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807211

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2017
	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: ICT
	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 implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	119857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>DFID does not have any major IT contracts, as defined by the guidance.</p><p>DFID follows best practice guidance and principles where they are applicable to DFID, in line with high government standards set by the Cabinet Office to ensure effective and consistent commercial delivery and drive continuous improvement.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/12/2017 15:46:11 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

794286

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	South Sudan: Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, If she will increase development assistance for preventing and responding to gender-based violence in South Sudan; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of current programmes.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	115259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>UK funding in South Sudan is currently fully committed to 2020; this includes a four year programme (2016-2020) with International Medical Corps that includes a significant element for gender based violence (GBV) prevention and protection in South Sudan, and support to the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring Mechanism (CTSAMM) in order to improve reporting on gender based violence. All programmes are subject to regular assessments of performance. We have exceeded our annual target this year and have reached just under 300,000 women, girls, men, and boys with GBV interventions.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 30/11/2017 14:21:48 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

809720

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	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: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what proportion of her Department's Answers to Written Parliamentary Questions in the 2017-18 Session to date have referred to the information requested not being (a) collected or (b) collated centrally.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	120340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>As of 20 December 2017, 0.4% of answers to written questions by DFID in the 2017/18 session refer to information not being collected or collated centrally.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/12/2017 15:25:50 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

806283

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	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: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many data incidents her Department (a) recorded and (b) reported to the Information Commissioner's Office in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	119475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The number of data incidents recorded and reported by DFID to the Information Commissioners’ Office in 2015-16 and 2016-17 is published in DFID’s Annual Report for each of these years. These can be found on GOV.UK at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfid-annual-report-2011-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfid-annual-report-2011-2012</a>.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/12/2017 14:35:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

802578

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	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: Labour Turnover
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many members of staff have left her Department since 1 January 2015; and how many of those members of staff were nationals of non-UK EU countries.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	118128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Since 1 January 2015, 530 staff have left DFID, of which 12 have declared as non-UK EU nationals.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/12/2017 10:29:21 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

806304

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	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: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many times her Department's Senior Information Risk Officer role has been vacant for a week or longer since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	119496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The DFID Senior Information Risk Officer role is carried out by the Director General for Finance and Corporate Performance. This role has been filled without any gaps since 2012.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/12/2017 14:35:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

797370

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much and what proportion of spending on adaptation in countries receiving finance from the International Climate Fund has been on health-related adaptation.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	116333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, the UK spent directly £411 million on programmes to help countries build their resilience and adapt to climate change and a further £371 million on programmes to support sustainable development and help reduce their carbon emissions. Of this, £12 million (1%) was on projects specifically targeting health and a further £370 million (47%) through programmes which may also have health benefits, such as on clean energy, agriculture, nutrition, and water, sanitation and hygiene programmes.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/12/2017 11:43:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

810230

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Pitcairn Islands: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money from the public purse has been spent on Pitcairn Island in each of the last five years; what projects that spending has been for; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure value for money is achieved.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	120696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>DFID provides financial aid on an annual basis to support the provision of public services to meet the reasonable assistance needs of the people of Pitcairn (including health, education and securing sea access). Funding through financial aid provides the correct balance between direct engagement with Pitcairn government and HMG oversight to ensure value for money.</p><p>Details of financial aid spend for the last five years are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£2.884m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£2.840m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£2.990m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£2.910m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£3.475m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Additionally the Foreign and Commonwealth Office will provide some financial support for the Marine Protection Area announced in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/01/2018 11:33:21 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

810117

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Africa: Adam Smith Institute and Legatum Institute
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in which countries in Africa has her Department commissioned work from (a) the Adam Smith Institute and (b) the Legatum Institute in the last three years; and what the nature of that work is.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	120583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>DFID has not directly commissioned any work from the Adam Smith Institute or the Legatum Institute in the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 08/01/2018 10:27:59 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

806317

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	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: Science
	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 December 2017 to Question 117507 on Department for International Development: Science, if she will publish the allocation of science spending by region.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	119509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>By thematically assigning funding for research (which is classified as science), rather than geographically, we ensure that Research and Innovation investments focus on the most pressing development challenges.</p><p>DFID funds over 150 programmes, most of which target multiple countries or regions. All information on countries or regions the programmes target is published online, on DFID’s development tracker.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/12/2017 13:46:11 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah