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348534

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date	04/06/2015
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: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with which ministers and officials of the Burmese government she has spoken to about restrictions on humanitarian access in Rakhine State in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	1174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The former Home Office Minister of State for Crime Prevention and DFID Parliamentary Under Secretary of State raised restrictions on humanitarian access in Rakhine during her visit in January 2015. I raised this issue repeatedly during my visit in August 2014, I raised it again with the Immigration and Population Minister and Rakhine Chief Minister when they visited London in October 2014. DFID’s Director General for Country Programmes was in Burma 2- 4 June 2015. She visited Rakhine and Naypyidaw and raised the issue of restrictions on humanitarian access with the state authorities in Rakhine, and with senior Ministers of the central Government in Naypyidaw.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 10/06/2015 13:27:19 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

348535

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial assistance her Department is providing (a) directly and (b) indirectly to the government of Burma.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	1175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID is providing no financial assistance directly to the government of Burma. Indirect financial assistance happens in two projects. DFID supports a World Bank trust fund to assist the Government’s Public Financial Management (PFM) modernisation programme. Part of the fund is transferred into designated accounts which the Government and Parliament can use to procure goods and services to support the PFM modernisation programme. Use of the money must be approved by the World Bank and must follow World Bank procurement guidelines. DFID also supports the 3MDG health trust fund which uses some of its funds in support of the Government’s national health programmes, but without actual transfer to government bank accounts.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 10/06/2015 11:38:53 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

348574

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Consultants: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the maximum daily rate of pay is for consultants (a) directly employed by and (b) employed by contractors working for her Department.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	1106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>We use private contractors to deliver aid where they can provide the best results and value for taxpayers' money, which is the sensible approach to take. In the past year alone, this has included building treatment centres to defeat Ebola in Sierra Leone, delivering life-saving aid to Syrian refugees, and providing shelter to people who have lost their homes in the Nepal earthquake. A recent Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) report noted that the rates paid by DFID were “highly competitive”. Individual companies set the rates for their contractors.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 10/06/2015 16:01:34 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

348576

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many contractors (a) working directly for and (b) on projects funded by her Department were paid more than £400 a day in financial years (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	1108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Details of individual contractor payments would require extensive research at a disproportionate cost to the UK taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 10/06/2015 16:01:53 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

348280

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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: Private Military and Security Companies
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 Answer of 15 December 2015 to Question 218242, in which country each of the contacts with private security companies was operating; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	1094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID has held a total of 8 centrally let contracts with private security companies since 2008. The table below provides the details of where these contracts were operating.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Contracts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contracts still active</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>U.K.</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya and Somalia</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 10/06/2015 11:38:00 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon