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1179732

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	Private Infrastructure Development Group: Energy
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 amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced by non-renewable energy projects financed by the Private Infrastructure Development Group.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	19805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Historically Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) has not measured the Green House Gases emissions associated with its investments.</p><p>However, it has now developed a methodology to measure the Green House Gases emissions associated with its investment portfolio and conducted an assessment of its portfolio beginning with the highest emitting sector, which is energy.</p><p>It will disclose the Green House Gases footprint associated with its investment portfolio going forwards as part of its commitment to Taskforce for Climate Related Financial Disclosures reporting from this year onwards (with the first disclosure in 2021).</p><p>Data on all PIDG investment commitments are available online via its Results Monitoring Database and its annual reports (<a href="https://www.pidg.org/" target="_blank">https://www.pidg.org/</a>). DFID also publishes data relating to its funding to PIDG via DevTracker.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 02/03/2020 18:01:53 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1179054

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	Greece: Migrant Camps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has provided for refugees at Camp Moria, Lesbos.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	18666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK has a strong relationship with Greece on our shared migration objectives. We continue to offer support to the Greek Government to alleviate the pressures on the islands and deliver sustainable improvements within the Greek migration system. This includes, until the end of March 2020, deployment of interpreters to the Reception and Identification Service on the Greek islands to support the processing of migrants and the identification of those most vulnerable. Our large-scale humanitarian programming ended in 2017 when the Greek Government took over the humanitarian response, with €1.3 billion of EU funds made available. The UK recently agreed an additional contribution of £510,000 to provide urgently needed humanitarian goods for migrants in Greece this winter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 02/03/2020 17:57:09 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1179092

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	CDC: Offshore Funds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he takes to monitor the proportion of CDC Group’s investments held offshore or in offshore entities; and what the value was of CDC’s offshore investments at 31 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	18672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>CDC invests in accordance with its policy on the payment of taxes and the use of offshore financial centres which is available on CDCs website. Under this policy, which has been agreed with DFID and is reviewed annually, CDC’s preference is to invest directly into the country in which the investee company’s business operations are located. Where CDC does use an offshore financial centre, it only uses those that are compliant with international tax transparency standards, as monitored by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Tax information.</p><p>As of 31st March 2019, 25% of CDC’s investments are held in CDC investment companies not domiciled in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 02/03/2020 17:58:37 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1179093

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	CDC: Offshore Funds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reviews he has undertaken on the adequacy of CDC’s controls on the use of offshore accounts and investments by CDC management and senior staff in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	18673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>CDC reviews its tax policy at least annually with a view to remaining consistent with evolving international standards and the best practice of multilateral and bilateral development finance institutions. This policy is regularly reviewed by DFID.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 02/03/2020 17:59:16 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1179220

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	Development Aid: Microfinance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Official Development Assistance her Department spent delivering microcredit in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	18718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The cost of extracting the information required would be disproportionate. Microcredit is, and has been, an integrated component of numerous broader humanitarian, livelihoods and economic development programmes over the five year period in question. Significant official time and analysis would be required to identify and quantify the aggregate spend.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 02/03/2020 18:03:21 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179344

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: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Government's policy is on supporting education throughout the world.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	18759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Supporting delivery of Sustainable Development Goal 4 by promoting 12 years of quality education for all children, especially girls, by 2030 is a top priority for the Prime Minister, and was a commitment in the Conservative Manifesto.</p><p>Girls’ education is central to the UK’s drive to tackle poverty, boost economic growth, improve stability, reduce conflict and to address climate change.</p><p>The UK is a leading donor and between 2015 and 2019 UK Aid supported 14.3 million children to gain a decent education.</p><p>DFID’s 2018 education policy sets UK priorities for global education to:</p><p>- Improve teaching: develop teacher’s skills and knowledge, boost motivation, retain and monitor performance,</p><p>- Back education reforms which deliver results in the classroom, to make systems more accountable, inclusive and effective,</p><p>- Step up targeted support for the most marginalised children (focusing on hard to reach girls, children affected by crises, children with disabilities).</p><p>We are delivering this by providing focused support in 20 countries and supporting education in a further 50 through global programmes such as the Girls’ Education Challenge and support to the Global Partnership for Education.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 02/03/2020 18:04:10 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1179389

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	Nigeria: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the £83.0 million allocated to the Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria will be spent on supporting the (a) state and (b) the private sector.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	18781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria targets 54% of funds to support state systems to enable more focused teaching and learning, more efficient and effective use of resources to support foundational skills and a greater focus on achieving results.</p><p>6% of the programme’s funds will be used to support improved non-state systems, including low cost private education.</p><p>The remaining 40% of the programme will support community engagement on education, education in emergencies and research and evidence.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 02/03/2020 18:00:03 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179391

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	Nigeria: Education
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 the Partnership for Learning for All in Nigerian Education programme benefits the most marginalised (a) communities and (b) children.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	18782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The programme will work to improve the quality of teaching and learning of foundational basic skills for marginalised children, including children affected by conflict, rural girls and children living with disabilities.</p><p>The programme will support communities to enhance the participation of marginalised children, drawing on approaches such as promoting community education initiatives and by addressing harmful social and cultural practices that limit opportunities for marginalised girls and children living with disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 02/03/2020 18:00:39 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179392

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	Nigeria: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what level of profit are private partners allowed to make from money provided to them through the Partnership for Learning for All in Nigerian Education.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	18783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The over-riding procurement policy requirement is that competitions must be based on value for money, defined as “the best mix of quality and effectiveness” which encourages free and open competition consistent with the public procurement regulations.</p><p>Profit levels are determined using open and competitive procurement processes. DFID’s process requires suppliers to provide full cost transparency both at bidding stage and throughout the lifecycle of the programme which includes the ability for DFID to intervene if original profit levels as bid are exceeded.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 02/03/2020 18:01:10 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill