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date	16/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what development outcomes his Department has set for the aid-funded Investment Promotion Programme.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	277826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The Investment Promotion Programme (IPP) is intended to deliver the following outcomes in selected countries:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Sustainable job creation in decent work as defined by the International Labour Organisation (ILO)</li><li>Development of vital skills and technology transfer, leading to gains in productivity</li><li>Improvements in infrastructure and business integrity, leading to spillover effects across the economy.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In the long term these outcomes are expected to increase incomes and improve living standards for local populations, including women.</p><p> </p><p>The IPP is currently in design and inception phase, more details of anticipated outcomes will be published in the Final Business Case.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:46:22 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1139328

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what criteria were used to select India, the Philippines, South Africa and Nigeria as the main target countries for his Department's Investment Promotion Programme.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	277827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade developed an economic model to score and rank all aid eligible countries (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee list) on a range of economic, social and structural indicators from the World Bank, World Economic Forum and UN Council on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and other internationally-recognised sources. The selected countries scored highly on the need for economic development, investment opportunity and are priority countries for Official Development Assistance (ODA).</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/07/2019 15:28:23 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1139329

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Investment: Public Private Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what analysis his Department conducted on the effectiveness of public private partnerships before it rolled out the Investment Promotion Programme.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	277828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) carried out extensive research of the evidence on the effectiveness of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) as part of the appraisal of the programme. This included evidence from the World Economic Forum, the World Bank and the International Financial Corporation (IFC) that showed that PPPs can produce effective development outcomes and offer value for money. DIT analysts will be producing internal analysis on all pillars of the programme which will be published as part of the Final Business Case.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 30/07/2019 17:49:36 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1139330

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether UK businesses are eligible to apply for funding from the Investment Promotion Programme.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	277829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>All suitable qualified UK businesses will be eligible to bid for the procurement of service delivery contracts of the Investment Promotion Programme (IPP); all commercial processes are in line with Government Commercial Operating standards.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 31/07/2019 12:27:12 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1139332

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what consultation his Department conducted to inform the design of the Investment Promotion Programme.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	277830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) consulted with the Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs), relevant departments of focal countries, British and other foreign businesses invested in focal countries, DIT, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department for International Development and HM Trade Commissioners in posts in the focal countries, chambers of commerce, business councils, multilateral development banks operating in the focal countries, other donors funding investment and trade capacity building programmes, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority, HM Treasury, Cabinet Office, UK Export Finance and CDC (UK’s development finance institution) while designing the IPP. DIT is still refining the programme design and is currently developing a Full Business Case.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/07/2019 16:57:42 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden