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91193

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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 much her Department has spent on projects solely for the benefit of (a) males and (b) females in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	208716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The particular information requested is not collected centrally and is not available without incurring disproportionate costs. The UK Government is committed to increasing focus on girls and women across all our investments to ‘stop poverty before it starts’ by creating environments that unlock their voices, choices and control, and that empowers them economically.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since May 2014, under the International Development (Gender Equality) Act 2014, DFID is required to give regard to the contribution its assistance is likely to make to reducing gender inequality, or to gender-related differences in needs, before assistance is provided.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 13/10/2014 15:03:33 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

91315

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Art Works
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost to the public purse was of the Girl Effect Art Installation in her Departmental offices.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	208704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>There is no Girl Effect Art Installation in DFID offices. The “GIRL” letters were commissioned as a backdrop for Girl Summit 2014, an event hosted by the UK Government and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to help bring an end to female genital mutilation and child, early and forced marriage. They were also used as a backdrop for #YouthforChange, a youth event held at the Department for International Development on 19 July to kick-start a youth movement on girls’ rights.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Nike Foundation made a substantive financial contribution to the Girl Summit, including providing funds to cover the cost of the “GIRL” letters. These continue to be displayed in the entrance hall of the Department for International Development as a way of maintaining momentum from the Girl Summit and raising awareness of the need to end FGM and CEFM within a generation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 13/10/2014 14:59:48 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

91066

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Media
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 has spent on media monitoring in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	208568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Since financial year 2008/9, media monitoring costs have been reduced by more than half to £63,960.40 in 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2008-09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£159,000.00</p></td><td><p>£152,000.00</p></td><td><p>£102,000.00</p></td><td><p>£77,000.00</p></td><td><p>£64,000.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures rounded to the nearest 1000.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 11/09/2014 16:10:12 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

46318

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures are in place to ensure that aid given to foreign countries is used for the purposes intended; and what proportion of such aid not being used for those purposes would result in future aid being denied to that country.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	194676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>DFID has a number of controls in place focussing on monitoring and evaluation, including both internal and external audits and reports from the International Development Committee and the Independent Commission for Aid Impact.</p><p>DFID has strong internal review processes in place to make sure projects are properly monitored and closed if they are not delivering good results and value for money.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies