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600736

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of assistance funding to Afghanistan, announced by her Department on 2 October 2016, she estimates will be spent by Departments other than her own in each year to 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	48289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>On 2 October the Secretary of State announced that the UK would spend up to £750m in official development assistance (ODA) to Afghanistan to 2020, depending on Afghan government performance and security conditions.</p><p>Of this, £700m is DFID ODA. The remaining £50m ODA will be spent through cross-government mechanisms including the Conflict, Security, and Stability Fund.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/10/2016 16:17:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

652744

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	British Council
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much overseas development aid funding was provided to the British Council in each of the last six years by country.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	56257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The amount of official development assistance funding provided to the British Council between 2010/11 and 2015/16, by country, is set out in the attached table. 78% of the British Council’s ODA funding is from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and 22% is from the Department for International Development.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/12/2016 17:22:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 56257 (Attachment) British Council Funding 2010-2015.xlsx title 56257 attachment
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

652379

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	CDC: Offshore Funds
	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 management fees for investment vehicles established or used by the Commonwealth Development Corporation in (a) the Cayman Islands, (b) Mauritius and (c) the Channel Islands in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	56205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>The management fee paid to Fund Managers is not dependent on where the fund is established. Management fees are paid to cover the fund managers’ operational costs in managing investments in difficult operating environments.</p><p>Fund Managers do pay a licensing and registration fee to the governing jurisdiction to establish the fund. This varies depending on the size, type and location of the fund. For example, a fund established in Mauritius would pay one-off set up fees of USD$2,500 and annual fees of USD$5,000. These costs would be split proportionately between investors depending on size of their commitment to the fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 08/12/2016 16:49:24 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

648823

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Commonwealth Development Corporation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department's Partnership Principles apply to the Commonwealth Development Corporation.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	55648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>The Partnership Principles are largely focused on our assessment of, and work with, partner governments and are not directly relevant to CDC, which invests in the private sector not governments.</p><p>In countries where DFID has a country office, CDC and DFID liaise, consult, and share knowledge in a mutually agreed manner on the sectors and/or industries in those countries, states or territories which have the greatest developmental need.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/12/2016 18:08:49 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

648824

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Commonwealth Development Corporation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the value and nature was of each example of fraud and corruption identified by her Department's internal audit of the Commonwealth Development Corporation Group's internal audit mechanisms in Commonwealth Development in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	55649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>CDC has their own internal audit function which reports to the Board. As noted in the recent NAO report four cases were referred jointly to CDC and DFID, and CDC consulted informally with DFID on a further three allegations.</p><p>One of these cases – the allegations regarding ECP made in 2010 – is in the public domain. We cannot comment on other allegations.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/12/2016 18:06:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

648826

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Commonwealth Development Corporation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when the evaluation contract for the Commonwealth Development Corporation Group outlined in the 2015 business case for recapitalisation will be set.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	55650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>In addition to independent evaluations of CDC’s impact that have been and will be undertaken, DFID are currently in the design stages of a complex new fifteen-year study to generate more detailed longitudinal data on the development impacts of CDC investments. We are the first Government ever to conduct such an in-depth study into their development finance institution. In order to assure we get the best value for money, this study will go through a comprehensive and competitive tendering process. It is anticipated that this study be tendered for in the first half of 2017.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 06/12/2016 13:16:43 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

648829

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Commonwealth Development Corporation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what requests for capital funding were received by her Department from the Commonwealth Development Corporation/CDC Group in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	55702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>In 2014, CDC provided DFID with an Offering Memorandum setting out the case for and requesting additional capital in the amount of £735m. In accordance with the Share Subscription agreement signed in July 2015, DFID has provided CDC with two tranches of additional capital funding: £450 million in 2015 and a further £285 million in 2016. In total these amount to £735 million.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/12/2016 18:07:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

648830

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Commonwealth Development Corporation
	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 was of (a) Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) assets held and (b) financial plans relating to CDC investments in each of the last six years in (i) the Cayman Islands, (ii) Mauritius, (iii) Guernsey, (iv) Jersey, (v) Luxembourg and (vi) Barbados.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	55701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>CDC only uses offshore financial centres when it is necessary to do so, in situations in which legal and regulatory systems are weak or inadequate, or when investors come from different parts of the world and their funds need to be pooled somewhere neutral that has strong legal systems and stable financial sectors.</p><p> </p><p>a) Total value of assets held</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sum of Valuation GBP</strong> <strong> m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cayman Islands</p></td><td><p>444.6</p></td><td><p>473.0</p></td><td><p>480.6</p></td><td><p>496.5</p></td><td><p>653.4</p></td><td><p>575.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barbados</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guernsey</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>18.4</p></td><td><p>*315.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jersey</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td><td><p>12.3</p></td><td><p>11.5</p></td><td><p>10.2</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>14.7</p></td><td><p>15.9</p></td><td><p>22.0</p></td><td><p>35.6</p></td><td><p>57.5</p></td><td><p>67.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritius</p></td><td><p>434.9</p></td><td><p>452.7</p></td><td><p>594.0</p></td><td><p>629.6</p></td><td><p>725.8</p></td><td><p>772.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>902.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>951.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,109.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,173.3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,465.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,736.2</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>* Globeleq is registered in Guernsey because CDC needed to have assets in Guernsey as security for the $1.2bn emergency borrowing facility.</p><p>The borrowing facility exists in order for CDC to be able to service new investment commitments in the event of a major liquidity crisis. If CDC ran out of money for instance, it would still be able to pay money into Funds it had made commitments to.</p><p>b) financial plans (interpreted as commitments to investments using OFCs by year)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>CDC annual Commitment (USD m)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cayman Islands</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Barbados</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Guernsey</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Luxembourg</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mauritius</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total portfolio value </strong> <strong>(at year end)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2010</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>94.7</p></td><td><p>164.6</p></td><td><p>1933.2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2011</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>20.0</p></td><td><p>127.5</p></td><td><p>1913.3</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2012</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>30.0</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>110.6</p></td><td><p>2246</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>75.0</p></td><td><p>63.1</p></td><td><p>105.4</p></td><td><p>2504.2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2014</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>40.0</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>111.6</p></td><td><p>2926.3</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2015</p></td><td><p>95.0</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>170.0</p></td><td><p>2999.2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>135.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0.00</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>145.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>177.7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>789.8</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/12/2016 14:12:26 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

648834

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Commonwealth Development Corporation: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff at the Commonwealth Development Corporation Group (a) have been recruited, (b) resigned, (c) were dismissed, (d) were transferred to work at another part of HM Government and (e) were signed off on long-term sick leave or other equivalent leave of absence in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	55690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Recruited</strong></p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total number of staff</strong></p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>161</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Resigned</strong></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dismissed</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Transferred</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Signed off on long-term absence (i.e. sickness of +20 days)</strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 06/12/2016 08:42:26 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

733161

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	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 Exiting the European Union: Secondment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many full-time equivalent officials in her Department have been seconded to the Department for Exiting the European Union; and what the grades are of each of those officials.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	1483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>DFID has loaned one Grade 6 and one Senior Executive Officer to the Department for Exiting the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/07/2017 10:10:19 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty