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The current security situation and the deliberate blocking of aid by ISIL have made it extremely difficult for us or our partners to access ISIL controlled areas.<\/p>
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We condemn the brutal human rights abuses perpetrated by ISIL, including reports of the trafficking and kidnapping of Yezidi women. The UK government is committed, as part of an international coalition, to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIL.<\/p>
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UK humanitarian aid has been helping many victims who have managed to escape ISIL\u2019s atrocities, including through the protection of vulnerable groups and through meeting the specific needs of displaced women and girls. In Dahuk in Northern Iraq, where many Yezidi women have fled to, our partners are providing psychosocial and community outreach support for survivors of sexual and gender based violence.<\/p>
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In the context of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, DFID officials have had no discussions or correspondence with African states, the US Government or representatives of agricultural companies or seed companies, on policy reforms relating to seeds and plant variety protection.<\/p>
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DFID employs 807 staff in the London Headquarters and 581 staff in the East Kilbride Headquarters.<\/p>
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Data on how much my Department has spent on (a) taxis in each of the last five years is shown below. Data on how much my Department has spent on (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel is shown for the last four years. Due to a change in travel provider, data on class of travel is not available for the period 2009/10.<\/p>
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Business and first class travel may be overstated due to credits (eg from cancellations) possibly not having the correct class of travel applied.<\/p>
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All journeys of up to five hours must be in economy/standard class. Journeys of over five hours must also be in economy/standard class unless a line manager explicitly agrees that premium economy or business class is needed. First class travel is not allowed.<\/p>
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Expenditure £m<\/p><\/td> | 2009/10<\/p><\/td> | 2010/11<\/p><\/td> | 2011/12<\/p><\/td> | 2012/13<\/p><\/td> | 2013/14<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
(a) Taxi fares<\/p><\/td> | 0.26<\/p><\/td> | 0.19<\/p><\/td> | 0.23<\/p><\/td> | 0.23<\/p><\/td> | 0.26<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
(b) First Class rail fares<\/p><\/td> | not available<\/p><\/td> | 0.03<\/p><\/td> | 0.00<\/p><\/td> | 0.00<\/p><\/td> | 0.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
(c) Business Class air fares<\/p><\/td> | not available<\/p><\/td> | 1.22<\/p><\/td> | 1.03<\/p><\/td> | 0.91<\/p><\/td> | 0.88<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/55", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "New Forest West"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Desmond Swayne"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-06T13:44:14.343Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "20"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-12-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Travel"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4263", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lucy Powell"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Manchester Central"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lucy Powell"} ], "uin" : "218479"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/170005", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Development"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/170005/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Before 2012/13 fraud data was published within the HM Treasury Fraud Report or estimated in the National Fraud Authority Annual Fraud Indicators. From 2012/13 figures on fraud and financial error have been provided to the Cabinet Office as part of the Quarterly Data Summary returns, for Central Departments, and all Arms-Length Bodies who receive over £100m public funding per annum.<\/p> <\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1555", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Justine Greening"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Putney"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Justine Greening"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-12-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-12-18T11:10:49.397Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "20"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-12-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Fraud"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in (i) her Department and (ii) its non-departmental public body in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4263", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lucy Powell"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Manchester Central"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lucy Powell"} ], "uin" : "218508"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/169569", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Development"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/169569/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " DFID has held a total of 8 centrally let contracts with private security companies since 2008 and the total cost of those contracts is £6.2M. The table below provides details by year concerning the number of contracts and the cost of those contracts. It should be noted that some of these contracts were active over multiple years:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>
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