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172599

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's expenditure was (a) fiscal and (b) non-fiscal spending in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	220132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>% fiscal</p></td><td><p>% non-fiscal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 13/01/2015 16:21:01 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

172594

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Green Climate Fund
	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 UK's funding for the Green Climate Fund is drawn from the UK's International Climate Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	220115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>UK contributions to the Green Climate Fund will come from within the existing budget of the International Climate Fund in the current spending review period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/01/2015 17:51:35 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

172597

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Syria
	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 effectiveness of the relief effort in Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
	uin	220092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>To date, the UK has pledged £700 million in response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the region. Our support has reached hundreds of thousands of people across all 14 governorates of Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt, with food, access to water, medical relief, shelter and other relief items. The UK continues to spearhead efforts to improve the effectiveness of this international response, including lobbying for better UN leadership and increased in-country capacity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 13/01/2015 16:22:23 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

172591

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	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 5 January 2015 to Question 219268, if she will list expenditure on each project of more than £5 million from her Department's Economic Development Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	220016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>This information is not available in the form requested.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/01/2015 17:50:23 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

172595

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's expenditure was (a) capital and (b) non-capital spending in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	220113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The proportion of the Department for International Development’s expenditure that was capital and non-capital in each of the last five years is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Year </strong></td><td><strong>% capital </strong></td><td><strong>% non capital </strong></td></tr><tr><td>2009/10</td><td>19%</td><td>81%</td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td>20%</td><td>80%</td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td>21%</td><td>79%</td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>21%</td><td>79%</td></tr><tr><td>2013/14</td><td>19%</td><td>81%</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/01/2015 17:55:44 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

172593

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	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: Overseas Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what income her Department has received from financial investments in developing countries in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	220121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The only income DFID has received from developing countries is in relation to interest on sovereign debt, which is transferred to HM Treasury once received in line with HM Treasury Guidance. DFID has not received any income from financial investments in the past five years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/01/2015 17:57:17 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

172651

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	International Conference on Financing for Development
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are their priorities at the forthcoming International Conference on Financing for Development to be held on 13–16 July 2015, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL3985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK welcomes the opportunities 2015 offers to shape an ambitious new framework for international development – including through the July Conference on development finance. This provides an opportunity to mobilise all sources of development finance and ensure these are used effectively as we seek to eradicate global poverty. An effective financing framework and agreement on ‘means of implementation’ will be an essential part of the post-2015 framework.</p><p> </p><p>We have three main objectives for the Finance for Development (FFD) process:</p><p> </p><p>· The Conference must succeed in delivering action: the agreed package on FFD must promote a more effective development finance system, including national and international enabling policies, the effective mobilisation and use of all finance sources, and an enhanced ability of national policy-makers to address multiple objectives, especially poverty eradication and sustainability/ climate change.</p><p> </p><p>· The outcome of FFD negotiations must maximise the chance of achieving a good post-2015 goal framework; and must fit with other global processes, particularly on trade and climate.</p><p> </p><p>· The package agreed on FFD should balance responsibility for implementation between developed and developing countries, between national and international actions, and between public and private sources, to achieve a paradigm shift in the development landscape.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 14/01/2015 17:02:12 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

172592

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Green Climate Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total value is of her Department's funding for the Green Climate Fund; and what proportion of that funding is non-fiscal.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	220133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK has pledged up to £720m to the Green Climate Fund, which will come from both DFID and DECC budgets. The level and nature of each Department’s contribution remains subject to Ministerial approval.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/01/2015 17:49:41 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

172650

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	International Conference on Financing for Development
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will advocate proposals for a 10 per cent of Official Development Assistance to be allocated to Population Assistance at the forthcoming International Conference on Financing for Development to be held on 13–16 July 2015, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL3984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government is proud to have fulfilled our commitment to spend 0.7% of GNI on ODA, and intends to continue to do so. Within this, it is important to maintain the flexibility to target our programme to the areas where support is most needed, and where UK development assistance can have greatest impact. For this reason we do not support sub targets on Official Development Assistance (ODA) to specific sectoral areas.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 15/01/2015 15:01:53 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

172444

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Sierra Leone
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has transferred to the Ministry of Defence for (a) the deployment of the RFA Argus in Sierra Leone and (b) anti-Ebola measures and deployments in Sierra Leone.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	219985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for International Development has transferred £28.8 million to the Ministry of Defence. Approximately half of this figure covered the deployment of RFA Argus and three Merlin helicopters.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The remainder has funded the construction and operation of six Ebola Treatments Centres and three laboratories, supported the establishment of the Ebola Training Academy, as well as strengthening national and district level capacity to deal with the Ebola crisis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/01/2015 17:48:05 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh