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417718

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Social Enterprises: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what definition of social investment is used by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	9610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>DFID does not have a definition of “social investment”.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 11/09/2015 13:27:33 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

416643

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in what ways the candidate recruited for the post of Senior External Communications Officer for Scotland and other devolved administrations, reference 1456639, will be expected to communicate the benefits of the Union to the Scottish public and take that work to the next level.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	8941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The successful candidate will support all of DFID’s communications while based at our joint UK headquarters. They will also be expected to communicate how Scotland – as part of the UK – is a world leader in international development, working with stakeholders, staff, the media and others to explain the work of DFID. This is in line with the recommendation by the cross-party International Development Committee (IDC) that DFID “give higher priority to making its work known across Scotland”.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/09/2015 16:23:04 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

416645

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the salary and other costs associated with the post of Senior External Communications Officer for Scotland and other devolved administrations, reference 1456639, will be counted towards the Government's target of spending 0.7 per cent of GNI on Overseas Development Assistance.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	8943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The salary for this role will come from the DFID administration budget, which counts towards the Government’s target spending of 0.7 per cent of gross national income (GNI) on Overseas Development Assistance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID has some of the lowest overheads of all Whitehall departments, and also has low administration costs in comparison to other development organisations — at around 2.5% of DFID's overall budget.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/09/2015 16:24:35 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

416646

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she last received correspondence from the Scottish Government Minister for International Development; and when she plans to reply to such correspondence.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	8959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Development last received correspondence from the Scottish Government Minister for Europe and International Development on 2 June 2015. The Secretary of State replied to this correspondence by letter on 30 June 2015.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/09/2015 16:25:12 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

416673

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	New Alliance for Food Safety and Nutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money of the projects supported by the G7 New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	8728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>Every DFID programme which is contributing to the New Alliance initiative, including both country-level food security and nutrition programmes and funding for wider agricultural policy reforms, is subject to DFID’s annual review processes, which also assess value for money. Additional funding committed through the New Alliance initiative consists of £44m for ‘enabling actions’, and an additional £76m contribution to the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme. A list of enabling actions and initial programme reviews with further information are available on the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition and DFID development tracker websites.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/09/2015 16:16:24 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

416689

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on aid and assistance to children in countries at war with Daesh.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	9057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK has been at the forefront of the response to the crisis in Syria and the region, and has pledged a total of £1 billion, our largest ever response to a single humanitarian crisis. Of this, £111 million has been allocated to provide protection, psychosocial support and education for children affected by the crisis in Syria and the region. This includes funding to establish women and children’s centres in Iraq– which provide counselling and support for women, and safe spaces for children to play and learn. In Syria, the UK is supporting children with food, shelter and health. The UK also helped launch, and mobilise international support for, the ‘No Lost Generation’ Initiative (NLGI), which aims to prevent a whole generation being lost to the Syria conflict through physical and psychological trauma and lack of access to quality education and other basic services.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/09/2015 16:26:18 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

391869

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Iraq: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government is providing any financial support to the Iraqi Government (a) in loans, (b) through the international development budget and (c) through other international bodies to support reconstruction of areas recaptured from ISIL.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	8246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department for International Development does not provide any financial support to the Government of Iraq, in loans, through the international development budget, or through other international bodies to support reconstruction of areas recaptured from ISIL.</p><p> </p><p>Since summer 2014, DFID has committed £59.5 million to help address the needs of the 8.6 million people across Iraq that require some form of humanitarian assistance. This funding is delivered via UN agencies and humanitarian organisations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 07/09/2015 15:02:09 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

391871

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports she has received on the levels of malnutrition in camps for internally displaced Rohingya in Rakhine State, Burma; and what aid the UK Government is providing to those camps.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	8213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>According to Save the Children, the level of acute and chronic malnutrition in the camps is poor. The most recent reports state that acute malnutrition was between 8.5% and 11.8% in the different camp areas, and stunting up to 52%.</p><p> </p><p>DFID is providing funding for treatment of severe acute and chronic malnutrition, as well as funding for water and sanitation work that helps to prevent malnutrition. Over 126,000 internally displaced and conflict affected people in Rakhine benefit from our support to water and sanitation and nutrition.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID is one of the largest bilateral humanitarian donors in Rakhine, and has provided over £18 million since 2012.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 07/09/2015 15:01:00 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

391872

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: 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 of the £32 million of aid pledged by the UK at the Cairo Donor Conference in 2014 to cover disposal of unexploded ordnance, rubble clearing and reconstructive surgery has been disbursed to date; and how much more such aid is planned to be sent in future.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	8210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK pledged £20 million in early recovery assistance at the Gaza reconstruction conference in Cairo last year. We have disbursed all of this pledge and will disburse further funds for Gaza throughout the financial year.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 07/09/2015 14:58:42 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

391023

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Armed Conflict
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 how many people are at risk of death arising from the current conflict in Yemen; and what steps she is taking to protect such people.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	7821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>As a result of the crisis, the UN estimate that 21 million Yemenis (more than 80% of the population) are in need of humanitarian assistance. Of those, over 6 million people are facing severe shortages of food and 1.6 million women and children are suffering from acute malnutrition.</p><p> </p><p>DFID has allocated £55 million to support humanitarian response in Yemen which will provide emergency shelter, healthcare, water and food assistance, as well as supporting UN work to co-ordinate the humanitarian response.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 23/07/2015 14:04:15 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith