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1037125

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Indonesia: Tsunami
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Government has given to Indonesia following the tsunami in December 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	205931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Following the Sunda Strait tsunami in Banten and Lampung provinces of Indonesia, the Secretary of State for International Development offered her condolences and expressed the UK’s readiness to offer international assistance in the response to the disaster. While the Indonesian Government has not requested any international assistance to the response, the UK remains in close contact and stands ready to help.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/01/2019 17:39:49 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1038509

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Development Aid: Job Creation
	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 measure and monitor (a) the number and (b) standard and quality of the jobs created by UK development assistance.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	206881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Creating more and better jobs is fundamental to reducing poverty, enhancing global prosperity and helping countries overcome the need for aid. As developing countries generate better quality jobs, opportunities for UK trade and investment increase.</p><p> </p><p>DFID’s Economic Development Strategy commits the UK to supporting more and better jobs as a means of delivering the Sustainable Development Goals. As published in DFID’s annual report, DFID is developing its monitoring of numbers of people supported to have raised incomes or obtain or maintain better jobs or livelihoods.</p><p> </p><p>DFID encourages suppliers and their supply chains to comply with ILO standards on Decent Work and it supports a number of initiatives that raise job quality and standards by firms that invest in low income countries. The UK has made expertise from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) available to partner Governments to support better quality labour market monitoring.</p><p> </p><p>DFID is continually looking at how best to measure and monitor both the number and quality of jobs that our initiatives support. DFID is working closely on this with partners including CDC, the World Bank, the ILO and the UK Office of National Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/01/2019 17:36:18 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1038510

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff from her Department will be relocated to other government departments in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	206882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>DFID is currently working with the Cabinet Office to understand the needs of other government departments for short term support and, if required, will seek to match these to the resource identified as being available for redeployment. DFID have already deployed 12 staff members on short-term loan to DEFRA with a further 13 identified to deploy before the end of January 2019.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/01/2019 17:36:48 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1039031

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to allocate additional funding at the 6th replenishment of the Global Fund in October 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	207299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is critical to the delivery of the UK’s objectives on the three diseases, and has helped to save 27 million lives since 2002. The UK is fully committed to a successful Sixth Replenishment and we look forward to reviewing the full investment case before making a decision about our next programme of support.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/01/2019 16:38:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1039073

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	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, with reference to the Government's response to the Fifth Report of the International Development Committee, HC246 of Session 2014-15 and the Answer of 11 December 2018 to Question 198914 on Developing Countries: Health Services, in which month his Department plans to publish its health systems strengthening position paper.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	207309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>We cannot say at the present time in which month the health systems strengthening position paper will be published. We are committed to publishing the position paper in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/01/2019 16:39:39 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1039075

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Yemen: Humanitarian Situation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has plans to send officials to Yemen to make an assessment of the humanitarian situation in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	207310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK government advises against all travel to Yemen due to the serious risk to security. We keep the situation on the ground under careful review and will re-establish visits to Yemen when the security situation permits us to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Although DFID staff cannot currently visit Yemen, we are in regular communication with programme partners, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator and others to ensure we have a clear understanding of the humanitarian situation in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/01/2019 16:40:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1042323

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Development Aid: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which (a) for-profit private companies and (b) private contractors received official development assistance for the (i) delivery of education and (ii) facilitation of education programmes in (A) Kenya, (B) Nigeria and (C) Pakistan between 2015 and 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	209407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>The table below sets out the value of spend with (a) for-profit private companies and (b) private contractors in the last three years (2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 YTD) for education programmes in Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan. During this same period we have also had spend with not-for-profit organisations for education programmes in the countries cited above.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Education Spend</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Supplier Name</em></p></td><td><p><em>Kenya (KE)</em></p></td><td><p><em>Nigeria (NG)</em></p></td><td><p><em>Pakistan (PK)</em></p></td><td><p><em>Kenya (KE)</em></p></td><td><p><em>Nigeria (NG)</em></p></td><td><p><em>Pakistan (PK)</em></p></td><td><p><em>Kenya (KE)</em></p></td><td><p><em>Nigeria (NG)</em></p></td><td><p><em>Pakistan (PK)</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>McKinsey &amp; Co, Inc UK</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£1,153,845</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£1,762,923</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£747,873</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AECOM Professional Services</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£1,644,954</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£373,545</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CHARLES KENDALL &amp; PARTNERS LTD</p></td><td><p>£28,111</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£79,600</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CARDNO EMERGING MARKETS (UK) LTD</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£76,700</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£242,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OXFORD POLICY MANAGEMENT</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£2,165,662</p></td><td><p>£3,201,067</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£2,213,853</p></td><td><p>£1,810,562</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£121,235</p></td><td><p>£524,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ADAM SMITH INTERNATIONAL LTD</p></td><td><p>£823,429</p></td><td><p>£2,536,685</p></td><td><p>£11,252,504</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£6,213,142</p></td><td><p>£6,808,816</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£4,167,015</p></td><td><p>£4,173,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COFFEY INTERNATIONAL</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£100,295</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£131,968</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMC Worldwide Limited</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£17,540,619</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£13,963,246</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£8,968,916</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DAI Europe</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£11,310,775</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£2,307,413</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£1,757,201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ecorys UK Ltd</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£114,849</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£152,768</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£151,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MOTT MACDONALD LTD</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£7,630,900</p></td><td><p>£3,208,974</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£4,793,004</p></td><td><p>£4,792,040</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£6,438,188</p></td><td><p>£8,489,533</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£851,540</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£14,093,051</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£47,768,080</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£13,219,999</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£31,806,438</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£79,600</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£11,099,983</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£25,055,741</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/01/2019 16:37:49 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1042325

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on education (a) bilaterally and (b) multilaterally in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	209408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>The amount that the Department for International Development has spent on education, bilaterally and multilaterally, is summarised in the table below. The multilateral imputed expenditure includes a small portion from other government departments, which is not disaggregated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Spend on Education: Multilateral and Bilateral</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£ thousands</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Imputed UK Share of Multilateral Net ODA Education</p></td><td><p>227,181</p></td><td><p>259,001</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DFID Bilateral ODA Education</p></td><td><p>508,540</p></td><td><p>874,190</p></td><td><p>698,961</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Statistics on International Development</em></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/01/2019 16:38:33 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1045745

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Hospital Ships: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has plans to allocate funding to the introduction of a UK hospital ship.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	210727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Both DFID’s Directors General for Policy, Humanitarian and Research and DFID’s Director for Humanitarian, Migration and Security have held discussions with their counterparts at the MoD to discuss the proposal; a senior official-led DFID-MOD working group has met on two occasions and a series of more junior official level discussions have taken place between DFID’s Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Division and the Ministry of Defence. A further senior cross-Whitehall workshop is planned this week.</p><p> </p><p>This builds on broader collaboration between DFID and the Ministry of Defence, including on the establishment of the Humanitarian Innovation Hub, and on taking a joined up approach to building stability in fragile and conflict-affected regions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 210728 question first answered 28/01/2019 17:53:46 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1045747

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Hospital Ships: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions (a) she and (b) officials in her Department have held discussions with counterparts in the Ministry of Defence on the potential procurement of a UK hospital ship.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	210728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Both DFID’s Directors General for Policy, Humanitarian and Research and DFID’s Director for Humanitarian, Migration and Security have held discussions with their counterparts at the MoD to discuss the proposal; a senior official-led DFID-MOD working group has met on two occasions and a series of more junior official level discussions have taken place between DFID’s Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Division and the Ministry of Defence. A further senior cross-Whitehall workshop is planned this week.</p><p> </p><p>This builds on broader collaboration between DFID and the Ministry of Defence, including on the establishment of the Humanitarian Innovation Hub, and on taking a joined up approach to building stability in fragile and conflict-affected regions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 210727 question first answered 28/01/2019 17:53:46 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard