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1145851

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	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 staff in his Department are deployed to other Departments and working on the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	291053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>As at 3<sup>rd</sup> October, the Department for International Development has deployed 118 employees on short term loan to other government departments to support EU exit priorities.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 03/10/2019 16:19:22 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179220

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	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: Microfinance
	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 her Department spent delivering microcredit in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	18718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The cost of extracting the information required would be disproportionate. Microcredit is, and has been, an integrated component of numerous broader humanitarian, livelihoods and economic development programmes over the five year period in question. Significant official time and analysis would be required to identify and quantify the aggregate spend.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 02/03/2020 18:03:21 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179356

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2020 to Question 8427 on Developing Countries: Education, what estimate she has made of the proportion of adolescent girls out of school in emergencies.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	18764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>UNESCO’s Institute for Statistics (UIS) estimates that around 100 million girls of lower and upper secondary school age were out-of-school globally in 2019. Whilst the number of children living in emergencies has increased in the last decade, no reliable estimates currently exist for the proportion of adolescent girls who are out- of- school and affected by emergencies. DFID is supporting the UNESCO UIS and other partners to improve global data sources related to SDG4. In 2015, the Global Education Monitoring Report estimated that girls were two and a half times more likely to be out of school in conflict-affected countries.</p><p>Supporting delivery of SDG 4 by promoting 12 years of quality education for all children, especially girls, by 2030 is a top priority for the UK Government.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 04/03/2020 17:38:36 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179357

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2020 to Question 8427 on Developing Countries: Education, how many girls supported through the Girls' Education Challenge are aged (a) 5 to 12 and (b) 13 to 18.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	18765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Girls’ Education Challenge (GEC) Phase 2, launched in 2017, aims to reach 1.5 million marginalised and highly marginalised girls.</p><p>GEC projects are currently reaching approximately 468,000 girls aged between 5 and 11; approximately 732,000 girls and young women aged between 12 and 19; and 85,000 young women aged between 20 and 24.</p><p>A further 15,000 girls aged 10-19 are supported by a project in Mozambique which does not record age breakdown.</p><p>Up to 190,000 girls are also being supported through GEC ‘Leave No Girl Behind’ projects, focused on highly marginalised adolescent girls who have dropped out of or never attended school. These projects started delivering in 2019 and data is being collected during 2020 on the numbers and characteristics of the girls reached. The vast majority of these girls will be 12 years or older, given the focus on adolescent girls.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 02/03/2020 18:05:10 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

858610

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2018
	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: Non-governmental Organisations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to change its approach to due diligence when partnering with non-governmental organisations in developing countries as a result of the allegations of sexual misconduct by members of those organisations.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	131865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>At the Safeguarding Summit on 5 March, I announced that DFID will put in place new, enhanced and specific safeguarding standards within our due diligence process for all non-governmental organisations. This will include an assessment of codes of conduct, how organisations identify and respond to incidents, and how risk management places safeguarding and beneficiaries at its core. New funds to organisations will not be approved unless they pass the new standards.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/03/2018 12:37:55 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

681231

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2017
	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: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will place in the Library a list of public consultations, White Papers and other documents her Department plans to publish to assist the UK in making effective the Government's plans for the UK to leave the EU within the two year timetable from the triggering of Article 50.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Ms Gisela Stuart
	uin	62279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>Yes, but currently none have been published.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 06/02/2017 17:13:55 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	296 label Biography information for Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston

1179219

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	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: Microfinance
	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 implications for its policies of the finding from the World Bank Group report entitled Profiting from Parity that Microcredit has only limited effects on business outcomes for women.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	18717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>DFID continually reviews emerging evidence in order to ensure that its programmes maximise value for money for UK taxpayers. The “Profiting from Parity” report indicates that early studies on the impact of microcredit have found mixed results on income growth and consumption levels, including for women entrepreneurs. However, other research provides strong evidence that under particular circumstances, when products are suitably tailored for the specific needs of the borrower, microcredit can have a positive impact on development by enabling individuals to help themselves out of poverty. Responsible microfinance can help people build personal resilience against economic shocks, smooth their incomes over time, and explore business growth opportunities, as well as facilitating broader developmental outcomes, such as access to affordable and reliable water, electricity, healthcare and education. This is especially true for women, who typically access more microfinance than men. The UK is committed to supporting financial inclusion as a key enabler to achieving the SDGs, and particularly on tackling the persistent gender gap in access to finance which is crucial for building women’s economic empowerment.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 04/03/2020 17:37:37 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179389

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Nigeria: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the £83.0 million allocated to the Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria will be spent on supporting the (a) state and (b) the private sector.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	18781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria targets 54% of funds to support state systems to enable more focused teaching and learning, more efficient and effective use of resources to support foundational skills and a greater focus on achieving results.</p><p>6% of the programme’s funds will be used to support improved non-state systems, including low cost private education.</p><p>The remaining 40% of the programme will support community engagement on education, education in emergencies and research and evidence.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 02/03/2020 18:00:03 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179391

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Nigeria: Education
	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 ensure that the Partnership for Learning for All in Nigerian Education programme benefits the most marginalised (a) communities and (b) children.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	18782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The programme will work to improve the quality of teaching and learning of foundational basic skills for marginalised children, including children affected by conflict, rural girls and children living with disabilities.</p><p>The programme will support communities to enhance the participation of marginalised children, drawing on approaches such as promoting community education initiatives and by addressing harmful social and cultural practices that limit opportunities for marginalised girls and children living with disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 02/03/2020 18:00:39 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179392

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Nigeria: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what level of profit are private partners allowed to make from money provided to them through the Partnership for Learning for All in Nigerian Education.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	18783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The over-riding procurement policy requirement is that competitions must be based on value for money, defined as “the best mix of quality and effectiveness” which encourages free and open competition consistent with the public procurement regulations.</p><p>Profit levels are determined using open and competitive procurement processes. DFID’s process requires suppliers to provide full cost transparency both at bidding stage and throughout the lifecycle of the programme which includes the ability for DFID to intervene if original profit levels as bid are exceeded.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 02/03/2020 18:01:10 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill