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date	16/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Non-governmental Organisations
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 plans to take to ensure best ethical practice by the NGOs it supports.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	133075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>It is imperative that DFID’s partners show the moral leadership, systems and culture that are needed to protect vulnerable people. At the Safeguarding Summit, the Secretary of State announced new, enhanced and specific safeguarding Due Diligence standards for all organisations that DFID works with. This will include a review of the ethical practice of the NGOs that DFID partner, by assessing codes of conduct, how organisations identify and respond to incidents, and how risk management places safeguarding and beneficiaries at its core. These are being piloted from this week and will be rolled out shortly. New funds to organisations will not be approved unless they pass the new standards and they will be integrated into ongoing programme management.</p><p> </p><p>Four working groups, that include civil society and independent experts, have also been established and are meeting this week to refine and test ideas further. They will take forward a number of areas, including how the aid sector can shift its organisational culture to tackle power imbalances and gender inequality. The groups will report back with concrete actions in time for the international Safeguarding Conference that the UK will host this autumn.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 23/03/2018 14:54:11 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

865210

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date	16/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Non-governmental Organisations
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 strengthen its oversight of the NGOs it supports.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	133077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>In response to the letter from the Secretary of State, all UK charities that directly receive UK aid have provided her with a clear statement of assurance on their organisations’ safeguarding environment and policies, organisational culture, transparency and their handling of allegations and incidents. These assurances are a first step towards improving DFID’s oversight of its partners and raising safeguarding standard across the international development sector.</p><p> </p><p>This oversight will be further strengthened through DFID’s new, enhanced and specific safeguarding standards, announced by the Secretary of State at the Safeguarding Summit. These new measures will build on the rigorous monitoring procedures which are currently applied throughout the lifetime of all DFID programmes. They will be integrated into DFID’s Due Diligence Assessments, Supply Partner Code of Conduct and ongoing programme management and compliance checking processes.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 23/03/2018 14:53:56 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

865212

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date	16/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what arrangements her Department has to reimburse the Ministry of Defence for resources used in disaster response.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	133079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Development holds a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Defence through which we request and receive military support. The understanding states that we will reimburse the Ministry of Defence from the aid budget for the additional costs incurred in providing that support.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 23/03/2018 14:53:33 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy