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605909

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
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: Corruption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what anti-corruption measures were agreed at the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan, held on 4-5 October 2016; what steps she plans to take to ensure the effectiveness of such measures; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	49421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>Helping Afghans to tackle corruption is a key priority for the UK’s engagement in Afghanistan, where we focus first and foremost on anti-corruption efforts that contribute to the building of a stable and self-reliant state. Anti-corruption was a key theme of the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan. At the Conference, the Afghan government announced that the new Anti Corruption Justice Centre (ACJC) was operational. They also made a commitment that five revenue generating ministries will publicly report on implementation progress of their anti-corruption action plans in 2017.</p><p>The UK and the rest of the international community will continue to press the Afghan government to deliver on these commitments to ensure that core government functions are transparent, accountable and consistent, and that violations are met with legal, timely and consistently applied sanctions.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 26/10/2016 16:12:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

604142

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	St Helena: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her officials have had with the St Helena government on an interim air service solution.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	48835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>Discussions are ongoing between my officials and the St Helena Government on the prospects for an interim air service using the southern approach to the runway, where the prevailing winds require aircraft to land with a tailwind. All aircraft have performance limits for the maximum tailwind in which they can operate; technical work is underway to assess the frequencies tailwind speeds at the airport exceed these performance limits.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/10/2016 16:43:20 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

604217

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Climate Change Convention: Morocco
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 potential merits of the Government's support for climate risk insurance as part of her preparations for the COP22 UN Climate Change Summit in Marrakesh, to be held in November 2016.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Rob Marris
uin	48993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK is proud to be a global leader in disaster risk finance and insurance and we are committed to contributing to meeting the G7’s InsuResilience collective target (set out in the 2015 G7 Leaders Elmau declaration) of helping up to an additional 400 million people in the most vulnerable developing countries to gain access to climate risk insurance by 2020. The Department for International Development (DFID) leads the delivery of the Government’s plans to scale up the use of insurance and risk finance instruments in developing countries to enable:</p><ul><li>Increased resilience for millions of the most vulnerable people, through improved access to insurance cover,</li><li>Faster, more efficient emergency response, with a larger proportion of losses in vulnerable developing countries to be covered by insurance systems, taking the strain off the overstretched humanitarian system,</li><li>Stronger and more stable economic development in developing countries, by helping to reduce the costs and barriers to credit.</li></ul> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/10/2016 16:47:36 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1468 label Biography information for Rob Marris

601142

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Turkey: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that UK aid for Turkey to help address the effects of the conflict in Syria is being used for its intended purposes.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	48571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK has committed more than €300 million to the €3 billion Facility for Refugees in Turkey to assist Turkey in hosting refugees. The Facility delivers humanitarian and development assistance through existing EU instruments to meet the objectives articulated in the EU Turkey Joint Action Plan of October 2015. The UK is a member of the Facility Steering Committee. Funds will be monitored through existing governance and fiduciary controls.</p><p>DFID’s response to the immediate humanitarian crisis in Europe has been a crucial element of HMG’s overall migration strategy. The UK will continue to work alongside international partners to tackle the migration crisis, including through programmes such as the EU-Turkey Facility.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/10/2016 16:53:20 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

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

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

595947

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	Developing Countries: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effect of changing levels of funding for non-conflicting affected states on the level of stability in those countries.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	47243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>DFID uses a range of criteria to determine allocations to countries, including the need of those countries for development assistance, how effective our assistance is likely to be in those countries, and the strategic fit with UK government priorities.</p><p>The 50% commitment is not only the right thing to do but also the smart thing to do for Britain’s national interest. The commitment ensures that we improve the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world. Poverty is increasingly concentrated in fragile states and regions, and conflict is one of the major challenges to development. Over half of the world’s poor live in fragile states.</p><p>Our work in fragile states and regions will help to build stability, prevent conflict and support economic growth in the world’s poorest countries and regions. Without stability, our gains on poverty reduction risk being reversed.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/10/2016 16:24:34 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain