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92673

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to prevent famine in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	209989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK has adopted the role of early responder to the crisis in South Sudan and is the second largest donor to the country’s Crisis Response Plan. Between January and September 2014, DFID contributed £82.5 million of humanitarian funding to South Sudan which included £16 million to the World Food Programme for general food distribution, £8.3 million to the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations, and £8 million to the International Committee of the Red Cross to stimulate local production via seed, tool and fishing net distribution, as well as vaccination of livestock. Recent UN food security analysis has found that the emergency food security response was a critical factor in averting a widely-predicted outbreak of famine in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Despite success to date in famine-prevention, communities in conflict-affected states remain extremely vulnerable and we remain concerned about the humanitarian situation in 2015 as the risk of famine is still very real if the conflict continues. For this reason, the UK announced last month a further £25 million of assistance, the majority of which will be spent on work to bolster food security. We continue to work with the UN and other donors to raise the prominence of the appeal and secure new and increased commitments of funds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 15/10/2014 15:45:49 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

92674

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Angola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of EU aid to Angola is spent on improving the food supply.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	209282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Of the €210 million indicative EU budget for Angola to 2020, €84 million is earmarked to support sustainable agriculture to improve food and nutrition security, a proportion of 40%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 15/10/2014 15:46:34 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

92018

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether education will be a priority sector for her Department's disability framework; and whether her Department's country offices will recieve training and support to implement the framework.
tabling member constituency	Daventry
tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
uin	209513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>DFID is currently preparing a departmental framework on disability inclusion, which will set out how to strengthen disability inclusion across the department. Education is one of the areas that will be included in the framework, alongside other sectors. The framework will outline how staff will receive further training and support on disability inclusion. This will include developing new guidance and tools for staff on disability inclusion in education programming.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 14/10/2014 14:33:16 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris

92022

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many infrastructure projects worth more than £1 million funded by her Department were undertaken by (a) UK and (b) US companies in each of the last four years; and what the value was of each such project.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	209574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p><strong>For Economic Infrastructure programmes worth more than £1 million the following amount of centrally managed tenders procured were issued in each year to UK and US companies and the value of the tenders noted.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>Values £M</p></td><td><p>US</p></td><td><p>Values £M</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£12.8, £8.5, £3.5, £3.0, £2.1, £1.1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£44.4, £12.4, £3.9, £3.1, £2.9</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£20.0, £18.9, £18.0, £3.1, £1.5, £1.2, £1.1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>£43.1, £31.6, £18.2, £14.3, £14.0, £13.0, £6.0, £5.7, £5.0, £3.7, £3.5, £2.6, £2.0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£12.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 to date</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>£28.1, £17.0, £13.7, £13.3, £7.1, £4.0, £3.5, £2.3</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 15/10/2014 16:36:07 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

92023

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of the tenders issued by her Department for infrastructure projects were awarded to UK companies in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	209571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p><strong>For Economic Infrastructure programmes the following amount of centrally managed tenders procured were issued to UK companies in each year.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014 to date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 15/10/2014 16:34:29 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

92024

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many tenders her Department has issued for infrastructure projects worth more than £1 million in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	209572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>For Economic Infrastructure programmes worth more than £1 million the following amount of centrally managed tenders procured were issued in each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014 to date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 15/10/2014 16:35:20 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

92025

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Africa
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 South African government about the integration of black and minority ethnic groups into the wealth creating process; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	209359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>DFID bilateral assistance to South Africa provides support to the Government of South Africa’s National Development Plan (NDP), a key objective of which is to broaden social cohesion and redress inequalities of the past. This includes funding specifically aimed at promoting inclusive growth and the environment for job creation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID’s current bilateral development programme in South Africa will end in 2015. The UK’s engagement with South Africa from 2015 will, however, include a focus on sharing skills and knowledge to accelerate poverty reduction and tackle inequality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 14/10/2014 13:59:12 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

92026

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Africa
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 to increase the availability of contraceptives to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS as part of her Department's programme in South Africa; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	209413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>DFID’s bilateral assistance to South Africa includes support to the South African National Strategic Plan covering HIV and AIDS. This has supported an improvement in access to HIV / AIDS health services in selected districts, and strengthened systems to effectively monitor and evaluate national plans for HIV / AIDS.</p><p> </p><p>DFID’s current bilateral development programme in South Africa will end in 2015. The UK’s engagement with South Africa from 2015 will, however, include a focus on sharing skills and knowledge to accelerate poverty reduction and tackle inequality, providing access to international best practice in areas like health. To this end, in 2014 a bilateral UK – South Africa Memorandum of Understanding on health was signed to provide an overall framework for future cooperation and exchange.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 14/10/2014 14:29:55 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

92027

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Africa
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 success of her Department's efforts to combat HIV/AIDS in Africa through the aid progamme; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	209414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>In November 2013 the Department for International Development published a review of the UK’s 2011 HIV position paper, “<strong>Towards Zero Infections-Two Years On”</strong>. This paper provides an assessment of progress against key results, including in Africa where the majority of our HIV programmes are, to help DFID learn lessons and reassess its priorities to 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have been making good progress against our expected results. Treatment related commitments have already been achieved, and the remaining targets set out in the HIV position paper are on track to be met by 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 14/10/2014 14:30:29 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

92028

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in what country the fund managers for the CP3 Asia Fund will be based.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	209376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The fund managers for CP3 Asia will be based in Hong Kong. CP3 Asia has been renamed ‘Asia Climate Partners’ by the fund managers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 14/10/2014 14:00:07 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell