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date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect on global poverty reduction of the increasing proportion of the UK aid budget spent by Departments not subject to the International Development Act 2002.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	109257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK Aid Strategy, published in November 2015 (CM 9163), is clear that the government shapes all of its ODA spending according to the four strategic objectives set out in the strategy. All four of these strategic objectives support poverty reduction and all are aligned with the UK national interest. The Aid Strategy also commits the UK to drive progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, which have the eradication of poverty as their central objective.</p><p>In order to qualify as ODA, all expenditure must meet the eligibility criteria established by the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 31/10/2017 11:19:59 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

776826

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date	24/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Natural Disasters: British Overseas Territories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to recent emergency funding for recovery from Hurricanes Irma and Maria, if he will take steps to guarantee contingency funding outwith Overseas Development Assistance for future events affecting British Overseas Territories.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	109262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>There are no restrictions in UK or international law on the support for reconstruction that we can provide to the overseas territories. The government has committed more than £60m to date for immediate relief and convened a new ministerial group to agree the UK government’s approach to assist the territories as they move from immediate relief to longer term recovery following Hurricane Irma.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 30/10/2017 13:54:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

776824

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date	24/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department takes to ensure that UK Official Development Assistance not spent under the provisions of the International Development Act 2002 is spent in a way that is likely to contribute to a reduction in poverty.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	109259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK Aid Strategy, published in November 2015 (CM 9163), is clear that the government shapes all of its ODA spending according to the four strategic objectives set out in the strategy. All four of these strategic objectives support poverty reduction and all are aligned with the UK national interest. The Aid Strategy also commits the UK to drive progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, which have the eradication of poverty as their central objective.</p><p> </p><p>In order to qualify as ODA, all expenditure must meet the eligibility criteria established by the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 31/10/2017 14:40:54 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle