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637171

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date	15/11/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) countries and (b) programmes will receive the additional funding announced by the Prime Minister on 21 September 2016.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	52980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The additional humanitarian funding announced by the Prime Minister will support:</p><ul><li>those affected by conflict and natural disaster in South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Nigeria, the Sahel, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Burma;</li><li>refugees and displaced people in Uganda, Kenya, Afghanistan, and the Mediterranean region; and</li><li>those affected by El Nino in eastern and southern Africa, including Lesotho, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.</li></ul><p>An additional £80 million will support a new jobs compact in Ethiopia, which will create 100,000 jobs for Ethiopians and refugees. The UK will also contribute £2.5 million to a new fund, led by the International Organisation for Migration, which will facilitate durable solutions for refugees by supporting additional countries to offer resettlement places.</p><p>It is in the UK’s interest to respond quickly to humanitarian crises overseas, offering people protection and opportunities close to their home countries or long-term resettlement in a third country. This saves lives, helps to reduce long-term poverty, and is key to reducing the risk of people being caught up in uncontrolled, mass migration.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/11/2016 15:55:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

637173

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of how much of the funding provided by her Department for projects in Burma is administered by companies which are owned by the Burmese Army.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	53018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>DFID does not fund any organisations whose projects are administered by the Burmese Army or by military holding companies.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/11/2016 15:57:03 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

637177

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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: Renewable Energy
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 is taking to increase investment in decentralised renewable energy in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	53140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I provided on 17 November to question number 52717.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 18/11/2016 14:36:31 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

636252

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
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: Malaria
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 her Department's progress on tackling malaria in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	52764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>Between 2000 and 2015 DFID helped to reduce global malaria deaths by 60%, saving 6.2 million lives, and preventing 1.2 billion malaria cases. We support the World Health Organisation goal to reduce malaria deaths by 90% by 2030, on a path to a malaria free world, and contribute through the Global Fund for AIDS, TB, and malaria, country and regional health programmes, and research funding.</p><p>In September DFID pledged £1.1 billion to the Global Fund for 2017 to 2019. This included a commitment to double private sector contributions to malaria (up to £200 million) and will fund up to 40 million bednets. Malaria has a high economic cost for affected countries, especially in Africa, so tackling the disease both saves lives and contributes to prosperity.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 17/11/2016 14:41:35 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

636253

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Private Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Government overseas development assistance expenditure is spent directly or indirectly on low-fee, for profit private schools in (a) Nigeria, (b) Pakistan, (c) Kenya and (d) Uganda.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
uin	52765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>Our absolute priority is to ensure children in the world’s poorest countries get the education they deserve, regardless of whether the school is public or private. When state provision is not delivering for the poorest, we work with low-cost privately run schools to provide an education to children who would otherwise get none. DFID has made direct investments in low-fee schools in Nigeria, Kenya and Pakistan. In Nigeria, we have spent £7.6m since 2013, 4,000 students are enrolled in 17 new schools in deprived areas of Lagos, with ongoing work to improve the quality standards of education provided to 1.8 million primary students in private schools. In Kenya we have spent £2.4m since 2014. We paid for 20,000 children to go to private schools in deprived urban areas where there is very limited state provision.</p><p>In Pakistan we have spent £28m since 2012, contributed to enrolling 1.7 million children in Punjab and 16,000 children in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. In addition, the UK’s development finance institution, CDC, invested $7.1m in 2014 on low fee private schools, which includes support in Uganda.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/11/2016 17:19:28 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

636254

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
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: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she has taken to respond to the recent recommendations by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on privatisation and the right to education.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
uin	52766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom notes the recent recommendations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Our priority is to ensure children get the education they deserve and in the vast majority of cases this means investing in the state sector. However, where state provision is weak or non-existent we work with paid-for schools to provide an education to children who would otherwise get none.</p><p>It is important for national governments to define the appropriate balance between private and public provision in their country, in compliance with their international human rights obligations. We do not accept that DFID’s funding of private provision of education violates children’s right to an education. On the contrary, in many cases it secures it.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/11/2016 17:20:27 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

636255

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
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: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when her Department plans to publish a new global education strategy setting out how the UK will help to meet Sustainable Development Goal 4.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
uin	52767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK Aid Strategy sets out how the Government will tackle the great global challenges of our age in order to eliminate poverty. DFID is helping to ensure that every girl and boy can access, and complete, a good quality basic education.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/11/2016 17:20:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

636256

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
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: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she has taken to ensure that her Department's education spending delivers the best learning outcomes.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
uin	52755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>A focus on improving access to school and learning outcomes drives DFID’s approach to investment in education in priority countries.</p><p>DFID has pledged to support 11 million children with an education between 2015 and 2020. Not just to get children into school, but to ensure they are learning. All of DFID’s education programmes prioritise learning and we are seeing results; for example the Girls Education Challenge has increased the learning outcomes in literacy and mathematics for 700,000 girls across 18 countries. Motivated, trained, effective teachers are essential for children to learn. In Tanzania we are rolling out in-service teacher training with a focus on literacy, numeracy and better pedagogy for over 45,000 teachers in 7 disadvantaged regions.</p><p>In Bangladesh, DFID support the ‘English in Action’ programme in which school teachers receive specially designed training modules and lesson plans directly to their low cost mobile phones. It has been shown to improve their teaching and is being modified for use in Nigeria. DFID is also working internationally to embed a global focus on the quality of education.</p><p>DFID championed the inclusion of learning indicators in the Sustainable Development Goals and increased support for international monitoring to track progress. We have commissioned rigorous impact evaluations to understand what works to improve learning and ensure good value for money is achieved.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 21/11/2016 17:44:13 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

636257

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Ukraine: Internally Displaced People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in Ukraine on assistance for internally displaced people in that country.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	52738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>DFID officials and staff of the British Embassy in Kyiv are in regular contact with the Government of Ukraine and international partners regarding assistance for internally displaced people in Ukraine. My predecessor, Sir Desmond Swayne, met the current Minister for Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced People during his visit to Ukraine in November 2015.</p><p>Since 2014, the UK has played a key role in supporting the humanitarian response in eastern Ukraine. For internally displaced people, this has included support to meet basic living requirements, providing training in business skills and help for those who have survived sexual and gender-based violence to access medical and legal services.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/11/2016 17:17:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

636258

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Private Education
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 direct or indirect Government overseas development assistance expenditure on low-fee, for profit private schools on the performance of those schools.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
uin	52843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>Through targeted investments in programming and research DFID is helping to build, and expand, the emerging evidence base on the performance of the low cost private education sector. It is also directly enabling children to attend school.</p><p>In East Africa, CDC’s investments have led to 245 schools opening, educating 60,000 children in areas with limited state school provision. Latest evidence shows that children educated in private and philanthropic schools in developing countries often fare better in terms of both teaching and learning than those in educated in public schools. However it remains the case globally that too many children are either out of school altogether or not achieving basic competencies, which is why the government continues to invest in providing a decent education for millions of children in developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/11/2016 17:21:46 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams