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796679

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What support her Department provides to assist developing countries with scientific research.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	902627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>DFID is committed to ensuring that cutting edge scientific research tackles extreme poverty. DFID funded research brings together coalitions of universities, private sector and civil society in developing countries. DFID is working in partnership with 14 Research Councils across Africa to share learning on effective investments in science, technology and innovation.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/11/2017 13:42:07 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

796677

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education and Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to promote universal access to free public education and health systems in developing and partner countries.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	902625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK supports countries working toward free access to life-saving and life-changing health and education services for the most marginalised people. We do this through a combination of bilateral and multilateral interventions, focusing on strengthening overall health and education systems.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 29/11/2017 13:40:45 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

796682

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to promote technology for development purposes.
	tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
	uin	902631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>DFID is committed to harnessing the power of technologies to reduce poverty. Our investments in technologies are saving and changing lives all over the world. DFID invests more than 45% of its research budget in the development, testing and large-scale delivery of technologies in health, agriculture, climate, energy, water, education, and humanitarian response.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 29/11/2017 13:43:54 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

796681

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to ensure that private contractors funded through Official Development Assistance are scrutinised and managed effectively.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	902630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The reform plan announced in October sets out measures to ensure DFID has assurance of ethical behaviour and value for money along all our supply chains. DFID are encouraging other government departments and devolved administrations who spend ODA to adopt a similarly robust approach with their own suppliers.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/11/2017 13:43:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

796680

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid: Charities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to enable small charities in the UK to access funding allocated by her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Banbury
	tabling member printed	Victoria Prentis
	uin	902629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Small Charities Challenge Fund was launched in July this year. This fund is specifically for UK registered non-for-profit organisations with an annual income of less than £250,000. The fund is continuously open for applications and the first review of applications is currently underway.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 29/11/2017 13:42:39 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis

796678

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Central African Republic: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What aid her Department provides to Central African Republic.
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
	uin	902626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK is one of the largest donors to the crisis in the Central African Republic and UK Aid is making a big difference on the ground. Our support is reaching 1.5 million people with life-saving food, shelter and basic healthcare.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/11/2017 13:41:30 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

797662

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs humanitarian funding appeal to support people in Gaza.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	116625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK is supporting approximately 1 million Gazans by addressing critical water, sanitation and hygiene needs, as identified in the UN Gaza Urgent Funding Appeal, through a £1.9m grant to the United Nations Children’s Fund. In addition the UK is a long-term supporter of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) which provides basic services to 1.3 million people in Gaza including basic health care, and we are supporting humanitarian access, enabling reconstruction efforts and investing in job creation in Gaza.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/12/2017 15:44:32 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

797643

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Legatum Institute
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what meetings Ministers of her Department have had with representatives of the Legatum Institute in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
	uin	116606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial Meetings will be published in the Department's Quarterly Transparency Returns, which will be made publicly available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 04/12/2017 17:27:25 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

797414

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2017 to Question 115311, whether the UK Government has policies and procedures in place to ensure that UK aid is not spent on projects aimed at encouraging refugee returns to Myanmar that would breach the principle of non-refoulement in international refugee law.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	116377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The Burmese and Bangladeshi authorities are discussing a refugee return process. During the Secretary of State for International Development’s visit to Bangladesh 25-26 November 2017, she underlined to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that any future returns from Bangladesh must be safe, voluntary, dignified and consistent with international standards. UNHCR has stated that these conditions are not yet being met in northern Rakhine State. We will continue to press the Governments of Bangladesh and Burma to work with the international community to identify acceptable solutions that protect and respect the rights and freedoms of refugees, and that include international monitoring.</p><p>Since August 2017, the UK has announced £59 million to support implementation of the international Humanitarian Response Plan to meet the needs of refugees in Bangladesh. The UK has provided £1 million to the Burma Red Cross and £2 million to the World Food Programme to meet humanitarian needs in northern Rakhine State, Burma. No UK funding will be made available to support a returns process that does not meet international standards.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 116376 question first answered 04/12/2017 15:43:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

797413

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2017 to Question 115311, whether the UK Government has policies and procedures in place to ensure that UK aid is not spent on projects aimed at encouraging refugee returns to Myanmar before conditions for their return are safe; and what assurances he has received from the Bangladeshi Government that they would not seek to return refugees to Myanmar before conditions for their return are safe.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	116376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The Burmese and Bangladeshi authorities are discussing a refugee return process. During the Secretary of State for International Development’s visit to Bangladesh 25-26 November 2017, she underlined to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that any future returns from Bangladesh must be safe, voluntary, dignified and consistent with international standards. UNHCR has stated that these conditions are not yet being met in northern Rakhine State. We will continue to press the Governments of Bangladesh and Burma to work with the international community to identify acceptable solutions that protect and respect the rights and freedoms of refugees, and that include international monitoring.</p><p>Since August 2017, the UK has announced £59 million to support implementation of the international Humanitarian Response Plan to meet the needs of refugees in Bangladesh. The UK has provided £1 million to the Burma Red Cross and £2 million to the World Food Programme to meet humanitarian needs in northern Rakhine State, Burma. No UK funding will be made available to support a returns process that does not meet international standards.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 116377 question first answered 04/12/2017 15:43:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West