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167535

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Climate Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the intervention statement for the Climate Public Private Partnership (CP3) Platform, which private equity firm manages the Scottish Limited Partnership for the UK's investment in the CP3 Asia Fund through this Scottish Limited Partnership; and what the cost is of the fees charged by the Scottish Limited Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	216945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The UK’s investment into the CP3 Asia Fund, named ‘Asia Climate Partners’, is a Cayman Islands based Limited Partnership. The UK’s investment into the IFC Catalyst Fund is through a Scottish limited partnership. The tax jurisdiction is therefore in the Cayman Islands for Asia Climate Partners, and in Scotland for the Catalyst Fund. There are no fees charged by either limited partnership. These jurisdictions were chosen because they comply with the OECD Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.</p><p> </p><p>The IFC Catalyst Fund reached first close in November 2012 and the Asia Climate Partners reached first close in November 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 216944 216946 question first answered 05/12/2014 14:08:15 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

167536

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Climate Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the tax jurisdiction is for the Climate Public Private Partnership (CP3) Asia Fund and (b) International Finance Corporation Catalyst Fund.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	216946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The UK’s investment into the CP3 Asia Fund, named ‘Asia Climate Partners’, is a Cayman Islands based Limited Partnership. The UK’s investment into the IFC Catalyst Fund is through a Scottish limited partnership. The tax jurisdiction is therefore in the Cayman Islands for Asia Climate Partners, and in Scotland for the Catalyst Fund. There are no fees charged by either limited partnership. These jurisdictions were chosen because they comply with the OECD Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.</p><p> </p><p>The IFC Catalyst Fund reached first close in November 2012 and the Asia Climate Partners reached first close in November 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 216944 216945 question first answered 05/12/2014 14:08:15 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

167537

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Administration of Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress she has made in scaling up her Department's commercial legal programme LASER; and what funding has been allocated to LASER.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	216936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The Legal Assistance for Economic Reform (LASER) programme began its implementation phase on 1 June 2014 and is working to improve the investment climates in eight countries across sub Saharan African and Asia, superseding its target to be engaged in six countries by 30 November 2014. DFID has allocated £4.7m to the LASER programme over three and half years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 05/12/2014 14:24:04 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

167538

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Climate Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to intervention statement for the Climate Public Private Partnership (CP3) Platform, for what reason the UK's investment in the CP3 Asia Fund is made via a Scottish Limited Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	216944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The UK’s investment into the CP3 Asia Fund, named ‘Asia Climate Partners’, is a Cayman Islands based Limited Partnership. The UK’s investment into the IFC Catalyst Fund is through a Scottish limited partnership. The tax jurisdiction is therefore in the Cayman Islands for Asia Climate Partners, and in Scotland for the Catalyst Fund. There are no fees charged by either limited partnership. These jurisdictions were chosen because they comply with the OECD Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.</p><p> </p><p>The IFC Catalyst Fund reached first close in November 2012 and the Asia Climate Partners reached first close in November 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 216945 216946 question first answered 05/12/2014 14:08:15 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

167539

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which stand-alone goals and targets the Government hopes to achieve in the forthcoming inter-governmental negotiations on the sustainable development goals.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	216934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The intergovernmental negotiations process will commence in 2015 and the final framework of goals and targets is subject to negotiation in this forum.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 05/12/2014 14:23:01 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

167540

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress the Government has made in negotiating specific targets for the delivery of peace, jobs and justice in the sustainable development goals.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	216935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The Open Working Group Report’s proposals show that significant progress has been made in building consensus around the importance of including peace, jobs and justice in the final post-2015 framework.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 05/12/2014 14:23:27 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

167541

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Charities
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 its DfID Direct roadshows.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	216932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The DFID Direct Roadshows have incurred no costs to the department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 05/12/2014 14:07:42 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

167542

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Arab States
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many women in business in the Arab world have received mentoring and expert advice from counterparts in the UK and other G8 countries as part of the package announced at the G8 Deauville Partnership conference in London in June 2013.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	216933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>According to the most recent progress reports, 121 women have received mentoring and/or advice through the package announced at the G8 Deauville Partnership conference.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 05/12/2014 14:22:14 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

167543

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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 steps she is taking to encourage the wider roll-out across Africa of recently trialled tests for Ebola used in Guinea.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	216898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>A rapid, point-of-care diagnostic test for the Ebola virus will be trialled in the coming weeks at the Ebola treatment centre in Conakry, Guinea. The trial is one of six health research projects that have been jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust and the UK government. If a point-of-care diagnostic test is shown to be ready for use in the response, it will be rolled out as quickly as possible across the region.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 05/12/2014 14:21:22 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

167544

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, at what intervals her Department plans to fund Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance between 2016 and 2020; what threshold will have to be met by other donors to ensure that her Department's funding to that organisation can be released; and at what intervals her Department plans to assess whether that threshold has been met.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	216797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The UK remains a strong and active supporter of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. The UK recently pledged up to £1 billion to Gavi for 2016 to 2020. The full UK contribution to Gavi will save a child’s life every two minutes. This funding will be disbursed in tranches on an annual basis. The full UK funding will be released so long as the total amount committed by donors meets Gavi’s replenishment target of $7.5 billion. Whether this threshold has been met will be assessed by DFID officials continually over the period 2016 – 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 05/12/2014 14:07:09 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane