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390409

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's budget was spent on (a) equipment and goods and (b) consultancy from UK companies in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	7252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>In line with the UK Government commitments to increase transparency, DFID publishes details of types of contract award and spend transactions over £500 on a monthly basis. This includes expenditure at supplier level and the amount for project and Consultancy services. This information can be accessed for spend on the .Gov portal and for contracts on the Contracts finder website.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>British taxpayers expect all ODA to be high quality and well-targeted, and since 2010, value for money and transparency of UK official development assistance (ODA) has been a top priority for DFID. In the last 5 years, DFID has worked hard to make its systems and processes more rigorous to make sure that aid projects reach intended beneficiaries and deliver results, including introducing greater ministerial oversight and new spending controls. Business cases and delivery plans are used for all DFID projects setting out the rationale for the projects and how they will be implemented. Formal project reviews are required annually and at completion against a performance monitoring framework. These reviews assess and record that funds have been used for their intended purposes and what results have been delivered. DFID has also reduced the number of bilateral country programmes since 2010. Finally, DFID has introduced greater transparency and scrutiny of DFID’s work through setting up the aid watchdog, the Independent Commission for Aid Impact, which scrutinises everything DFID does, alongside the work of the International Development Select Committee.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 20/07/2015 16:38:00 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

390415

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Audit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent independent audit there has been of the effectiveness of her Department's disbursement of services.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	7485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The National Audit Office, the principal state audit body in the United Kingdom, provides independent external audit of DFID’s spending, including carrying out value for money and other effectiveness reviews. DFID’s Annual Report and Accounts are also subject to audit by the National Audit Office. The Comptroller and Auditor General signed DFID’s 2014–15 Annual Report and Accounts on 9 July 2015 and issued an unqualified audit opinion. Rigorous independent scrutiny of the effectiveness of DFID’s work is also provided by the Independent Commission on Aid Impact which reports to the International Development Select Committee in Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID’s internal audit department provides assurance over governance, risk management and control systems through a programme of audits which cover DFID processes, departments and projects. In 2014-15 the Secretary of State significantly scaled up internal audit and counter fraud resources to strengthen internal capacity and skills, increase the depth and breadth of assurance coverage, and ensure that all DFID country offices are audited at least every other year. At a programme level, all organisations which receive funding from DFID are required to provide evidence about the use of funds, including providing independently audited financial statements to our programme managers.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 20/07/2015 16:34:56 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

389878

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
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 her Department's policy is on using the word Rohingya when discussing the Rohingya with the government of Burma.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	6960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>While the Department for International Development has no formal policy on this point, we believe in the right of minorities to choose the name by which they are identified. I and other UK Ministers are on record using the word Rohingya, and we continue to use the word in communications with the government of Burma.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 20/07/2015 16:35:36 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

389879

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
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: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has held with the UN Secretary General on his role in negotiating humanitarian access in Rakhine state, Burma.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	6961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Development has not held discussions with the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on his role in negotiating humanitarian access in Rakhine State, Burma. We welcome the firm personal stand the UN Secretary General has already taken on the Rohingya and continue to encourage a wider UN leadership role to help bring peace and reconciliation to all communities in Rakhine State.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 20/07/2015 16:39:03 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

389880

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
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: Internally Displaced People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department is providing for internally displaced people in Shan and Kachin states, Burma.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	6962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>Between 2012 and 2015 DFID has allocated over £17 million for humanitarian assistance for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Kachin and Northern Shan States, including in non-government controlled areas.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 20/07/2015 16:39:39 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

389893

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development 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 paragraph 1.82 of the Summer Budget 2015, whether any of the £1.5 billion a year funding for military and intelligence spending will contribute to meeting the target of 0.7 per cent of GNI on Overseas Development Assistance.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	7139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The profile and allocation of funding has not been announced and will be agreed as part of the Spending Review and Strategic Defence and Security Review.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 7141 question first answered 20/07/2015 16:40:19 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

389895

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Defence: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to paragraph 1.82 of the Summer Budget 2015, whether any of the £1.5 billion a year of new funding for military and intelligence spending by the end of the current Parliament will be administered by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	7141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The profile and allocation of funding has not been announced and will be agreed as part of the Spending Review and Strategic Defence and Security Review.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 7139 question first answered 20/07/2015 16:40:19 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

388964

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the name, responsibilities and pay band are of each special adviser in her Department.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Stuart Blair Donaldson
uin	6333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my Rt Hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 13 July 2015.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 16/07/2015 16:15:29 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4377 label Biography information for Stuart Blair Donaldson

388669

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
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: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what conditions are attached to the financial aid her Department provides to Myanmar.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	6109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>DFID is providing no financial assistance directly to the government of Burma. Our policy is that none of our bilateral aid is provided directly through central government systems, only through United Nations organisations, trusted international and local NGOs and, where circumstances allow, to authorities at the township level.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 15/07/2015 13:29:20 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

388671

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to support the residents of the village of Susiya in the West Bank in the event of the village being demolished.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	6132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK is funding the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) to provide free legal support to Palestinian communities threatened with forced eviction, demolition and displacement and is also providing £1.1 million of technical assistance to support Palestinian villages at risk of demolition action to meet the requirements of the Israeli planning system. The UK will continue to raise concerns about demolitions and displacement with the Government of Israel on a regular basis and at the highest levels.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 13/07/2015 16:29:51 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting