Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

573794

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	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, how her Department plans to fund support for economic development in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	44493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>My department remains committed to providing support for work on economic development. We are currently developing our Economic Development Strategy and will be considering funding allocations as part of our wider aid reviews.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/09/2016 13:37:07 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

654896

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2016
	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: Visits Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many days she has spent abroad on government business since her appointment.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	56775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has visited a range of countries overseas since her appointment. Information on Ministerial Travel is published as part of DFID’s quarterly transparency return on www.gov.uk</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 13/12/2016 17:39:09 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

539667

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2016
	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, if she will consider extending current programme partnership arrangements until a replacement mechanism is introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
	uin	43015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>I am currently considering the outcomes of my Department’s Civil Society Partnership Review, and will aim to publish it shortly.</p><p>In July 2015, the then Secretary of State for International Development announced a 9 month extension of all PPA financing, providing 18 months-notice that all current PPA financing would come to an end in December 2016.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 43016 question first answered 21/07/2016 14:59:54 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

641337

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	CDC: Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in which countries the Commonwealth Development Corporation has invested in the last seven years; and what the total value of investments was in each country.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	54035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2016 answer text <p><strong>Disbursements made to Countries in Africa and South Asia over the past 7 years (2009-2015) </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Africa Region</p></td><td><p>395.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Algeria</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Angola</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Botswana</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Burkina Faso</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Cameroon</p></td><td><p>48.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Congo (Democratic Republic)</p></td><td><p>28.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Côte d'Ivoire</p></td><td><p>24.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Djibouti</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>53.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>11.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>52.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>81.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Liberia</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Libya</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Madagascar</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Mali</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Mauritania</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Mauritius</p></td><td><p>27.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Morocco</p></td><td><p>12.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Mozambique</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Namibia</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Niger</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>230.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Rwanda</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Senegal</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Sierra Leone</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p>194.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Sudan</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Swaziland</p></td><td><p>7.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Tanzania</p></td><td><p>35.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Togo</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Tunisia</p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>29.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Zambia</p></td><td><p>41.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>Zimbabwe</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Asia</p></td><td><p>Asia Region</p></td><td><p>25.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Asia</p></td><td><p>South Asia Region</p></td><td><p>38.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Asia</p></td><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>31.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Asia</p></td><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>760.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Asia</p></td><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>92.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Asia</p></td><td><p>Sri Lanka</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Disbursements made under the pre-2012 investment policy to countries where under the new 2012 investment policy CDC is not permitted to make new investments (2009-15)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>South Asia</p></td><td><p>Azerbaijan</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Asia</p></td><td><p>Kazakhstan</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East Europe</p></td><td><p>Serbia &amp; Montenegro</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Asia</p></td><td><p>Turkey</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Asia</p></td><td><p>Tajikistan</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latin America</p></td><td><p>Latin America Region</p></td><td><p>19.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latin America</p></td><td><p>Argentina</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latin America</p></td><td><p>Belize</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latin America</p></td><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td><p>80.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latin America</p></td><td><p>Colombia</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latin America</p></td><td><p>Columbia and Peru</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latin America</p></td><td><p>Costa Rica</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latin America</p></td><td><p>Guatemala</p></td><td><p>80.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latin America</p></td><td><p>Honduras</p></td><td><p>24.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latin America</p></td><td><p>Jamaica</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latin America</p></td><td><p>Mexico</p></td><td><p>12.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latin America</p></td><td><p>Nicaragua</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latin America</p></td><td><p>Peru</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asia Pacific</p></td><td><p>South East Asia Region</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asia Pacific</p></td><td><p>Singapore</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asia Pacific</p></td><td><p>Cambodia</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asia Pacific</p></td><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>218.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asia Pacific</p></td><td><p>Indonesia</p></td><td><p>46.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asia Pacific</p></td><td><p>Malaysia</p></td><td><p>12.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asia Pacific</p></td><td><p>Mongolia</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asia Pacific</p></td><td><p>Papua New Guinea</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asia Pacific</p></td><td><p>Philippines</p></td><td><p>3.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asia Pacific</p></td><td><p>Samoa</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asia Pacific</p></td><td><p>Thailand</p></td><td><p>24.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asia Pacific</p></td><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Global</p></td><td><p>Global</p></td><td><p>59.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 25/11/2016 16:17:59 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

628980

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: HIV Infection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the link between gender-based violence and the increased risk of HIV infection in women overseas; and what steps her Department plans to take to address that issue.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	51906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>Global progress in reducing new HIV infections in women and girls remains a priority for the UK. Women and girls subjected to intimate partner violence can be up to 1.5 times more likely to acquire HIV. DFID has made significant progress in scaling up efforts to address violence against women and girls and preventing sexual violence in conflict, nearly doubling our programming from 64 programmes in 2012 to 127 in 2016. We will continue this crucial work.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/11/2016 16:07:39 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

600738

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the report by UNESCO, entitled Global Education Monitoring Report 2016; and what steps at (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral level her Department plans to take as a result of that report.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	48247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>The 2016 Global Education Monitoring Report highlights the UK’s global leadership on education, identifying that we provided 17% of total education aid to the poorest countries between 2012 and 2014. We will work bilaterally, and through our multilateral partners, to help 11 million children in the poorest countries gain a decent education by 2020. We continue to focus on educating children in emergencies; supporting the Education Cannot Wait fund which we were integral to setting up.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 19/10/2016 15:18:41 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

654459

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2016
	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 changes her Department plans to make to the list of priority countries as a result of the Bilateral Development Review 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
	uin	56484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>DFID’s 2015/16 Annual Report (available <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/546038/annual-report-accounts-201516-print.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>) provides a list of the countries we currently work in. We keep this list under review, given the dynamic nature of the department’s work and the volatility of current conflicts, particularly in the Middle East.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/12/2016 17:05:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

605972

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contribution her Department has made to UN Sustainable Development Goal 1 on poverty eradication in the last six months; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	49507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>Eradicating extreme poverty by 2030 is the primary purpose of UK aid under the International Development Act and one of the UK Aid Strategy’s objectives. DFID’s 2015/16 Annual Report sets out progress against our Single Departmental Plan, and hence to delivery of the 2030 Agenda. Progress in 2016/17 will be set out in our next Annual Report.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 25/10/2016 15:27:56 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

604136

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2016
	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: Visits Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what overseas visits she has made since her appointment.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	48920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has visited a range of countries overseas since her appointment. Information on Ministerial Travel is published as part of DFID’s quarterly transparency return on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 20/10/2016 14:27:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

539666

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2016
	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 plans her Department has to replace programme partnership arrangements.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
	uin	43016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>I am currently considering the outcomes of my Department’s Civil Society Partnership Review, and will aim to publish it shortly.</p><p>In July 2015, the then Secretary of State for International Development announced a 9 month extension of all PPA financing, providing 18 months-notice that all current PPA financing would come to an end in December 2016.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 43015 question first answered 21/07/2016 14:59:54 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg