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77693

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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: 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 support the inclusion of universal health coverage in the goal on health in the Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	205607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK supports a post-2015 target on universal health coverage. This language is included in the most recent draft goals and targets list released by the co-chairs of the Open Working Group (OWG) on 2 June.</p><p> </p><p>The final targets in the post-2015 development framework will be subject to international negotiations in the United Nations, in which the UK will play an active role.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/07/2014 16:04:56 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

77694

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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, with reference to the report of the High Level panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, what steps she is taking to ensure that the pledge to leave no-one behind is effectively translated into the target language of the proposed Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	205608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK, through our Troika, have made statements in the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals on the importance of “leaving no one behind” as an overarching principle for the post 2015 framework.</p><p> </p><p>The final goals and targets in the post-2015 development framework will be subject to international negotiations in the United Nations, in which the UK will play an active role.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/07/2014 16:05:28 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

77696

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Commonwealth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will takes steps to adapt her Department's budget to favour Commonwealth countries.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	205529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>DFID's development programming is concerned with extreme poverty everywhere, but the Department focuses its financial investments on poor people in countries where extreme poverty is currently a problem, with relatively weak future prospects of the poor, and for which a self-financed exit from poverty is not feasible at this stage.</p><p>DFID has 28 priority countries, fourteen of which are Commonwealth countries. The UK is committed to its strong relationships with the countries of the Commonwealth and in the financial year 2013-14, approximately one third of the Department's bilateral expenditure went to Commonwealth countries. These figures exclude the UK Government's contribution to multilateral organisations and regional programmes which also benefit Commonwealth countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 17/07/2014 14:26:38 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

77697

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will support the inclusion in the Sustainable Development Goals of a standalone goal on climate change, in addition to targets on environmental sustainability integrated across the framework, accompanied by a measure to keep the rise in global temperatures at 2ºC on pre-industrialisation levels.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	205609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK supports a target to hold the increase in global average temperature below a 2°C rise in accordance with international agreements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The final targets in the post-2015 development framework will however be subject to international negotiations in the United Nations, in which the UK will play an active role.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/07/2014 16:05:48 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

77698

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will support the inclusion in the Sustainable Development Goals of a target on reducing the number of people living on less than $2 a day under the goal on poverty.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	205610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK supports a target to reduce the number of people living on less than $1.25 a day and a target on reducing poverty according to national definitions. This language is included in the most recent draft goals and targets list released by the co-chairs of the Open Working Group (OWG) on 2 June.</p><p> </p><p>The final targets in the post-2015 development framework will however be subject to international negotiations in the United Nations, in which the UK will play an active role.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/07/2014 16:06:23 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

77439

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent on what (a) media training and (b) social media training for (i) her and (ii) Ministers in her Department since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID operates a decentralised Learning and Development system and does not hold central records of course attendance or small scale expenditure. DFID publishes all expenditure over £500, which can be found on our website http://www.dfid.gov.uk/About-us/How-we-measure-progress/DFID-spend/. Producing any other type of report would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 17/07/2014 14:27:05 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77440

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's policy is on alcohol consumption on the premises (a) in general and (b) during parties in her Private Office.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer Hon. Member to the answer provided today by my Rt Hon. Friend the member for Horsham (Mr Maude).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 17/07/2014 14:35:56 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77193

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Afghanistan
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 11 June 2014, Official Report, column 181W, on Afghanistan, for what reason her Department did not engage with the Afghan Investment Support Agency on the Bost airfield project.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	205006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Bost Airfield and Agri-Business Park project comprised two separate components. On the airfield upgrade component, DFID worked closely with the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, which operates airfields and airports in Afghanistan, to complete the upgrade. All works have now been handed over to the relevant authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/07/2014 16:07:11 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

77194

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many away days her Department has held for its officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost of each such event has been.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	205074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on the number of DFID away days and the costs incurred is not held centrally and precise information is not readily available.</p><p> </p><p>Away days for Department for International Development (DFID) staff are overwhelmingly undertaken on DFID or Other Government Department premises where there is little or no cost involved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 17/07/2014 14:28:13 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

77195

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much and what proportion of her Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of her Department's budget she expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	205220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Under this Government's transparency programme, contracts and future contract pipeline information is published on Contracts Finder which is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a></p><p> </p><p>In regards to the proportion of my Departments contracted spends to overall budget, full copies of the annual accounts are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=annual+accounts&amp;publication_filter_option=corporate-reports&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-international-development&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date=&amp;commit=Refresh+results" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=annual+accounts&amp;publication_filter_option=corporate-reports&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-international-development&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date=&amp;commit=Refresh+results</a></p><p><br><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/07/2014 14:29:24 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan