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604136

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
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: Visits Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what overseas visits she has made since her appointment.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	48920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has visited a range of countries overseas since her appointment. Information on Ministerial Travel is published as part of DFID’s quarterly transparency return on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 20/10/2016 14:27:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

604216

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Climate Change Convention: Morocco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proposals the Government plans to put forward at the Marrakesh Climate Change Conference in November 2016 to try to protect people who are most vulnerable to loss and damage caused by climate change.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Rob Marris
uin	48992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>Protecting those who are vulnerable to loss and damage due to climate change includes responding to disasters, helping people adapt to climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions to keep global warming to manageable levels.</p><p>The UK Government has committed to increase the UK’s climate finance by at least 50%, and will provide £5.8 billion over the next 5 years, of which half will be focused on helping people adapt to climate change including the most vulnerable. We have also committed to contributing to the G7 InsuResilience target of an additional 400 million people gaining access to insurance by 2020. The UK is actively engaged on these issues within the United Nations, including through its seat on the Executive Committee that is responsible for guiding action on loss and damage.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 20/10/2016 14:26:12 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1468 label Biography information for Rob Marris

601138

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
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: Renewable Energy
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 spent on securing renewable energy in developing countries in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	48496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>Estimated bilateral spend each year since 2010 on programmes that help develop renewable energy was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Net ODA (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>421,185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>5,753,369</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>18,286,309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>38,969,172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>116,904,503</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>72,134,609</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>252,469,1487</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This does not capture relevant spend through multilateral funds, including the UK’s contributions to Multilateral Development Banks and climate specific funds such as the Climate Investment Funds, where there are significant renewable energy components.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 19/10/2016 14:41:26 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

601139

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
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: Capital Punishment
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 potential merits of withdrawing overseas development assistance funding to countries in which the death penalty is applied.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	48525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>DFID works closely with the FCO to assess and monitor the civil and political rights context in the countries where it has programmes. DFID continuously monitors the situation in partner countries across the full range of human rights, including the death penalty. DFID uses the Partnership Principles to make an overall balanced assessment of a partner country’s commitment to human rights. These assessments inform our overall programming decisions.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/10/2016 15:57:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

601140

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
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: Renewable Energy
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 13 September 2016 to Question 46228, what (a) targets and (b) mechanisms are in place to ensure that funding allocated to the Energy Africa campaign has reached the number of beneficiaries for which that campaign is intended.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	48507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>Energy Africa is a UK Government campaign aimed at stimulating African markets in household solar systems so that people currently without modern energy can get access to electricity. To achieve this, DFID aims to develop Energy Africa Compacts with up to 14 African countries (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe) to address the policy and regulatory barriers inhibiting solar market expansion.</p><p>Energy Africa compact implementation will be supported by new and existing DFID energy access programmes, each with their own funding streams and bespoke monitoring mechanisms. We anticipate these DFID programmes will support the off-grid sector to provide energy access to at least 4.7 million people. Implementation of Energy Africa Compacts will also be complemented by funding, support and expertise from other donors and partners.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 19/10/2016 14:40:13 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

601141

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
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, when she plans to publish an updated list of her Department's priority countries.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	48524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The outcomes of the Bilateral Aid Review will be published soon, and this will include a description of the geographical priorities for the aid programme over the spending review period.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/10/2016 15:55:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

601143

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Kenya: Migrant Camps
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 humanitarian effect of the closure of the Dadaab camp on Somali refugees in that region.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	48670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK supports voluntary return of refugees in line with international refugee law. The UK supports the extension of the Tripartite Agreement between the Governments of Kenya and Somalia, and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), as the legal basis regulating the returns process to Somalia. The UNHCR leads on refugee returns and we support their assessments of the process.</p><p>The UK welcomes the monitoring role civil society plays and works in dialogue with them. We are working across partners and government to monitor the regional impacts, including from movement of people, impacts on other refugee host countries and on regional security.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 18/10/2016 16:00:49 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

600731

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Greece: Migrant Camps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in refugee camps in Greece.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	48474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>In collaboration with the Greek Government, the Department for International Development (DFID) closely monitors conditions for refugees and migrants in camps in Greece. Officials from DFID make frequent visits to camps and a humanitarian adviser has been deployed in Athens. I travelled to Greece in September, where I visited camps and met with migrants and those involved in addressing the humanitarian situation.</p><p>The UK has responded generously to the Mediterranean humanitarian crisis, contributing more than £34 million to the response in Greece. This support has provided life-saving assistance refugees and migrants including the provision of food, water, hygiene kits and infant packs, and psychosocial care.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/10/2016 15:16:38 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

600732

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Migrant Camps: 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 list the refugee camps which are currently receiving aid from her Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	48475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>DFID supports refugee camps in many different countries as part of our wider programming to assist those displaced by conflict, persecution and fear. It is not possible to list each individual camp.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/10/2016 15:15:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

600733

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
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: EU External Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent meetings she has had with (a) Ministers and (b) officials of the Department for International Trade on the effect on developing countries of EU food tariffs.
tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
uin	48215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State meets with her Ministerial colleagues regularly to discuss a variety of issues relating to trade and development. DFID officials are working closely with the Department for International Trade and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the impact of EU tariffs and non-tariff measures on developing country exports.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/10/2016 15:19:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison