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1132475

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	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: Public Expenditure
	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 11 June 2019 to Question 261277 on Department for International Development: Public Expenditure, from which budget heading the additional £1.1 billion expenditure on climate and the environment will be allocated from.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	265583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>Tackling climate change and environmental degradation and addressing poverty reduction are two sides of the same coin. Many of the programmes we run currently and plan to run in future deliver both climate benefits and reduce poverty.</p><p> </p><p>The doubling of DFID spending on climate and environment over the next five years will need to be discussed and agreed with HM Treasury alongside spending on other development priorities as part of the upcoming Spending Review. The Government remains committed to maximising the impact of our aid funding on the Sustainable Development Goals, and achieving the best outcomes for the UK public.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 20/06/2019 15:46:18 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1132477

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	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: Public Expenditure
	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 11 June 2019 to Question 261277 on Department for International Development: Public Expenditure, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on allocating additional funding for climate finance.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	265584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The UK has pledged to provide at least £5.8bn of International Climate Finance (ICF) between 2016 and 2020. All discussions on funding for departments, including funding on climate finance after 2020 will begin once the Spending Round has formally been announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 20/06/2019 15:47:45 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1130388

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the oral contribution of 6 June 2019 on the amount spend on climate and the environment, what baseline his Department will use to measure the doubling; and what the timeframe is for that target to be achieved.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	261277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State wants to double the amount that the Department spends on climate and the environment over five years from £1.1bn a year in 2020/21 to £2.2bn a year in 2025/26. This builds on the already significant uplift in climate finance over the last five years.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/06/2019 16:42:09 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

819884

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	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: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which fruitless payments in excess of £30,000 her Department has made by (a) recipient of each such payment, (b) purpose of each such payment, (c) value of each such payment and (d) reason that payment was classified as fruitless in the 2017-18 financial year to date.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	121956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>There have been no fruitless payments in excess of £30,000 made by Department for International Development (DFID) in the 2017-18 financial year to date.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/01/2018 17:47:17 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

746440

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	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: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will publish a list of all companies, charities or other organisations which have received funding of more than £1 million from her Department in the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	1653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>In line with UK government commitments to increase transparency, DFID publishes details of payments over £500 on a monthly basis. This information can be accessed via the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/monthly-spend-over-500-in-the-department-for-international-development" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/monthly-spend-over-500-in-the-department-for-international-development</a></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/07/2017 10:10:57 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

690411

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Public Expenditure
	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 National Audit Office's report entitled, Investigation into the Department's approach to tackling fraud, published on 9 February 2017, whether her Department plans to change its commitment to spend at least 50 per cent of its budget in fragile states and regions.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	64022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government intends to fulfil its commitment to spend 50% of DFID’s budget in fragile states and regions.</p><p>This spend is subject to rigorous measures to tackle fraud across DFID’s budget, as noted in the National Audit Office’s report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/02/2017 15:09:31 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

671813

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2017
	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: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what each item of expenditure over £5 million was that was authorised by Ministers of her Department in each of the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	59683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>The table attached details all development programmes greater than £5m that have been approved by DFID Ministers since July 2016.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/01/2017 17:48:39 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name 59683.docx title 59683 previous answer version 30179 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

671814

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2017
	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: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what transfers were made from her Department's budget to other government departments in the last 18 months.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	59684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>Transfers between Department for International Development and Other Government Departments are set out in the Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/01/2017 17:49:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

670848

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2017
	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: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on (a) consultancy, (b) lawyers and (c) accountancy fees in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015 and (iii) 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	59333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>Consultancy spend:</p><p> </p><p>FY 13/14: £198,344.00</p><p>FY 14/15: £101,330.00</p><p>FY 15/16: £52,119.87</p><p> </p><p>Legal spend:</p><p> </p><p>FY 13/14: £1,027,725.42</p><p>FY 14/15: £1,393,344.26</p><p>FY 15/16: £766,252.89</p><p> </p><p>The information for accountancy spend is not held in the form requested and can only be collated at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/01/2017 17:16:16 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

647239

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in relation to paragraph 5.22 of the Autumn Statement 2016, what assessment she has made of the effect of the planned reduction in her Department's budget; and whether any current projects are being considered for cancellation.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	55212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>HMT routinely adjust the Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) budget to ensure the UK meets the target to spend 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) on ODA. DFID will work closely with HMT to identify budget adjustments, focusing on adjusting spend that offers lowest value for money, and taking into account performance and fit with UK strategic objectives.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 01/12/2016 17:26:04 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff