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77691

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	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials employed by her Department, of each grade, have remained at that grade since 2010 but received a pay rise; and how much of a rise each such person at each such grade has received.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	205461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The number of DFID staff who have remained in the same grade since 2010, but have received a pay rise is set out below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Staff</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AA</strong></p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AO</strong></p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>EO</strong></p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HEO</strong></p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SEO</strong></p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>G7</strong></p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>G6</strong></p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SCS</strong></p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>378</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government announced a pay freeze in 2010 which meant that all pay scales for DFID were frozen for two years (2011 and 2012) except for those earning less than the full time equivalent of £21,000. In 2013 and 2014 increases to pay scales were restricted to an average 1% cost of living increase.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All staff below the SCS within DFID have a contractual right to pay progression. Throughout the period from 2010 those staff not at the top of their pay range received an annual incremental increase.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 21/07/2014 16:30:45 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

77692

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	Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much land her Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID has not released any land for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 21/07/2014 11:53:03 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

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

77437

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	Mass Media: Subscriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what subscriptions to (a) magazines and (b) television channels her Department funds.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID’s communications team subscribes to following magazines:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Economist: £136 per annum</p><p> </p><p>The Spectator: £129 per annum</p><p> </p><p>The New Statesman: £92 per annum</p><p> </p><p>The New Scientist: £149 per annum</p><p> </p><p>Private Eye: £28 per annum</p><p> </p><p>Marketing Magazine: £155 per annum</p><p> </p><p>PR Week: £99.50 per annum</p><p> </p><p>PR Week Global: £119.50 per annum</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A figure for magazine subscriptions across the entire Department cannot be compiled from our accounting records without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Television channels are paid for via the Parliamentary feed. DFID pays £6,728.90 each year for maintenance of the Parliamentary TV system and £13,500 a year for rental of the telecomms link from 22 Whitehall to the Palace of Westminster.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 21/07/2014 11:37:16 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77438

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 many awaydays her Department has held for officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost was of each such event.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <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><p>Information on the number of DFID officials attending away days and the costs incurred is not held centrally and precise information is not readily available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 21/07/2014 11:32:32 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

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

77441

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	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many contracts (a) her Department and (b) its non-departmental public body (i) have let and (ii) plan to let that are worth (A) between £1 million and £3 million and (B) over £3 million since 2010; how much her Department has spent on monitoring each such contract; and how many officials in her Department monitor each contract.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	205373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 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> </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> </p><p> </p><p>The cost and number of officials required to monitor each contract undertaken by my department is specific to each individual contract.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 21/07/2014 11:39:23 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

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