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348205

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: EU External Trade
	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 help developing countries gain access to EU markets.
	tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
	tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
	uin	900068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>We have worked with the EU to lower tariffs for 91 developing countries, agree development-focused trade agreements with African, Caribbean and Pacific regions, and promote developing country interests in the World Trade Organisation. We spend over £1 billion annually on Aid for Trade to help countries take advantage of this access.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 03/06/2015 15:41:09 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

348204

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Tax Collection
	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 has taken to increase the capacity of developing countries to collect tax.
	tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
	tabling member printed	David Morris
	uin	900066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID is engaged in, or developing, tax reform projects in 26 of our 28 priority countries. We have established a specialist Capacity Building Unit in HMRC to provide technical expertise to support these efforts and are working internationally so developing countries have the means to tackle tax avoidance and evasion.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 03/06/2015 15:40:58 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

348206

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
	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 promote access to education in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
	uin	900071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Improving access to education and the quality of learning is a priority for the Department. We are on track to support 11 million children in primary and lower secondary school by 2015. We have also committed to help at least 11 million children in the poorest countries gain a decent education by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 03/06/2015 15:41:19 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg