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346954

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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, how many organisations headquartered (a) in Scotland and (b) elsewhere in the UK have (i) applied for and (ii) been awarded funding through the UK Aid Match Scheme in each year since that scheme was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	8
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The number of applications for each year of the scheme is presented in the table below and separated by headquarter location.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Round / Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headquarter of Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Applied</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Successful</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Pilot: 2011-12</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Interim: 2013</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Round 1: 2013</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Round 2: 2014</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Round 3: 2014</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Round 4: 2015</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>TBC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>TBC</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>To increase awareness and encourage applications from organisations headquartered in Scotland, DFID and NIDOS (the Network of International Development Organisations in Scotland) ran a workshop for NIDOS members interested in applying for UK Aid Match funding in Glasgow on 21 May 2014. In addition, a ‘DFID Direct’ event, sharing information on DFID funding schemes for civil society organisations, was held in Glasgow with the Minister of State for International Development, Desmond Swayne MP, on 26 February 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 9 question first answered 02/06/2015 15:10:01 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

346955

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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, how much funding has been awarded to each organisation headquartered (a) in Scotland and (b) elsewhere in the UK under the UK Aid Match Scheme in each year since that scheme was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	9
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The number of applications for each year of the scheme is presented in the table below and separated by headquarter location.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Round / Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headquarter of Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Applied</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Successful</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Pilot: 2011-12</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Interim: 2013</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Round 1: 2013</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Round 2: 2014</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Round 3: 2014</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Round 4: 2015</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>TBC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>TBC</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>To increase awareness and encourage applications from organisations headquartered in Scotland, DFID and NIDOS (the Network of International Development Organisations in Scotland) ran a workshop for NIDOS members interested in applying for UK Aid Match funding in Glasgow on 21 May 2014. In addition, a ‘DFID Direct’ event, sharing information on DFID funding schemes for civil society organisations, was held in Glasgow with the Minister of State for International Development, Desmond Swayne MP, on 26 February 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 8 question first answered 02/06/2015 15:10:02 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

346956

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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: Sustainable Development
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 the (a) number and (b) content of the Sustainable Development Goals produced by the UN Open Working Group.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	10
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK maintains that a short set of goals and targets to replace the Millennium Development Goals would be ideal, but we recognise the strong consensus among UN member states to maintain the Sustainable Development goals and targets on the Open Working Group in their current form.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK has consistently supported the content of the proposed Sustainable Development Goals. We welcome in particular Goal 1 on ending extreme poverty, Goal 5 on Gender which strongly reflects UK priorities including ending female genital mutilation and early forced marriage, and Goal 16 on peaceful and inclusive societies, good governance, and access to justice.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 02/06/2015 14:06:24 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

346957

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what response the Government has made to the Synthesis Report of the UN Secretary-General on the Post-2015 Agenda.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	11
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK welcomed the UN Secretary-General’s Synthesis Report as a useful contribution to the post-2015 negotiations when it was released in December 2014. In particular we welcomed his proposal for six ‘essential elements’ as a way to communicate the agenda in an inspiring and concise way to citizens everywhere. We were also pleased to note his suggestion that the UN System conducts a technical review of the Sustainable Development Goal targets to ensure that they are as implementable as possible.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 02/06/2015 14:06:41 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

346959

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Nepal: Earthquakes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support the Government has provided to Nepal following the earthquakes on 25 April and 12 May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	21
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK is providing more than £33 million to the earthquake response in Nepal. This includes £10 million for a new health programme so that children can continue to be immunised, women can deliver babies safely and work can commence on rebuilding up to 1,000 damaged health facilities. This was announced by DFID’s Secretary of State during her visit to Nepal on 19-20 May. Our support has also provided many thousands of needy people and affected communities with access to clean water and essential shelter, and has transported thousands of boxes of food rations and lanterns. Our pre-positioned water, sanitation, and hygiene supplies have also reached thousands of people.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 01/06/2015 14:08:44 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

229194

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much UK aid has been spent in support of privatising electricity in Nigeria since 2002; and through which funding streams that aid was provided.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
uin	228798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK has spent £39 million since 2002 supporting the reform on Nigeria’s power system. Of this around £7 million has been spent directly on support to privatisation and around £14 million on market and regulatory reform.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Support has been provided through two phases of the Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility (NIAF) programme. The first phase ran from 2007 to the end of 2011 (and spent £15.5 million on the power sector, of which £4 million was on privatisation). The second phase started at the end of 2011 and runs to December 2016 (and has spent £23.5 million on the power sector to date, £3 million on privatisation). DFID support has helped more than double the power supply.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 26/03/2015 13:03:12 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

222679

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Jobseeker's Allowance: Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance applications processed by (a) Maryhill Job Centre and (b) Partick Job Centre were subject to monetary sanctions in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2013 and (iv) 2014; and what the average length of such sanctions was in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
uin	224818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The number of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) decisions to apply a sanction by Jobcentre Plus office is published at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p><p> </p><p>Information requested on the average length of sanctions is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/02/2015 17:33:48 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

178305

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 on charities.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
uin	907562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>Section 39 of the Act provides for a review of the operation of the regulatory regime governing third parties at the 2015 General Election.</p><p> </p><p>The Government announced on 28 January 2015 that Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbots will conduct this review.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 907552 907556 question first answered 11/02/2015 12:47:09 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

178768

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Voting Behaviour: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the Government's policy is on increasing participation amongst young voters.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
uin	907521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The introduction of online registration makes registering to vote quicker, simpler and more convenient than ever before. Over 1 million applications to register to vote have been made by young people.</p><p>On 4 February the Government announced that a number of national organisations will receive funding to promote voter registration. The organisations include the British Youth Council and UK Youth. We will also fund student organisations including the NUS.</p><p>In addition we have supported data sharing initiatives whereby universities share directly with Electoral Registration Officers the details of students who can then be contacted individually.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 10/02/2015 14:26:45 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

177606

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2015 to Question 222124, what information his Department holds on money withheld in benefit sanctions.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
uin	223166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As previously replied and reiterated in the Debate on the matter, the Department doesn’t make an estimate of the amount of benefit that would have been withheld as a result of benefit sanctions.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/02/2015 16:26:34 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin