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759396

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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 monitoring her Department undertakes to ensure that aid granted to specific areas is used for the purposes for which it was intended; and if she will liaise with religious missionaries in the destination country to ensure that UK aid is effectively distributed.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>Effective use of the UK Aid budget is central to the Department for International Development’s work. All funding is subject to rigorous due diligence checks and we have strict auditing and monitoring controls in place to ensure all funding is used as it should be. Every project is subject to an annual performance review and a project completion review to ensure that the objectives have been achieved and aid has been delivered to the intended beneficiaries. The Department uses multiple sources of information, including its partnerships with Civil Society, to be confident UK Aid reaches those intended.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/09/2017 16:34:05 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

757653

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Kenya: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Government has given to Kenya for infrastructure, railways and roads in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>In Kenya, the Department for International Development has supported development of Kenyan transport systems, including railways and roads, to improve the speed and efficiency of transport and trading routes. Financial disbursements have been as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Total (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amount (£)</p></td><td><p>3,900,000</p></td><td><p>14,600,000</p></td><td><p>6,500,000</p></td><td><p>16,700,000</p></td><td><p>41,700,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/09/2017 17:02:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

752982

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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: Malaria
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 implications of emerging resistance to insecticides and drugs for the level of international financing required to eliminate malaria.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Our assessment is that insecticide and drug resistance pose a real threat to the recent progress seen on malaria. This is why DFID is a leading global funder of efforts to tackle malaria, through research funding, bilateral treatment and control programmes and our funding to multilateral institutions such as the Global Fund. This support includes developing new drugs and new insecticides, in response to current levels of insecticide resistance. We also support drug management programmes that decrease the chances of resistance building up, and other measures of tackling malaria, such as the use of bednets.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/07/2017 16:27:24 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

733024

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Tropical Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to support programmes to reduce tropical diseases in affected countries.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	1496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Tackling tropical diseases is a priority for DFID. In April 2017 the Secretary of State announced that the UK Government would invest in programmes to protect over 200 million people from the ill health caused by Neglected Tropical Diseases, which affect some of the world’s poorest people. DFID also continues to be a leader in the fight against malaria through our support to the Global Fund, our investment in research and the programmes we support in affected countries. We also support research into new diagnostics and drugs for malaria, and new products to tackle NTDs.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/07/2017 14:29:55 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

708584

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Egypt: Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will hold discussions with the Egyptian Government on tackling child cancer in Egypt.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	66744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 2015 committing us to collaborate with the Egyptian Government on higher education and research, including health education and research and medical training. This has been built on with a number of collaborative programmes, though there has been no direct engagement on childhood cancers to date.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 13/03/2017 18:19:21 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

691992

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Fairtrade Initiative
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 raise public awareness of Fair Trade.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	64574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting Fairtrade around the world. Over the last six years, the Department for International Development (DfID) has provided £18 million to Fairtrade International to support their work and strengthen the global Fairtrade system. This includes Fairtrade producer and worker organizations that are the drivers of inclusive economic, environmental and social development in their communities around the world. DfID continues to actively engage with Fairtrade on a variety of projects and campaigns, such as the forthcoming Fairtrade Fortnight from 27 February to 12 March. Minister Stewart will be speaking at the All Party Parliamentary Group event marking the launch of Fairtrade Fortnight where he will meet Fairtrade campaigners from the UK and a Fairtrade coffee producer from Tanzania.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/02/2017 16:39:00 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

658574

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Iraq: Religious Freedom
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 letter of 17 November 2016 from the All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief on providing further support to Iraqi minorities, such as Yazidis, if she will meet the hon. Members who signed that letter.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	57700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>My colleague the Minister of State, Rory Stewart, will meet the All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief on 17 January 2017 to discuss this and other issues.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 20/12/2016 12:53:50 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

654892

registered interest
date	08/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Dams
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department has provided in respect of the Kajaki Dam project in Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	56849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The Kajaki Dam was financed by the US Government. In the summer of 2008 UK military forces were involved in delivering a third turbine to the dam. DFID, however, was not involved, and has not been involved in the dam.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/12/2016 17:42:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

652380

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
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 budget is (a) spent on the projects to which it is allocated and (b) not diverted to terrorist organisations.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	56211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department for International Development has controls in place to protect its aid budget throughout the project cycle. Every project is subject to an annual performance review and a project completion review to ensure that the objectives have been achieved and aid has been delivered to the intended beneficiaries. Controls also include a comprehensive risk management framework which requires risk to be identified at design stage and reassessed regularly during the project. This includes the risk of aid diversion to terrorist organisations. Prior to the release of funding the Department undertakes a rigorous due diligence process on its delivery partners, with the findings re-tested at each annual project performance review.</p><p>The Department is proactively engaged in the cross Government agenda to strengthen its response to the threat of terrorist financing. Internal procedures and guidance have been enhanced and a dedicated Counter Terrorist Financing Officer appointed.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/12/2016 17:23:14 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

647717

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the number of young people from minority backgrounds leaving school early in Pakistan on account of discrimination.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	55339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>According to UNESCO, Pakistan has the second highest number of out of school children globally, which includes children who have never gone to school and those who drop out early. DFID Pakistan’s education programmes work with the provincial governments of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to increase enrolment and reduce the number of children out of school. We are concerned about every child that is out of school, whatever the reason. DFID’s national education campaign, Alif Ailaan, highlights and campaigns on key educational issues such as out of school children and learning outcomes for the poor and most marginalised.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 06/12/2016 15:20:55 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon