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78212

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	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: Abortion
	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 Answer to the hon. Member for Southend West of 31 March 2014, Official Report, column 459W, on Developing Countries: Abortion, whether the Government's efforts to prevent sex-selective abortion includes investigating organisations that do not recognise the illegality of sex-selection abortion and may be performing such operations under the mistaken belief that they are legal.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	206100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Where abortion is permitted we can support programmes that make safe abortion more accessible – this may include support to increase awareness of the circumstances under which abortion is allowed. UKAID cannot be used to procure illegal services.</p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 22/07/2014 10:11:19 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

64074

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Uganda
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking in response to the Ugandan anti-homosexuality act; and what steps she plans to take to encourage its repeal.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	202545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>We have consistently raised concerns about the legislation with the Ugandan Government at the most senior levels, and sought assurances on the protection of individuals. Most recently, the Secretary of State for International Development and the Minister for Africa raised the issue with the Ugandan President on 6 May. We will continue to press the Ugandan Government at the highest levels to defend human rights for all.</p><p> </p><p>The UK suspended all Budget Support to the Government of Uganda in 2013 following the misappropriation of donor funds. After the passing of the Anti-Homosexuality Act we assessed our programme to ensure that UK aid was not being provided to organisations that proactively and publically promoted the legislation. Following this, the UK and other donors suspended funding to one organisation. We will continue to monitor this situation. We are also stepping up our support to human rights organisations that protect minority rights in Uganda.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 30/06/2014 14:51:48 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

91311

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2014
	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: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department’s funding is spent on providing adequate housing; and how much such funding is available to be spent in Sierra Leone.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sir Tony Cunningham
	uin	208747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>We do not collect the information in the form requested however DFID promotes affordable housing centrally through the Community-Led Infrastructure Finance Facility (CLIFF) that works across 14 countries in Africa and Asia. By December 2015, CLIFF will have constructed 28,000 new core housing units and improved access to water and sanitation services for up to 445,000 people. CLIFF does not currently work in Sierra Leone.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 13/10/2014 15:06:11 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	1469 label Biography information for Sir Tony Cunningham

65531

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Uganda
	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 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 416W, on Uganda, to which human rights organisations her Department is stepping up to support; and what form that support will take.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	203718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>We are consulting in-country with LGBTI groups and development partners to determine the best ways to support our aims.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 07/07/2014 16:36:23 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

91315

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Art Works
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost to the public purse was of the Girl Effect Art Installation in her Departmental offices.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	208704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>There is no Girl Effect Art Installation in DFID offices. The “GIRL” letters were commissioned as a backdrop for Girl Summit 2014, an event hosted by the UK Government and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to help bring an end to female genital mutilation and child, early and forced marriage. They were also used as a backdrop for #YouthforChange, a youth event held at the Department for International Development on 19 July to kick-start a youth movement on girls’ rights.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Nike Foundation made a substantive financial contribution to the Girl Summit, including providing funds to cover the cost of the “GIRL” letters. These continue to be displayed in the entrance hall of the Department for International Development as a way of maintaining momentum from the Girl Summit and raising awareness of the need to end FGM and CEFM within a generation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 13/10/2014 14:59:48 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

91193

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	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 has spent on projects solely for the benefit of (a) males and (b) females in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	208716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The particular information requested is not collected centrally and is not available without incurring disproportionate costs. The UK Government is committed to increasing focus on girls and women across all our investments to ‘stop poverty before it starts’ by creating environments that unlock their voices, choices and control, and that empowers them economically.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since May 2014, under the International Development (Gender Equality) Act 2014, DFID is required to give regard to the contribution its assistance is likely to make to reducing gender inequality, or to gender-related differences in needs, before assistance is provided.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 13/10/2014 15:03:33 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

92028

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	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, in what country the fund managers for the CP3 Asia Fund will be based.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	209376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The fund managers for CP3 Asia will be based in Hong Kong. CP3 Asia has been renamed ‘Asia Climate Partners’ by the fund managers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 14/10/2014 14:00:07 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

61007

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Western Sahara: Humanitarian Situation
	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 Western Sahara.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Stephen Mosley
	uin	199871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) is currently monitoring the ceasefire and humanitarian situation in Western Sahara which is stable at present. There remain large numbers of refugees from the Western Sahara in refugee camps in Algeria, and humanitarian agencies report high levels of malnutrition among the refugee population.</p><p>The UK provides protection and support to refugees in Algeria through its core contributions to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 17/06/2014 15:01:36 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	3954 label Biography information for Stephen Mosley

100753

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Meat: Wildlife
	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 raise awareness of the dangers of eating bushmeat in those countries where it is currently practised.
	tabling member constituency	Beverley and Holderness
	tabling member printed	Mr Graham Stuart
	uin	211777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK is supporting the Social Mobilisation Action Consortium (SMAC) as part of its response to Ebola in Sierra Leone. This consortium focuses on achieving behaviour change to address a range of high risk practices to prevent and contain the spread of Ebola. Partners of the consortium, who include the Centre for Disease Control, provide technical advice on how to avoid infection. As well as avoiding contact with blood and bodily fluids of an infected person and ensuring safe funeral practices, this includes taking steps not to eat or handle bushmeat. We are also tracking knowledge of risk behaviours and transmission routes through a survey administered through the consortium in order to plan our behaviour change activities accordingly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 28/10/2014 16:23:14 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart

61005

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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: Female Genital Mutilation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to tackle female genital mutilation overseas; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Iain McKenzie
	uin	200039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The UK is supporting efforts to end Female Genital Mutilation worldwide by making the largest single donor commitment ever to this issue, with a flagship programme of £35 million over 5 years. We also aim to galvanise unprecedented political commitment for this neglected issue.</p><p>On 22 July, the Prime Minister, the International Development Secretary, the Home Secretary and UNICEF will host Girl Summit 2014, an event to bring together community leaders, grassroots organisations, governments, international organisations and the private sector to build on current efforts and rally a global movement to end FGM and child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) in a generation, everywhere, forever.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 16/06/2014 15:24:56 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	4246 label Biography information for Iain McKenzie