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539666

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
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 plans her Department has to replace programme partnership arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	43016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>I am currently considering the outcomes of my Department’s Civil Society Partnership Review, and will aim to publish it shortly.</p><p>In July 2015, the then Secretary of State for International Development announced a 9 month extension of all PPA financing, providing 18 months-notice that all current PPA financing would come to an end in December 2016.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 43015 question first answered 21/07/2016 14:59:54 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

539667

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
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, if she will consider extending current programme partnership arrangements until a replacement mechanism is introduced.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	43015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>I am currently considering the outcomes of my Department’s Civil Society Partnership Review, and will aim to publish it shortly.</p><p>In July 2015, the then Secretary of State for International Development announced a 9 month extension of all PPA financing, providing 18 months-notice that all current PPA financing would come to an end in December 2016.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 43016 question first answered 21/07/2016 14:59:54 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

533409

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
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 proportion of the foreign aid budget was given directly to the governments of recipient nations in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	41982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Direct financial aid to governments of recipient nations constituted 14%, 12% and 9% of DFID’s total programme expenditure for years 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 respectively. These are the three most recent years for which this data is currently available. General Budget Support reduced from 2.2% to 0.5% of DFID’s total programme expenditure over the same period.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Sir Desmond Swayne question first answered 13/07/2016 12:39:41 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

524009

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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 recent discussions she has had with the devolved administrations on her Department's priorities.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	39952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>DFID Ministers have met Scottish Government Ministers on two occasions in the past year. DFID officials have met officials of the devolved administrations to discuss respective priorities on a number of occasions.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Sir Desmond Swayne question first answered 15/06/2016 13:19:02 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

522670

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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 steps her Department is taking to ensure that its aid is spent appropriately and on those in greatest need.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	39259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>As set out in the UK Aid Strategy, our aid will focus on tackling the global challenges of our time, meeting our promises to the world’s poor and putting international development at the heart of our national security and foreign policy. DFID has reviewed its aid programme to inform how we allocate our resources, to where our aid is most needed and where the best results can be gained for taxpayers' money, and to provide an effective response to deliver the Spending Review, the UK Aid Strategy and the Strategic Defence and Security Review.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/06/2016 14:46:23 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

517271

registered interest
date	28/04/2016
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 measures she has put in place to improve ministerial oversight of aid programmes.
tabling member constituency	Bracknell
tabling member printed	Dr Phillip Lee
uin	904857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>I have introduced more stringent ministerial sign off controls and this is backed up by thorough monitoring and evaluation processes and management information to better identify underperforming programmes so they can be dealt with.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 04/05/2016 14:49:47 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee

514690

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what mechanisms the Department for International Development has in place to monitor the quality and real developmental impact of their aid programmes.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL7836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>DFID has rigorous programme and financial management procedures and systems in place. This government has significantly strengthened these procedures and systems, placing a strong emphasis on ensuring programmes are high quality and deliver value for money and real development impact. Each DFID project is rigorously appraised before approval to establish value for money. During implementation, projects are measured against a robust monitoring framework through mandatory annual reviews to ensure they remain cost effective and are delivering expected outputs, outcomes and development impact. The results of these annual reviews are scored by the managing team and are then monitored through regular management information reports to management and Ministers. We take decisions to exit underperforming programmes and redirect resources into those that deliver poverty reduction and value for money for taxpayers.</p><p>DFID is also committed to generating high quality evidence through independent evaluations which look in detail at the impact that our interventions are having and what lessons can be learnt for the future. In addition the Independent Commission for Aid Impact assesses the effectiveness of DFID’s programming.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 03/05/2016 15:02:25 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

513536

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
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 the total value of (a) general budget support and (b) sectoral budget support provided by her Department was in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	34304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2016 answer text <p>The amount of general budget support and sector budget support provided by DFID in each of the last five financial years can be found in Table 1 of ‘Statistics on International Development 2015: Gross Public Expenditure tables’, available online. Figures for 2009/10 can be found in Table 1 of ‘Statistics on International Development 2013/14: Gross Public Expenditure tables’.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 21/04/2016 16:38:38 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

511853

registered interest
date	13/04/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why no mention of human rights is made in the new UK aid strategy; whether they intend to address that omission; and if so, how.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL7613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK Aid Strategy was published alongside the Government’s Strategic Defence and Security Review which sets out the Government’s approach to human rights. The UK will continue to promote universal human rights as an integral part of building prosperity and stability around the world. We will work with our partners to strengthen the promotion and protection of human rights and hold to account those responsible for violations and abuses. This is part of our work to promote the golden thread of democracy, rule of law, free media and open, accountable institutions.</p><p>The UK Aid Strategy has at its heart the Global Goals for Sustainable Development, which represent a commitment to achieve substantive, measurable improvements on economic, social and political human rights. It commits to leading the world in implementing the Leave No One Behind Promise agreed by the Prime Minister and other world leaders in September 2015. The ‘leave no one behind’ principle is an expression of the human rights agenda, which the UK played a key role in securing in negotiations. It also commits us to working towards ending violence against girls and women, including ending FGM and child, early and forced marriage, and tackling sexual violence in conflict. It commits to prioritising work that targets the most vulnerable and disadvantaged, the most excluded, those caught in crises, and those most at risk of violence and discrimination.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 22/04/2016 11:03:45 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

512657

registered interest
date	13/04/2016
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, with reference to page 169 of the Office for Budget Responsibility's report, Economic and fiscal outlook March 2016, to which partners the £800 million loans will be disbursed in 2016-17; what assessment she has made of the comparative utility of loans and grants for effective development projects; how repayments of those loans will affect the level of recorded Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend; and what assessment she has made of the effect of the growing proportion of capital departmental expenditure limits (DEL) ODA spend and a declining proportion of resource DEL ODA spend on her Department's effectiveness.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	33716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>DFID is planning to invest around £400m in loans in 16/17 rather than the £800m figure erroneously reported in the Office for Budget Responsibility figures. The precise breakdown of those loans has not been finalised.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 19/04/2016 09:34:21 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott