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418439

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/09/2015
	date	11/09/2015
	date tabled	11/09/2015
	ddp created	11/09/2015 18:41:12
	ddp modified	16/09/2015 14:22:06
	answering body	Department for International Development
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	UN Sustainable Development Summit
	house id	1
	identifier	9999
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	16/09/2015 13:50:13
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which Ministers and how many officials will take part in the UK delegation at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015; and what estimate she has made of the cost of their attendance at that summit.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 9999
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	9999
	version	3
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Details of Ministerial overseas travel is published quarterly and is available on the <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> website.</p>
	creator	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

418493

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/09/2015
	date	11/09/2015
	date tabled	11/09/2015
	ddp created	11/09/2015 18:42:05
	ddp modified	16/09/2015 14:07:02
	answering body	Department for International Development
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Gender: Equality
	house id	1
	identifier	9972
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	16/09/2015 13:34:48
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if the Prime Minister will attend the Global Leader's meeting on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment on 27 September 2015.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 9972
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	9972
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>I intend to represent Her Majesty’s Government at the Global Leader’s meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment on 27 September 2015.</p>
	creator	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

417542

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/09/2015
	date	08/09/2015
	date tabled	08/09/2015
	ddp created	09/09/2015 00:11:32
	ddp modified	11/09/2015 12:14:02
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
	house id	1
	identifier	9455
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	11/09/2015 11:42:58
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, under what circumstances spending from the UK Conflict, Stability and Security Fund will be counted towards the Government targets of spending (a) 0.7 per cent of gross national income (GNI) on overseas development assistance, (b) 2 per cent of GNI on defence and (c) towards both of these targets.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 9455
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	9455
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Where applicable, the UK’s Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) spending will be counted towards the government’s commitment to spend 0.7% of GNI on Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) or 2% of GDP on Defence spending. This is completed in accordance with NATO and Organisation for Economic Co-operation &amp; Development guidelines. Some CSSF spending may count to both the ODA and Defence spending commitments, where it is consistent with the classification guidelines.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

417709

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/09/2015
	date	08/09/2015
	date tabled	08/09/2015
	ddp created	09/09/2015 00:14:36
	ddp modified	11/09/2015 12:51:03
	answering body	Department for International Development
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	identifier	9408
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	11/09/2015 12:19:37
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Prime Minister's statement of 7 September 2015, Official Report, column 23-25, when she plans to announce details of the reshaping of the aid budget referred to in that statement.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 9408
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	9408
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The 2015 Spending Review announcement will be made on the 25<sup>th</sup> November. This will set out Departmental settlements for the period to 2020/21.</p>
	creator	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

417708

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/09/2015
	date	08/09/2015
	date tabled	08/09/2015
	ddp created	09/09/2015 00:14:35
	ddp modified	14/09/2015 16:29:03
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	House of Commons: Working Hours
	house id	1
	identifier	9407
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	14/09/2015 15:57:56
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, what (a) overtime and (b) flexible working arrangements are in place for clerking, catering, security, Hansard and other ancillary or support staff and officers of the House during late sittings of the House.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 9407
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	9407
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The House of Commons terms and conditions of employment include provision to compensate staff for working late and/or additional hours during late sittings of the House.</p><p> </p><p>Staff in pay bands A–E (and some senior staff) required to work until the rise of the House or beyond are paid an Unsocial Hours Payment (UHP) for the commitment to work to an undefined time and a flat rate for each additional hour they work after 6pm once that have completed 8 hours work during that day. Staff who are not normally required to work to the rise of House or beyond, but agree to do so, may be eligible for paid overtime payments or time off in lieu (TOIL).</p><p> </p><p>Staff in catering pay bands are required to work until 15 minutes after the rise of the House if they are contracted to work in venues that supply services to Members. Staff who work in these areas or volunteer to work in these areas are paid overtime for any additional hours worked.</p><p> </p><p>Line managers have the discretion to agree flexibility around working hours by compensating individuals for additional hours worked by granting TOIL. Where business needs allow, TOIL can be granted to manage peaks and troughs in workloads. The extent to which TOIL is used varies between areas or roles, but is used frequently in some cases where workloads vary significantly between sitting and non-sitting periods. Work is under way to introduce a Flexible Time Management Policy.</p><p> </p><p>Security staff are employed by the Metropolitan Police Service and are paid in accordance with their terms and conditions of employment.</p>
	creator	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

178305

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/02/2015
	date	05/02/2015
	date tabled	05/02/2015
	ddp created	06/02/2015 16:50:34
	ddp modified	11/02/2015 13:19:05
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Charities
	house id	1
	identifier	907562
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/02/2015 12:47:09
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 on charities.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 907562
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	907562
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Section 39 of the Act provides for a review of the operation of the regulatory regime governing third parties at the 2015 General Election.</p><p> </p><p>The Government announced on 28 January 2015 that Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbots will conduct this review.</p>
	creator	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

178768

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/02/2015
	date	04/02/2015
	date tabled	04/02/2015
	ddp created	10/02/2015 12:50:10
	ddp modified	10/02/2015 14:58:05
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Voting Behaviour: Young People
	house id	1
	identifier	907521
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/02/2015 14:26:45
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the Government's policy is on increasing participation amongst young voters.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 907521
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	907521
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The introduction of online registration makes registering to vote quicker, simpler and more convenient than ever before. Over 1 million applications to register to vote have been made by young people.</p><p>On 4 February the Government announced that a number of national organisations will receive funding to promote voter registration. The organisations include the British Youth Council and UK Youth. We will also fund student organisations including the NUS.</p><p>In addition we have supported data sharing initiatives whereby universities share directly with Electoral Registration Officers the details of students who can then be contacted individually.</p>
	creator	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

346955

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/06/2015
	date	27/05/2015
	date tabled	27/05/2015
	ddp created	28/05/2015 00:02:27
	ddp modified	02/06/2015 15:41:02
	answering body	Department for International Development
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	identifier	9
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	02/06/2015 15:10:02
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding has been awarded to each organisation headquartered (a) in Scotland and (b) elsewhere in the UK under the UK Aid Match Scheme in each year since that scheme was introduced.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 9
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	9
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The number of applications for each year of the scheme is presented in the table below and separated by headquarter location.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Round / Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headquarter of Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Applied</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Successful</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Pilot: 2011-12</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Interim: 2013</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Round 1: 2013</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Round 2: 2014</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Round 3: 2014</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Round 4: 2015</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>TBC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>TBC</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>To increase awareness and encourage applications from organisations headquartered in Scotland, DFID and NIDOS (the Network of International Development Organisations in Scotland) ran a workshop for NIDOS members interested in applying for UK Aid Match funding in Glasgow on 21 May 2014. In addition, a ‘DFID Direct’ event, sharing information on DFID funding schemes for civil society organisations, was held in Glasgow with the Minister of State for International Development, Desmond Swayne MP, on 26 February 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

416646

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/09/2015
	date	04/09/2015
	date tabled	04/09/2015
	ddp created	04/09/2015 18:38:01
	ddp modified	09/09/2015 16:57:02
	answering body	Department for International Development
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	identifier	8959
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	09/09/2015 16:25:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she last received correspondence from the Scottish Government Minister for International Development; and when she plans to reply to such correspondence.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 8959
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	8959
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Development last received correspondence from the Scottish Government Minister for Europe and International Development on 2 June 2015. The Secretary of State replied to this correspondence by letter on 30 June 2015.</p>
	creator	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

416645

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/09/2015
	date	04/09/2015
	date tabled	04/09/2015
	ddp created	04/09/2015 18:37:59
	ddp modified	09/09/2015 16:56:02
	answering body	Department for International Development
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Information Officers
	house id	1
	identifier	8943
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	09/09/2015 16:24:35
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the salary and other costs associated with the post of Senior External Communications Officer for Scotland and other devolved administrations, reference 1456639, will be counted towards the Government's target of spending 0.7 per cent of GNI on Overseas Development Assistance.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 8943
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	8943
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The salary for this role will come from the DFID administration budget, which counts towards the Government’s target spending of 0.7 per cent of gross national income (GNI) on Overseas Development Assistance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID has some of the lowest overheads of all Whitehall departments, and also has low administration costs in comparison to other development organisations — at around 2.5% of DFID's overall budget.</p>
	creator	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady