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	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of British investment in infrastructure in warzones has subsequently been destroyed in (1) Palestine, and (2) Afghanistan, over the past five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL2959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>An assessment from the UN Relief and Works Agency indicates that nine out of thirteen schools built using DFID funding sustained damage during the recent conflict in Palestine.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To ensure maximum impact from our contribution, DFID’s infrastructure funding in Afghanistan is largely channelled through multi-donor trust funds, including the World Bank-managed Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) and the Asian Development Bank-managed Afghanistan Infrastructure Trust Fund. There are thirty-three donors to the ARTF, making it difficult to directly attribute all infrastructure projects to specific countries. It is therefore not possible to provide figures in the form requested.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 03/12/2014 15:34:41 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

174272

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2015
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how Official Development Assistance was spent between November and December 2013; in which countries that aid was spent, on what projects; and what was the outcome of those projects measured in terms of aid effectiveness.
	tabling member printed	Lord Chidgey
	uin	HL4216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on ODA are published by calendar year, this is in line with international best practice. Information on country of spend is available from the National Statistics publication ‘Statistics on International Development’ <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2014</a> . Information on spend by specific project is available from the Development Tracker <a href="http://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/</a> .</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 30/01/2015 14:55:12 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	50 label Biography information for Lord Chidgey

224251

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2015
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what sums were reimbursed from the Department for International Development to the Ministry of Defence in each of the last 10 financial years in respect of services or supplies provided by the Ministry of Defence for overseas aid purposes.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL5304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2015 answer text <p>Since 2005 the Department for International Development has reimbursed the Ministry of Defence by the following amounts for services and supplies provided by the British Armed Forces in support of humanitarian and disaster-relief operations:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year of activity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Emergency </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount reimbursed by DFID to MOD</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>Pakistan Earthquake</p></td><td><p>£1,900,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>Bangladesh Cyclone</p></td><td><p>£140,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>Cyclone Nargis</p></td><td><p>£8,660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>Padang Earthquake</p></td><td><p>£185,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>Haiti Earthquake</p></td><td><p>£620,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>Pakistan Floods</p></td><td><p>£615,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Philippines</p></td><td><p>£8,950,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td><p>£1,967,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-ongoing</p></td><td><p>Ebola response in Sierra Leone</p></td><td><p>£28,000,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 13/03/2015 12:54:41 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

61272

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which countries currently receive United Kingdom international aid; and how much was paid to each of those countries in (1) 1995, (2) 2000, (3) 2005, (4) 2010, and (5) 2013.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>Information on the countries currently receiving United Kingdom international aid; and how much was paid to each of those countries in (1) 1995, (2) 2000, (3) 2005, (4) 2010 has been placed in the House of Lords library. Figures for 2013 are currently being compiled and will be published in Statistics on International Development in October 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 19/06/2014 14:02:04 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

77308

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Department for International Development has made any inquiries or requested any reports on the level of salaries in organisations it has funded in the past four years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL1042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>DFID does not hold a central record of this information in the form requested.</p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 21/07/2014 16:09:52 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

77309

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Department for International Development has ever requested a salary or administration costs to expenditure ratio of organisations it has funded in the past four years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL1043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID does not hold a central record of all requests made for data relating to salary and administration ratios for all the organisations it has funded.</p><p> </p><p>DFID always seeks to achieve the best value for money in the funding it provides. Salary costs and administration costs are considered when making funding decisions to ensure value for money.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 21/07/2014 16:12:14 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker