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01/12/2014

answering body

Department for International Development

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International Development

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International Development

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Staff

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25259

	pref label	House of Commons

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To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) locally engaged and (b) UK-based staff her Department has employed in each country with a DfID office in each year since 2010.

tabling member constituency

Wythenshawe and Sale East

tabling member printed

Mike Kane

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216638

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date of answer

08/12/2014

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The numbers of Staff Appointed in Country (SAIC) and Home Civil Service (HCS) based in DFID country offices in each year since 2010 are shown in the tables below. The figures are given for March of that year. <table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2">2010</td><td colspan="2">2011</td><td colspan="2">2012</td><td colspan="2">2013</td><td colspan="2">2014</td></tr><tr><td>Location</td><td>HCS</td><td>SAIC</td><td>HCS</td><td>SAIC</td><td>HCS</td><td>SAIC</td><td>HCS</td><td>SAIC</td><td>HCS</td><td>SAIC</td></tr><tr><td>Afghanistan</td><td>32</td><td>19</td><td>41</td><td>28</td><td>37</td><td>34</td><td>45</td><td>35</td><td>40</td><td>34</td></tr><tr><td>Bangladesh</td><td>19</td><td>62</td><td>12</td><td>64</td><td>20</td><td>65</td><td>16</td><td>77</td><td>19</td><td>74</td></tr><tr><td>Bosnia and Herzegovina</td><td>0</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Burma</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>8</td><td>11</td><td>10</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>Burundi</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Cambodia</td><td>6</td><td>8</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Caribbean</td><td>9</td><td>10</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>8</td><td>10</td><td>12</td><td>11</td><td>12</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>China*</td><td>7</td><td>18</td><td>4</td><td>12</td><td>4</td><td>10</td><td>4</td><td>10</td><td>4</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Democratic Republic Of Congo</td><td>14</td><td>30</td><td>18</td><td>30</td><td>21</td><td>36</td><td>24</td><td>40</td><td>29</td><td>46</td></tr><tr><td>Ethiopia</td><td>18</td><td>36</td><td>16</td><td>42</td><td>23</td><td>47</td><td>26</td><td>60</td><td>19</td><td>75</td></tr><tr><td>Gambia</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Ghana</td><td>9</td><td>25</td><td>12</td><td>23</td><td>14</td><td>27</td><td>13</td><td>33</td><td>11</td><td>34</td></tr><tr><td>India</td><td>19</td><td>86</td><td>17</td><td>81</td><td>20</td><td>86</td><td>18</td><td>86</td><td>17</td><td>90</td></tr><tr><td>Indonesia**</td><td>3</td><td>8</td><td>4</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Iraq</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Kenya***</td><td>17</td><td>37</td><td>22</td><td>38</td><td>33</td><td>42</td><td>36</td><td>50</td><td>38</td><td>52</td></tr><tr><td>Kosovo</td><td>2</td><td>13</td><td>2</td><td>11</td><td>1</td><td>10</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Kyrgyzstan</td><td>2</td><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Lesotho</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Liberia****</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Malawi</td><td>10</td><td>30</td><td>9</td><td>26</td><td>12</td><td>32</td><td>10</td><td>37</td><td>10</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>Moldova</td><td>0</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Mozambique</td><td>9</td><td>22</td><td>8</td><td>26</td><td>9</td><td>29</td><td>9</td><td>25</td><td>13</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>Nepal</td><td>14</td><td>35</td><td>13</td><td>37</td><td>17</td><td>40</td><td>16</td><td>42</td><td>13</td><td>43</td></tr><tr><td>Nigeria</td><td>24</td><td>50</td><td>23</td><td>58</td><td>33</td><td>68</td><td>35</td><td>71</td><td>36</td><td>77</td></tr><tr><td>OPTs</td><td>9</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>9</td><td>9</td><td>10</td><td>12</td><td>6</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Overseas Territories</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Pakistan</td><td>20</td><td>37</td><td>28</td><td>37</td><td>31</td><td>55</td><td>33</td><td>59</td><td>41</td><td>59</td></tr><tr><td>Rwanda</td><td>12</td><td>15</td><td>11</td><td>17</td><td>9</td><td>27</td><td>12</td><td>30</td><td>15</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>Serbia</td><td>0</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Sierra Leone</td><td>11</td><td>19</td><td>9</td><td>22</td><td>13</td><td>21</td><td>16</td><td>29</td><td>17</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td>South Africa</td><td>12</td><td>21</td><td>10</td><td>21</td><td>17</td><td>19</td><td>21</td><td>17</td><td>22</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>South Sudan</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>17</td><td>15</td><td>20</td><td>18</td><td>6</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>Sudan</td><td>14</td><td>10</td><td>16</td><td>23</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>13</td><td>13</td><td>13</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Tajikistan</td><td>2</td><td>7</td><td>2</td><td>7</td><td>1</td><td>7</td><td>4</td><td>7</td><td>4</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Tanzania</td><td>13</td><td>20</td><td>14</td><td>19</td><td>19</td><td>23</td><td>21</td><td>29</td><td>24</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><td>Uganda</td><td>11</td><td>23</td><td>10</td><td>24</td><td>11</td><td>28</td><td>9</td><td>33</td><td>23</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><td>Vietnam</td><td>5</td><td>18</td><td>5</td><td>19</td><td>5</td><td>19</td><td>3</td><td>19</td><td>3</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Yemen</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Zambia</td><td>10</td><td>22</td><td>13</td><td>19</td><td>15</td><td>23</td><td>16</td><td>29</td><td>16</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><td>Zimbabwe</td><td>9</td><td>21</td><td>9</td><td>21</td><td>12</td><td>19</td><td>13</td><td>19</td><td>15</td><td>18</td></tr></tbody></table> *Our office in China works with the Chinese government to help reduce poverty in other developing countries. In March 2011 DFID closed its bilateral aid programme to China. ** In March 2011, DFID closed its poverty reduction programme and the DFID country office in Indonesia. *** DFID Somalia was run out of the DFID Kenya office until April 2014 **** DFID’s programmes in Liberia are run from the Sierra Leone office.

