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479660

registered interest
date	17/03/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: European Social Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department received from the European Social Fund (a) between 2007 and 2014 and (b) from 2014 to the last month for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	31644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>My Department has not received any funding from the European Social Fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 23/03/2016 17:28:39 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

479661

registered interest
date	17/03/2016
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: HIV Infection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2016 to Question 27367, in which countries her Department has integrated HIV and sexual reproductive health and rights programmes.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	31659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>The UK puts the empowerment of girls and women at the heart of everything we do. We are the second largest funder of HIV prevention, care and treatment, and have pledged up to £1 billion to the Global Fund. In 2013 an adolescent girl was infected with HIV every two minutes - this is not acceptable, so this is a priority for us with international partners.</p><p>Examples of our approach and countries which DFID has integrated HIV and sexual reproductive health and rights programmes can be found in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search?q=Towards+Zero+Infections" target="_blank">“Towards Zero Infections-Two Years On”</a> and on the department’s development tracker, both available on DFID’s website.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/03/2016 15:55:01 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

479662

registered interest
date	17/03/2016
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: Children
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 encourage its bilateral partners to adopt a co-ordinated early childhood development approach to provide nutritional, medical and educational support for children.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	31599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>There is strong evidence that supporting children in their early years with health, education, nutrition and stimulation interventions maximises their learning potential and yields long term benefits. In January DFID held a high level meeting in London, bringing together Ministers and policy makers from developing countries, academic experts and development agencies to explore how to provide cross-sectoral support to young children at scale. Drawing on the evidence base, DFID is exploring with country governments how to co-ordinate early childhood support and how to adapt our existing programmes to encompass early childhood development principles.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/03/2016 15:52:54 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

479233

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
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: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will press for an amendment of the current indicator for health within the Sustainable Development Goals, to ensure it accurately measures coverage of health services and financial risk protection.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	31380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>There are 25 proposed indicators for the health goal; the coverage of health services is included within these as is a measure relating to health financing. The United Nations Statistical Commission has asked the Inter-Agency Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators to take forward further work on the indicator framework, including a review of the indicator on health financing due to the concerns over its ability to measure financial risk protection in its current form. The UK supported the request for review.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 22/03/2016 17:27:35 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

475783

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Libya: Humanitarian Aid
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 provided to UNOCHA for work in Libya to date.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	31131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>As part of DFID’s humanitarian programme in Libya, we are funding a secondment position within the UN’s Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) until August 2016. This OCHA position will support a more coordinated international response, and the establishment of an information management system to strengthen understanding of the humanitarian situation.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 21/03/2016 15:13:46 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

475784

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
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 make an assessment of the extent to which recent changes to the OECD's Official Development Assistance (ODA) definition will divert ODA away from welfare programmes into military programmes.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	31203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The recent DAC High Level Meeting was able to agree the first update in the ODA rules in over 40 years and reflect the changing nature of aid delivery. All of this is in line with the primary purpose of ODA - to support the economic development and welfare of development countries – and this has not changed.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 22/03/2016 12:53:41 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

475786

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
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: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what additional revenues were achieved for developing countries as a result of the pilot scheme for Tax Inspectors Without Borders; and how much such revenue derived from improved tax settlements with clients of the so-called big four accounting firms.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	31202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has recently reported that Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TWIB) deployments have assisted countries to increase their tax collected by over $185 million.</p><p>DFID does not have access to information about which professional services companies are used under the TIWB programme.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 22/03/2016 12:54:27 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

475787

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department spending on issues of tax since 2010 was paid to the so-called big 4 accounting firms; and how much her Department spent on (a) academic research on tax, and (b) civil society work on tax in that time.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	31193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>This information is not available in the form requested.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 22/03/2016 12:54:42 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

475788

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Accountancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department spending was paid to the so-called big 4 accounting firms in each since 2010; and what proportion of her Department spending was managed by the so-called big 4 accounting firms in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	31194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>Detail on all DFID spend is available via our departmental website.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 23/03/2016 17:25:26 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

475790

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Libya: Humanitarian Aid
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 provided to assist the humanitarian situation in Libya in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	31209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>In the last 12 months, DFID has provided £2.1 million of humanitarian assistance for protection and immediate lifesaving assistance to vulnerable populations in Libya and to support co-ordination of the international humanitarian effort.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 21/03/2016 15:13:25 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins