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599564

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Marriage: Children
	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 in co-operation with UN agencies to tackle the increase in child brides in refugee camps and conflict areas.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	48097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK is committed to the ‘Call to Action’ on women and girls and keeping girls and women safe in emergencies, including providing £23.5 million to UNFPA in Syria, to support women and girls vulnerable to child and forced marriage, domestic violence, and sexual violence, abuse, and exploitation through improved access to psycho-social support and sexual and reproductive health care.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/10/2016 16:12:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

600735

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2016
	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: Public Expenditure
	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 budget is planned to be allocated to projects administered by other Departments in 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	48287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The Spending Review settlement provides that approximately 17% of DFID’s budget in 2017-18 is expected to be transferred to (a) other government departments to fund projects that they will administer and (b) cross-government facilities into which DFID and other departments can bid such as the Conflict, Security and Stabilisation Fund as set out in DFID’s Spending Review settlement letter.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/10/2016 16:02:33 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

599570

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Malawi: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if the Government will take steps to ensure that UK aid to Malawi funds long-term transport infrastructure, irrigation, diversification of farming and food products projects.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	47956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK’s development programme in Malawi works to grow the economy and eradicate extreme poverty. Improvements in the agriculture sector are essential for Malawi’s growth. DFID prosperity programmes aim to deliver increased agricultural production and productivity, including through the expansion of land under irrigation; a diversified economic base and increased investment in inclusive agri-business. DFID has also provided some support to rehabilitating rural roads, and undertaken feasibility work for rail and road corridors.</p><p>We will continue to make transformative investments to help Malawi to move up the agricultural supply chain, improve regional trade and create more jobs. This will contribute to increased food security and agricultural production, helping to boost growth and create off-farm jobs.</p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 18/10/2016 16:05:28 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

599572

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Polio
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her policy is on UK support for the global eradication of polio; and what discussions she has had with her counterparts in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria on eradication of that disease in those countries.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	48019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK is fully committed to global polio eradication and is the third largest donor to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, providing £300million for 2013 to 2019. The UK is also the largest donor to Gavi; which has led the rapid global scale up of Inactivated Polio Vaccine. DFID helps sustain global political commitment and ensures the eradication programme has a strong focus on results and delivering value for money.</p><p>The Governments of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria have shown extraordinary commitment to polio eradication. DFID officials work closely with their counterparts in these three endemic countries to support their national efforts towards this historic cause.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 18/10/2016 16:08:24 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

601143

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Kenya: Migrant Camps
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the humanitarian effect of the closure of the Dadaab camp on Somali refugees in that region.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	48670
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK supports voluntary return of refugees in line with international refugee law. The UK supports the extension of the Tripartite Agreement between the Governments of Kenya and Somalia, and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), as the legal basis regulating the returns process to Somalia. The UNHCR leads on refugee returns and we support their assessments of the process.</p><p>The UK welcomes the monitoring role civil society plays and works in dialogue with them. We are working across partners and government to monitor the regional impacts, including from movement of people, impacts on other refugee host countries and on regional security.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 18/10/2016 16:00:49 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

599566

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	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: Consultants
	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 2 September 2016 to Question 44352, for what contracts the largest three total payments were made to (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Ernst and Young and (d) KPMG in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
	uin	48096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>Detail on all DFID spend is available via our departmental website.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/10/2016 16:09:50 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Baroness Hodge of Barking

599567

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	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: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which agreed EU directives have not yet been transposed directly into UK law; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	48181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force. During this period the Government will continue to negotiate, implement and apply EU legislation.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/10/2016 16:13:00 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

601139

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Capital Punishment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of withdrawing overseas development assistance funding to countries in which the death penalty is applied.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	48525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>DFID works closely with the FCO to assess and monitor the civil and political rights context in the countries where it has programmes. DFID continuously monitors the situation in partner countries across the full range of human rights, including the death penalty. DFID uses the Partnership Principles to make an overall balanced assessment of a partner country’s commitment to human rights. These assessments inform our overall programming decisions.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/10/2016 15:57:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

601141

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she plans to publish an updated list of her Department's priority countries.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	48524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The outcomes of the Bilateral Aid Review will be published soon, and this will include a description of the geographical priorities for the aid programme over the spending review period.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/10/2016 15:55:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty