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1038061

	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	Uganda: Politics and Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent steps her Department has taken to help strengthen governance and security in Uganda.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	908419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>Since 2014 DFID has invested £30 million to improve the governance and security environment in Uganda. We are working with the Ugandan government and non-government actors to strengthen anti-corruption, build local governance capacity, increase accountability, and support public financial management reforms.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 09/01/2019 15:12:10 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1046775

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Palestinians: 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 business case for her Department's Programme 300667 entitled Supporting Economic Empowerment and Development in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the statement by PwC that it was not required to consider whether funds had been transferred to persons implicated in terrorism, whether she plans to alter the terms of engagement for the auditors of this programme.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	211626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK has a zero-tolerance approach to fraud and robust controls against the diversion of aid to ensure that funds are used only for their intended purpose. These include due diligence assessments of our partners, mapping of funds through the delivery chain, regular programme monitoring and annual audits.</p><p> </p><p>DFID’s programme <em>Supporting Economic Empowerment and Development in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (SEED OPTs)</em> has several components, working on trade facilitation and customs, water and energy, and helping the PA and Israel to abide by their obligations under the Paris Protocol. Work with the Palestinian Authority in the water and energy sectors will be channelled through The World Bank Partnership for Infrastructure Development in the West Bank and Gaza Multi Donor Trust Fund. Through this framework, funds will flow from the trust fund to dedicated accounts that will be managed by the PA in accordance with rules established by the World Bank.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside a range of other safeguards, all components will be subject to financial audits. The terms of reference of the audits will vary depending on the component, however all independent financial audits provide assurance to DFID that the expenditure of funds will only be on agreed programme activities. The overall DFID OPTs portfolio is also subject to the regular audit cycle of DFID’s Internal Audit Department and the National Audit Office.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/01/2019 17:39:42 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

1045579

	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	Developing Countries: Abortion
	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 Answer of 10 December 2018 to Question 199384 on developing countries: abortion, which states that DFID does not disaggregate figures solely relating to safe abortion procedures and the Answer of 21 December 2017 to Question 119743 on Marie Stopes International, which states that DFID has robust monitoring procedures, what steps she is taking to ensure accountability of UK funding to Kenya for sexual and reproductive health and rights.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	210519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>DFID Kenya has in place a number of measures to ensure the accountability of all UK aid. For the new £36m (2019-2024) Delivering Sustainable and Equitable Increases in Family Planning in Kenya programme, these will include due diligence of all primary implementing partners, regular spot checks, a robust monitoring and evaluation system which includes beneficiary feedback and annual project reviews. Partners will also be required to submit annual audit reports and regular progress and financial reports. Meetings will be held on at least a quarterly basis with implementing partners to track performance, to discuss risks to delivery and how they are working with downstream partners to ensure they also comply with DFID’s accountability requirements.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 24/01/2019 15:28:06 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1045987

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	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: Cleaning Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which service providers are contracted to carry out third party cleaning contracts for her (a) Department and (b) executive agencies; if she will list all of the services delivered by third party contractors to her (i) Department and (ii) executive agencies; and how many people working for those third party contractors are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	211150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>DFID has two Headquarter buildings in the UK, one in East Kilbride and the other in Whitehall.</p><p>Our cleaning requirements are outsourced to Interserve Facilities Management as part of an Affiliates Cluster arrangement managed by Cabinet Office.</p><p>All cleaning staff are paid the London Living Wage or the National Living Wage, as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 29/01/2019 17:02:30 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1038559

	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	Developing Countries: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which objectives her Department is seeking to achieve by investing in girls’ education in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	206821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>In the three years from 2015 to 2018 DFID supported at least 5.6 million girls to gain a decent education. The objective of our investment is to support girls to attend school, learn whilst they are there, and help ensure the critical transition from primary to secondary education. Through this work we are supporting girls to achieve basic literacy and numeracy and are helping to equip them with the skills they need to succeed in jobs of the future.</p><p>Evidence for the benefits of investment in girls’ education includes:</p><ul><li>An extra year of primary schooling for girls can increase their wages by 10-20%, most of which is likely to be reinvested in her family and community.</li><li>A World Bank study found that every year of secondary school education is correlated with an 18% increase in a girls’ future earning power.</li><li>Education helps to prevent early marriage and early pregnancy - girls with no education are 3 times as likely to marry by 18 as those with a secondary or higher education.</li><li>If all girls completed primary school in sub-Saharan Africa and South and West Asia, the number of girls getting married by age 15 would fall by 14%; with secondary education, 64% fewer girls would get married.</li><li>A UNICEF study from Bangladesh attributes the halving of the Maternal Mortality Rates from 1990 to 2008 to the increased enrolment of girls in secondary education.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We believe that investing in educating girls is both the right and the smart thing to do, both socially and economically. Our work is guided by DFID’s 2018 Education Policy – Get Children Learning. This sets out how educating girls can: support better health choices, boost earnings, build social cohesion and help institutions and public services work better.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 16/01/2019 16:30:44 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1050275

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Overseas Aid
	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 emergency aid to Zimbabwe as a result of violence in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	213268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>Our programme partners have been at the forefront of supporting victims of the recent violence through medical, counselling and legal assistance. My Department had already committed an additional £5 million in response to the emerging humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe. We will carefully consider whether further emergency aid is required as a result of the recent violence.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 04/02/2019 17:22:24 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1045676

	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	HIV Infection: Drugs
	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 for research into acting/extended-release (a) injectable and (b) implantable forms of Antiretroviral drugs to help (a) a patients adherence to treatment and (b) decrease HIV drug resistance.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	210448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Our HIV/AIDS research focuses on HIV prevention technologies and understanding the structural drivers/factors that can increase HIV infection. Underpinning these themes is the need for strong health systems, to deliver services to those who need it.</p><p> </p><p>Our product development research portfolio includes the International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM). IPM is developing the first long-acting HIV prevention (containing an antiretroviral drug) designed for women, a self-initiated female prevention product.</p><p> </p><p>Research into the root causes of HIV and how best to tackle them are being addressed through the Tackling the Structural Drivers of HIV (STRIVE) and the recently completed Evidence for HIV Prevention in Southern Africa (EHPSA) projects.</p><p> </p><p>The results of this research have the potential to increase adherence to treatment and reduce drug resistance. It will help some of the most poor and vulnerable people, and will be of benefit to people in all countries affected by HIV/AIDS including the UK.</p><p> </p><p>DFID is also supporting the scale-up of long-acting technologies through our funding to Unitaid. Unitaid is a global health initiative which aims to improve access to medicines, diagnostics and preventative commodities for people affected by HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria in lower income countries. The Unitaid board has recently approved development of grants to drive innovation and rollout of the rich pipeline of long-acting technologies for HIV and other diseases.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/01/2019 17:41:38 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1037142

	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	Pacific: Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether anti-corruption measures are being embedded into UK-funded climate resilience programmes in the Pacific Region.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	205846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK supports climate resilience programmes in the Pacific Region through the multilateral system. This comprises the Multilateral Development Banks (World Bank and Asian Development Bank), United Nations (UN) Agencies (UN Environment Programme and UN Development Programme) and Multilateral Funds (Climate Investment Funds, Green Climate Fund and Global Environment Facility). The UK Aid Strategy sets out our zero tolerance toward corruption. In line with this strategy we expect each multilateral institution to demonstrate that it also applies a zero tolerance approach toward corruption in its projects and minimises risks of corruption through rigorous project risk assessments and monitoring throughout implementation and delivery.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/01/2019 15:33:55 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1045609

	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	South America: Bilateral Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the value was of bilateral aid provided to (a) Bolivia, (b) Colombia, (c) Ecuador and (d) Peru in each year since 2015; and what plans he has for such spending in each of the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	210528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>DFID provided no direct bilateral aid to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador or Peru in the years 2015 - 2017, the latest year for which ODA spend has been published. DFID has no plans to allocate bilateral aid to those countries in each of the next three years.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/01/2019 17:44:18 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

1047676

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Somaliland: Elections
	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 providing to the House of Representatives of Somaliland to ensure that the planned 2019 Somaliland parliamentary elections take place.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	212369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to supporting timely elections in Somaliland. We are leading high level messaging from the international community, and working with the Conflict Security and Stability Fund on improvements in the voter registration system, technical expertise for the national election commission and women’s engagement in the elections.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 29/01/2019 16:56:36 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty