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901239

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date	10/05/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Internally Displaced People: Departmental Coordination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will develop a cross-departmental strategy for the UK’s approach to supporting the (a) prevention of, (b) protection of and (c) solution to the increasing number of internally displaced people around the world.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	142755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government is strongly committed to meeting the needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs). We published a new Humanitarian Reform Policy in October last year which includes a focus on forced displacement and measures that are relevant for mitigating and responding more effectively to displacement. We believe our primary focus should now be at the global level to press for a more effective international response. For example, several UN Member States, including the UK, are now actively exploring options with the UN – including the idea of launching a UN High Level Panel on Internally Displaced Persons, which presents one way of galvanising greater political and operational attention and action on IDPs.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/05/2018 14:35:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

901267

registered interest
date	10/05/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much financial assistance her Department has given to projects in Zimbabwe in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	David Evennett
uin	142772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>DFID Zimbabwe Programme Spend for the past five years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Actual Spend (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>105,994,824.16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>68,620,415.12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>85,786,771.83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>104,885,392.21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/2018</p></td><td><p>93,761,324.33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>459,048,727.66</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 16/05/2018 14:57:18 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

900530

registered interest
date	09/05/2018
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: Nature Conservation
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 has provided in support of animal conservation projects on each continent in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Filton and Bradley Stoke
tabling member printed	Jack Lopresti
uin	142406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>DFID supports many activities that tackle the Illegal Wildlife Trade which contribute to animal conservation. Since 2014, DFID and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) have jointly provided £11million to the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund, administered by Defra. Through the Challenge Fund we have supported a range of proposals, including one for implementing park action plans for community engagement to tackle illegal wildlife trade in Uganda and one for building judicial capacity to counter wildlife crime in Kenya.</p><p>For the years 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 respectively, this was split as follows: Africa: £0.4million, £1.2 million, £2.9million and £2.1million; Asia: £0.3million, £0.9million, £1.0million and £1.3million; and South America: £0.06million, £0.1million, £0.1million and £0.09million.</p><p>Between 2014 - 2018, DFID and Defra also contributed £210million to the Global Environment Facility. Through this funding, the department supports the £100million Global Wildlife Programme, the world’s largest single counter-Illegal Wildlife Trade Programme. This promotes wildlife conservation and sustainable development by combatting illicit trafficking in wildlife in Africa and Asia.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 16/05/2018 14:56:12 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	3989 label Biography information for Jack Lopresti

900558

registered interest
date	09/05/2018
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: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what levels of apprenticeships are offered by her Department; and how many apprenticeship starts there were at each level in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Filton and Bradley Stoke
tabling member printed	Jack Lopresti
uin	142417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>DFID currently offers two apprenticeship schemes: Operational Delivery Apprenticeship (Level 3) and Fast Track Apprenticeship (Level 4 in Business Administration, Commercial and Finance). Details are shown in the below table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Level 3 Operational Delivery</p></td><td><p>Level 4 Fast Track</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>Fewer than six</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/2018</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/05/2018 15:10:57 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3989 label Biography information for Jack Lopresti

899955

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Bank: Water
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to discuss with the Palestinian Hydrology Group an equitable basis for sharing the available water in the West Bank.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL7618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>DFID works with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to support up to 1 million Gazans by providing clean water and rehabilitating sanitation facilities. DFID is also developing a new economic development programme which will help to address the lack of safe water in the Occupied Palestinian Territories through a range of activities, including by: enhancing the domestic desalination capacity; increasing capacity to import more water; and reforms and institutional capacity building to Palestinian water agencies. There are no plans at present to discuss an equitable basis for sharing the available water in the West Bank with the Palestinian Hydrology Group.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 17/05/2018 16:38:15 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

899963

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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: Corruption
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the Department for International Development's (DfID) budget was spent on anti-corruption support for developing countries in (1) 2015–16, (2) 2016–17, (3) 2017–18; and what are those figures as a proportion of DfID's total budget for each of those years.
tabling member printed	Lord McInnes of Kilwinning
uin	HL7626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2018 answer text <p>The amount and proportion of Official Development Assistance spent by DFID on anti-corruption<sup>1</sup> activities in calendar years 2015 and 2016 are given in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table</strong> – DFID Net ODA on anti-corruption activities<sup>1 </sup></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2015</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> £m </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of total DFID ODA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>% of total DFID ODA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total DFID Net ODA on anti-corruption activities</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 654 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.7%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 570 </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>5.8%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Of which</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bilateral</strong></p></td><td><p>444</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td><td><p>379</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Multilateral</strong></p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total DFID Net ODA</strong></p></td><td><p>9,772</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td><td><p>9,871</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>100.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>Anti-corruption activities cover support to anti-corruption organisations and institutions, public finance management, public sector policy and management, tax and administrative support, mining policy and administrative management, and sub-national government.</li></ol><p>In line with the international definitions, ODA is collected on a calendar year basis. The table reflects the latest published data and figures for 2017 UK ODA spending will be published in autumn 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 18/05/2018 13:40:39 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4576 label Biography information for Lord McInnes of Kilwinning

899964

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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: Corruption
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which countries have received anti-corruption support funded by the UK since 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord McInnes of Kilwinning
uin	HL7627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>Countries that have received UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) for anti-corruption support<sup>1</sup> in 2015 and 2016 are listed below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK ODA contributor involved</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK ODA contributor involved</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK ODA contributor involved</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Afghanistan</strong></p></td><td><p>CSSF, DFID and FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>India</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID, FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Peru</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Albania</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Indonesia</strong></p></td><td><p>BEIS, DFID, Prosperity Fund and FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Philippines</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Algeria</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Iraq</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Rwanda</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID and HMRC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Angola</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Jamaica</strong></p></td><td><p>CSSF, DFID and FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Senegal</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Argentina</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Jordan</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID, FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Serbia</strong></p></td><td><p>CSSF and FCO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Armenia</strong></p></td><td><p>CSSF and FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Kenya</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID, FCO and HMRC</p></td><td><p><strong>Seychelles</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bangladesh</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td><td><p><strong>Korea, Dem. Rep.</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Sierra Leone</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID, FCO and HMRC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Belize</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Kosovo</strong></p></td><td><p>CSSF and FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Somalia</strong></p></td><td><p>CSSF and DFID</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bolivia</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Kyrgyz Republic</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID and FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>South Africa</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID, FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bosnia-Herzegovina</strong></p></td><td><p>CSSF and FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Laos</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>South Sudan</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Brazil</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Lebanon</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td><td><p><strong>Sri Lanka</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Burma</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID, FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Lesotho</strong></p></td><td><p>HMRC</p></td><td><p><strong>St. Helena</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cameroon</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Liberia</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td><td><p><strong>Sudan</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID and FCO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Chile</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Madagascar</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Syria</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>China</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Malawi</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID, HMRC and Scot Gov</p></td><td><p><strong>Tajikistan</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Colombia</strong></p></td><td><p>CSSF, FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Malaysia</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Tanzania</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID and HMRC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Congo, Dem. Rep.</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td><td><p><strong>Mauritius</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Thailand</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Costa Rica</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Mexico</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Tunisia</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cote d'Ivoire</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Moldova</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID and FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Turkey</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dominican Republic</strong></p></td><td><p>CSSF</p></td><td><p><strong>Mongolia</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Uganda</strong></p></td><td><p>Defra, DFID and HMRC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Egypt</strong></p></td><td><p>BEIS, DFID and FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Montenegro</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Ukraine</strong></p></td><td><p>CSSF, DFID, FCO and HMRC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ethiopia</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID, FCO and HMRC</p></td><td><p><strong>Montserrat</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID and FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Uruguay</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Morocco</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Uzbekistan</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gambia</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Mozambique</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td><td><p><strong>Vietnam</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID, FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ghana</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID, FCO and HMRC</p></td><td><p><strong>Namibia</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>West Bank &amp; Gaza Strip</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Guatemala</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Nepal</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td><td><p><strong>Yemen</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Guinea</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Nigeria</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID, FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Zambia</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Guyana</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID and FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Pakistan</strong></p></td><td><p>CSSF, DFID, FCO and HMRC</p></td><td><p><strong>Zimbabwe</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Honduras</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Panama</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>1. Anti-corruption activities cover support to anti-corruption organisations and institutions, public finance management, public sector policy and management, tax and administrative support, mining policy and administrative management, and sub-national government. Some projects cover multiple countries; ODA data categorises these as “Developing Country, unspecified” or as regional spend.</p><p>UK ODA data for calendar year 2017 will be published in autumn 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 17/05/2018 16:41:18 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4576 label Biography information for Lord McInnes of Kilwinning

899965

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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: Corruption
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which countries they are prioritising for anti-corruption aid between 2018 and 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord McInnes of Kilwinning
uin	HL7628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>DFID’s anti-corruption country strategies support the five DFID partner countries who attended the London Anti-Corruption Summit in 2016 (Afghanistan, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania) to deliver on their commitments. This is in addition to work with international partners to improve global standards and transparency, and strengthen international architecture to deter corruption and track stolen assets so they can be returned to developing countries.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/05/2018 16:50:29 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4576 label Biography information for Lord McInnes of Kilwinning

900040

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what processes her Department has in place to monitor the delivery and spending of UK aid in the Palestinian Territories.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	141795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>As for all DFID programmes, officials regularly monitor and review our programmes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) to ensure they are delivering results and that UK aid reaches the intended beneficiaries and achieves the best development outcomes, with a strong focus on ensuring value for money for the UK taxpayer. The processes in place include comprehensive annual reviews and project completion reports. These reviews are available on the DFID Development Tracker at <a href="https://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/</a>. DFID has due diligence assessment processes to provide assurance over the expenditure of our funds, and DFID’s project spending in the OPTs is subject to annual, independent financial audit. The overall programme is also subject to the regular audit cycle of DFID’s Internal Audit Department and the National Audit Office. DFID has a zero-tolerance approach to fraud and has robust controls against diversion of aid to terrorist groups.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/05/2018 14:32:47 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

900041

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department works in cooperation with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to ensure that UK aid to the Palestinians facilitates peace-building with Israel.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	141796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>Our financial assistance to the Occupied Palestinian Territories helps to maintain stability and is underpinned by HMG’s long-standing objective that the only way to allow Palestinians and Israelis to live in peace is through a negotiated two-state solution. As joint-Minister for the Department for International Development and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, I ensure that my officials liaise closely to deliver development programmes in support of a two-state solution which requires collaborating equally with the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/05/2018 14:36:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon