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793064

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: 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 assessment he has made of the potential effectiveness of using UK aid to Pakistan as leverage with which to engage the Government of Pakistan on its relations with NGOs.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	114849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>International and national NGOs are important development partners, and the UK is concerned about some of the restrictions they face. DFID and FCO officials regularly press the Government of Pakistan to ensure registration and regulation is implemented appropriately, and allow NGOs to continue their important work. Our aid relationship with the Government of Pakistan is based on assessment against our Partnership Principles and funding is subject to programme performance and progress by government on key policy reforms.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 28/11/2017 14:06:37 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

780592

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: HIV Infection
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 change in her Department's funding for HIV programmes on levels of civil response in areas where her Department provides such funding; and what plans she has to increase her Department's funding for global HIV response.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	110411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK is proud to be the second largest international funder of the response to HIV<strong>.</strong></p><p>Civil Society organisations are essential partners for DFID. They can provide communities and people living with HIV a voice, help provide care and support services that others cannot deliver, whilst holding governments to account. The UK is, for example, a founding supporter of the Robert Carr Civil Society Networks Fund, and has pledged up to £9m to support the grassroots response for people affected by HIV who are currently inadequately served.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/11/2017 16:03:08 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

772156

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: 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 the Government plans to take to use its aid to Pakistan as a mechanism to discourage the overregulation of NGOs and to reduce violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	108198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>International NGOs (INGO) are important development partners, and the UK is concerned about some of the restrictions they face. DFID and FCO officials regularly press the Government of Pakistan to ensure registration and regulation is implemented appropriately, and allow INGOs to continue their important work. Our aid relationship with the Government of Pakistan is based on assessment against our Partnership Principles. Funding is subject to programme performance and progress by government on key policy reforms. Disbursements are made only if robust indicators are met. These ensure UK aid is focused on helping the estimated 60 million Pakistanis who live in poverty and upholding civil and political rights.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 24/10/2017 16:40:49 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

767561

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Malaria: Disease Control
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 international financing required to end malaria.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	106802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>DFID supports the achievement of the global malaria targets for 2030; these include aiming for at least a 90% reduction of malaria deaths from a 2015 baseline. The World Health Organisation estimates that this will require the total annual malaria spend to reach an estimated US$ 8.7 billion by 2030. DFID is the second largest international funder to the global malaria response.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/10/2017 17:06:49 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

759396

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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 monitoring her Department undertakes to ensure that aid granted to specific areas is used for the purposes for which it was intended; and if she will liaise with religious missionaries in the destination country to ensure that UK aid is effectively distributed.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>Effective use of the UK Aid budget is central to the Department for International Development’s work. All funding is subject to rigorous due diligence checks and we have strict auditing and monitoring controls in place to ensure all funding is used as it should be. Every project is subject to an annual performance review and a project completion review to ensure that the objectives have been achieved and aid has been delivered to the intended beneficiaries. The Department uses multiple sources of information, including its partnerships with Civil Society, to be confident UK Aid reaches those intended.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/09/2017 16:34:05 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

757653

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Kenya: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Government has given to Kenya for infrastructure, railways and roads in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>In Kenya, the Department for International Development has supported development of Kenyan transport systems, including railways and roads, to improve the speed and efficiency of transport and trading routes. Financial disbursements have been as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Total (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amount (£)</p></td><td><p>3,900,000</p></td><td><p>14,600,000</p></td><td><p>6,500,000</p></td><td><p>16,700,000</p></td><td><p>41,700,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/09/2017 17:02:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

752982

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Malaria
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 implications of emerging resistance to insecticides and drugs for the level of international financing required to eliminate malaria.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Our assessment is that insecticide and drug resistance pose a real threat to the recent progress seen on malaria. This is why DFID is a leading global funder of efforts to tackle malaria, through research funding, bilateral treatment and control programmes and our funding to multilateral institutions such as the Global Fund. This support includes developing new drugs and new insecticides, in response to current levels of insecticide resistance. We also support drug management programmes that decrease the chances of resistance building up, and other measures of tackling malaria, such as the use of bednets.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/07/2017 16:27:24 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

733024

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Tropical Diseases
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 support programmes to reduce tropical diseases in affected countries.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	1496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Tackling tropical diseases is a priority for DFID. In April 2017 the Secretary of State announced that the UK Government would invest in programmes to protect over 200 million people from the ill health caused by Neglected Tropical Diseases, which affect some of the world’s poorest people. DFID also continues to be a leader in the fight against malaria through our support to the Global Fund, our investment in research and the programmes we support in affected countries. We also support research into new diagnostics and drugs for malaria, and new products to tackle NTDs.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/07/2017 14:29:55 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

708584

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Egypt: Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will hold discussions with the Egyptian Government on tackling child cancer in Egypt.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	66744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 2015 committing us to collaborate with the Egyptian Government on higher education and research, including health education and research and medical training. This has been built on with a number of collaborative programmes, though there has been no direct engagement on childhood cancers to date.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 13/03/2017 18:19:21 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

691992

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Fairtrade Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to raise public awareness of Fair Trade.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	64574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting Fairtrade around the world. Over the last six years, the Department for International Development (DfID) has provided £18 million to Fairtrade International to support their work and strengthen the global Fairtrade system. This includes Fairtrade producer and worker organizations that are the drivers of inclusive economic, environmental and social development in their communities around the world. DfID continues to actively engage with Fairtrade on a variety of projects and campaigns, such as the forthcoming Fairtrade Fortnight from 27 February to 12 March. Minister Stewart will be speaking at the All Party Parliamentary Group event marking the launch of Fairtrade Fortnight where he will meet Fairtrade campaigners from the UK and a Fairtrade coffee producer from Tanzania.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/02/2017 16:39:00 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon