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387308

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Tunisia: Community Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will work with the government of Tunisia to improve inter-faith dialogue.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	5344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>DFID has not supported any inter-faith dialogue projects as such in Tunisia. However, under the joint FCO-DFID Arab Partnership Participation Fund (APPF), the UK funded the Centre for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) in Tunisia to support the development of the constitution and the electoral process (£510,210 over the last two years). One component of this work involved promoting constructive dialogue between Islamists and Secularists.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 08/07/2015 14:32:59 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

387468

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has reached a decision on whether to fund an extension of the Nigerian Infrastructure Advisory Facility - beyond NIAF 2.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	5500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The Nigerian Infrastructure Advisory Facility 2 (NIAF2) will end in December 2016. A decision regarding future support for infrastructure development in Nigeria beyond NIAF2 will be taken during the next Country Operational Plan period, starting in April 2016.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 07/07/2015 15:52:21 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

387482

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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: Hygiene and Sanitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on projects relating to (a) the provision of clean water, (b) sewage, (c) women's sanitary projects and (d) other essential hygiene projects in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	5520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>In Financial Year 2013 to 2014 DFID spent £93.3million on providing clean water and £34.8million on sanitation projects. In that year DFID also spent £39.8million on health education which includes promotion of improved hygiene practices. The source for these figures is the publication Statistics on International Development 2013 2014. The tables in that publication are not able to provide a figure for spending on women’s sanitary projects. However, we have a number of programmes globally. DFID is supporting a number of initiatives to address menstrual hygiene management. For example, in our education portfolio we support programmes that are improving the availability of disposable sanitary pads. DFID has also supported an extensive menstrual hygiene management research programme which resulted in a comprehensive manual and training pack.</p><p> </p><p>This includes the CAMFED Secondary Education Programme in Zimbabwe that is helping to ensure 24,000 orphaned and vulnerable girls complete secondary school. Through the Girls’ Education Challenge programme, DFID is providing £10million to World Vision in Zimbabwe to implement the Improving Girls’ Access to Transformational Education programme which aims to support 95,000 rural girls. In the rural zone of Wolaita in Ethiopia, DFID is working with an NGO called ‘Link Community Development’ to provide sanitary pads and upgrade sanitation facilities for 56,683 marginalised girls.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 07/07/2015 15:54:20 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

387483

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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: Consultants and Legal Opinion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on (a) legal advice and (b) consultants in 2014; which organisations were paid from that expenditure for those services; and how much each such organisation received for each such service.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	5274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>British taxpayers expect all ODA to be high quality and well-targeted. So since 2010, DFID has made value for money and transparency of UK official development assistance (ODA) a top priority. In the last 5 years, DFID has worked hard to make its systems and processes more rigorous to make sure that aid projects reach intended beneficiaries and deliver results, including introducing greater ministerial oversight and new spending controls. Business cases and delivery plans are used for all DFID projects setting out the rationale for the projects and how they will be implemented. Formal project reviews are required annually and at completion against a performance monitoring framework. These reviews assess and record that funds have been used for their intended purposes and what results have been delivered. DFID has also reduced the number of bilateral country programmes since 2010. Finally, DFID has introduced greater transparency and scrutiny of DFID’s work through setting up the aid watchdog, the Independent Commission for Aid Impact, which scrutinises everything DFID does, alongside the work of the International Development Select Committee.</p><p>In line with the UK Government commitments to increase transparency, DFID publishes details of spend transactions over £500 on a monthly basis. This includes expenditure at supplier level and amount for Legal and Consultancy services. This information can be accessed via the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/monthly-spend-over-500-in-the-department-for-international-development" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/monthly-spend-over-500-in-the-department-for-international-development</a>.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 08/07/2015 14:34:41 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

388377

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
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 allocated to projects tackling violence against women and girls in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	900811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>DFID has 109 programmes that address violence against women and girls, an increase of 63% since 2012. 19 programmes focus entirely on violence against women and girls, totalling £131 million since 2012. Addressing violence against women and girls is mainstreamed across the other 90 programmes.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 08/07/2015 14:29:06 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

388379

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea: Refugees
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 address the root causes of attempted migration to Europe across the Mediterranean.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	900810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Last week I announced a package of initiatives that will provide emergency aid as well as jobs and education to help to address the root causes of the migrant crisis. This includes support worth £217 million to help some 2.5 million refugees and vulnerable people in Africa, and an additional £100 million to help those who have been displaced as a result of the Syria crisis.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 08/07/2015 13:20:59 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

388380

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Middle East: Peace Negotiations
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 her Department's contribution to progress on a peace settlement in the Middle East through its support to the Palestinian Negotiations Affairs Department.
tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Turner
uin	900809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>DFID supports the Peace Process by helping build Palestinian institutions and promoting economic growth. We have previously funded legal, policy and communications expertise for the Negotiations Affairs Department (NAD).</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 08/07/2015 14:35:13 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1426 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Turner

388381

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: 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 assessment she has made of the humanitarian effects of the blockade of Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	900814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Israeli restrictions damage the Gazan economy and living standards of ordinary people. An improved economy is not only essential for the people of Gaza, but firmly in Israel’s security interests. We have consistently called on Israel to improve movement and access into and out of Gaza.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 08/07/2015 14:38:07 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

388382

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea: Refugees
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 address the root causes of attempted migration to Europe across the Mediterranean.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	900812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Last week I announced a package of initiatives that will provide emergency aid as well as jobs and education to help to address the root causes of the migrant crisis. This includes support worth £217 million to help some 2.5 million refugees and vulnerable people in Africa, and an additional £100 million to help those who have been displaced as a result of the Syria crisis.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 08/07/2015 13:22:25 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

388383

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Malawi: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what forecast her Department has made of its spending in Malawi in the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	900815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>This year, the UK is delivering a £72m bilateral programme through DFID in Malawi, with significant additional support reaching Malawi through civil society, research, Global Funds and multilateral agencies. Plans for 2016/17 and beyond are subject to the spending review in Autumn 2015.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 08/07/2015 15:04:15 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan