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348207

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Humanitarian 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 take steps to ensure that the UK continues to lead responses to humanitarian emergencies and help countries at risk better prepare for potential natural disasters.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	900069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK will continue to lead responses to humanitarian emergencies, responding rapidly to save lives, as we did recently in Nepal. Preparing for disasters is critical and the UK will push globally for more to be done, including at the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 03/06/2015 12:48:33 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

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

423380

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Syria: Christianity
	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 assist Christian refugees in Syria who are being persecuted.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	13013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government have been clear in condemning the horrific attacks on religious communities by violent extremists including ISIL. All UK funded assistance is distributed on the basis of need to ensure civilians are not discriminated against on the grounds of race, religion, or ethnicity. We prioritise reaching the most vulnerable people across Syria, including Christians and those who have suffered from such violence. DFID continues to work with the UN and the international community to ensure all minorities’ rights are protected and our aid reaches those in greatest need.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 29/10/2015 16:07:52 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

582580

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that all children complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education by 2020.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	46289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to ensuring all children are able to complete a full cycle of quality education. Between 2011 and 2015 DFID supported over 11 million children into primary and lower secondary school (7.5 million children in countries considered fragile), and training 380,000 teachers through our multilateral partners. In 2015, the UK again committed to support a further 11 million children in the poorest countries to gain a decent education by 2020.</p><p>DFID is also supporting up to one million of the world’s poorest girls through DFID’s Girls Education Challenge (GEC). In July, DFID co-hosted the first, hugely successful Girls’ Education Forum in London and announced a further £100 million through the GEC to continue this support and help an additional 175,000 of the poorest, most marginalised adolescent girls in the world to get a decent education.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 16/09/2016 11:07:53 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

637177

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Renewable Energy
	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 increase investment in decentralised renewable energy in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	53140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I provided on 17 November to question number 52717.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 18/11/2016 14:36:31 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1088326

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid: Charities
	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 effect of the process for charities to bid for funding from her Department on (a) the ability of specialist organisations to successfully bid for such funding and (b) women that are potential benefactors of that funding.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	232049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>DFID has not made an overall assessment of the effect of funding process on specialist organisations and female beneficiaries. However, DFID has taken a number of steps to increase the range of organisations funded and the accessibility of its funds.</p><p> </p><p>DFID’s 2016 Civil Society Partnership Review recommended a shift towards more open, competitive programmes. This opened up opportunities for a wider range of civil society organisations. This was supported by the 2017 Supplier Review, when DFID committed to cutting red tape to boost competition and open up DFID’s market to a wider range of organisations.</p><p> </p><p>All DFID programmes are required to consider how the programme will contribute to reducing gender inequality. All programmes are encouraged to collect data disaggregated by sex, age, disability and geography to understand who our programmes are reaching, in line with our commitments to the Data Disaggregation Plan and Inclusive Data Charter.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 19/03/2019 16:30:33 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

170501

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the contribution of 11 December 2014 by the Minister of State for International Development, Official Report, column 383WH, on strengthening health systems in developing countries, when the review of NHS use of foreign workers will begin; what the terms of reference of the review are; when she anticipates that it will be concluded; and whether the Government will publish the review's conclusions and recommendations.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	218598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>DFID continues to work with the Department of Health to keep the government’s approach to health systems strengthening under review. As set out in the government response to the International Development Committee’s report on Strengthening Health Systems in Developing Countries, DFID will develop a framework for the UK’s work on health systems strengthening that will include its approach to human resources for health and will be set in the context of the new post-2015 development goals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 06/01/2015 12:39:50 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

177565

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	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: Politics and Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the objectives are for the World Bank's Global Partnership for Social Accountability; what role her Department plays on that partnership's steering committee; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
	uin	223025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The World Bank’s Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA) supports governments and civil society to work together to solve critical governance challenges in developing countries. GPSA aims to create an enabling environment in which citizen feedback is used to solve fundamental problems in service delivery and to strengthen the performance of public institutions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID has been a member of the steering committee since GPSA started in 2012, sharing its knowledge and advisory capacity. The steering committee sets out the overall strategy for GPSA and approves grants for programmatic activities such as improving budget transparency or improving access to and quality of service delivery.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 10/02/2015 17:44:45 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

65037

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much official development assistance was spent in 2009-10 and each year since then (a) in cash terms, (b) at current prices and (c) as a proportion of UK gross national income (i) in total, (ii) by her Department, (iii) by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (iv) by the Ministry of Defence, (v) by the Department for Energy and Climate Change and (vi) by other Government departments.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	203359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is published on our website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/254053/Table6.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/254053/Table6.csv/preview</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 08/07/2014 16:08:13 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

65041

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Bilateral Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was spent in bilateral aid in each country with a UK bilateral aid programme (a) in cash and (b) at current prices in 2009-10 and each year since.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	203358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for International Development annually publishes details of its bilateral spend to countries in its Statistics on International Development (SID). The most recent publication can be found by following the link below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statistics-on-international-development-2013-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statistics-on-international-development-2013-tables</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Bilateral aid, or Official Development Assistance (ODA), is a cash transaction. Current price figures are the same as the cash figure in the year they were reported.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 08/07/2014 16:07:32 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley