support to human rights organisations that protect minority rights in Uganda.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 30/06/2014 14:51:48 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis