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622677

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Iron and Steel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate she has made of the level of procurement of British steel by her Department in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	50640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>DFID does not procure steel.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/11/2016 15:51:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

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

692753

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Yemen: Famine
	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 Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
	tabling member printed	Wendy Morton
	uin	908741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>Yemen is on the brink of famine. According to the UN, more than 10 million people require immediate humanitarian aid to survive, including half a million children under 5 who are severely malnourished.</p><p> </p><p>The UN has launched the largest ever humanitarian appeal for Yemen, requesting $2.1 billion to provide life-saving assistance to 12 million people in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015 and 2016, the UK helped over 1 million Yemenis with food, medical assistance and clean water. We are encouraging others in the international community to step up their response in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/02/2017 14:49:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton

642345

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2016
	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 projects funded by her Department in which countries have had work carried out relating to that project in a third country in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and for each such project in (a) that country and (b) the third country, what the (i) cost, (ii) purpose and (iii) location was of that work.
	tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
	tabling member printed	Mr Graham Brady
	uin	54394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>In line with international standards on ODA reporting DFID publishes a range of statistics on the benefiting country of our aid programmes, these are available from: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about/statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about/statistics</a></p><p>DFID has always delivered some programmes which are located in one country and benefit another developing country or countries. These include programmes delivered by multilateral organisations, programmes that benefit an entire region and research into the problems of developing countries. It would be costly and complex to gather and aggregate the precise type of information requested, but a range of project level information is available from the Development Tracker: <a href="http://www.devtracker.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.devtracker.co.uk</a> .</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/11/2016 16:41:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

753548

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Brexit
	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 her Department's expenditure has been identified as relating to its work on the UK leaving the EU in 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	5627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Exit is an all-of-government operation. The Department for Exiting the European Union is doing detailed work with departments to prepare for the upcoming negotiations by understanding the risks and opportunities of leaving the EU and coordinating planning.</p><p>EU Exit is managed within the existing departmental budget and given the interactions between EU exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it would not be possible to give an accurate figure.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/07/2017 12:44:03 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

752121

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in her Department have responsibilities relating to the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	5028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Exit is an all-of-government operation. The Department for Exiting the European Union is doing detailed work with departments to prepare for the upcoming negotiations by understanding the risks and opportunities of leaving the EU and coordinating planning.</p><p>Staff within the DFID Europe Department and DFID Trade for Development team based in the Department for International Trade, lead on providing advice to Ministers on EU Exit and exit-related issues.</p><p>Members of staff across the Department also provide advice and analysis on EU Exit issues as required.</p><p>Given the interactions between EU Exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it would not be possible to give an accurate figure.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/07/2017 12:48:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

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

598199

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Iraq: Armed Conflict
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps are being taken to attend to Iraqi civilians expected to be displaced as a result of a planned offensive on Mosul, Iraq.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	47776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>On 21 September, the UK announced an extra £40 million of humanitarian funding to Iraq, taking our total commitment to £90 million this financial year and £169.5 million since June 2014. This new assistance will be targeted specifically to enable a scale up of humanitarian assistance ahead of the Government of Iraq-led Mosul operations. It will provide emergency life-saving assistance – such as food, shelter, medical and protection services – to civilians affected by Mosul operations, as well as continued support to displaced and vulnerable people across the country.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/10/2016 16:31:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

599566

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Consultants
	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 2 September 2016 to Question 44352, for what contracts the largest three total payments were made to (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Ernst and Young and (d) KPMG in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
	uin	48096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>Detail on all DFID spend is available via our departmental website.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/10/2016 16:09:50 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

595918

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many companies her Department has excluded from public procurement for (a) a conviction for wrongdoing defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or (b) grave professional misconduct since January 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
	uin	47275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>Since January 2015 there have been no instances where DFID Procurement and Commercial Department (PCD) have excluded a company from a Public Procurement for the circumstances cited.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/10/2016 16:25:02 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge