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	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	CDC
	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 joint response from the CDC group and DFID to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s recommendations on CDC’s investments in low-income and fragile states of March 2019, if he will publish the independent review of progress achieved against CDC’s strategic objectives before the end of its current strategy cycle.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	252021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>DFID will commission an external assessment in 2020 to evaluate results and learn lessons across all aspects of CDC’s current strategy (2017-2021). The review’s findings will be published.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 13/05/2019 16:05:45 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

663015

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	CDC
	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 that it maintains accountability and oversight of the use of public funds by the Commonwealth Development Corporation.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
	uin	58560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>DFID is an active and engaged shareholder. Our influence over the strategic direction of CDC is evident from the changes that CDC has undergone over the last 5/6 years, in which we have played a key role.</p><p>DFID, as sole shareholder, sets the company’s investment policy – outlining which countries CDC should invest in, the types of investments it makes, and setting the performance targets CDC must reach. DFID appoints the Chair and certain other members of the Board, and holds the Board accountable for delivery of CDC’s five year strategy and for achieving the performance targets set in the Investment Policy.</p><p>Management has delegated authority from the Board to make investment decisions, meet corporate objectives and financial regulatory obligations.</p><p>DFID exercises shareholder oversight through close contact with both Board and management, including via Quarterly Shareholder Meetings held to review progress and performance (financial, development impact, risk management, investment pipeline forecasts) and Annual Meetings with the Board.</p><p>DFID’s oversight of CDC is scrutinised by the International Development Committee, the National Audit Office, UK Government Investments, the Treasury and the Public Accounts Committee. The National Audit Office recently described DFID’s governance arrangements as ‘thorough’ in its recent value for money study.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/01/2017 16:57:43 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

659637

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	CDC
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) has (a) taken and (b) plans to take to deliver the UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2014 to 2017, published on 14 December 2016; and how progress will be measured on the CDC's delivery of that plan.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
	uin	57817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2017 answer text <p>The National Action Plan and accompanying Implementation Plan are intended to strengthen the UK’s ability to reduce the impact of conflict on women and girls and to promote their inclusion in conflict resolution. CDC’s investments help to address the root causes of conflict and promote stability via their impact on job creation and economic development, including for women.</p><p>CDC’s Code of Responsible Investing requires it to pay specific attention to the impact on women of its investment wherever it works but CDC does not have a direct role in conflict resolution or supporting women in conflict, so the Plan is not directly applicable and CDC is not included in the Implementation Plan for the NAP.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/01/2017 17:28:03 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

641338

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	CDC
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) number and (b) value of re-capitalisations carried out by the Commonwealth Development Corporation was since the establishment of that Corporation.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	54036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government has equity invested in CDC totalling £1.5 billion. Since its establishment as a public limited company in 1999, CDC plc has received only one new capital injection worth £735 million in 2015.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 25/11/2016 16:18:54 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty