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77694

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sustainable Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the report of the High Level panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, what steps she is taking to ensure that the pledge to leave no-one behind is effectively translated into the target language of the proposed Sustainable Development Goals.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
	uin	205608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK, through our Troika, have made statements in the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals on the importance of “leaving no one behind” as an overarching principle for the post 2015 framework.</p><p> </p><p>The final goals and targets in the post-2015 development framework will be subject to international negotiations in the United Nations, in which the UK will play an active role.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/07/2014 16:05:28 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

517511

	registered interest
	date	04/05/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Disaster Relief: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the recommendations of the report of the Public Accounts Committee, Department for International Development: responding to crises, published on 20 April 2016, what steps she is taking to ensure that her Department improves its system of accounting for ODA spend on humanitarian emergencies.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	36623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government will respond to the Committee’s recommendations in the usual way in a Treasury Minute which will be laid before Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 10/05/2016 15:18:38 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

524778

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2016
	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: Sustainable Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the findings of the report of the International Development Committee, UK implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, HC103, published on 8 June 2016, on the need for a cross-government approach in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on those goals.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	40327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>I have discussed the government’s approach to implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. This will be a cross-government effort with individual Secretaries of State accountable through their Single Departmental Plans. There will continue to be regular discussions involving all relevant departments across Government. The Government will respond to the IDC report.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 15/06/2016 15:33:16 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

417709

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Prime Minister's statement of 7 September 2015, Official Report, column 23-25, when she plans to announce details of the reshaping of the aid budget referred to in that statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	9408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The 2015 Spending Review announcement will be made on the 25<sup>th</sup> November. This will set out Departmental settlements for the period to 2020/21.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 11/09/2015 12:19:37 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

434018

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2015
	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: Sustainable Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech at the UN Sustainable Development Goals Summit on 27 September 2015, what steps the Government is taking to leave no one behind.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	18639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s promise that ‘no one will be left behind’ is clearly referenced in the new UK Aid strategy at paragraph 3.17, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-aid-tackling-global-challenges-in-the-national-interest" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-aid-tackling-global-challenges-in-the-national-interest</a>. My department is currently laying out what this means for all DFID and wider government investments overseas, and supporting the international system to ensure no one is left behind. We will support countries and development partners to increase their capacity to better identify and reach the extreme poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged groups.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 09/12/2015 17:09:30 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

171195

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to page two of her Department's strategic framework for economic development for shared prosperity and poverty reduction, published in January 2013 (a) in which countries and (b) on which projects the £1.8 billion of her Department's budget to be targeted on economic development will be spent.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	219268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Delivery of the Economic Development Strategy is a cross DFID priority. Programme planning and design is based on an assessment of need and context in the countries in which DFID works.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 05/01/2015 17:54:12 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

169573

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to page 23 of her Department's strategic framework for economic development for shared prosperity and poverty reduction, published in January 2013, which instruments (a) are being and (b) will be used; and what amounts will be allocated to each such instrument.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	218143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Regular monitoring to ensure value for money is embedded within all DFID’s economic development programmes; evaluations of programme effectiveness are commissioned where appropriate. Funding for these activities is allocated within each individual programme budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID uses a range of instruments to deliver the Economic Development Strategy; while programme design is based on an assessment of need and context. In addition, we centrally monitor all economic development spending to enhance portfolio coherence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 218141 218142 218144 question first answered 17/12/2014 15:28:28 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

169571

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to page 2 of her Department's strategic framework for economic development for shared prosperity and poverty reduction, published in January 2013, how the £1.8 billion of her Department's budget to be targeted on economic development will be allocated to different activities and countries.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	218144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Regular monitoring to ensure value for money is embedded within all DFID’s economic development programmes; evaluations of programme effectiveness are commissioned where appropriate. Funding for these activities is allocated within each individual programme budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID uses a range of instruments to deliver the Economic Development Strategy; while programme design is based on an assessment of need and context. In addition, we centrally monitor all economic development spending to enhance portfolio coherence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 218141 218142 218143 question first answered 17/12/2014 15:28:28 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

512657

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2016
	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, with reference to page 169 of the Office for Budget Responsibility's report, Economic and fiscal outlook March 2016, to which partners the £800 million loans will be disbursed in 2016-17; what assessment she has made of the comparative utility of loans and grants for effective development projects; how repayments of those loans will affect the level of recorded Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend; and what assessment she has made of the effect of the growing proportion of capital departmental expenditure limits (DEL) ODA spend and a declining proportion of resource DEL ODA spend on her Department's effectiveness.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	33716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>DFID is planning to invest around £400m in loans in 16/17 rather than the £800m figure erroneously reported in the Office for Budget Responsibility figures. The precise breakdown of those loans has not been finalised.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 19/04/2016 09:34:21 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

172815

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to page 169 of her Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14, what the equivalent value of Departmental Expenditure Limit Capital was in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	220232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for International Development Departmental Expenditure Limit Capital expenditure for 2009/10 to 2011/12 is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Capital DEL </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>1.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1.6m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 13/01/2015 16:19:54 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh