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600734

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Middle East: Overseas Aid
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 the potential pressure on its foreign aid budget from requirements for humanitarian aid within Syria and neighbouring countries.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	48293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>My department has assessed the level of support needed to help those affected by the Syria crisis and allocated its budget accordingly. In response to the Syria crisis, the UK has committed £2.3 billion since 2012, making us the second largest humanitarian donor after the US. This includes £510 million for support to Syria and the region in 2015/2016 and a further £840 million that has been pledged for the coming years until 2020.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/10/2016 16:19:09 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

600736

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of assistance funding to Afghanistan, announced by her Department on 2 October 2016, she estimates will be spent by Departments other than her own in each year to 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	48289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>On 2 October the Secretary of State announced that the UK would spend up to £750m in official development assistance (ODA) to Afghanistan to 2020, depending on Afghan government performance and security conditions.</p><p>Of this, £700m is DFID ODA. The remaining £50m ODA will be spent through cross-government mechanisms including the Conflict, Security, and Stability Fund.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/10/2016 16:17:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

599442

registered interest
date	11/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
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 support projects that encourage co-operation and co-existence between Israelis and Palestinians.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
uin	47983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK is supportive of coexistence (people-to-people) programmes which bring together Palestinians and Israelis and foster inter-community understanding. The Secretary of State is currently assessing options for providing further support to coexistence programmes.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/10/2016 16:16:34 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

598199

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Iraq: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps are being taken to attend to Iraqi civilians expected to be displaced as a result of a planned offensive on Mosul, Iraq.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	47776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>On 21 September, the UK announced an extra £40 million of humanitarian funding to Iraq, taking our total commitment to £90 million this financial year and £169.5 million since June 2014. This new assistance will be targeted specifically to enable a scale up of humanitarian assistance ahead of the Government of Iraq-led Mosul operations. It will provide emergency life-saving assistance – such as food, shelter, medical and protection services – to civilians affected by Mosul operations, as well as continued support to displaced and vulnerable people across the country.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/10/2016 16:31:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

598203

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Iraq: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the UK will take to safeguard children and other civilians in any assault on IS in Mosul; what steps she will take to put in place safe routes out for children and families; and if she will ensure that screening procedures take care not to separate families.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	47798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>On 21 September, the UK announced an extra £40 million of humanitarian funding to Iraq, taking our total commitment to £90 million this financial year and £169.5 million since June 2014. This new assistance will be targeted specifically to enable a scale up of humanitarian assistance ahead of the Government of Iraq-led Mosul operations. It will include support to efforts aimed at ensuring the protection of civilians, including children.</p><p>The UK will continue to lobby all parties to adhere to International Humanitarian Law and for screening to take place in a transparent manner, under a fully accountable chain of command, and to be monitored independently by the UN and other neutral and impartial humanitarian actors.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 13/10/2016 14:50:31 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

598302

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Bank: Water Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of restrictions of water supplies on the humanitarian situation in the West Bank.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	47626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs assessed in November 2015 that 400,000 people in the West Bank required humanitarian water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) assistance. UK officials are in regular dialogue with Israel, the Palestinian Authority, the UN, World Bank, EU and other development actors on this issue.</p><p>DFID is funding UNICEF to lead on developing and updating the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) WASH Sector Contingency Plan at the national level. This brings together the Palestinian Water Authority and other partners to monitor the water situation in the OPTs and ensure preparedness and effective response in case of an emergency.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/10/2016 16:28:27 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

598443

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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: Fraud
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 10 October 2016 to Question 46379, how many instances of fraud have been identified by her Department's Counter Fraud Section in relation to UK aid spending in each of the last three years; and in which areas of her Department's spending such instances occurred.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	47905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>The counter fraud section of DFID’s Internal Audit Department is responsible for managing all internal and external referrals on crime, corruption and fraud. The majority of reports are raised through our confidential hotline or through our dedicated e-mail account. Both of these access points are clearly referenced on DFID’s external website.</p><p>Our case numbers have increased in recent years. We believe this is as a result of the proactive approach we have taken on fraud awareness and counter fraud activities. Our staff and partners are now much clearer on the action to be taken to report concerns as soon as they arise.</p><p>In FY13-14 there were 6 cases of proven fraud across 4 of our central departments. There were 51 cases of proven fraud across 18 of our country offices.</p><p>In FY14-15 there were 33 cases of proven fraud across 9 of our central departments. There were 39 cases of proven fraud across 17 of our country offices.</p><p>In FY15-16 there were 28 cases of proven fraud across 11 of our central departments. There were 60 cases of proven fraud across 20 of our country offices.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 13/10/2016 16:25:57 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

595917

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of the staff employed by her Department are non-UK nationals.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>All Government Departments are bound by legal requirements concerning the right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules.</p><p>Evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Civil Service as part of wider pre-employment checks, but there is no requirement on departments to retain this information beyond the point at which it has served its purpose.</p><p>More broadly, the Government will be consulting in due course on how we work with business to ensure that workers in this country have the skills that they need to get a job. But there are no proposals to publish lists of the number or proportion of foreign workers.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/10/2016 17:10:40 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

595918

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many companies her Department has excluded from public procurement for (a) a conviction for wrongdoing defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or (b) grave professional misconduct since January 2015.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
uin	47275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>Since January 2015 there have been no instances where DFID Procurement and Commercial Department (PCD) have excluded a company from a Public Procurement for the circumstances cited.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/10/2016 16:25:02 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

595919

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Caribbean: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to her counterparts in (a) Haiti, (b) Jamaica, (c) Cuba and (d) the Bahamas on humanitarian aid to address the damage caused by hurricane Matthew.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	47282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has been monitoring the impact of Hurricane Matthew closely and has announced up to £5 million to support Haiti where many of those most affected live. The DFID team in Haiti and Foreign and Commonwealth Office embassies and High Commissions in the region are in close contact with relevant authorities in order to understand the impact and programme these funds effectively.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/10/2016 17:06:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West