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573793

	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	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Government's policy is on maintaining its commitment to spending 0.7 per cent of gross national income on overseas aid.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	44492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>This Government remains committed to continuing the UK’s leading role on international development, including through spending 0.7% of gross national income (GNI) on overseas aid.</p><p>As an outward-looking, globally engaged nation, we believe that the UK should work to tackle international problems at their source – not wait for them to arrive on our doorstep.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/09/2016 13:38:33 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

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

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

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

389894

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Infectious Diseases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the press notice from the Prime Minister's Office dated 7 June 2015, announcing a global programme of drug development and research into infectious diseases, what the contents and timing of that programme will be; and what steps her Department plans to take to ensure the success of that programme.
	tabling member constituency	Finchley and Golders Green
	tabling member printed	Mike Freer
	uin	7130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Manifesto commitment was made to respond to the urgent need for research to develop new health products for infectious diseases. There is insufficient funding globally available for the development of new drugs and vaccines for neglected diseases and resistance to essential drugs is a growing problem globally. DFID is currently working on a strategy to deliver on this commitment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK Government has a strong track record of supporting successful product development research, through public-private Product Development Partnerships (PDPs). In the last ten years, DFID-supported PDPs have developed 11 new drugs, 2 new vaccines and 6 new diagnostic tests. Success is judged not only by cost-effective development of the products but also by ensuring that they are affordable and made available to the poorest in low and middle income countries.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 21/07/2015 16:39:51 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer

424973

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2015
	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: Tuberculosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the World Health Organisation's Global Tuberculosis Report 2015, published on 28 October 2015, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings of that report; and what steps her Department is taking to contribute to the global eradication of tuberculosis.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	14093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>We welcome the publication of the World Health Organisation’s Global Tuberculosis (TB) Report 2015, which reports on the challenges and achievements that have been made in tackling this terrible disease. The report highlights the threat of drug-resistant TB and makes the case for new diagnostics, drugs and vaccines to achieve the targets in the End TB Strategy.</p><br /><p>The UK Government continues to be committed to tackling this disease, which was demonstrated by our support for the new Global Goal for Good Health and Well-Being. This includes helping to increase the access to, and use of, effective diagnostics and treatment of TB, including drug resistant TB. The UK delivers on its commitment through different channels, including supporting research and product development into more effective diagnosis, treatment and vaccines; helping countries to strengthen health systems to deliver quality TB programmes; and through our support to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and UNITAID. The Global Fund has enabled 13.2 million people to receive TB treatment since 2002.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 05/11/2015 13:07:08 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

388316

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	South Sudan: Offences against Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the UNICEF news note on children killed, abducted and raped in South Sudan attacks, dated 18 May 2015, if she will hold discussions with the government of South Sudan on the protection of children in that country from such attacks.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	5841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>We have raised the issue of the protection of civilians, particularly children, both as part of our broader human rights engagement with the Government of South Sudan, as well as with the opposition, most recently on the 7<sup>th</sup> of July. Her Majesty’s Ambassador (HMA) to South Sudan, together with Heads of EU Missions in Juba, issued a statement on the 2<sup>nd</sup> July 2015 condemning the human rights atrocities in Unity State that were raised in the recent UNICEF and United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) reports. The joint statement strongly condemned the horrific acts against civilians, including children, and urged all parties involved to take steps to end these atrocities as a matter of urgency. We continue to call for the Government to allow further investigations by granting unimpeded access to the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). We will continue to press the Government of South Sudan to ensure the protection of its citizens and investigate these atrocities.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 13/07/2015 13:50:42 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

348631

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Prime Minister's press release of 18 August 2014, what steps she is taking to assess the impact of her Department's policies on the family.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
	uin	1199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>The Family Test was announced by the Prime Minister in August 2014 and introduced in October 2014 for domestic policies through the publication of guidance for officials – Family Test Guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The objective of the Test is to introduce a family perspective to the policy-making process, specifically to make the potential impacts on family functioning and relationships explicit.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Development (DFID) leads the UK’s work to end extreme poverty internationally. In this respect the welfare of the world’s poorest – both individuals and families – are central to DFID’s work. DFID does not however have a leading responsibility for domestic policies and has not therefore made any assessments using the Family Test.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 11/06/2015 12:58:39 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

381547

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	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: Hearing Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which projects funded by UK aid support deaf people; and in which countries those projects are based.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	2775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID funds a number of projects which support deaf people, including through Sense International and the Disability Rights Fund, which supports Deaf People’s Organisations in a number of countries including Rwanda and Uganda. DFID advocates for the use of the Washington Group Questions as a method of disaggregating data by disability. The questions can give policy makers a better understanding of the number and situation of deaf people as well as those with other impairments. DFID is implementing its disability framework, published in December 2014. The framework sets out how DFID will make its policies and programmes more inclusive of all people with disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps grouped question UIN 2774 question first answered 23/06/2015 12:34:32 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

386736

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Press
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which periodicals and newspapers her Department subscribes to; what quantity of each periodical is so obtained; and what the cost of such subscriptions was in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
	uin	5018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>DFID communications division’s total spend on newspapers and periodicals in the 2014/15 financial year was £4,466. Following a savings drive in November 2014 DFID’s communications division no longer subscribes to print periodicals, saving around £1,400 a year.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 07/07/2015 16:24:14 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps previous answer version 11515 answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick