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384585

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Development Aid: Renewable Energy
	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 overseas aid budget is allocated to green energy projects in 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	3362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK supports low carbon development though the International Climate Fund to help the poorest countries boost their economies and tackle poverty. Overall, the ICF makes up 7% of the UK aid budget.</p><p> </p><p>Of the total ICF budget 55% has been allocated to climate mitigation programmes, which are predominately related to clean energy, as well as energy efficiency and related activities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID will coordinate and scale up efforts to deliver energy to the 1.2 billion people worldwide with no access to electricity, with a particular focus on the more than 660 million people in Africa without access.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 29/06/2015 16:56:29 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

384724

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Independent Commission for Aid Impact
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what effect the auditing of her Department's projects by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact has had on the performance of her Department's projects.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	3505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) does not audit DFID projects. Instead ICAI produces detailed studies covering the impact of any UK Overseas Development Assistance (ODA). DFID takes the work of ICAI very seriously. The specific impact of ICAI’s work varies from report to report but as ICAI noted in their Follow-up report published in June 2015 “Country offices and teams within DFID centrally have both in their approach and in the actions taken, shown in most cases a serious intent to address the issues we have raised”.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 29/06/2015 16:22:14 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

384725

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Independent Commission for Aid Impact
	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 the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) in the last year; how often the ICAI audits the projects of her Department; and under what criteria such audits are carried out.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	3503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) does not audit DFID projects, this is the responsibility of DFID’s Internal Audit Department. Instead ICAI produces detailed studies covering the impact of any UK Overseas Development Assistance (ODA). The criteria for selecting studies is entirely ICAI’s concern as an independent body. They develop plans based on their criteria including coverage, materiality, interest and risk and also after public consultation. Priorities are agreed with the International Development Committee (IDC).</p><p> </p><p>In 2014/15 ICAI’s expenditure was £3.4m. Since May 2011 ICAI has published 46 reports.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 29/06/2015 16:21:39 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

384726

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Independent Commission for Aid Impact
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the reports, evidence and recommendations of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact are scrutinised within her Department.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	3504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID takes the work of Independent Commission on Aid Impact (ICAI) very seriously. Each study and follow up activity is overseen by a senior civil servant in DFID. ICAI reports are communicated to all relevant staff and published on DFID’s intranet. The Department then publishes a response, agreed by Ministers, to every ICAI recommendation setting out specific actions it will take. The Department also publishes an annual update on progress against previous recommendations online.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As ICAI noted in their follow-up report published in June 2015, “Country offices and teams within DFID centrally have both in their approach and in the actions taken, shown in most cases a serious intent to address the issues we have raised”.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 29/06/2015 16:21:58 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

384723

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	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: Directors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many non-executive directors of her Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments she has made since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	3561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID’s non-executive directors who were in post before 2015 have remained as part of the Departmental Board.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 29/06/2015 16:22:38 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

384727

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Pitcairn Islands
	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 sustain the outside contact enjoyed by the population of the Pitcairn Islands.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	3506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID provides funding to ensure regular access to Pitcairn through a dedicated freight and passenger shipping service which visits the islands four times a year. DFID also supports the provision of telephone and internet facilities on the island.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 29/06/2015 16:22:27 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

384482

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	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: Overseas Aid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of the £800 million of aid for Syria has already been (1) allocated to organizations, and (2) spent.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The entire £800 million has been allocated to partner organisations delivering aid in Syria. By the end of the current financial year, a total of £653 million will have been spent by partner organisations. The remaining £147 million will be spent in financial year 15/16.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 07/07/2015 10:39:21 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton