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1216915

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2020
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Official Development Assistance programmes that his Department funds are targeted at supporting women and girls.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	63286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK's Gender Equality Act 2014 (an amendment to 2002 International Development Act, IDA), legally requires all overseas development funding to meaningfully consider the impact of how it will contribute to reducing gender inequality. The UK Aid Strategy prioritises the rights of women and girls under its fourth strategic goal of tacking extreme poverty and helping the world's most vulnerable.</p><p>The FCO supports a number of Official Development Assistance programmes targeted at promoting girls' education, empowering women peacebuilders and supporting female survivors of sexual violence in conflict. The programmes include lobbying efforts encouraging foreign governments to prioritise girls' education reforms, financial support for women mediator organisations, capacity building programmes for female judges and women peacebuilders and consultations with survivors of sexual violence. Additional information on the FCO's ODA programmes can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/official-development-assistance-fco-programme-spend</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 30/06/2020 15:58:55 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1203622

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2020
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the criteria his Department plans to use for prioritising Official Development Assistance spending in the event of a decrease in GNI.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	59554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>To tackle poverty and advance our Global Britain objectives, the Foreign Office takes evidence-based spending decisions and maintains high standards of programme delivery that are consistent with HMG best practice. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office will ensure it meets any revised spending targets as a result of changes in UK Gross National Income.</p><p>Further details on how the Foreign and Commonwealth Office allocates Official Development Assistance funding can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/official-development-assistance-oda-allocations-aid-policy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/official-development-assistance-oda-allocations-aid-policy</a>.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 18/06/2020 15:07:39 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1203623

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2020
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department's share of the Official Development Assistance will decrease in the event of a decrease in GNI.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	59555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK government made the commitment, underpinned by law, to spend 0.7% of its Gross National Income each year on Official Development Assistance (ODA). Since this commitment is linked to the size of the economy, the level of ODA spend will increase or decrease in line with GNI. Discussions are ongoing on where changes might occur. HM Treasury allocates ODA budgets to departments and is responsible for making changes to these.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 25/06/2020 08:40:32 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1203624

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2020
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department is signing new funding agreements for projects funded by Official Development Assistance.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	59556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK has a legal commitment to spend 0.7% of its Gross National Income (GNI) each year on Official Development Assistance (ODA). Since this commitment is linked to the size of the economy, the level of ODA spend will increase or decrease in line with GNI. The Government reviews the ODA funding it allocates to projects on a regular basis in order to ensure delivery of its commitment to spend 0.7% of GNI on ODA.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 25/06/2020 08:53:39 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1217619

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2020
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance (a) his Department has spent in each of the last five years and (b) the new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will spend in each of the next four years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	64281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>All information on Foreign and Commonwealth Office Official Development Assistance spending is available at GOV.UK link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-international-development" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-international-development.</a></p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 01/07/2020 15:58:55 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly previous answer version 32911 answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1226417

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2020
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance his Department has disbursed to (a) Least Developed, (b) Other Low Income, (c) Lower Middle Income and (d) Upper Middle Income countries in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	76833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>All information on ODA spending is available at the following GOV.UK link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-international-development" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-international-development</a>.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 01/09/2020 12:00:08 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1202972

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2020
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met the Secretary of State for International Development to discuss Official Development Assistance spending.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	uin	58809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State meets with his Cabinet colleagues, including the Secretary of State for International Development, on a regular basis.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 16/06/2020 14:47:10 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson