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659638

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	International Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to introduce greater financial accountability to the international aid system.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	57797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The 2016 Multilateral Development Review sets out ambitious plans to enhance our multilateral partners’ financial accountability. We will demand that our partners meet international aid transparency standards and pass the same expectation to their partners. We are challenging multilaterals to work towards full transparency by publishing all spending over £500, as DFID does, and we are expanding our use of payment by results approaches and performance contracts, to introduce greater accountability. These measures will further improve the effectiveness of the international aid system, deliver better value for money for UK taxpayers and better outcomes for the world’s poorest people.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 20/12/2016 12:51:56 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

177900

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	British Indian Ocean Territory
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contingency plans her Department is making regarding the potential resettlement of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) following the Government's feasibility study for the resettlement of BIOT.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	223435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>The KPMG independent Feasibility Study on resettlement of BIOT has concluded and will be published by the Government shortly. A Policy Review, led by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, will now be undertaken, carefully considering the study’s factual findings and all available options regarding the future of the British Indian Ocean Territory.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 11/02/2015 16:43:20 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

93624

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Argentina
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to continue to oppose loans to Argentina from international institutions including the World Bank and IDB.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	210639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Last year, the Secretary of State instructed the UK’s representatives at the Inter-American Development Bank and World Bank to vote against all new proposals for financial support to the Government of the Republic of Argentina presented by these institutions, while reserving the right to support proposals that can demonstrate exceptional benefits to the poorest people of Argentina. Our position on this has not changed. These are the only Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), in which the UK is a shareholder and from which the Government of Argentina borrows.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 21/10/2014 15:12:18 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

92020

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Argentina
	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 a proposed lending programme to Argentina from the World Bank.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	209517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The World Bank Group has a Country Programme Strategy for Argentina which sets out planned areas for cooperation from 2015 to 2018. No new loan proposals for Argentina have been presented to the World Bank Board since 2012. We are keeping the situation under close review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK does not currently support any new World Bank lending to the Government of Argentina.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 16/10/2014 16:50:07 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith