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1060682

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date	13/02/2019
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	Sudan: Detention Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the UK Government last held discussions with the Government of Sudan on that country's use of detention centres.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	220753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>We have consistently made clear to the Government of Sudan our expectation that all detainees will be treated in accordance with international standards and afforded their full legal rights guaranteed in Sudanese law. We have seen no evidence of systemic mistreatment among the general prison population. Following the recent protests we have seen credible evidence of mistreatment of detainees in facilities operated by the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS). We strongly urge the Government of Sudan to implement the recommendations of the National Dialogue that relate to the powers of the security services to arrest and detain individuals. Most recently, senior UK officials in Khartoum raised the issue with the Government of Sudan's Europe Director on 13 February. When I met with the Sudanese Foreign Minister on 22 January I conveyed our concern about the Sudan Government's response to protests and emphasised the importance of rule of law and human rights.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 18/02/2019 15:17:58 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1060719

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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: Equality
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 tackle global inequality.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	221009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID works to reduce inequality by working to end extreme poverty and through sustainable and inclusive growth, ensuring that poor and marginalised people have access to opportunities and services, such as education. Between 2015 and 2018, DFID has supported 3 million people to raise their incomes or gain a better livelihood. We have also supported 11.4 million children, including 40,000 girls with disabilities, to gain a decent education through our Support to the Global partnership for Education and the Girl Education Challenge. We have also reached 42.1 million children under 5, women of childbearing age and adolescent girls through our nutrition-relevant programmes.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2018, the UK Government, in partnership with the Government of Kenya and the International Disability Alliance, hosted the UK government’s first-ever Global Disability Summit. The Summit raised global attention on a long-neglected issue, mobilised over 170 sets of new global and national commitments on disability and showcased good practice, innovation and evidence from around the world.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 18/02/2019 16:13:47 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1060721

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of UK aid is committed to poverty reduction overseas.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	221010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>All UK Aid aims to support delivery of the UN’s Global Goals, end extreme poverty, promote the economic development and welfare of developing countries and is spent in line with the OECD DAC guidelines on what constitutes Official Development Assistance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 18/02/2019 18:02:34 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1060722

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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: Job Creation
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 measure and monitor the standard and quality of the jobs created by UK development assistance.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	221011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>No country can eradicate poverty or transition from aid without inclusive economic growth that produces quality jobs. This is a defining development challenge for DFID’s partner countries and is at the heart of building global prosperity and stability that is in the UK’s national interest.</p><p> </p><p>DFID’s 2017 Economic Development Strategy expressly commits us to deliver more and better jobs – seeking to improve job quality progressively and raise standards as countries develop. As developing countries generate better quality jobs, opportunities increase for UK trade and investment that further contribute to poverty reduction and mutual prosperity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department is currently working to improve how it monitors and measures its jobs impact – including through partnerships with the World Bank and the Office of National Statistics to capture job quality and key elements of decent work.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 18/02/2019 18:00:52 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1060723

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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: Climate Change
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 ensure that climate action is a priority for her Department.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	221012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Tackling climate change is a priority for the UK Government and for the Department of International Development (DFID). The UK has pledged to deliver £5.8bn of International Climate Finance (ICF) from 2016/17 – 2020/21 to help poorer countries tackle climate change. DFID funds are helping to build the resilience of people and communities to cope with climate change already locked in, including to natural disasters; to support the development of low carbon and climate resilient infrastructure; and to support new technology, research and innovation to improve the effectiveness of action on climate change. Since 2011 the ICF has helped 47 million people to cope with the effects of climate change in the developing world, and enabled 17 million to have access to clean energy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK is also working to increase international action on climate change. This year DFID is supporting the Prime Minister who has been asked by the United Nations Secretary General to promote more action to build resilience to the impact of climate change already locked in, ahead of his Summit on Climate Change in September 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 18/02/2019 18:03:40 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1060861

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Ugandan counterparts on the (a) human rights situation and (b) the reported arrest of five opposition politicians and 35 activists on 13 August 2018 in that country.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	220725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>During my visit to Uganda in October 2018, I raised, at the highest levels, the arrests of opposition MPs and members of the public during the Arua by-election. I reiterated the need for those involved to be treated with dignity and fairness and requested an update from the government on investigations into alleged abuses by the security forces. Minister for Armed Forces, Mark Lancaster, reiterated these points to the Ugandan Defence Minister during his visit to London on 25 October. Our High Commission in Kampala continue regularly to raise concerns around civic and political issues directly with the Ugandan government.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 18/02/2019 15:05:20 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1059741

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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: Cocoa
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 number of (a) West African and (b) South and Latin American cocoa producers supplying (i) the UK and (ii) other EU countries while earning less than the living income.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	220234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID has not made an estimate of the number of cocoa producers in West Africa and South and Latin America supplying the UK and the EU while earning less than the living income.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID is committed to driving inclusive and sustainable growth that lifts people out of poverty. More than 8 million people have benefited from DFID’s current agriculture programmes since 2010. In West Africa we are supporting the Cocoa and Forest Initiative to promote a sustainable cocoa sector which benefits smallholder farmers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 18/02/2019 18:02:07 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1059749

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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: Tuberculosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has provided for the research and development of (a) diagnostics, (b) drugs, (c) vaccines and (d) applied health systems research for Tuberculosis in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	220172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government is a global leader in investment in Research and Development for TB, second only to the US.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table shows the funding provided by the Department for International Development for research for Tuberculosis (TB) in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Spend on TB Research in £m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>a) diagnostics</p></td><td><p>0.98</p></td><td><p>0.71</p></td><td><p>0.70</p></td><td><p>1.40</p></td><td><p>2.45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b) drugs</p></td><td><p>6.00</p></td><td><p>8.00</p></td><td><p>7.00</p></td><td><p>4.00</p></td><td><p>9.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>c) vaccines</p></td><td><p>3.30</p></td><td><p>1.90</p></td><td><p>1.60</p></td><td><p>1.36</p></td><td><p>1.59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>d) applied health research</p></td><td><p>2.62</p></td><td><p>3.04</p></td><td><p>4.56</p></td><td><p>2.90</p></td><td><p>2.76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>12.90</p></td><td><p>13.65</p></td><td><p>13.86</p></td><td><p>9.66</p></td><td><p>15.80</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 18/02/2019 17:58:20 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1060060

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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 she has made an assessment of the potential merits of removing the duty to spend 0.7 per cent of GDP on Official Development Assistance to enable more flexibility in the allocation of that funding.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	220130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>As outlined in the Conservative manifesto and re-affirmed by the Prime Minister on her recent visit to Africa and subsequently by the Secretary of State in the House of Commons, the Government is committed to spending 0.7 per cent of our Gross National Income on aid. This commitment not only helps create a safer, healthier and more prosperous world but also secures the UK’s standing in it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 18/02/2019 17:57:28 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1060064

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Supermarkets: Fairtrade Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department provides to Fair Trade companies as part of its work to tackle human and labour rights abuses in the global supply chains of UK supermarkets.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	220218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK government is a strong supporter of the Fairtrade movement, which plays an important role in helping producers around the world improve their lives through receiving fair prices for their products. Between 2010 and 2018, the Department for International Development invested over £20.2m into Fairtrade and the UK was the first country to produce a National Action Plan for the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.</p><p> </p><p>DFID has funded the development of Fairtrace, a technology-based supply chain mapping tool which has helped Fairtrade to broaden their commercial customer base. The tool has been used by major UK businesses such as The Co-op and Ben &amp; Jerry’s. In 2017, Fairtrace helped 7 major brands to map their supply chains; illustrating journeys from over 191 producer groups in over 23 countries.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK government will continue to champion this agenda as part of our commitment to improving the lives of smallholder farmers and to a free, fair and transparent trade system that helps lifts developing countries out of poverty.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 18/02/2019 16:15:12 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon