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714855

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	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, what steps her Department is taking to ensure value for money of UK aid through strengthened monitoring.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
	uin	909547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text I am very clear that every pound of UK aid should go on saving and improving the lives of the poorest people in the world. All DFID projects are measured against a robust monitoring framework to ensure they remain cost effective. DFID also supports other aid spending departments, who are responsible for ensuring value for money and effective monitoring of their own aid spend. answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 29/03/2017 14:26:06 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

714854

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	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 and what proportion of the Official Development Assistance budget will be spent by her Department in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	909555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>We will honour our commitment to 0.7 per cent. Based on the Spending Review 2015 settlement, DFID will spend around 72 per cent of UK ODA in this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/03/2017 14:32:47 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

714852

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	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: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to the UN's Step It Up for Gender Equality initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	909554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>We support UN Women as an important partner for the UK. As the campaign asks, we have put gender equality and the empowerment of women at the heart of our development policy and programming, and are achieving impressive results for women and girls at scale.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 29/03/2017 15:40:16 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

714850

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	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 Growth
	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 promote economic development in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	909548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The way to end poverty and aid dependency is through inclusive economic growth, jobs, investment and trade. I recently launched DFID’s Economic Development Strategy which sets out my Department’s commitment to this agenda and the steps we are taking to deliver our priorities. Stronger economic development will enable the poorest countries to stand on their own two feet and is firmly in the UK’s national interest.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 29/03/2017 14:28:11 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

714851

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	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 Growth
	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 promote economic development in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	909553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The way to end poverty and aid dependency is through inclusive economic growth, jobs, investment and trade. I recently launched DFID’s Economic Development Strategy which sets out my Department’s commitment to this agenda and the steps we are taking to deliver our priorities. Stronger economic development will enable the poorest countries to stand on their own two feet and is firmly in the UK’s national interest.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 29/03/2017 14:29:17 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

713674

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Overseas Aid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much overseas development aid funding has been committed to Zimbabwe in each of the last ten years for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Oates
	uin	HL6271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>The amounts of UK official bilateral development assistance to Zimbabwe in the last ten years are set out below. The final figure for 2016 will be published in mid-2017.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total UK Net Bilateral Official Development Assistance </strong> <strong>(£ thousands)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>92,896</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>104,024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>93,836</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>138,831</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>48,357</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>69,936</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>71,309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>49,323</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>47,022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>37,970</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 03/04/2017 10:36:12 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4549 label Biography information for Lord Oates

713544

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Nigeria: Boko Haram
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Government is giving to people in Nigeria who have begun to return to their home villages after the retreat of Boko Haram.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	68912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK has led the international response to the humanitarian crisis in North East Nigeria and the Lake Chad Region caused by the conflict with Boko Haram.</p><p>Last year our support reached more than one million people including children, women and the disabled. Where people are able to return, we are providing them with food, water, shelter and health care. We are supporting people to restart their livelihoods and providing solar power to re-establish health centres and schools. We are helping people to understand the risks of explosives left behind in their villages. We are also working with Federal and State Governments to ensure that people are supported while they are displaced and do not return home before it is safe.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 28/03/2017 16:44:47 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

713543

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	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: Fuel Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will increase funding for the eradication of fuel poverty in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	68983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government plays a leading role in improving energy access in developing countries through decentralised renewable energy programmes to help meet the basic energy needs of some of the poorest people in the world.</p><p>For example, our Results Based Financing programme is improving people’s access to modern energy in countries of Africa by speeding up and growing markets for businesses to deliver affordable energy to households.</p><p>Through the UK Government’s International Climate Finance we have so far improved energy access for 6.6 million people in developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 30/03/2017 14:49:47 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

713542

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	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, what steps her Department is taking to encourage the development of decentralised renewable energies in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	68984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government has stepped up its efforts to play a leading role in improving energy access in developing countries through decentralised renewable energy programmes to help meet the basic energy needs of some of the poorest people in the world.</p><p>For example, our Results Based Financing programme is improving people’s access to modern energy in countries of Africa by speeding up and growing markets for businesses to deliver affordable energy to households.</p><p>Through the UK Government’s International Climate Finance we have so far improved energy access for 6.6 million people in developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 30/03/2017 14:52:46 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

713547

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Eastern Europe: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on increasing the level of UK aid to Eastern Europe; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	68844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues regarding the allocation of UK official development assistance (ODA) to ensure that it is used most effectively to tackle global challenges in our national interest, in line with the UK Aid Strategy.</p><p>The main mechanism for providing UK bilateral ODA in Eastern Europe is the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF). This includes support to economic and political reform delivered to five countries – including Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine – through the Good Governance Fund (GGF).</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 30/03/2017 14:45:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams