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346956

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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, what the Government's policy is on the (a) number and (b) content of the Sustainable Development Goals produced by the UN Open Working Group.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	10
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK maintains that a short set of goals and targets to replace the Millennium Development Goals would be ideal, but we recognise the strong consensus among UN member states to maintain the Sustainable Development goals and targets on the Open Working Group in their current form.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK has consistently supported the content of the proposed Sustainable Development Goals. We welcome in particular Goal 1 on ending extreme poverty, Goal 5 on Gender which strongly reflects UK priorities including ending female genital mutilation and early forced marriage, and Goal 16 on peaceful and inclusive societies, good governance, and access to justice.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 02/06/2015 14:06:24 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

418731

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Refugees
	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 help co-ordinate (a) a European and (b) an international response to the refugee situation.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	10213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK government has been at the forefront of the refugee crisis and is taking every opportunity to work with partners across Europe and in the wider international community to ensure that, collectively, we are able to provide a significant and comprehensive development response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK is contributing over £1 billion in response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the region and is urging the international community as a whole to step up life-saving assistance and protection for refugees and vulnerable people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK lobbied hard to mobilise funding from other donors ahead of the third Kuwait Pledging Conference on 31 March, which raised $3.6 billion. The UK has also co-sponsored UN Security Council Resolutions 2165 and 2191 which has enabled the UN to deliver aid across border without the consent of the Syrian regime in order to assist those in the hardest to reach areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/09/2015 15:55:28 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

346957

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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, what response the Government has made to the Synthesis Report of the UN Secretary-General on the Post-2015 Agenda.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	11
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK welcomed the UN Secretary-General’s Synthesis Report as a useful contribution to the post-2015 negotiations when it was released in December 2014. In particular we welcomed his proposal for six ‘essential elements’ as a way to communicate the agenda in an inspiring and concise way to citizens everywhere. We were also pleased to note his suggestion that the UN System conducts a technical review of the Sustainable Development Goal targets to ensure that they are as implementable as possible.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 02/06/2015 14:06:41 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

348529

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	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: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid she is providing to help countries end violence against women and children as part of new country operational plans; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	1217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>I am proud of the leadership role that the UK has played on tackling violence against women and children worldwide, and it will continue to be a key priority for my Department. We have increased programmes that tackle violence against women and girls by 63% in the past two years, and now support 103 programmes in 29 countries.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 09/06/2015 15:41:55 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

348742

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2015
	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, how the £1.8 billion earmarked for economic development will be allocated this financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	1292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The £1.8 billion earmarked for Economic Development will be allocated though the comprehensive system of project identification, development and approval used across DFID. This system makes best use of our business case process to ensure we support projects which provide best value for money whilst maximising results. We will also make full use of our new Growth Diagnostics tool to ensure that economic development spend is focused on those areas where it can have maximum impact.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 10/06/2015 11:36:38 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

348743

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	International Labour Organization
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to increase her Department's engagement with the International Labour Organisation.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	1293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government works with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on a country by country basis where it can provide effective value for money for British taxpayers. For example, DFID is working with the ILO on a programme to improve working conditions in factories in Bangladesh following the Rana Plaza disaster.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 10/06/2015 11:37:03 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

348744

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Burma: Royingya
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is giving to the Rohingya people in Rakhine State.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	1294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID has provided over £18m since 2012 making it one of the largest humanitarian donors in Rakhine, providing over 126,000 displaced and conflict-affected people with water and sanitation as well as reducing malnutrition and gender based violence. The UK Government continues to make representations to both the Government of Burma and the state authorities in Rakhine regarding humanitarian access and aid.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 1295 question first answered 10/06/2015 11:37:31 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

348745

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Burma: Humanitarian Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to the government of Burma to increase access for humanitarian aid to Rakhine State.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	1295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID has provided over £18m since 2012 making it one of the largest humanitarian donors in Rakhine, providing over 126,000 displaced and conflict-affected people with water and sanitation as well as reducing malnutrition and gender based violence. The UK Government continues to make representations to both the Government of Burma and the state authorities in Rakhine regarding humanitarian access and aid.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 1294 question first answered 10/06/2015 11:37:31 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

349750

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	International Conference on Financing for Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Government's priorities will be at the UN Financing for Development Conference in Addis Ababa in July 2015; and what her assessment is of the likely outcome of that conference.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
	uin	1891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>As a country that has met its commitment to spend 0.7% of GNI on international development, the UK’s priority for the UN Financing for Development Conference is to provide a solid foundation for the post-2015 summit in September and the climate meeting in December.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Negotiations are still underway and we are working to ensure the UK priorities form a core part of the agenda going forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 16/06/2015 15:25:05 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening previous answer version 5235 answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

349760

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	International Conference on Financing for Development
	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 support at the UN Financing for Development conference the creation of a new international tax body under the auspices of the UN.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
	uin	1910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK is helping developing world countries collect more tax, for example through DFID-funded HMRC teams working in Pakistan and several other countries, and we are ensuring developing countries are participating in international processes, for example they are directly involved in the G20/OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) process and efforts by international organisations to produce practical toolkits to help developing countries implement new BEPS standards. We will continue to champion these and other important efforts to reform domestic and international tax systems at the UN Financing for Development conference.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 16/06/2015 15:25:57 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening previous answer version 5234 answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker