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228018

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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: Tax Avoidance and Evasion
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 help developing countries to tackle tax avoidance and evasion.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Gemma Doyle
uin	908149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK put tax and development at the heart of our G8 presidency in 2013. We are working with our international partners to provide expert assistance to developing countries to tackle tax evasion and avoidance. At the Autumn Statement the Government announced an additional £5 million for HMRC for dedicated tax expertise to help developing countries tackle tax avoidance and evasion.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 18/03/2015 16:08:24 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4063 label Biography information for Gemma Doyle

226756

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Surveys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in her Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	227157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>In the 2014 People Survey, less than 10 DFID respondents declaring a long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability reported that they had personally experienced bullying or harassment at work in the past 12 months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>10% of DFID respondents declaring that they did not have a long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability reported that they had personally experienced bullying or harassment at work in the past 12 months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 18/03/2015 14:47:28 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

226758

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Offences against Children
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 it her policy that the declaration of the UNICEF Heads of Government meeting in September 2015 should prioritise the ending of abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence and torture against children; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
uin	227276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government fully supports efforts to end all forms of violence against children through its humanitarian and development programmes. Peaceful societies, good governance and the rule of law are all important development priorities for the UK and are central to protecting children globally. DFID is supporting programming in conflict-affected countries to assist and protect children, working with mandated child protection agencies including UNICEF. In Syria and the wider region more than £800 million in humanitarian aid is helping those affected, for example through the No Lost Generation Initiative which is providing education and psychosocial support to children to protect them from violence, abuse and exploitation.</p><p> </p><p>In September Heads of Government will meet at the UN General Assembly to agree a Post-2015 development framework. The UK Government strongly supports goal 16 on peaceful and inclusive societies, which has a specific target on ending all forms of violence against children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 18/03/2015 14:48:06 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

226343

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
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: Disability
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 plans to take to advocate for disability-disaggregated reporting in forthcoming negotiations on (a) the post-2015 framework on disaster risk reduction and (b) the post-2015 development framework.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Sir Malcolm Bruce
uin	226920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>Strengthening disability data at all levels is a key part of DFID’s work on disability. DFID is working closely with the UN, including the UN Statistical Division, and others donors on this agenda. The UK has been, and will continue to be, explicit about the need for disaggregated data for all social groups, including disability, in negotiations on the post-2015 framework. Disability data disaggregation is included in the draft of the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Report of the Open Working Group report for the Post-2015 development framework.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 16/03/2015 17:46:45 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	615 label Biography information for Lord Bruce of Bennachie

226344

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Surveys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in her Department responded that they were treated fairly at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	226970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>In the 2014 People Survey, 72% of DFID’s respondents declaring a long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability responded that they were treated fairly at work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>79% of DFID respondents declaring that they did not have a long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability responded that they were treated fairly at work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 17/03/2015 14:20:04 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

226345

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
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: Famine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which countries experienced famine last year; and what assistance the UK provided to such countries.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	227122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>There were no declarations of famine in 2014. A number of countries or regions reached the level below famine in the classification. These include: South Sudan, Sudan, and some rural, conflict-affected areas of Central African Republic. In May 2014 there were warnings of famine in conflict-affected areas of South Sudan. DFID has so far (December 2013-present) provided £135 million for humanitarian response in South Sudan, and £58 million to refugees in the region.</p><p> </p><p>DFID’s work in South Sudan and other areas at risk of acute food insecurity or famine continues to be informed by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) report on the 2010/2011 famine in the Horn of Africa. This recommended increased flexibility and early response, as well as approaches aimed at addressing chronic poverty and vulnerability. DFID has responded to this developing multi-year humanitarian approaches aimed at linking humanitarian and development work to maximise coordination, complementarity, impact and sustainability, and at building community resilience to shocks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 17/03/2015 14:21:14 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

225917

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Adam Smith International
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what non-core funding her Department has provided to Adam Smith International in each financial year from 2011-12.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	226661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>We do not hold this information in the form requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 12/03/2015 17:56:56 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

226046

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what policies contained in the 2010 Coalition Agreement and falling under her Department's responsibilities have not yet been implemented; and what the reasons are for each such policy's non-implementation.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	226778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>DFID has met all its international development commitments as set out in the 2010 Coalition programme for government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 16/03/2015 18:00:27 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

226047

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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
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 support the development of clean drinking water systems in Africa.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	226786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government has promised to support 60 million people to gain access to sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in the developing world. We are on track to achieve this target through projects managed by our country offices in 15 countries, of which 12 are in Africa; a partnership with UNICEF to deliver programmes in nine countries, of which three are in Africa; and a challenge programme which funds three consortia working in 12 countries of which 10 are in Africa. The total number of people reached with WASH services in Africa since 2010 is 19.4 million and this is forecast to rise to 34.1 million by December 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 12/03/2015 17:48:18 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

225668

registered interest
date	06/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Advertising
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 advertising and communications expenditure was in each month since September 2014; and what that expenditure is forecast to be in March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	226603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>DFID does not centrally hold information on its monthly advertising and communications expenditure, and to gather the required information would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 16/03/2015 17:47:01 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth