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1135857

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	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: Bombings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to help protect children from the consequences of the bombing in Idlib, Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	271376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is immensely concerned about the plight of all civilians, particularly children, affected by the current conflict in Idlib and surrounding areas.</p><p> </p><p>Last year DFID provided over £80m humanitarian assistance to Northwest Syria. Our UN and NGO partners are working to meet growing needs among displaced people in the region, including the estimated 100,000 children displaced since 1 May, through the distribution of food, shelter and other essential items. We are also providing education and safe spaces for children. Whilst this work has been impacted by the recent conflict in the region and the senseless attacks on civilian infrastructure such as schools and hospitals, to date our partners are continuing to be able to work effectively in the region to help those most in need. In addition to humanitarian assistance, we continue to use our position on the UN Security Council to call out the regime and Russia for their attacks on schools and hospitals, breaching international law and needlessly impacting civilians.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 08/07/2019 15:19:02 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1132094

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Sudan.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	264331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>HMG continues to monitor the humanitarian situation across Sudan, including the conflict areas, with concern. Close to two million people live as Internally Displaced People inside Sudan, with around 600,000 living precarious lives as refugees beyond its borders. Sudan also hosts close to a million refugees, the majority from neighbouring South Sudan. The United Nations has published estimates that 5.7 million people, including all of those displaced, are in need of humanitarian support, although that number may increase to 8 million people if the current economic crisis continues. The United Nations has developed a response plan to meet the needs of 4.4 million people that would cost $1.2Bn, and relies on the governing authorities in Sudan to facilitate safe passage of these supplies and aid workers to reach those in need of assistance. The UK’s Department of International Development in Sudan is prioritising the humanitarian response and has already contributed £30 million this fiscal year.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 20/06/2019 15:49:33 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1109711

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2019
	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: Cocoa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that (a) farmers and (b) workers in the cocoa industry receive a living income.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	240965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Working towards a living income in global value chains is one of the keys to driving poverty reduction and economic development. The Department for International Development (DFID) is a long-term supporter of the International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling Alliance (ISEAL Alliance), the umbrella organisation for standards systems such as Fairtrade, and is one of the founding members of the Living Income Community of Practice. We support the development of standards that help smallholder farmers reach a decent standard of living. DFID also supports the Ethical Trading Initiative, a multi-stakeholder body working with UK food retailers, suppliers, trade unions and civil society to implement International Labour Organisation standards in global value chains, including cocoa.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has a strong history of protecting human rights in business and promoting our values globally. We are committed to upholding the UK’s values, including around labour standards, and will consider the full range of mechanisms available in the design of future trade and investment agreements.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/04/2019 11:24:35 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1051493

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	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: Living Wage
	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 29 January 2019 to Question 211150 on Department for International Development: contracts, whether cleaning staff paid the London Living Wage or the National Living Wage as appropriate refers to the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	214494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID has two Headquarter buildings in the UK, one in East Kilbride, Glasgow and the other in Whitehall, London.</p><p>All of the contracted cleaning staff are paid the London Living Wage and National Living wage, whichever is appropriate, as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/02/2019 17:18:05 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1045987

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	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: Cleaning Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which service providers are contracted to carry out third party cleaning contracts for her (a) Department and (b) executive agencies; if she will list all of the services delivered by third party contractors to her (i) Department and (ii) executive agencies; and how many people working for those third party contractors are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	211150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>DFID has two Headquarter buildings in the UK, one in East Kilbride and the other in Whitehall.</p><p>Our cleaning requirements are outsourced to Interserve Facilities Management as part of an Affiliates Cluster arrangement managed by Cabinet Office.</p><p>All cleaning staff are paid the London Living Wage or the National Living Wage, as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 29/01/2019 17:02:30 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1045573

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Poverty: 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 she is taking to ensure that UK aid is (a) effective, (b) transparent and (c) targeted at ending extreme poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	210471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>DFID’s core mission is reducing extreme poverty. We are striving to ensure that every project we spend British taxpayers’ money on contributes to both reducing poverty in the developing country and to the UK national interest, for example by tackling multiple drivers of poverty and instability.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to improving the effectiveness and transparency of UK aid to ensure we are attaining maximum impact from our aid budget. In the 2015 Aid Strategy, the government made a commitment to aim for all UK government departments to be ranked as ‘Good’ or ‘Very Good’ in the Aid Transparency Index by 2020. The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) has the remit to provide independent scrutiny of the impact and value for money of all UK Government aid spending and reports its finding to Parliament’s International Development Committee.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/01/2019 17:43:45 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

907092

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Commonwealth: Overseas Aid
	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 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April 2018, what commitments her Department has made to increase aid and investment to (a) Commonwealth countries and (b) for sea defences to Commonwealth island states to counter the risk of rising sea levels posed by global warming.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	145553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting agreed vital steps to help end poverty, and increase mutual prosperity, jobs and investment across the Commonwealth. DFID commitments made during the week of CHOGM included: £212 million for the Girls’ Education Challenge fund; support for 2,500 awards under the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan; £7.5 million to tackle human trafficking and child exploitation; £20 million to help eliminate blinding trachoma; £44 million to help Commonwealth countries prepare for the impact of natural disasters; and confirmation, at the Malaria Summit, of £100 million to strengthen health systems.</p><p> </p><p>Over 80% of DFID’s programmes in the Caribbean are wholly or partially focused on improving climate and disaster resilience. The £330 million UK Caribbean Infrastructure Fund, announced in 2015, will build, renovate and strengthen ports, sea defences and roads in 8 Commonwealth Caribbean countries and Montserrat, an overseas territory.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 24/05/2018 15:00:34 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

907093

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Commonwealth: Rainforests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much and what proportion of her Department's overseas aid budget allocated to Commonwealth countries is used to protect and enhance rainforests in those countries.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	145554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>DFID’s overall funding for forest conservation and management in all developing countries was £75m in FY15-16 and £69m in FY16-17, including bilateral programmes and relevant multilateral contributions.</p><p> </p><p>Commonwealth countries that benefit from our bilateral programmes are Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Guyana. DFID’s bilateral forest programmes are focused on encouraging sustainable trade, based on legal and sustainable supplies of timber and agricultural commodities. These programmes work across borders to influence the international trade and capital flows which are driving deforestation in developing countries. These include both Commonwealth and non-Commonwealth countries, and it is not possible to disaggregate the spending completely.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 24/05/2018 14:59:59 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

907091

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Commonwealth: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding that is currently allocated to the EU's development assistance budget her Department plans to re-allocate to Commonwealth countries after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	145552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>There will be no decisions on the future distribution of UK aid until the Government’s negotiations on exiting the EU have concluded. However, leaving the EU means that in future we will take our own decisions about how to deliver the policy objectives previously targeted by EU funding. While the UK remains a member of the EU, we will honour commitments made to the EU budget during the period of our membership. We will pay our full share of all EU development programmes approved by December 2020, and contribute to the 11th European Development Fund until its closure.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 23/05/2018 16:15:31 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

907090

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2018
	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, how much aid her Department is planning to allocate to (a) Commonwealth and (b) non-Commonwealth countries in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	145551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>The indicative budgets by DFID country office for 2018/19 and 2019/20 will be available in the Annual Report and Accounts for 2017/18 which is due to be published later this year. Departmental budgets for 2020/21 and beyond have yet to be agreed, and will be set during the upcoming Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>Over the next five years Commonwealth countries will continue to be important development partners as the UK delivers on its commitments to reduce global poverty. Our aid spending will continue to be focused on supporting countries to grow their economies, trade and invest their way out of poverty and ensuring that no one is left behind.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 23/05/2018 16:13:18 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead