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	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) locally engaged and (b) UK-based staff her Department has employed in each country with a DfID office in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	216638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The numbers of Staff Appointed in Country (SAIC) and Home Civil Service (HCS) based in DFID country offices in each year since 2010 are shown in the tables below. The figures are given for March of that year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>2010</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2011</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2012</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2013</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Location</p></td><td><p>HCS</p></td><td><p>SAIC</p></td><td><p>HCS</p></td><td><p>SAIC</p></td><td><p>HCS</p></td><td><p>SAIC</p></td><td><p>HCS</p></td><td><p>SAIC</p></td><td><p>HCS</p></td><td><p>SAIC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Afghanistan</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bosnia and Herzegovina</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burma</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burundi</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambodia</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caribbean</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China*</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Democratic Republic Of Congo</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gambia</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indonesia**</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya***</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kosovo</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kyrgyzstan</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lesotho</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liberia****</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moldova</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mozambique</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OPTs</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Overseas Territories</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rwanda</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serbia</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sierra Leone</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Sudan</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tajikistan</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tanzania</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yemen</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zambia</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>*</strong>Our office in China works with the Chinese government to help reduce poverty in other developing countries. In March 2011 DFID closed its bilateral aid programme to China.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>** In March 2011, DFID closed its poverty reduction programme and the DFID country office in Indonesia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*** DFID Somalia was run out of the DFID Kenya office until April 2014</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>**** DFID’s programmes in Liberia are run from the Sierra Leone office.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 08/12/2014 11:39:24 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne previous answer version 31833 answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

167544

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, at what intervals her Department plans to fund Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance between 2016 and 2020; what threshold will have to be met by other donors to ensure that her Department's funding to that organisation can be released; and at what intervals her Department plans to assess whether that threshold has been met.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	216797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The UK remains a strong and active supporter of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. The UK recently pledged up to £1 billion to Gavi for 2016 to 2020. The full UK contribution to Gavi will save a child’s life every two minutes. This funding will be disbursed in tranches on an annual basis. The full UK funding will be released so long as the total amount committed by donors meets Gavi’s replenishment target of $7.5 billion. Whether this threshold has been met will be assessed by DFID officials continually over the period 2016 – 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 05/12/2014 14:07:09 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

431399

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Multilateral 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 prioritise funding to multilateral agencies that focus their aid programmes and investments in Least Developed Countries.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	17122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>We prioritise funding to multilateral agencies depending on how well they meet UK and international development objectives. The agencies that we fund are currently being assessed by our Multilateral Aid Review which will report in the spring.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 26/11/2015 16:23:48 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

431400

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	British Overseas Territories: Companies
	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 Foreign Office Ministers on the implementation by UK Overseas Territories of public registers of beneficial ownership.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	17123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>The UK continues to lead the way on beneficial ownership disclosure and to encourage others to do the same. We are having discussions at both Ministerial and official level with the Overseas Territories to emphasise the importance of this agenda. Any system should meet the following criteria: UK and domestic law enforcement and tax authorities must be able to access company beneficial ownership information without restriction, subject to relevant safeguards; these competent authorities should be able to quickly identify all companies that a particular beneficial owner has a stake in, without needing to submit multiple and repeated requests; and companies or their beneficial owners must not be alerted to the fact that an investigation is under way.</p><br /> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 17124 17126 question first answered 26/11/2015 16:04:28 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

431401

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	British Overseas Territories: Companies
	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 HM Treasury Ministers on the implementation by UK Overseas Territories of public registers of beneficial ownership.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	17124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>The UK continues to lead the way on beneficial ownership disclosure and to encourage others to do the same. We are having discussions at both Ministerial and official level with the Overseas Territories to emphasise the importance of this agenda. Any system should meet the following criteria: UK and domestic law enforcement and tax authorities must be able to access company beneficial ownership information without restriction, subject to relevant safeguards; these competent authorities should be able to quickly identify all companies that a particular beneficial owner has a stake in, without needing to submit multiple and repeated requests; and companies or their beneficial owners must not be alerted to the fact that an investigation is under way.</p><br /> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 17123 17126 question first answered 26/11/2015 16:04:28 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

431402

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2015
	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: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure its programme of work contributes to Goal 10 of the Sustainable Development Goals on reduced inequalities.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	17125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>The UK welcomes, and is committed to championing, the Global Goals. Through our commitment to global development, and by honouring our 0.7% aid commitments, we will play a key role in helping countries to achieve these goals – especially on eradicating extreme poverty, hunger and disease. The UK has played a key role in creating a set of goals that are universal and inclusive, and underpinned by a commitment to leave no one behind.</p><br /><p>Given the focus of DFID’s work and interventions on those living in extreme poverty, DFID programmes contribute to reducing within country inequality. The new UK Aid strategy commits the government to being a world leader in implementing the Leave No One Behind Promise agreed by the Prime Minister and other world leaders in September 2015. To deliver the new strategy, the government will focus on the most vulnerable and disadvantaged, the most excluded, those caught in crises, and those most at risk of violence and discrimination.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 26/11/2015 16:29:30 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

431403

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	British Overseas Territories: Companies
	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 potential benefits to developing countries of the implementation of public registers of beneficial ownership by UK Overseas Territories with financial centres.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	17126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>The UK continues to lead the way on beneficial ownership disclosure and to encourage others to do the same. We are having discussions at both Ministerial and official level with the Overseas Territories to emphasise the importance of this agenda. Any system should meet the following criteria: UK and domestic law enforcement and tax authorities must be able to access company beneficial ownership information without restriction, subject to relevant safeguards; these competent authorities should be able to quickly identify all companies that a particular beneficial owner has a stake in, without needing to submit multiple and repeated requests; and companies or their beneficial owners must not be alerted to the fact that an investigation is under way.</p><br /> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 17123 17124 question first answered 26/11/2015 16:04:28 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

431765

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	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 ensure that data is collected on stateless children so that such children can be taken into account in measuring progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	17195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>The UK has played a key role in creating a set of Global Goals that are universal and inclusive; underpinned by a commitment to leave no one behind. Goal 17 target 18 concerns the need for high-quality, timely and reliable disaggregated data. It will be essential to have this data to ensure we leave no one behind, including data on stateless children. DFID is currently undertaking a bilateral aid review to address priorities for this parliament and this will address how we will support better data to ensure the Prime Ministers Leave No One Behind promise is delivered.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 30/11/2015 15:40:04 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

434019

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2015
	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: Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
	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 potential role for the private sector in increasing birth registration in fagile contexts.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	18640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>Accurately recording births, deaths, adoptions, marriages and divorces will be critical in achieving the newly agreed Global Goals. In fragile contexts, registration is essential to enable refugees to obtain humanitarian services and protection under international law.</p><br /><p>Although globally, the births of nearly 230 million children under age five have never been recorded and almost two thirds of deaths are not counted at all, some progress is being made, largely in Latin America and Asia. The increasing use of technology and the private sector have played important enabling roles in building this momentum and will continue to be crucial to further progress.</p><br /><p>DFID supports statistical capacity building and implementation of national statistical plans in a number of countries through global programmes such as the Statistics for Results Facility Catalytic Fund (SRF-CF), implemented in eight countries. In Nigeria, for example, SRF-CF supported eight outreach birth/death registration centres. DFID also provides bilateral support to countries’ national statistical systems.</p><br /><p>At a policy level, DFID supports the Commission for Information and Accountability (COIA) where CRVS is one of ten priority areas. DFID also provides support to the UNHCR, the mandated UN agency to advocate for the protection and promotion of the rights of refugees, which plays a crucial role in assisting refugees in with documentation. To date, DFID has allocated over £44 million to UNHCR’s operations in Jordan and in Lebanon, of which a proportion will go to funding the registration and issuing of birth certificates for refugees.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/12/2015 17:08:45 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

435918

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Occupied Territories: Water Supply
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department will take steps to improve access to water in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	18905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>UK officials regularly discuss the issue of water with Israeli counterparts. We continue to call for the full implementation of the relaxation of access restrictions for Gaza and, with robust monitoring, for the entry of essential items on the dual-use list to allow for rehabilitation of the water network. We also continue to press both parties to reconvene the Joint Water Committee to facilitate further approval of key projects that will improve Palestinian access to water.</p><p>Through the UN FAO, DFID has invested up to £1.24m to help vulnerable rural farmers in Area C support their families through increased incomes from agricultural production. Improved irrigation efficiency has been achieved by rehabilitation of existing water cisterns and approximately 30km of water conveyance systems.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 14/12/2015 17:51:40 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane