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46944

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her future plans are for support to the Caribbean.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	195229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK is strongly committed to supporting development in the Caribbean. Helping the region tackle the risks posed by natural disasters is one of our top priorities, alongside supporting sustainable economic growth and addressing governance and security.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government has increased its bilateral support to the Independent Caribbean by 50 percent (around £75 million in 2011 to 2015). We also make significant contributions though multilateral partners, for example providing 15 per cent of the EU's €1.4 billion support and 19 per cent of the Caribbean Development Bank's Special Development Fund. Our funding runs until March 2015. We are currently reviewing our approach in the Independent Caribbean to ensure that the UK's support responds to the countries' needs and delivers the greatest positive impact in the next phase of support from 2015/16 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the UK provides assistance to the Overseas Territory of Monserrat by financing public services and investing in infrastructure. We are making these investments to facilitate economic growth and reduce long-term dependence on aid.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

47306

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which five companies were used most often to provide temporary workers for her Department in the last financial year; and how much in agency fees was paid to each of them.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	195557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The list below details the five companies used most often to provide temporary workers for DFID in financial year 2013/4:</p><p> </p><p>1. Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd</p><p> </p><p>2. Hudson Global Resources Ltd</p><p> </p><p>3. Anderson Knight Ltd</p><p> </p><p>4. Allegis Group Ltd</p><p> </p><p>5. Michael Page International</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to disaggregate agency fees from the total payments made to these companies for the services of temporary staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47307

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by her Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	195579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The 10 consultancy firms paid the most by the Department for International Development in the last financial year, and how much each was paid; is detailed in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Company</p></td><td><p>Amount (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Computer Futures</p></td><td><p>79,334</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mark McGivern</p></td><td><p>27,188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unit 4</p></td><td><p>14,806</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kilcher Consultancy Limited</p></td><td><p>14,642</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tam O'Neil</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Naina Patel</p></td><td><p>7,194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Network of International Consultants in Health and Development</p></td><td><p>6,358</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social Development Direct Ltd</p></td><td><p>6,048</p></td></tr><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Aikan Uganda Limited</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><p>3,643</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zodiak Broadcasting Station</p></td><td><p>3,480</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47308

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many jobs have been transferred from the public to the private sector as a result of privatisations or outsourcing by her Department since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	195514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No DFID jobs have been transferred to the private sector as a result of privatisation of outsourcing since May 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

47309

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress her Department has made on its programmes in Palestine.
	tabling member constituency	Reading East
	tabling member printed	Mr Rob Wilson
	uin	903626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK's bilateral programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is helping to build Palestinian institutions, promote economic growth and support the most vulnerable Palestinians. Absent meaningful action from Israel to ease movement and access restrictions, however, our progress will always be limited.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson

47810

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of international efforts to improve levels of safety and conditions of work in Bangladesh's garment industry.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	903622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I spent most of last week in Bangladesh, assessing the progress that has been made one year on from the tragedy of Rana Plaza. Steps have been taken to improve working conditions in the garment sector, including through factory inspections and strengthening the labour inspection regime. The UK's support is focused on all areas where action is needed: improving building safety and working conditions, empowering workers and urging buyers to take responsibility for their supply chains.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

47813

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the levels of poverty among Tamils living in Sri Lanka.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	903625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Sri Lanka has met Millennium Development Goal No 1 which calls for the halving of extreme poverty, and is on track to meet most other MDGs. Poverty remains in areas of northern and eastern Sri Lanka where large numbers of Tamils live<strong>. </strong>We do not have a breakdown by ethnic group.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

48009

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many UK construction companies are involved in development projects in the Falkland Islands.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	195966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The Falkland Islands are not eligible for official development assistance and the UK Government does not fund any development projects on the Falklands.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

48306

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what levels of stock her Department holds of (a) stationery, (b) printer cartridges, (c) treasury tags and other fasteners and (d) other office consumables.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	uin	196211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID does not hold information on stock levels. Stationery and other items, including printer cartridges, are ordered and distributed as and when required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

48310

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer of 5 March 2014, Official Report, column 871, on Pacific Islands, how much support, and under what categories her Department gave indirectly to Pacific Island countries in 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Meg Munn
	uin	196375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>DFID may give aid indirectly to countries in the Pacific region if multilateral organisations in receipt of DFID core contributions give aid to countries there. It is not possible to directly track this funding to individual countries. To provide an indication of the destination of aid, the overall proportions of aid reported by the relevant multilateral agencies are used to impute a DFID contribution. The DFID imputed multilateral shares for the Pacific region in 2011/12 are set out in the table below. Figures for 2013/14 will not be available until autumn 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Pacific Island Countries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ (thousand)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cook Islands</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiji</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kiribati</p></td><td><p>3,537</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marshall Islands</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Micronesia, Fed. States</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nauru</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Niue</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Palau</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Papua New Guinea</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pitcairn Islands</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Samoa</p></td><td><p>1,444</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solomon Islands</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tokelau</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonga</p></td><td><p>4,393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tuvalu</p></td><td><p>1,399</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vanuatu</p></td><td><p>264</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wallis &amp; Fortuna</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Pacific Regional</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oceania, regional</p></td><td><p>275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Pacific</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,055</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn