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178191

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date	05/02/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much financial aid the UK plans to provide (a) the central government and (b) local authorities in South Sudan in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	223579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The UK will not provide any financial aid to central government or local authorities in South Sudan in 2014-15. The UK will provide around £150m in aid for South Sudan in 2014/15, which is channelled through UN agencies, commercial contractors and NGOs to deliver both humanitarian support and longer term development programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 10/02/2015 17:32:30 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

178192

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the UK will support the call from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for donors to provide US$600 million to the humanitarian response in South Sudan by the end of February 2015.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Mr Henry Bellingham
uin	223639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>Overall, the UK has committed £132.5m to the crisis in South Sudan and a further £58.9 million for South Sudanese refugees in the region, making it the second largest bilateral donor after the US. The UK has been an early responder since the start of the crisis in South Sudan, mobilising resources within days of the onset of conflict, and committing resources to the food security response early on to help avert famine in 2014. In response to the 2015 UN Appeal the UK has already allocated over £20 million. Additionally the UK disbursed almost £30 million in December 2014. The timely disbursement of these contributions was to take advantage of the 2015 dry season window; enabling partners to pre-position vital supplies and achieve cost effective transportation allowing more lives to be saved.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 9<sup>th</sup> February 2015, at a joint UN Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Intergovernmental Authority on Development High-Level Event on the Humanitarian Crisis in South Sudan the UK strongly lobbied other donors to commit early funding in 2015 to the protracted humanitarian crisis and called on the Government of South Sudan to contribute more resources towards meeting the vast humanitarian needs of their people, facilitating unhindered humanitarian access and increasing support for basic services. At the conference, $618 million was pledged to support the 2015 humanitarian response in South Sudan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 12/02/2015 17:15:08 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

178194

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	CDC
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much CDC Group funding the Department has invested using Emerging Capital Partners.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	223566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>US$137.9m has been invested to date in funds managed by ECP.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 10/02/2015 17:43:19 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

178195

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	CDC
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much CDC Group funding the Department has invested using Ethos.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	223565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>CDC has committed a total of US$30m to a fund managed by Ethos, of which US$21m has been invested to date.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 10/02/2015 17:42:36 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

178196

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Private Infrastructure Development Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, by what date she expects the Private Infrustructure Development Group to have implemented International Aid Transparency Initiative compliant reporting for all its financing facilities.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	223531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>The PIDG plan to publish their first International Aid Transparency Initiative compliant report in March 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/02/2015 17:07:41 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

178197

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Caribbean
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 14 January 2015 to Question 220282, and with reference to page 234 of her Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14, what her Department's budget is for programmes in the Caribbean in 2014-15; and for what reasons that budget has changed from what was originally planned for that year.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	223530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>My answers of 14/01/2015 and of 29/01/2015 remain the same. As stated on page 233 of the 2013/14 Annual Report, 2014-15 figures are “indicative” and “subject to revision.”</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 24/02/2015 14:23:41 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening previous answer version 45268 answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

178233

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Natural Disasters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the main humanitarian and technical objectives that they will be promoting at the forthcoming United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction to be held in Sendai, Japan in March 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL4699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2015 answer text <p>The UK is an active supporter of the current Hyogo framework. The Department for International Development (DFID) and Cabinet Office have a joint lead in shaping the Government’s policy and technical objectives ahead of the 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction to be held in Japan on 14-18 March, where a new post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction will be finalised. Negotiations are still on-going, and it will not be possible to confirm final outcomes until the meeting in Sendai itself.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s main objectives build on the priorities set out by the UK representative at the May 2013 Global Platform meeting in Geneva. These are:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>A need for improved accountability. A key part of this is to support the development of robust and relevant targets and indicators.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>To ensure disaster risk reduction is taken seriously in development efforts. We are doing this by working to ensure strong links between the post-2015 DRR framework and the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals and climate change agendas.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>An increased focus on local and community level. For example, we are pushing hard to increase the accessibility of information so that communities themselves can understand and better manage the risks they face.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>We have also placed great emphasis on the use of evidence-based decision-making in this area, drawing on the latest science.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK has engaged actively in the negotiation meetings on the successor to the Hyogo framework for action. In shaping its approach, the Government has drawn heavily on the UK’s own experience of disaster risk management, which has demonstrated the importance of a multi-agency and multi-sectoral approach.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 16/02/2015 16:30:50 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

178246

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of Burma regarding the reform of the National Education Law in that country.
tabling member printed	Baroness Nye
uin	HL4712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2015 answer text <p>DFID have not held any direct discussions with the Government of Burma regarding the reform of the National Education Law. A DFID official attended a briefing with the Burmese Minister of Education on the recent dialogue around the National Education Law on 9 February, but did not provide any comments. DFID’s Minister of State met with Burma’s Deputy Minister for Education in January and encouraged the government of Burma to consult widely on further rules relating to the National Education Law. DFID, together with other International Development Partners, has funded technical support for the Comprehensive Education Sector Review (CESR). This review has informed the development of the National Education Law.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 16/02/2015 16:30:28 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	4180 label Biography information for Baroness Nye