answering member constituency

New Forest West

answering member printed

Mr Desmond Swayne

question first answered

08/12/2014 11:39:24

answering member

55

	label	Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

previous answer version

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answering member constituency

New Forest West

answering member printed

Mr Desmond Swayne

answering member

55

	label	Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

tabling member

4316

	label	Biography information for Mike Kane

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registered interest

date

08/12/2015

answering body

Department for International Development

answering dept id

answering dept short name

International Development

answering dept sort name

International Development

hansard heading

Middle East: Migrant Camps

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which refugee camps in (a) Turkey, (b) Jordan, (c) Iraq and (d) Lebanon have received financial and material support from her Department; and if she will make a statement.

tabling member constituency

Coventry South

tabling member printed

Mr Jim Cunningham

uin

19180

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

15/12/2015

answer text

The UK has been at the forefront of the response to the crisis in Syria and the region. To date, we have pledged over £1.1 billion. Of this total we have allocated £304 million in Lebanon, £193 million in Jordan, £34 million to Turkey, £19 million to Iraq and the remainder across the region. We have not earmarked our funding for specific refugee camps across the region. We support a range of partners including the UN and international non-governmental organisations that work both in camps and in host communities to provide a range of support for refugees. This includes shelter, water, healthcare and education. The vast majority of refugees in countries neighbouring Syria live in host communities. There are no formal camps in Lebanon; rather refugees are disbursed across the country in host communities.

answering member constituency

New Forest West

answering member printed

Mr Desmond Swayne

question first answered

15/12/2015 12:45:57

answering member

55

	label	Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

previous answer version

35396

answering member constituency

New Forest West

answering member printed

Mr Desmond Swayne

answering member

55

	label	Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

tabling member

308

	label	Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

425144

registered interest

date

30/10/2015

answering body

Department for International Development

answering dept id

answering dept short name

International Development

answering dept sort name

International Development

hansard heading

Overseas Aid

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what grounds UK aid is given to countries on the EU Commission tax haven blacklist.

tabling member constituency

Birmingham, Selly Oak

tabling member printed

Steve McCabe

uin

14172

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

09/11/2015

answer text

DFID uses a range of criteria to inform how we allocate aid across countries. These criteria include, for example, current and projected poverty levels in the country, the country’s ability to self-finance its development (e.g. through domestic taxation), and the likely effectiveness of UK aid. A number of EU member states maintain lists of jurisdictions for tax purposes against criteria concerning tax transparency and/or the prevailing tax rate. The EU does not maintain a blacklist; however a list of 30 jurisdictions that featured on 10 or more member state lists was compiled and then superseded by a recent European Commission update. This update included UK Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories which had the UK’s signature of the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters extended to them in 2014. The updated individual member state lists can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/taxation/gen_info/good_governance_matters/lists_of_countries/. Of the 30 jurisdictions named in the original list, 14 received UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) in 2013 (the most recent year for which consolidated figures are available). Of these 14, only three (Liberia, Montserrat and Vanuatu) received ODA from DFID for development and humanitarian assistance in that year. Details of funding amounts to these 14 jurisdictions can be found at the Statistics on International Development 2014 page of the gov.uk website.

answering member constituency

New Forest West

answering member printed

Mr Desmond Swayne

grouped question UIN

14173
14174

question first answered

09/11/2015 15:47:29

answering member

55

	label	Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

previous answer version

28340

answering member constituency

New Forest West

answering member printed

Mr Desmond Swayne

answering member

55

	label	Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

tabling member

298

	label	Biography information for Steve McCabe

425145

registered interest

date

30/10/2015

answering body

Department for International Development

answering dept id

answering dept short name

International Development

answering dept sort name

International Development

hansard heading

Overseas Aid

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many countries on the EU Commission tax haven blacklist, or identified as zero tax jurisdictions, received UK aid in financial years 2013-14 and 2014-15.

tabling member constituency

Birmingham, Selly Oak

tabling member printed

Steve McCabe

uin

14173

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

09/11/2015

answer text

answering member constituency

New Forest West

answering member printed

Mr Desmond Swayne

grouped question UIN

14172
14174

question first answered

09/11/2015 15:47:29

answering member

55

	label	Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

previous answer version

28342

answering member constituency

New Forest West

answering member printed

Mr Desmond Swayne

answering member

55

	label	Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

tabling member

298

	label	Biography information for Steve McCabe