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224169

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Adam Smith International
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department provided to Adam Smith International in the 2013-14 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	225691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>We do not provide any core funding to Adam Smith International.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 06/03/2015 13:52:06 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

224170

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of its multilateral and headquarters' spend that is allocated to least developed countries.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	225692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>This information is not available in the form requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 06/03/2015 13:52:37 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

224167

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	International Climate Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she expects the framework for assessing the effectiveness of climate spend through the UK's International Climate Fund to be ready.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	225689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>The ICF has put in place a further programme, the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Programme, to support its work in this area. Impact results will be made available using the new ICF Knowledge platform which is designed to improve access to ICF data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 06/03/2015 15:00:33 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

224213

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Caribbean
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2015 to Question 223530, and with reference to her Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14, how the figure of £73,329,000 for planned expenditure in the Caribbean in 2014-15 was arrived at.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	225745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>In the 2013/14 Annual Report a portion of the Overseas Territories planned spend was initially included in the DFID Caribbean total.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 04/03/2015 17:37:20 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

224171

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what organisations were awarded UK Aid Match funds in 2014; and how many have received their year 1 tranche of funds.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	225693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>In 2014, 25 organisations were awarded funding for project proposals submitted to the UK Aid Match scheme and nine of these organisations have already started receiving funds in line with agreed disbursements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 05/03/2015 15:21:43 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

224166

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on helping each developing country increase its tax base since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	225705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>DFID is already engaged in or is developing tax capacity building in the following partner countries – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, DRC, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe. This includes indirect support through multilateral organisations.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with OECD DAC reporting guidelines, we do not currently record tax programmes under a separate spend code but we have been expanding our tax work over the Parliament. This includes the establishment of a specialist Developing Country Capacity Building Unit in HMRC, to deploy HMRC staff to provide technical expertise in support of these efforts.</p><p> </p><p>A wide range of staff across the Department are engaged in work on tax, including policy, financial and corporate advisers and staff in country offices. In addition, HMRC staff provide tax capacity technical assistance in DFID partner countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 225736 question first answered 04/03/2015 17:37:05 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

224172

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223693, which the 26 countries are in which her Department is undertaking tax capacity work; how much funding is allocated to each such country; and how many people are employed to undertake that work.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	225736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>DFID is already engaged in or is developing tax capacity building in the following partner countries – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, DRC, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe. This includes indirect support through multilateral organisations.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with OECD DAC reporting guidelines, we do not currently record tax programmes under a separate spend code but we have been expanding our tax work over the Parliament. This includes the establishment of a specialist Developing Country Capacity Building Unit in HMRC, to deploy HMRC staff to provide technical expertise in support of these efforts.</p><p> </p><p>A wide range of staff across the Department are engaged in work on tax, including policy, financial and corporate advisers and staff in country offices. In addition, HMRC staff provide tax capacity technical assistance in DFID partner countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 225705 question first answered 04/03/2015 17:37:06 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

224168

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	HANSHEP
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has given to HANSHEP in the last four financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	225690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>DFID has provided £18.2 million in support to projects co-funded with other HANSHEP members since 2011. The projects have focused on providing essential health services to the poor, providing support to governments on public health service provision, and identifying innovative solutions to common health problems.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 06/03/2015 16:10:49 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh