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384585

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Development Aid: Renewable Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's overseas aid budget is allocated to green energy projects in 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	3362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK supports low carbon development though the International Climate Fund to help the poorest countries boost their economies and tackle poverty. Overall, the ICF makes up 7% of the UK aid budget.</p><p> </p><p>Of the total ICF budget 55% has been allocated to climate mitigation programmes, which are predominately related to clean energy, as well as energy efficiency and related activities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID will coordinate and scale up efforts to deliver energy to the 1.2 billion people worldwide with no access to electricity, with a particular focus on the more than 660 million people in Africa without access.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 29/06/2015 16:56:29 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

385072

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid: Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which 20 companies were awarded the most funding by her Department for technical and advisory services in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	3729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID publishes full contract information on the Contracts Finder website: <a href="https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 29/06/2015 16:20:14 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

384728

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Africa: Unemployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to help reduce youth unemployment in (a) Ghana, (b) Kenya and (c) South Africa.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	3441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>Helping young people in Africa to find a decent job is an important component of DFID’s work for promoting economic growth and private sector development.</p><p> </p><p>In Ghana, the Enhancing Growth in New Enterprises (ENGINE) programme is supporting over 200 small and medium businesses, the majority of which are owned by entrepreneurs under 35 years old. Other programmes including the enterprise development programme, the Western Regional Coastal Foundation (WRCF) and the Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED), are also contributing to youth employment.</p><p> </p><p>In Kenya, 8000 young people will benefit from new skills under the £5m Mombasa County Youth Employment programme.</p><p> </p><p>In South Africa, though our bilateral programme has now closed, by 2014, DFID contributed to 112,327 jobs being created or saved, through: support to the Community Work Programme; youth employment schemes; a training scheme for workers at risk of redundancy; and measures to help firms become more competitive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of the programmes can be found on DevTracker.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 29/06/2015 16:20:39 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

384729

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Africa: Small Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to implement her Department's Start-Up initiative in (a) Ghana, (b) Kenya and (c) South Africa.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	3442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The Start Up! Initiative was an idea worked up by DFID staff to improve the provision of financing and capacity building activities for early-stage firms in sub-Saharan Africa. Last year a decision was taken by the Department not to take the programme forward to implementation as a multi-country initiative. However, although the multi-country programme is not going ahead, the DFID country offices in Kenya and Ghana continue to work on providing direct support to entrepreneurs, particularly in the agribusiness and clean energy sectors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In Ghana, DFID is supporting a programme to equip micro and small enterprises with the necessary skills and resources to improve their business plans and internal operations. The programme provides grant funding, mentoring and business development services to 500 of the most promising firms. In Kenya, DFID has helped to launch the Kenya Climate Innovation Centre (KCIC) to support the development of innovative ‘clean-tech’ businesses and technologies. The KCIC provides technologists, entrepreneurs and new ventures with technical assistance for capacity building and access to early-stage financing to overcome market barriers, with the aim of rapidly scaling and deploying innovative products and services.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 29/06/2015 16:21:12 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

384724

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Independent Commission for Aid Impact
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what effect the auditing of her Department's projects by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact has had on the performance of her Department's projects.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	3505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) does not audit DFID projects. Instead ICAI produces detailed studies covering the impact of any UK Overseas Development Assistance (ODA). DFID takes the work of ICAI very seriously. The specific impact of ICAI’s work varies from report to report but as ICAI noted in their Follow-up report published in June 2015 “Country offices and teams within DFID centrally have both in their approach and in the actions taken, shown in most cases a serious intent to address the issues we have raised”.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 29/06/2015 16:22:14 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

384725

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Independent Commission for Aid Impact
	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 the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) in the last year; how often the ICAI audits the projects of her Department; and under what criteria such audits are carried out.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	3503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) does not audit DFID projects, this is the responsibility of DFID’s Internal Audit Department. Instead ICAI produces detailed studies covering the impact of any UK Overseas Development Assistance (ODA). The criteria for selecting studies is entirely ICAI’s concern as an independent body. They develop plans based on their criteria including coverage, materiality, interest and risk and also after public consultation. Priorities are agreed with the International Development Committee (IDC).</p><p> </p><p>In 2014/15 ICAI’s expenditure was £3.4m. Since May 2011 ICAI has published 46 reports.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 29/06/2015 16:21:39 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

384726

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Independent Commission for Aid Impact
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the reports, evidence and recommendations of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact are scrutinised within her Department.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	3504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID takes the work of Independent Commission on Aid Impact (ICAI) very seriously. Each study and follow up activity is overseen by a senior civil servant in DFID. ICAI reports are communicated to all relevant staff and published on DFID’s intranet. The Department then publishes a response, agreed by Ministers, to every ICAI recommendation setting out specific actions it will take. The Department also publishes an annual update on progress against previous recommendations online.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As ICAI noted in their follow-up report published in June 2015, “Country offices and teams within DFID centrally have both in their approach and in the actions taken, shown in most cases a serious intent to address the issues we have raised”.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 29/06/2015 16:21:58 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

385074

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she plans to take to produce reports showing how UK aid is (a) effective and (b) value for money on a country by country basis; and if she will make it her policy such that reports are produced by organisations independent of her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
	uin	3671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID has robust processes to make sure programmes are effective and offer value for money. These include a full value for money assessment in every project business case, which is then reviewed throughout the life of the project alongside robust performance frameworks. The Independent Commission on Aid Impact already provides independent scrutiny of UK aid to make sure it represents value for money. Independent evaluations of DFID programmes are also commissioned at the discretion of country teams and then published. There are no plans for additional country by country reporting.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 29/06/2015 16:19:49 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

384723

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	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: Directors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many non-executive directors of her Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments she has made since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	3561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID’s non-executive directors who were in post before 2015 have remained as part of the Departmental Board.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 29/06/2015 16:22:38 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

384403

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Tanzania: 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 make an assessment of the implications for her Department's policies of the findings of Irresponsible Investment: Agrica's broken development model in Tanzania, published on 17 June 2015 by Global Justice Now, the Oakland Institute and Greenpeace Africa.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	3347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID takes any allegation of mistreatment seriously and where there is firm evidence of abuse we will take immediate action. Assessing the environmental, social and governance (ESG) safeguard standards is critical for investments in private entities. In this case, we reviewed the systems that our intermediary put in place to assess the standards and practices of their investment. Our initial findings are that the intermediary through which DFID funds flowed applied International Finance Corporation safeguard standards and found that Agrica had complied with them.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 29/06/2015 16:19:31 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott