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177565

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	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: Politics and Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the objectives are for the World Bank's Global Partnership for Social Accountability; what role her Department plays on that partnership's steering committee; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
	uin	223025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The World Bank’s Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA) supports governments and civil society to work together to solve critical governance challenges in developing countries. GPSA aims to create an enabling environment in which citizen feedback is used to solve fundamental problems in service delivery and to strengthen the performance of public institutions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID has been a member of the steering committee since GPSA started in 2012, sharing its knowledge and advisory capacity. The steering committee sets out the overall strategy for GPSA and approves grants for programmatic activities such as improving budget transparency or improving access to and quality of service delivery.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 10/02/2015 17:44:45 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

65037

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much official development assistance was spent in 2009-10 and each year since then (a) in cash terms, (b) at current prices and (c) as a proportion of UK gross national income (i) in total, (ii) by her Department, (iii) by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (iv) by the Ministry of Defence, (v) by the Department for Energy and Climate Change and (vi) by other Government departments.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	203359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is published on our website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/254053/Table6.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/254053/Table6.csv/preview</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 08/07/2014 16:08:13 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

65041

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Bilateral Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was spent in bilateral aid in each country with a UK bilateral aid programme (a) in cash and (b) at current prices in 2009-10 and each year since.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	203358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for International Development annually publishes details of its bilateral spend to countries in its Statistics on International Development (SID). The most recent publication can be found by following the link below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statistics-on-international-development-2013-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statistics-on-international-development-2013-tables</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Bilateral aid, or Official Development Assistance (ODA), is a cash transaction. Current price figures are the same as the cash figure in the year they were reported.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 08/07/2014 16:07:32 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

65044

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Official Development Assistance (ODA) was spent (a) in cash terms, (b) at current prices, as proportion of total UK ODA in 2009-10 and each year since then on procuring (i) goods and (ii) services from private sector suppliers with their head office based in (A) developed and (B) developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	203237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>To provide an itemised list of goods and services from private sector suppliers for each financial year from 2009 forward detailing spends between developed and developing countries would incur disproportionate costs to my department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 08/07/2014 16:05:21 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

65045

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Sub-Saharan Africa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) in cash terms, (b) at current prices, (c) as a proportion of UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) and (d) as a proportion of UK Gross National Income was spent in UK bilateral aid in sub-Saharan Africa in 1996-97 and each year since.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	203238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The table below shows total UK bilateral ODA spent in sub-Saharan Africa from 1996 to 2012. Also shown are the percentages relative to total UK ODA and UK Gross National Income. Bilateral aid, or ODA, is a cash transaction. Current price figures are the same as the cash figure in the year they were reported.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>£ Million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total % ODA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%GNI</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1996</p></td><td><p>404</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>0.03%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997</p></td><td><p>385</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>0.03%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998</p></td><td><p>491</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>0.03%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>0.03%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>743</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>0.05%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>789</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>0.06%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>646</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>0.04%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>875</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>0.05%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>1,245</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>0.06%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>2,074</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>0.09%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>2,933</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>0.12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>1,179</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td><td><p>0.04%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>1,303</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>0.05%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1,603</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td><td><p>0.07%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,866</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td><td><p>0.08%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,993</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>0.08%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,991</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>0.08%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 08/07/2014 16:06:03 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

65046

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Bilateral Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much bilateral aid in each country with a UK bilateral aid programme was spent (a) in cash terms, (b) at current prices, (c) as a proportion of that country's total bilateral aid programme in 2009-10 and each year since on procuring (i) goods and (ii) services from private sector suppliers based in the country concerned.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	203239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>To provide an itemised list of goods and services as a proportion of total bilateral aid spend in each country for each financial year from 2009 forward detailing spends would incur disproportionate costs to my department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 08/07/2014 16:06:36 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

65047

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) in cash terms, (b) at current prices, (c) as a proportion of UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) and (d) as a proportion of UK Gross National Income was spent by the UK on ODA in 2009-10 and each year since (i) in total, (ii) on multilateral aid, (iii) on bilateral aid (A) in total, (B) in high and middle income countries, (C) in low income countries and (D) in least developed countries (1) on humanitarian relief and (2) for other purposes.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	203235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested is published in our Annual Reports, the most recent of which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/annual-reports-and-accounts-2012-13" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/annual-reports-and-accounts-2012-13</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not disaggregate humanitarian assistance in the form requested, but disaggregation by country over the time period is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210430/Total-UK-Net-ODA-Humanitarian-Assistance-recipient-country1.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210430/Total-UK-Net-ODA-Humanitarian-Assistance-recipient-country1.csv/preview</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 08/07/2014 16:04:36 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

90179

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Iraq and Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the UK has allocated to be spent in 2014-15 on humanitarian aid to the victims of conflict in (a) Syria and (b) Iraq; what steps her Department is taking to deliver humanitarian aid to victims in Iraq; what further steps she is planning to assist (i) people in Iraq and (ii) Iraqi refugees in neighbouring countries; what plans she has to increase UK humanitarian aid to Iraqi victims of conflict; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	207665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In response to the Syria crisis the UK has allocated £600 million to date for humanitarian aid to victims of the conflict. Total allocations for 2014/15 will depend on decisions to be taken on the basis of evolving needs. In Iraq, the UK has allocated £23m of humanitarian aid for 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p>In Iraq, DFID support has included airdrops of assistance onto Mount Sinjar and in the Iraqi town of Amerli. The UK has also chartered cargo flights in order to deliver aid supplies for displaced people in the Dahuk region. £12.5 million of DFID’s funding is being delivered through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and NGO partners to provide basic life-saving assistance, including food, shelter, water, sanitation and medical care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 04/09/2014 15:03:55 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

92278

	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: Civil Society
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she plans to announce future programme partnership funding from her Department from 2015-16 onwards.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	209786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>In the coming months DFID will hold consultations to inform the direction and choices for the future of strategic financing to civil society.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 15/10/2014 15:38:38 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

92279

	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	Iraq
	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 (a) increase humanitarian aid and (b) provide development assistance for state building in Iraq; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	209747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for International Development is delivering £23 million in response to the crisis in Iraq. Our Advisors on the ground are working closely with aid agencies, the UN and the Kurdistan Regional Government to further assess humanitarian needs. The UK government is lobbying the UN and the Government of Iraq to meet the humanitarian needs of all Iraq’s citizens, to protect minorities and to improve the tracking and reporting of human rights abuses including crimes of sexual and gender based violence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Jointly with the FCO we are looking at how UK expertise could support the new Iraqi government build a stable and prosperous country.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 15/10/2014 15:40:05 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley