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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

621972

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2016
	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: Location
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of senior civil service graded posts in her Department classified as (i) deputy director, (ii) assistant director, (iii) team leader and (iv) policy manager have been based outside London in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	50403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The proportion of DFID Senior Civil Servants designated as Deputy Director based outside of London is detailed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>DFID does not designate Senior Civil Servants as assistant director, team leader or policy manager.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Deputy Director Outside London </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 02/11/2016 16:33:15 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

595917

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	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: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of the staff employed by her Department are non-UK nationals.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	47418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>All Government Departments are bound by legal requirements concerning the right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules.</p><p>Evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Civil Service as part of wider pre-employment checks, but there is no requirement on departments to retain this information beyond the point at which it has served its purpose.</p><p>More broadly, the Government will be consulting in due course on how we work with business to ensure that workers in this country have the skills that they need to get a job. But there are no proposals to publish lists of the number or proportion of foreign workers.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/10/2016 17:10:40 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

673583

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2017
	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: Iron and Steel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, (a) how much steel in weight her Department has procured, (b) for what purpose that steel was procured and (c) what the countries of origin of that steel were in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	60075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>DFID does not procure steel.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/01/2017 16:55:16 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

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

595925

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, approximately how many (a) British and (b) non-British nationals are employed cleaning the Westminster estate of her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	John Pugh
	uin	47566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>DFID utilises a cross government contract for cleaning services in their UK estates.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/10/2016 17:11:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

709389

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, by what date she expects that all projects funded through the (a) Prosperity Fund and (b) Conflict Security and Stabilisation Fund will be listed on her Department's Development project tracker.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	67107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government set out a firm commitment in the UK Aid Strategy to improve transparency of UK official development assistance. As part of this effort, both the Conflict Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) and the Prosperity Fund will publish online information on programmes during 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/03/2017 17:18:34 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

663004

	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	South Sudan and Yemen: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for what reasons the Government reduced the bilateral aid budget to (a) South Sudan and (b) Yemen in 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	58524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>DFID has published 2016/17 budgets by department. The allocations are continually reviewed throughout the year and may increase to respond to changing needs. For example, support for Yemen will increase from £90 million in 2015/16 to £112 million in 2016/17 in light of the humanitarian crisis. Final spending figures for all departments will be confirmed in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2016.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/01/2017 16:52:00 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

652743

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department ensures that aid finance is predictable and reliable for recipient countries.
	tabling member constituency	Meriden
	tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Spelman
	uin	56339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is the only G7 country to legislate on its promise to provide 0.7% gross national income towards helping the world’s poor. In doing so we have given a very strong commitment to stable and predictable aid finance.</p><p>The Government recognises the importance of providing predictable flows to partner countries. To this end DFID has published indicative forward country budgets in its Annual Report and details of approved projects in every country. It is important that Ministers continually review where, how and how much we spend, to ensure that aid is being used to maximum effect in reducing poverty in the national interest, and that our work responds to changing global challenges and volatile country situations.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/12/2016 17:16:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman

794004

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	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: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department works with the Department of Health to coordinate the objectives and disbursements of the Ross Fund to combat the world's most serious diseases.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	115093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Ross Fund is a portfolio of programmes, identified in the UK Aid Strategy, led by DFID and the Department of Health (DH), aimed at combatting the world's most serious diseases. Details are set out at the link below <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/494584/Ross_Fund_Publication_final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/494584/Ross_Fund_Publication_final.pdf</a></p><p>The two Departments jointly developed the objectives of the Ross Fund Portfolio and agreed their respective areas of work. There is regular ongoing coordination and joint strategic oversight between DFID and DH. Senior managers and programme officials, from each department, meet quarterly, to ensure strategic oversight of the work across the two Departments.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/11/2017 17:00:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

709737

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2017
	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: Secondment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff in her Department have been seconded from (i) businesses and (ii) charities.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
	tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
	uin	67313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>Since 2009, 6 staff have been seconded to DFID from businesses. No staff have been seconded from charities.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/03/2017 17:14:27 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

606713

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2016
	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: 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) full-time, (b) part-time and (c) full-time equivalent staff are employed at each of her Department's offices in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	49574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>DFID has the following employees located in each of its UK offices:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Abercrombie House, East Kilbride</p></td><td><p>22 Whitehall, London</p></td><td><p>Victoria Street, London</p></td><td><p>King Charles Street, London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full Time Staff</p></td><td><p>612</p></td><td><p>805</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Part Time Staff</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full Time Equivalent Staff</p></td><td><p>703.2</p></td><td><p>881.6</p></td><td><p>22.61</p></td><td><p>101</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 25/10/2016 16:51:57 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

760133

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2017
	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: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) men and (b) women have left her Department under exit schemes since 31 March 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	10345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Details of exits from the Department for International Development are routinely published in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/10/2017 15:25:44 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

715113

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	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 (a) official and (b) official sensitive documents have been recorded as lost by her Department since 8 May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	69821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2017 answer text <p>Since 8 May 2015 there were two occasions when hard copy documents were lost. The documents were subsequently recovered. 73 passes were reported as lost, these are classified as official documents.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/04/2017 12:17:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

760929

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	United Nations: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many UN Junior Professional Officer posts have been funded by the Government in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017 to date; in what location each of those posts was filled; and for which UN organisation those posts were funded.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	105285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>DFID has supported 18 UK Junior Professional Officers since 2015, who have helped to strengthen the UN's capability in priority areas. I have outlined below the positions DFID have funded.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Agency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Duty Station</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNDESA</p></td><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Agency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Duty Station</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNDP</p></td><td><p>UNDP HQ</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNDP</p></td><td><p>UNDP HQ</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNDP</p></td><td><p>UNDP HQ</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNDP</p></td><td><p>UNDP HQ</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNDP</p></td><td><p>Pakistan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNDP</p></td><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNFPA</p></td><td><p>Nepal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNFPA</p></td><td><p>Sudan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNFPA</p></td><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNFPA</p></td><td><p>Afghanistan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WHO</p></td><td><p>Occupied Palestinian Territory</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WHO</p></td><td><p>WHO HQ</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WHO</p></td><td><p>Congo, Republic of</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WHO</p></td><td><p>WHO HQ</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNICEF</p></td><td><p>Nepal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNICEF</p></td><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNICEF</p></td><td><p>Nepal</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/10/2017 15:35:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

724191

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Yemen: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many Yemeni local and national non-governmental organisations received humanitarian aid from her Department in each of the last five years; and what proportion of her Department's overall aid for Yemen that represented in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
	tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
	uin	71976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>DFID has provided £85.5 million to the Yemen Humanitarian Pooled Fund (YHPF) over the last five years from the total DFID bilateral funding listed in the table below. In 2016, the YHPF provided £94.5 million of support to 7.8 million people, including food security, water and sanitation and health interventions. Approximately £13 million of this funding was delivered by local and national NGOs.</p><p>In addition, in 2017/18 we will provide £24 million to our Multi-Sector Humanitarian Response programme, approximately £1.5m of which will directly support local and national NGOs.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>DFID bilateral programme outturn (in £s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>89.6 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>65.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>81.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>59.1 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/04/2017 06:55:48 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

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

710613

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2017
	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: Migrant Workers
	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 people employed by her Department are from other EU countries.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	67465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>All Government Departments are bound by legal requirements concerning the right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules.</p><p>Evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Civil Service as part of wider pre-employment checks, but there is no requirement on departments to retain this information beyond the point at which it has served its purpose.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/03/2017 16:50:25 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

720676

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	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: Conditions of Employment
	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 staff employed by her Department are employed on a contract which is (a) full-time permanent, (b) part-time permanent, (c) for less than two years' duration, (d) on an agency basis and (e) zero-hours.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Rob Marris
	uin	70467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The number and proportion of staff employed by DFID in the categories requested is shown below:-</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>.</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% as a proportion of total Home Civil Servant (HCS) staff</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Permanent and Pensionable Full Time</p></td><td><p>1890</p></td><td><p>87.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Permanent and Pensionable Part Time</p></td><td><p>209</p></td><td><p>9.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 2 years duration*</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agency contracts</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zero Hours</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* - includes Fixed term and Limited term contracts, Loans and Secondments in to DFID who are on payroll as at 31<sup>st</sup> March 2017</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/04/2017 16:56:14 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1468 label Biography information for Rob Marris

756558

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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: Secondment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many applications her Department has received for (a) internal loans and (b) secondments from civil servants in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	7998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The number of applications DFID has received for internal loans from existing civil servants applying through Civil Service Jobs (from November 2012) is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of Applicants</p></td><td><p>Loans</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>285</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information prior to November 2012 is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Existing Civil Servants apply to DFID on loan, and not secondment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/09/2017 16:02:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

720674

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Independent Commission for Aid Impact: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many applications the board of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact received during its last intake.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	70493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>During the last intake of Commissioners to the Board of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact in 2014 and 2015, DFID received twenty-six applications for the position of Chief Commissioner and one hundred and thirty five applications for the Commissioner positions.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/04/2017 16:57:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

622676

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	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: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many apprenticeships have been created in her Department in each region in each of the last five years; and how many participants in those apprenticeships subsequently secured a job within the Civil Service.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	50812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>In light of the Government’s manifesto commitment to achieve three million new apprenticeship starts in England by the end of the Parliament, the Cabinet Office will be centrally collecting data on apprenticeships to allow the Civil Service to report on its contribution towards the national target. In line with these commitments DFID’s targets are set as:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DFID’s target</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>With current in year planning DFID will exceed the target set for 2016/17.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Type of Apprenticeship/ Location</p></td><td><p>Fast Track</p></td><td><p>Operational Delivery</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Kilbride</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Totals</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>DFID’s commitment to central Government apprenticeships started during 2015/16, details as below. These apprenticeships will not finish until at least July 2017 and it is too early to know how many will secure a job within the Civil Service.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Type of Apprenticeship/ location</p></td><td><p>Fast Track</p></td><td><p>Operational Delivery</p></td><td><p>Totals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Kilbride</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>DFID did sponsor two internal apprenticeships in 2012; both were successful in retaining employment with DFID.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/11/2016 15:53:57 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

626059

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2016
	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: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many citizens of non-UK EU countries work in her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	51003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>All Government Departments are bound by legal requirements concerning the right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules.</p><p>Evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Civil Service as part of wider pre-employment checks, but there is no requirement on departments to retain this information beyond the point at which it has served its purpose.</p><p>More broadly, the Government will be consulting in due course on how we work with business to ensure that workers in this country have the skills that they need to get a job. But there are no proposals to publish lists of the number or proportion of foreign workers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/11/2016 15:49:45 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

541069

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2016
	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: Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many civil servants have been (a) transferred, (b) seconded and (c) given cross-departmental roles with which Department's since the recent changes to the machinery of government.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	43728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>Since the recent changes to the machinery of government (18<sup>th</sup> July 2016) DFID has:</p><ul><li>Transferred 6 civil servants to other Departments.</li><li>Seconded / loaned 7 civil servants to other Departments.</li><li>Engaged 2 civil servants in cross-departmental roles.</li></ul> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/09/2016 16:20:28 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

670294

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2017
	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: Labour Mobility
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many civil servants in each unit of her Department are in the redeployment pool.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	59148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>My Department does have a redeployment pool at present. Staff are placed in redeployment as they are in a formal redundancy consultation process. The current number in this group is three.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/01/2017 17:57:46 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake