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1061253

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date	14/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Multilateral Aid
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 need for reporting requirements on multilateral aid contributions in addition to those delivered in adherence to the OECD DAC guidelines.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	221737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID reports UK Official Development Assistance multilateral aid contributions to the OECD DAC (the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee) according to the DAC’s guidelines as part of <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fstatistics-on-international-development&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJennifer-Smith%40dfid.gsx.gov.uk%7C7e0cce5b24df4ab36c7108d69726f74f%7Ccdf709af1a184c74bd936d14a64d73b3%7C0%7C0%7C636862590938183914&amp;sdata=AjgPoFR6glwuxyZdElSSOz2HqWEFnevCEX1mNWYqyrY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Statistics on International Development</a>, DFID’s annual National Statistics publication.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, multilateral spend data is reported in DFID’s <a href="https://dfid-my.sharepoint.com/personal/p-brock_dfid_gov_uk/Documents/Documents/GPMED/PQ%2019.2.19/Annual%20Report%20&amp;%20Accounts%202017-18" target="_blank">Annual Report</a> (summarised in the main text, and in more detail in Annex B, tables B.1 and B.5).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In line with DFID programme rules, our investment in multilateral organisations is rigorously appraised before approval. Funding is clearly justified in relation to UK priorities, multilateral performance and value for money, and programmes are regularly assessed to ensure they are delivering and remain cost effective. Business cases and Annual Reviews are available on the UK’s <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdevtracker.dfid.gov.uk%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJennifer-Smith%40dfid.gsx.gov.uk%7C7e0cce5b24df4ab36c7108d69726f74f%7Ccdf709af1a184c74bd936d14a64d73b3%7C0%7C0%7C636862590938193927&amp;sdata=xojZUn%2B0j%2BS3n39cNBeiVLOwydS9S%2Bykr%2BLDhZHpHZo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Development Tracker</a> website. The contribution of multilaterals to key development objectives is included on DFID’s <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fdfid-results-2017-to-2018&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJennifer-Smith%40dfid.gsx.gov.uk%7C7e0cce5b24df4ab36c7108d69726f74f%7Ccdf709af1a184c74bd936d14a64d73b3%7C0%7C0%7C636862590938203928&amp;sdata=RGqF%2FKWze6lijt2FoHlw26d7oAYItQgyn2cTKXSwAek%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Results Pages</a> on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 21/02/2019 14:41:06 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1061255

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Humanitarian Aid
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 February 2019 to Question 217654, what steps were taken to determine which Grand Bargain commitments are the most critical enablers of transformative change.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	221739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID is committed to the Grand Bargain. We are focussing on areas which are central to the UK’s Humanitarian Reform Policy of saving as many lives as possible in humanitarian crises, whilst ensuring value for money in the prioritised allocation of humanitarian resources - where DFID can have the strongest impact on achieving a more effective, efficient and accountable humanitarian system.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Evidence shows that cash can be cheaper to deliver and more effective than sending goods in-kind. Cash promotes the dignity of crisis affected populations by allowing them to prioritise needs themselves, and can contribute to supporting local markets in times of crisis. DFID co-leads the Grand Bargain workstream on cash and has been a world-leader in driving the increased use of cash in humanitarian response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Accountability to people in crises is critical to improving the quality and impact of humanitarian assistance. Through our Grand Bargain commitments, we are working closely with other donors and aid organisations to ensure people receiving aid are included in the decisions which affect their lives.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The introduction of independent Joint Needs Assessments is vital to ensure a strong evidence-base, which leads to a stronger prioritisation of humanitarian assistance in responses based on the severity and urgency of need. This has the potential to reduce conflicts of interest between agencies fundraising for their own appeals, ensure better value for money and introduce more accountability into the system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/02/2019 14:43:32 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1061257

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to collect data on the transaction costs incurred by her Department’s reporting requirements for UN humanitarian agencies.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	221741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK will continue to be a good humanitarian donor who lives up to its Grand Bargain commitments. We provide 30% of our humanitarian funding as core or unearmarked funds. The Grand Bargain workstream on reducing earmarking noted that this flexible funding can reduce grant management transaction costs, amongst other benefits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not plan to undertake an analysis of the transaction costs of our reporting requirements. Collecting data on transaction costs across all of our humanitarian funding would be extremely resource intensive and the results would vary considerably, reflecting the specific context, access constraints and the volume of funding we are providing. However, DFID retains a dialogue with UN partners, where issues of this nature can be raised.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/02/2019 14:45:09 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1061259

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Humanitarian Aid
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 February 2019 to Question 217656, what steps are being taken to streamline and standardise her Department’s reporting requirements for UN agencies.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	221743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>Where possible, DFID aims to draw on partners’ existing reporting systems and management information to monitor and evaluate our programmes. For example, our UN core funding is linked directly to agencies’ own results frameworks and annual reporting cycles. In addition, where DFID co-funds UN programmes with other donors, where possible, joint reporting arrangements are put in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, large, complex projects in high risk contexts expecting to deliver big results may require additional reporting. As set out in our management response to the ICAI review of the UK’s approach to funding the UN humanitarian system, we will soon launch a new programme delivery learning package for staff to support greater understanding and consistency of reporting requirements across DFID’s country network. We will also look to ensure that lessons generated through the Grand Bargain harmonised reporting pilots process inform our approach to reporting, whilst still ensuring close oversight and accountability for tax payer funds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/02/2019 14:47:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1055906

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Assistance
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 harmonising reporting requirements across donors.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	217624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID uses and supports the OECD Development Assistance Committee’s (DAC) system for Official Development Assistance (ODA) statistics and the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), which both facilitate harmonised reporting from donors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The OECD DAC system provides authoritative ODA spend statistics from donor countries according to the internationally agreed definition of ODA, which enables donor effort to be reported in a standardised and comparable format. As a DAC member, the UK is committed to transparent reporting of ODA in a way that allows international comparisons.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>IATI is an initiative to improve the transparency of development and humanitarian resources, including results, based on a standard reporting format. More than 900 organisations and donors are publishing their data to the IATI standard. DFID is encouraging all its partners to join IATI to enhance transparency to both taxpayers and beneficiaries and to improve harmonisation and efficiency.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 13/02/2019 17:16:37 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1055907

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce the bureaucratic cost of delivering humanitarian aid.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	217625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID is committed to working for a more efficient and effective global humanitarian system that helps save more lives and reduces suffering. All organisations spending UK taxpayers’ money, including DFID, must adhere to minimum requirements to demonstrate value for money and that we are safeguarding vulnerable people. In the rules governing how DFID spends UK Aid, some process requirements are streamlined for emergency humanitarian aid, to minimise delay in meeting urgent need.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/02/2019 17:17:50 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1055908

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Humanitarian 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 has taken to engage with international working groups that work to fulfil the 10 Grand Bargain principles.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	217654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID is committed to delivering on the Grand Bargain commitments and to supporting a more effective and efficient humanitarian system. Between August 2017 and October 2018, the UK was on the Grand Bargain Facilitation Group, where we sought to maintain momentum on all Grand Bargain workstreams. The UK has also focused its efforts on Grand Bargain commitments that are the most critical enablers of transformative change. The UK co-convenes (along with the World Food Programme) the cash workstream, which was assessed to have had the best performance across the breadth of its commitments in 2017. The UK has also been active in supporting the Grand Bargain workstreams, for example on joint needs assessment and accountability to affected populations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/02/2019 17:21:26 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1055909

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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: Humanitarian 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 has taken to independently verify the performance of the UN humanitarian agencies that it contributes to funding in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	217655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>Monitoring and evaluation (M&amp;E) of the performance of DFID’s partners is central to our programming to ensure that we deliver the best possible service to people in extreme poverty.</p><p> </p><p>DFID South Sudan’s M&amp;E involves both contracted external M&amp;E service providers, who regularly conduct independent monitoring visits to UN humanitarian agencies; and DFID staff, who monitor UN humanitarian agencies on field trips and regularly discuss performance, assess and manage risks, and track progress with UN partners.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 13/02/2019 17:22:20 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1055910

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the transaction costs incurred by her Department’s reporting requirements for UN humanitarian agencies.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	217656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID’s reporting and due diligence requirements are necessarily rigorous in order to safeguard vulnerable people and ensure value for money for the UK tax-payer. We expect all DFID partners, including UN agencies, to meet these high standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID carefully determines reporting requirements to reflect the specific context. DFID does not have data on transaction costs but is undertaking a range of initiatives to streamline and make more consistent our requirements of UN agencies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/02/2019 17:23:14 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1055911

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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: Economic Situation
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 economic development programmes help the most marginalised and vulnerable in target countries.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	217657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID’s 2017 <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fdfids-economic-development-strategy-2017&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C3ad5c6ec32364f57944208d68d422fcf%7Ccdf709af1a184c74bd936d14a64d73b3%7C0%7C0%7C636851712738837292&amp;sdata=V77D5TI9Kky9IOzdn3meHnUfpTGC5CfxGdPNmiq7Ocg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Economic Development Strategy</a> commits to help the most marginalised and vulnerable people through DFID’s economic development programmes, including people living in extreme poverty, women and girls, and people with disabilities. Programming decisions and design are informed by context-specific analysis of opportunities and constraints for supporting inclusive growth that spreads benefits and opportunities right across society. Under the 2014 Gender Equality Act, DFID considers the impact of development or humanitarian assistance on gender equality. DFID’s <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fdfids-inclusive-data-charter-action-plan&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C3ad5c6ec32364f57944208d68d422fcf%7Ccdf709af1a184c74bd936d14a64d73b3%7C0%7C0%7C636851712738847302&amp;sdata=YWk5%2FTKv%2FN569yBkHnEE8zLQNB3zrAvteH4Ml0YZPVc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Inclusive Data Charter Action Plan</a> and DFID’s <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fdfids-disability-inclusion-strategy-2018-to-2023&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C3ad5c6ec32364f57944208d68d422fcf%7Ccdf709af1a184c74bd936d14a64d73b3%7C0%7C0%7C636851712738847302&amp;sdata=C%2FEhZ4EiN%2BJqSERlQHV1iQ6Ud8aRoifOA4GkbiRoed4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Disability Inclusion Strategy</a>, both launched in 2018, set out specific steps to make economic development programmes more inclusive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 13/02/2019 17:24:11 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law