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663002

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her policy is on the Government's long-term commitment to spending 0.7 per cent of gross national income on overseas development assistance.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	58508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>Meeting the 0.7 per cent target for overseas aid is a manifesto commitment. It is enshrined in law and the Government has been unequivocal that we will continue to honour that promise, including reaffirmation by the Prime Minister on 14 December. Alongside our world-class diplomacy commitments and spending two per cent of our GDP on defence, upholding our manifesto commitments on UK aid is vital to securing Britain’s place in the world, helping those less fortunate than ourselves, and exporting economic prosperity, security and stability in the national interest.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/01/2017 17:27:31 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

663003

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	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, whether older people will be included within the indicators used to measure government performance against the Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	58523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>DFID is working across the international system to ensure that developing country data and systems for reporting against the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators are appropriately disaggregated, as laid out within Agenda 2030. This includes for older people.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 09/01/2017 17:17:36 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

663004

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan and Yemen: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for what reasons the Government reduced the bilateral aid budget to (a) South Sudan and (b) Yemen in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	58524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>DFID has published 2016/17 budgets by department. The allocations are continually reviewed throughout the year and may increase to respond to changing needs. For example, support for Yemen will increase from £90 million in 2015/16 to £112 million in 2016/17 in light of the humanitarian crisis. Final spending figures for all departments will be confirmed in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2016.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/01/2017 16:52:00 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

663005

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Africa: Poverty
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 changes to the bilateral aid budgets for (a) Rwanda, (b) Kenya and (c) Ghana do not affect poverty reduction in those countries.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	58525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to supporting poverty reduction in Rwanda, Kenya and Ghana. Kenya and Ghana are now lower-middle income countries and as such are starting to transition from aid.</p><p>Our assistance in all three countries strengthens health and education and supports inclusive economic growth and job creation, which are essential to sustainably reduce poverty and allow a managed transition from aid. Our bilateral assistance is complemented by funding through DFID’s centrally-managed programmes and support through multilaterals and other Government Departments.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 09/01/2017 17:14:55 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

663006

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	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 steps the Government is taking to ensure the Sustainable Development Goals are implemented in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	58519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK was at the forefront of negotiating the Global Goals for Sustainable Development and we will be at the forefront of delivering them. We have implemented the Goals across all of Government’s work, the delivery of which is tracked through Single Departmental Plans.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 09/01/2017 17:16:40 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

663007

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	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 assessment her Department has made of the effect of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals on older women.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	58520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>As the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were launched in January 2016, it is too early to make an assessment of the effect of their implementation. However, the ambition of the SDGs to Leave No One Behind is clear.</p><p>The impact of the Sustainable Development Goals will be tracked through country data and systems for reporting using the SDGs.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 09/01/2017 16:43:01 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

663008

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	CDC: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms her Department has in place to ensure that spending of public funds by the Commonwealth Development Corporation is focused on the reduction of poverty.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	58567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>We have radically transformed CDC over the last five years to ensure their investments are targeted where they are needed most and have greatest impact in the world’s poorest places.</p><p>Since 2012, all new investments made by CDC have been focussed on Africa and South Asia where 80% of the world’s poorest live, and where CDC investment can have the greatest development impact. All investments made by CDC are made in accordance with the Investment Policy agreed with DFID. This ensures that CDC invests responsibly and transparently, creating jobs and promoting good governance.</p><p>Through its Development Impact Grid, developed in conjunction with DFID, CDC is incentivised to specifically invest in the poorer countries and regions and across those sectors that have the highest propensity to create jobs, such as infrastructure, agribusiness and financial services. Creating jobs for the world’s poorest countries is a key driver in reducing poverty. In 2015, CDC-backed businesses helped create over a million new direct and indirect jobs (41% Africa and 59% South Asia).</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/01/2017 17:00:03 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

663009

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
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 improve relationship management with bilateral government partners through transition by risk management and more coordinated communications.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	58565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Independent Commission on Aid Impact (ICAI) published a review of DFID’s approach to managing exit and transition in its development partnerships in November 2016. My Department will publish its response shortly to recommendations made in the ICAI report, including on cross-government management of relationships and risk, and on communication.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/01/2017 16:51:16 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

663010

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	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 steps her Department is taking to ensure that its policies focus on means to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	58566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government has placed the Global Goals for Sustainable Development at the centre of its international development efforts and its UK Aid Strategy. The internal Business Plans of all relevant DFID departments and country offices include in their longer-term objectives how they will contribute to achieving the vision of the Global Goals.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 09/01/2017 17:23:38 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

663011

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Non-governmental Organisations
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 regularly to report on its funding for non-governmental organisations.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	58556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>All of DFID’s funding including for NGO’s is subject to rigorous review processes, including completion of annual performance reviews. Reports from these annual reviews and other project documentation are available on DFID’s Devtracker which can be found at https://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/</p><p>DFIDs Annual Report for 2015/16 was published on 13 July providing details of the results DFID achieved through a range of delivery partners. This can be found on our website at www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfid-annual-report-2011-2012</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 09/01/2017 17:23:06 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis