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1130550

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of organisations that hold contracts with his Department pay the National Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	261249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>DFID does not have any employees who are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation. Nor does DFID have any workers in agencies that report to DFID who are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.</p><p> </p><p>DFID encourages outsource partners to pay the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation. None of DFID’s contracted workers are paid less than the National Living Wage.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 13/06/2019 15:34:29 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1126038

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Former Ministers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has paid to hon. Members under section 4 of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 since 13 July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	253608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Any such payments are published in DFID’s audited annual accounts, which can be found on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 20/05/2019 16:09:11 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

973352

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: 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 she has made of the effectiveness of her Department's programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	174733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The effectiveness of DFID programmes is measured against expected results, and the value for money provided. Individual programme performance is assessed annually and can be viewed on DFID’s development tracker: https://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/countries/CD/.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 09/10/2018 15:54:40 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

973353

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which organisations her Department allocates funding to for programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	174734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Development’s bilateral programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) delivers UKaid to the Congolese people through a range of organisations (private sector, non-governmental and multilateral). These are:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. Action Contre la Faim (ACF)</p><p> </p><p>2. Adam Smith International (ASI)</p><p> </p><p>3. Association de Santé Familiale (ASF)</p><p> </p><p>4. Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)</p><p> </p><p>5. Cambridge Education (CE)</p><p> </p><p>6. Chemonics / Global Development Firm</p><p> </p><p>7. Concern International</p><p> </p><p>8. Counterpart International</p><p> </p><p>9. Fondation Hirondelle</p><p> </p><p>10. IMA World Health</p><p> </p><p>11. International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC)</p><p> </p><p>12. Mercy Corps</p><p> </p><p>13. National Democratic Institute (NDI)</p><p> </p><p>14. Observatoire de la Dépense Publique (ODEP)</p><p> </p><p>15. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)</p><p> </p><p>16. Oxford Policy Management (OPM)</p><p> </p><p>17. Palladium Group</p><p> </p><p>18. PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC)</p><p> </p><p>19. Province of the Anglican Church of Congo</p><p> </p><p>20. Search for Common Ground (SFCG)</p><p> </p><p>21. The Carter Center</p><p> </p><p>22. Tulane Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Health</p><p> </p><p>23. The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)</p><p> </p><p>24. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)</p><p> </p><p>26. United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UN-JHRO)</p><p> </p><p>27. Westminster Foundation for Democracy</p><p> </p><p>29. World Food Programme (WFP)</p><p> </p><p>30. World Bank</p><p> </p><p>31. Women and Young Girl International (WYG International)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, core contributions to multilateral and centrally managed programmes spend money in DRC.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 09/10/2018 15:57:09 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

973354

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which three programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo receive the largest amount of funding from her Department.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	174735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The three largest current programmes supported by the Department for International Development in the Democratic Republic of Congo are:</p><ol><li><p>Humanitarian Innovation, Response and Reform programme reaching over 3 million people;</p></li><li><p>Access to Health Care reaching 9 million people;</p></li><li><p>Increasing sustainable access to water sanitation and hygiene reaching 3.75 million people.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 09/10/2018 15:58:09 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

973355

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps has she taken to assess the value for money of aid spending in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	174736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>All DFID programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo are subject to standard Value-for-Money (VfM) reviews throughout the programme cycle. This includes a yearly assessment as part of our mandatory annual review process, through which we monitor and evaluate the effectiveness and achievements of our programmes. Additional periodic VfM assessments are also made on a case-by-case basis.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 09/10/2018 15:59:31 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

971785

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the number of days of sick leave taken by staff in her Department for mental health reasons in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	173658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The table below confirms the number of days recorded as sickness absence in DFID relating to mental health from 2014 to 2017.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Days Lost</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1639</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1676</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1744</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1963</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information prior to 2014 would only be available at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>DFID is committed to reducing sickness absence and we have policies in place to ensure that employees have the right care and support to help prevent mental illness and support employees who are affected, for example our Employee Assistance Programme.</p><p> </p><p>DFID have had awareness campaigns, sharing personal stories and having an SCS champion for health and disability, which has helped change the culture and mind-sets across the department.</p><p> </p><p>Civil Service sickness absence data includes absence relating to mental health disorders, but not specifically to stress.</p><p> </p><p>Mental health disorders include stress, but also a range of other disorders such as anxiety, depression and long term mental illness.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/09/2018 16:28:34 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

969278

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will publish a list of the mobile phone applications developed by her Department and its agencies in the last three years; and what the cost to the public purse was of developing of each of those applications.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	171523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Development has not developed any mobile phone applications in the last three years. There has therefore been no cost to the public purse.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 13/09/2018 16:02:17 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

968388

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Peers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many members of the House of Lords hold (a) paid and (b) unpaid roles within (i) her Department and (ii) her Department's agencies.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	170934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>Ministerial remuneration and pension details are published in the Remuneration and Staff Report section of DFID’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">Annual Report and Accounts</a>.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 12/09/2018 16:37:47 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

904871

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Paternity Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many male staff in her Department have taken shared paternity leave in the last twelve months; and what the length of each such leave was.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	144335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>DFID cannot provide the requested information for shared paternity leave; however, we can provide the below information for paternity leave and shared parental leave in the last twelve months. DFID cannot disclose the length of each period of leave as individuals may be identified.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Paternity (</strong><strong>Home Civil Servants (HCS) &amp; Staff Appointed in Country (SAIC)):</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of Male Staff (HCS &amp; SAIC) *</p></td><td><p>HCS Days Lost</p></td><td><p>SAIC Days Lost</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>298</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* We cannot provide the HCS/SAIC breakdown by count of staff for paternity leave as one of the categories is below six.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Shared Parental Leave (HCS Only): </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of Male Staff</p></td><td><p>HCS Total Days Lost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>561</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 21/05/2018 16:48:35 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders