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1011337

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	St Helena: Airports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	How many planes have successfully (a) landed and (b) taken off from St Helena's airport since that airport was built.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney South and Shoreditch
	tabling member printed	Meg Hillier
	uin	907738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>Since the airport opened in April 2016, there have been 278 flights. This consists of 139 arrivals and 139 departures.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/11/2018 14:51:26 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1524 label Biography information for Dame Meg Hillier

786442

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Israel: Visits Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, at how many meetings during her visit to Israel she was accompanied by Lord Polak; and who was present at each meeting on that visit.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	112177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the member for Witham (Ms Patel) resigned as Secretary of State for International Development on 8 November. I refer the Hon Gentleman to the exchange of letters between my Rt Hon Friend and my Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister on her resignation; and to the statement issued by my Rt Hon Friend on 6 November:<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-from-international-development-secretary-priti-patel</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/11/2017 16:56:57 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

846917

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Haiti: Oxfam
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department has responded to the misconduct by Oxfam staff in Haiti.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	129091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to my answers to PQ 129092 and PQ 129086 for actions taken in response to Oxfam.</p><p>My Department has created a new unit to urgently review safeguarding across all parts of the aid sector to ensure everything is being done to protect people from harm, including sexual exploitation and abuse.</p><p>DFID and the Charity Commission will hold a Safeguarding Summit on 5 March, where we will meet with UK international development charities, regulators and experts to confront safeguarding failures and agree practical measures we can take forward. We are planning a larger and more wide ranging safeguarding event to occur later in the year which will look across sectors and include international counterparts.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 28/02/2018 17:47:19 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1050500

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	International Assistance: Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many Overseas Security and Justice Assistance assessments required Ministerial approval by her Department in the financial years (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	214085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>We have no record of any Overseas Security and Justice Assistance assessments requiring Ministerial approval by DFID in the financial years (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 04/02/2019 17:23:27 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

849998

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	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: Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many meetings (a) she and (b) officials of the Department have held with charities to discuss the sexual exploitation of women in the workplace.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	129566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Details of all external Ministerial meetings, including those with charities, are available in our transparency data on gov.uk. At official level, we regularly meet with partners and sexual exploitation and abuse is one of a number of issues that we raise.</p><p>The International Development Secretary has written to every UK charity that receives UK aid insisting that they set out the steps they are taking to ensure their safeguarding policies are fully in place and confirm they have referred all concerns they have about specific cases and individuals to the relevant authorities by 26 February. We are currently reviewing these returns and shared the first findings at the Safeguarding Summit on 5 March.</p><p>We have also established new Safeguarding Unit in DFID to urgently review safeguarding across all parts of the aid sector to ensure everything is being done to protect people from harm and we are hosting a safeguarding summit to bring together UK international development charities, regulatory bodies and independent experts to commit to drive up safeguarding standards and take bold steps to tackle sexual exploitation and abuse within charities and by staff abroad</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 05/03/2018 17:17:25 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1019545

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many reports have been made under section 19 of the Terrorism Act 2000 of incidents where (a) charities and (b) partners of charities (i) believe and (ii) suspect that a terrorist financing offence has been committed in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	198371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>No reports of terrorist financing offences have been made by the Department for International Development under Section 19 of the Terrorism Act 2000. The Department has a zero-tolerance approach to UK aid diversion to fund terrorist activities. DFID’s funding agreements commit our partners to understand and comply with UK and international counter terrorism legislation. My department has robust measures in place which mandate our staff and partners to report all suspicions or allegations that funds or assets have been diverted to terrorist organisations.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/12/2018 17:26:40 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

992686

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Cameroon: Humanitarian Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff her Department has sent to Cameroon to assess the humanitarian situation in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	182236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>We have a humanitarian adviser based in Cameroon who works with partners to regularly assess the humanitarian situation. We are also funding a protection adviser in the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to work on the Anglophone Crisis.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/10/2018 13:33:30 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

969483

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2018
	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 Financing Facility
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department plans to provide for the Global Financing Facility (GFF) for Every Woman Every Child initiative at the GFF replenishment conference in Autumn 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	171703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>At last year’s Family Planning Summit in London, we announced £30m over 3 years to enable the Global Financing Facility (GFF) to pilot innovative financing mechanisms. This funding is still ongoing to 2020 and will increase domestic and private sector resources for sexual and reproductive health and rights. Decisions about potential future support will be taken in due course.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/09/2018 16:22:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

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