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1145484

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to help strengthen tax systems of developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	290316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The UK is committed to supporting countries to achieve the Global Goals, including working actively with countries to help raise and manage public revenues, and thereby to invest in their public services and infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2019 we announced a new £47 million package of support to assist developing countries in strengthening their tax systems. This package will provide technical assistance and capacity building support through a number of partners. It will also help contribute to economic growth by helping to tackle tax avoidance and evasion, and by creating a more level playing field for businesses. In addition to this new package of support, the UK has a number of other initiatives underway to help strengthen tax systems; in August 2018 DFID Ethiopia launched a £35 million programme to support the Ethiopian government in transforming the country’s tax system, and HMRC’s Capacity Building Unit provides peer-to-peer expertise to raise the standards of tax systems of developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 30/09/2019 15:47:27 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1122743

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	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: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure other international donors contribute to funding education programmes.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	246992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK is committed to promoting more and better spending on education to help ensure that all children, including the most marginalised, are in school and learning.</p><p>To maximise our impact and ensure that collectively we are scaling up to meet the enormous need, we work closely with other international actors, the private sector and non-traditional donors in all our major education investments, including through the Global Partnership for Education and Education Cannot Wait funds.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 01/05/2019 15:20:18 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1188601

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	World Health Organization: Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information her Department holds on how the World Health Organisation plans to spend funding granted to that organisation by the UK Government in the next 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	37585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government provides funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) through a number of specific health programmes and through core funding. In the next 12 months, our core funding will support WHO deliver its 13<sup>th</sup> General Programme of Work that seeks to protect 1 billion people from health emergencies, provide 1 billion more people with access to universal health coverage, and enable 1 billion more people to live healthier lives. Our health programme support addresses specific UK priorities within the 13<sup>th</sup> General Programme of Work, for example, health systems strengthening, global health security and work to end the preventable deaths of mothers, children and new-borns.</p><p>The UK is the second largest Member State funder to WHO overall; this amount varies year upon year based on need – this was around 10% of WHO’s income over the last two years. The UK’s contribution to WHO for COVID-19 response is world-leading and will likely significantly increase UK’s share.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 27/04/2020 16:05:59 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1171360

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	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 Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on improving bilateral trade with developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	4332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department for International Development and the Department for International Trade are working together to ensure development and global prosperity are at the heart of UK trade and investment policy.</p><p>Once we leave the EU, the UK will be able to offer an integrated trade and development package, encompassing preferential trade arrangements for developing countries and aid that facilitates trade and promotes investment.</p><p>At the UK-Africa Investment Summit, we announced plans to establish an import promotion service, Trade Connect, to help developing countries make the most of preferential trade access to the UK, and increase their presence in international markets. We also announced an extension to our SheTrades Commonwealth programme so that it can continue to help female entrepreneurs to access trading opportunities.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/01/2020 17:07:13 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1088684

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2019
	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: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures she is taking to ensure that the most marginalised children receive an education.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	232551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>Every child deserves a quality education, and the most marginalised children are at the heart of the UK’s commitment to Sustainable Development Goal 4. DFID’s flagship Girls’ Education Challenge is supporting up to 1.5 million disadvantaged girls to get a quality education. We are global leaders in providing education in emergencies and founder of the Inclusive Education Initiative for children with disabilities.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 20/03/2019 17:16:22 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1190805

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	World Health Organization: Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to Answer of 27 April 2020 to Question 37585 on World Health Organisation: Overseas Aid, what reforms to the World Health Organisation her Department is seeking as a result of that agency's response to the covid-19 pandemic.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	40582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>DFID expects WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme (WHE), established in 2016, to continuously improve and develop its critical work.</p><p>As an example, in our annual reviews of performance, we have noted the need for WHE to continue to develop its capabilities around human resources – to ensure it can get the right people, in the right place at the right time.</p><p>Any review of WHE’s should come after the world has successfully addressed the COVID-19 pandemic and should consider the whole global response across countries and the international system, as well as WHO. The UK will engage on any review with a detailed position when this is forthcoming.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 04/05/2020 14:52:35 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith