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807211

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: ICT
	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 implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments, published in November 2017, in respect of (a) using market engagement, (b) setting up disaggregation work, (c) risk assessment, (d) developing a programme plan through the transition, (e) identifying the skills and capabilities that will be needed in the future and (f) any other work related to that guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	119857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>DFID does not have any major IT contracts, as defined by the guidance.</p><p>DFID follows best practice guidance and principles where they are applicable to DFID, in line with high government standards set by the Cabinet Office to ensure effective and consistent commercial delivery and drive continuous improvement.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/12/2017 15:46:11 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

621972

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2016
	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: Location
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of senior civil service graded posts in her Department classified as (i) deputy director, (ii) assistant director, (iii) team leader and (iv) policy manager have been based outside London in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	50403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The proportion of DFID Senior Civil Servants designated as Deputy Director based outside of London is detailed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>DFID does not designate Senior Civil Servants as assistant director, team leader or policy manager.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Deputy Director Outside London </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 02/11/2016 16:33:15 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

595917

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	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: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of the staff employed by her Department are non-UK nationals.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	47418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>All Government Departments are bound by legal requirements concerning the right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules.</p><p>Evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Civil Service as part of wider pre-employment checks, but there is no requirement on departments to retain this information beyond the point at which it has served its purpose.</p><p>More broadly, the Government will be consulting in due course on how we work with business to ensure that workers in this country have the skills that they need to get a job. But there are no proposals to publish lists of the number or proportion of foreign workers.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/10/2016 17:10:40 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

673583

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Iron and Steel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, (a) how much steel in weight her Department has procured, (b) for what purpose that steel was procured and (c) what the countries of origin of that steel were in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	60075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>DFID does not procure steel.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/01/2017 16:55:16 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

794286

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	South Sudan: Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, If she will increase development assistance for preventing and responding to gender-based violence in South Sudan; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of current programmes.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	115259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>UK funding in South Sudan is currently fully committed to 2020; this includes a four year programme (2016-2020) with International Medical Corps that includes a significant element for gender based violence (GBV) prevention and protection in South Sudan, and support to the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring Mechanism (CTSAMM) in order to improve reporting on gender based violence. All programmes are subject to regular assessments of performance. We have exceeded our annual target this year and have reached just under 300,000 women, girls, men, and boys with GBV interventions.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 30/11/2017 14:21:48 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

595925

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, approximately how many (a) British and (b) non-British nationals are employed cleaning the Westminster estate of her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	John Pugh
	uin	47566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>DFID utilises a cross government contract for cleaning services in their UK estates.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/10/2016 17:11:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

709389

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, by what date she expects that all projects funded through the (a) Prosperity Fund and (b) Conflict Security and Stabilisation Fund will be listed on her Department's Development project tracker.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	67107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government set out a firm commitment in the UK Aid Strategy to improve transparency of UK official development assistance. As part of this effort, both the Conflict Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) and the Prosperity Fund will publish online information on programmes during 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/03/2017 17:18:34 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

663004

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	South Sudan and Yemen: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for what reasons the Government reduced the bilateral aid budget to (a) South Sudan and (b) Yemen in 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	58524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>DFID has published 2016/17 budgets by department. The allocations are continually reviewed throughout the year and may increase to respond to changing needs. For example, support for Yemen will increase from £90 million in 2015/16 to £112 million in 2016/17 in light of the humanitarian crisis. Final spending figures for all departments will be confirmed in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2016.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/01/2017 16:52:00 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

652743

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2016
	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, how her Department ensures that aid finance is predictable and reliable for recipient countries.
	tabling member constituency	Meriden
	tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Spelman
	uin	56339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is the only G7 country to legislate on its promise to provide 0.7% gross national income towards helping the world’s poor. In doing so we have given a very strong commitment to stable and predictable aid finance.</p><p>The Government recognises the importance of providing predictable flows to partner countries. To this end DFID has published indicative forward country budgets in its Annual Report and details of approved projects in every country. It is important that Ministers continually review where, how and how much we spend, to ensure that aid is being used to maximum effect in reducing poverty in the national interest, and that our work responds to changing global challenges and volatile country situations.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/12/2016 17:16:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman

794004

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department works with the Department of Health to coordinate the objectives and disbursements of the Ross Fund to combat the world's most serious diseases.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	115093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Ross Fund is a portfolio of programmes, identified in the UK Aid Strategy, led by DFID and the Department of Health (DH), aimed at combatting the world's most serious diseases. Details are set out at the link below <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/494584/Ross_Fund_Publication_final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/494584/Ross_Fund_Publication_final.pdf</a></p><p>The two Departments jointly developed the objectives of the Ross Fund Portfolio and agreed their respective areas of work. There is regular ongoing coordination and joint strategic oversight between DFID and DH. Senior managers and programme officials, from each department, meet quarterly, to ensure strategic oversight of the work across the two Departments.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/11/2017 17:00:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law