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754706

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nigeria: Boko Haram
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the Nigerian Government in protecting minority groups vulnerable to persecution by Boko Haram.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	6793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2017 answer text <p>Boko Haram have led a brutal campaign of violence against civilians in the Lake Chad region. UK assistance is designed to help those affected, and assist Nigeria and its regional partners to tackle the threat. During their visit to Nigeria last week the Foreign Secretary and the International Development Secretary saw firsthand some of the support that the UK is providing. The conflict in the region requires a comprehensive response, tackling the threat posed by Boko Haram and the humanitarian crisis through the full range of security, political and humanitarian, and in the longer term, development work. The UK is a lead player, providing a substantial package of military, intelligence and development support to Nigeria. This includes training for the Nigerian armed forces and £5 million for the Multinational Joint Task Force, the regional force tackling Boko Haram. The UK was one of the first donors to respond to the humanitarian crisis in North East Nigeria and we have scaled up our support from £1 million in 2014 to £100 million this year. During their visit the Foreign Secretary and International Development Secretary announced an additional £200 million of humanitarian aid over the next four years.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 08/09/2017 11:32:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

754093

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Uganda: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) promote free and fair elections and (b) support democratic institutions in Uganda.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
uin	6114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>​The UK regularly engages with all relevant partners – including the government, parliament, political parties, the Electoral Commission, the National Human Rights Commission and civil society - to encourage them to put in place the necessary conditions for free and fair elections. The UK also funds programmes which support improvements to Uganda’s democratic governance, including election monitoring.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/09/2017 13:11:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

754180

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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, what plans she has to improve oversight of the UK Aid Strategy across Government; and what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendation by the National Audit Office on her Department improving its assessment of overall effectiveness of ODA expenditure and its coherence across Government.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	6032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>In line with commitments in the UK Aid Strategy, DFID and Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) have introduced robust monitoring, governance and oversight arrangements to ensure value for money of all of Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend, including through setting up an ODA Senior Officials Group, which meets regularly and reports to Ministers. However, it is important to note that individual government departments have direct responsibility and accountability for their own ODA spend.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/09/2017 09:09:52 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

754181

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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, whether her Department plans to assess official development assistance spending by other Government departments against the International Aid Transparency Index; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	6033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>Under the UK Aid Strategy all government departments will aim to achieve a good or very good rating in the Aid Transparency Index by 2020. The Government will make arrangements for an assessment of the aid transparency rating of all departments to be made by 2020. DFID will continue to support departments to achieve this goal.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/09/2017 09:10:06 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

754182

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what additional resources her Department has provided to the humanitarian relief operations in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	6199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>In response to the £50 million United Nations flash appeal for the Kasais in April 2017, the UK has committed £4.65 million of new funding for emergency lifesaving humanitarian assistance to the Kasais. Taking into account broader humanitarian support to DRC, the total UK humanitarian support to the Kasais to more than £7.7 million. The UK also provides support to healthcare, WASH and education activities in the region.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/09/2017 09:10:19 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

753546

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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: European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the potential number of Acts or parts of Acts in the remit of her Department that will be subject to repeal as a result of provisions in the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	5714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Government departments have been analysing the UK statute book and directly applicable EU law in their areas of responsibility to enable an assessment of the scale of the changes needed. This is likely to include the repeal, but also the amendment, of provisions in Acts but we are not in a position to give a sense of scale at this time.</p><p>In the Government White Paper on the Repeal Bill [‘Legislating for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union’], published on 30 March 2017, we estimated around 800 - 1,000 EU-exit related <strong>Statutory Instrument</strong>s will be required.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/07/2017 12:46:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

753547

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials of her Department and non-departmental public bodies have the word trade in their job title.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	5740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>DFID’s Trade for Development team contains 42 staff. Three elsewhere in DFID have trade in their job title. There are no staff with job titles including trade in DFID’s two non-departmental public bodies.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 25/07/2017 14:35:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

753548

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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: Brexit
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 expenditure has been identified as relating to its work on the UK leaving the EU in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	5627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Exit is an all-of-government operation. The Department for Exiting the European Union is doing detailed work with departments to prepare for the upcoming negotiations by understanding the risks and opportunities of leaving the EU and coordinating planning.</p><p>EU Exit is managed within the existing departmental budget and given the interactions between EU exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it would not be possible to give an accurate figure.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/07/2017 12:44:03 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

753550

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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: Welsh Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which of her Department's online services are available in the Welsh language only on request.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	5897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>DFID follows government guidance on providing Welsh language content on request.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/07/2017 12:47:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

752643

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Rwanda: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on alleged disappearances, threats, harassment and intimidations exerted against the political opposition, journalists and activists in Rwanda ahead of the presidential elections due to take place in August 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	5221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The British High Commission in Kigali and the Central Africa Team in London have received reports from opposition candidates themselves, Non Governmental Organisations, and the EU Delegation in Kigali. We take any such reports very seriously.</p><p>We remain concerned about the limited democratic space in Rwanda. The number of opposition candidates standing in the Presidential elections on 4 August is an example of these limitations.</p><p>Although we support the Government of Rwanda's Vision 2020 development programme, that programme clearly sets out their commitment to &quot;the rule of law and the protection of human rights&quot;. We continue to speak candidly with Rwanda, raising concerns about Human Rights, freedom of expression, media freedoms and the lack of political space.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/07/2017 09:19:02 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann