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522207

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2016
	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: UK Membership of EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will place in the Library copies of all letters, leaflets and other material from her Department circulated to (a) stakeholders and (b) members of the public on the EU referendum; what the costs of the production and distribution of that material has been since 1 January 2016; and what she estimates the cost of any further production and distribution of such material will be between 6 May 2016 and 23 June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
	tabling member printed	William Wragg
	uin	38822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>Copies of the Government's published documents on the Referendum are available in the Libraries of both Houses. It is not normal practice to publish letters to members of the public and stakeholders. Costs relating to the Referendum will be accounted for in the usual way in Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/06/2016 12:35:03 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

522673

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Bangladesh: Storms
	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 (a) women and (b) all people in Bangladesh affected by Cyclone Roanu.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	39144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>To mitigate the effects of Cyclone Roanu the UK is helping to provide an immediate package of relief assistance to benefit approximately 27,000 people across Bhola, Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Noakhali and Laxmipur districts. Of this number at least 13,500 or 50% are women.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/06/2016 17:17:27 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

522674

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Bangladesh: Overseas 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 help people in Bangladesh build resilience against future extreme weather events in (a) Chittagong and (b) Bangladesh.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	39150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>Since 2010 the United Kingdom, through DFID, has made significant investments totalling almost £38 million to enhance Bangladesh’s resilience to future extreme weather events - including in Chittagong.</p><p>Across Bangladesh approximately 3 million people have benefitted from community-level risk reduction initiatives. In Chittagong efforts have focussed on enhancing resilience to cyclone and storm surges. UK funding has also helped to plant 65,000 trees across Chittagong district as part of re-forestry activities to help stabilise soil and reduce the impact of coastal flooding.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/06/2016 17:18:10 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

522670

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	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	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 ensure that its aid is spent appropriately and on those in greatest need.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	39259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>As set out in the UK Aid Strategy, our aid will focus on tackling the global challenges of our time, meeting our promises to the world’s poor and putting international development at the heart of our national security and foreign policy. DFID has reviewed its aid programme to inform how we allocate our resources, to where our aid is most needed and where the best results can be gained for taxpayers' money, and to provide an effective response to deliver the Spending Review, the UK Aid Strategy and the Strategic Defence and Security Review.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/06/2016 14:46:23 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

522671

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Development Aid: Sanitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the UK aid budget is spent on water and sanitation; how that proportion was decided; and if she will increase that proportion.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	39210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>In 2014 (the year for which figures are last available) UK bilateral expenditure on water supply and sanitation was £180.8 million. This was 2.6% of the UK’s total bilateral Official Development Assistance. This does not include our core contributions to multilateral organisations, anumber of which have large water and sanitation and programmes which we contribute to.</p><p>We do not allocate a set proportion of the aid budget to water and sanitation. The UK Aid strategy commits the UK to helping at least 60 million people get access to water and sanitation by 2020. We will allocate the resources required to achieve this to the relevant programmes.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/06/2016 14:48:20 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

521638

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Pakistan: Corruption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of potential steps to reduce corruption in Pakistan (a) in general and (b) within the political system.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	38506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister recently confirmed at the UK-hosted Anti-Corruption Summit the UK and DFID are committed to tackling corruption with new measures to reduce opportunities, punish the perpetrators and empower people to demand that it stops. Corruption impacts on all aspects of public life in Pakistan. DFID Pakistan is working to support the Government of Pakistan, civil society and the private sector to address corruption by improving the business environment, creating more effective institutions and engaging citizens for better service delivery and accountability. By supporting reforms to the taxation sector, DFID Pakistan is seeking to support the Government of Pakistan to make it easier for tax payers to submit payments directly, thus reducing the opportunity for corruption. By supporting reforms to the management of public funds, and improving access to information DFID Pakistan seeks to further limit the opportunities for corruption by public officials. By supporting parliament, political parties and citizen groups, DFID and other cross-Government interventions ensure that the democratic institutions are more accountable and the state as a whole is more responsive to the needs and aspirations of the Pakistani people.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/06/2016 14:52:22 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

522669

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Syria: International Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the finding of the Concern Worldwide (UK) report of 20 May 2016, Still Paying the Price, on the proportion of funding pledged during the Supporting Syria and the Region Conference in February 2016 so far received, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that all pledges are being fulfilled.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Jo Cox
	uin	39235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The Supporting Syria and the Region Conference raised an unprecedented $12 billion for Syria and the region, including $6 billion for this year. Since the Concern Worldwide (UK) Report was published, further funding has been received by the UN towards their 2016 appeals, bringing total 2016 disbursements to $1.7 billion.</p><p>A recent letter from the Prime Minister – signed by all Conference co-hosts – pressed leaders for prompt disbursement of their pledges. We are also in final negotiations with a provider to develop and implement a tracking mechanism for all the financial commitments made at the London Conference. On 24 May the Secretary of State chaired a constructive meeting in the margins of the World Humanitarian Summit to review implementation of both financial and policy agreements made at the London Conference, and progress will be reviewed again at the UN General Assembly in September. I am working closely with Syria Conference co-hosts to ensure these measures help to maintain pressure on donors to honour their pledges through more rapid disbursement.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/06/2016 17:19:52 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4375 label Biography information for Jo Cox

521635

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2016
	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: Females
	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 increase reporting and improve data collection of violence against women and girls in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	38517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>DFID has championed the introduction of a VAWG ‘marker’ by the OECD-DAC to better track donor funding on VAWG. The Department has also already made changes to its own systems so that it can report annually to the OECD-DAC about VAWG spending. The DAC marker is a critical accountability tool for all donors, including in the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 5.2. In addition the department is supporting some national governments to collect data on violence against women and girls through its bilateral programmes, one example of which is the support to Ghana to conduct a violence against women and girls prevalence survey.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/06/2016 14:42:34 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

521636

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2016
	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: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to publish a specific strategy for policy-influencing work relating to violence against women and girls and monitoring of that work.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	38516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK’s international policy relating to violence against women and girls is set out in the UK’s Ending Violence against Women and Girls Strategy 2016 – 2020. In her position as Ministerial Champion for tackling VAWG Overseas my colleague Baroness Verma will have a key role to play in international influencing to deliver this policy agenda. We do not intend to publish a policy influencing strategy.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/06/2016 14:45:35 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

521637

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2016
	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: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what training and learning activities her Department undertakes to improve evidence collection for the design and implementation of violence against women and girls programmes.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	38523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>DFID’s Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Helpdesk central programme has developed a series of guidance notes on how to mainstream the prevention of violence against women and girls into sectoral programmes, including health, education and economic development. Building on this DFID is developing and offering resources to strengthen the capability of specialists in these disciplines in addressing VAWG, including investing up to £25 million over five years (2013-2018) in a pioneering violence against women and girls research and innovation programme called ‘What Works to Prevent Violence’.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/06/2016 14:41:32 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain