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1182630

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
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: Bullying and Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many cases of (a) bullying and (b) harassment have been recorded against (i) managers, (ii) Ministers and (iii) Secretaries of State of her Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	25177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>Bullying and harassment are recorded under the same category. No cases have been recorded against Ministers or Secretaries of State in each of the last 5 years. No cases of bullying and harassment were recorded against managers in 2015 and 2016. Less than 5 cases were recorded against managers in both 2017 and 2018. 7 cases were recorded against managers in 2019. DFID has taken multiple steps to help raise awareness of bullying and harassment (including sexual), including communications from our senior leaders which encourage staff to report concerns and reaffirm their commitment to listening, taking action and tackling all concerns raised. The department has a range of options in place to facilitate reporting and support staff when they do.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 12/03/2020 13:06:34 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1182047

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
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: Human Trafficking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2020 to Question 18684 on Developing Countries: Human Trafficking, for what reasons her Department took the decision not to collate disaggregated data on adolescence age.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	23502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The programme works with vulnerable children and young people and there are ethical and data protection considerations that need to be addressed before we can disaggregate to this level. ‘Children on the Move’ will provide a final figure of adolescent girls reached at the end of the programme (December 2020). Figures will be primarily based on children who receive case management, the most reliable tool to capture such data.</p><p>The programme is also undertaking multi-country research on the drivers of migration for boys and girls, including the risks they face along the way. This is using both qualitative and quantitative data. Once completed, the research will supplement the learning on how, and how many, adolescent girls are at child protection risks due to migration.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 09/03/2020 18:16:40 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1182048

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
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: Human Trafficking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2020 to Question 18684 on Developing Countries: Human Trafficking, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of adolescent girls protected by the Children on the Move programme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	23504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>Adolescent girls (aged 10-19) are amongst the age range of children and young people being reached by critical protective services in ‘Children on the Move’. We do not currently disaggregate to this level, apart from in the skills building component, called UPSHIFT. UPSHIFT targets at-risk young people – of whom approximately 47% are adolescent girls.</p><p>‘Children on the Move’ is currently reviewing ethical and data protection issues as it shifts to increasing the level of age disaggregation used. We expect that by the end of the programme (December 2020) we will have figures on how many adolescent girls have been reached by the programme.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 09/03/2020 17:48:23 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1181322

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to his written statement on the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy HCWS126, if he will include in that review a commitment to help end extreme poverty around the world.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	22023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>The Integrated Review will be a wholesale reassessment of the UK’s foreign, defence, security and development policy. The specific inclusion of development as part of the review demonstrates our commitment to ensuring that the UK’s development, security and foreign policies are complementary.</p><p>The Review will be underpinned by the commitment the Government has already made to spend 0.7% of GNI to international development. The Government is committed to the 0.7% target and to continuing to use our aid budget to fight disease, support people living through conflicts and humanitarian emergencies, and help girls all round the world get a quality education.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 04/03/2020 17:46:10 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179786

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Humanitarian 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 she has taken to provide humanitarian support to displaced people in Syria.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	19932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>We are gravely concerned about escalating regime and Russian military action and its humanitarian impact in North West Syria, where more than 948,000 people have been displaced since 1 December, of which 80% are women and children. Many of these people have been displaced multiple times and many more are at risk of imminent further displacement.</p><p>In response to increased needs, this financial year DFID has allocated £118 million to organisations delivering aid cross border primarily into North West Syria. This has helped to provide hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people with food, clean water, shelter, and healthcare including psychosocial support. We have provided funding to response partners including the UN to preposition essential supplies to support innocent families and civilians displaced by conflict, and are supporting all our partners to respond to this humanitarian crisis.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 02/03/2020 17:55:04 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1180092

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
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: Ageing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for what reasons she removed ageing as a Ministerial responsibility within her Department.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	20036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department recognises that older people experience a range of complex barriers and face multiple exclusions in developing countries across the globe.</p><p>Baroness Sugg has direct responsibility for ageing as part of her portfolio on inclusive societies.</p><p>Ageing is an important factor in DFID’s efforts to tackle extreme poverty, ensure inclusion and in our approach to ‘leave no-one behind’. This is reflected in our departmental strategy papers. Both the Disability Inclusion Strategy and the Strategic Vision for Gender Equality take a life-course approach, ensuring the delivery of transformative change for people all ages.</p><p>We are also supporting governments to make vital social protection systems more inclusive of older people. In Uganda, DFID continues to build on its partnership with the Government of Uganda to deliver a Senior Citizen Grant. The grant currently supports over 168,000 older people with a cash transfer to help meet their nutritional and healthcare needs.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 16/03/2020 18:29:11 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179061

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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: Human Trafficking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2020 to Question 8428, if her Department will take steps to collect data on the trafficking of adolescent girls.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	18668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK uses the best available data to tackle trafficking and modern slavery, including of adolescent girls. Sources include the International Organization for Migration’s database of human trafficking cases (available online through the Counter-Trafficking Data Collaborative), and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s data on trafficking in persons (available through the Global Report on Trafficking in Persons).</p><p>DFID works with our delivery partners to ensure women and girls are protected from abuse during crises. To ensure we have the best possible evidence to achieve this, we require delivery partners to use sex and age disaggregated data in their reporting.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 02/03/2020 17:53:33 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179122

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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: Human Trafficking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2020 to Question 8428, how many of the 400,000 children protected by the Children on the Move Programme were adolescent girls.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	18684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>‘Children on the Move’ is operating over three years (2017-2020) to prevent and respond to violence, abuse and exploitation of children who are at greatest risk of migration and modern slavery. Adolescent girls are amongst the target group.</p><p>By December 2019, 377,003 children had been reached with protective services under phase one and two of the programme. Disaggregated data on sex was not available for phase one and not available for adolescence age in both phases. The second phase of the programme has reached a total of 160,651 children to date, of which girls of all ages, including adolescent girls, constitute 47% (75,606).</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 28/02/2020 14:50:43 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179123

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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: Human Trafficking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2020 to Question 8428, how many adolescent girls were supported by the £12 million UK Aid Connect Programme from 2018 to 2022.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	18685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK Aid Connect programme “Effective Approaches to End Worst Forms of Child Labour”, led by World Vision, will enable boys and girls to enjoy their rights to be protected from the worst forms of child labour in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ethiopia. The programme started in 2018 and by 2022, more than 24,000 people will benefit directly of which about 14,500 are children including roughly 7,000 boys and 7,500 girls.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 02/03/2020 17:54:08 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179219

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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: Microfinance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of the finding from the World Bank Group report entitled Profiting from Parity that Microcredit has only limited effects on business outcomes for women.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	18717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>DFID continually reviews emerging evidence in order to ensure that its programmes maximise value for money for UK taxpayers. The “Profiting from Parity” report indicates that early studies on the impact of microcredit have found mixed results on income growth and consumption levels, including for women entrepreneurs. However, other research provides strong evidence that under particular circumstances, when products are suitably tailored for the specific needs of the borrower, microcredit can have a positive impact on development by enabling individuals to help themselves out of poverty. Responsible microfinance can help people build personal resilience against economic shocks, smooth their incomes over time, and explore business growth opportunities, as well as facilitating broader developmental outcomes, such as access to affordable and reliable water, electricity, healthcare and education. This is especially true for women, who typically access more microfinance than men. The UK is committed to supporting financial inclusion as a key enabler to achieving the SDGs, and particularly on tackling the persistent gender gap in access to finance which is crucial for building women’s economic empowerment.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 04/03/2020 17:37:37 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill