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78071

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
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 the VSO ICS programme in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	205906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID spending on the International Citizen Service (ICS) programme since 2010 is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2010/11: £1,860,025</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2011/12: £4,849.043</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2012/13: £21,999,068</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2013/14: £19,863,471</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2014/15: £4,262,167 (to date)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All of the spending in 2010/11, 2011/12 and £2,135,397 in 2012/13 was on the ICS pilot scheme with the remainder being the current contracted programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All of this information is published on the development tracker website <a href="http://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 22/07/2014 15:35:27 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

78072

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Procurement
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 paid to (a) G4S, (b) Serco, (c) Sodexo, (d) GEOAmey, (e) Capita, (f) Atos, (g) Mitie, (h) Working Links, (i) A4E, (j) MTC Amey, (k) GEO Group and (l) Carillion in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	205855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The table below details the amounts paid by DFID to the suppliers listed above, over the periods specified.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>£</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>G4S</strong></p></td><td><p>509,960</p></td><td><p>711,440</p></td><td><p>595,279</p></td><td><p>755,681</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Serco</strong></p></td><td><p>1,765</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Capita</strong></p></td><td><p>4,208,938</p></td><td><p>3,397,155</p></td><td><p>2,305,454</p></td><td><p>1,415,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Atos</strong></p></td><td><p>6,315,202</p></td><td><p>11,141,720</p></td><td><p>16,399,297</p></td><td><p>19,381,683</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mitie</strong></p></td><td><p>1,026,152</p></td><td><p>2,448,793</p></td><td><p>2,838,096</p></td><td><p>4,256,290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>GEO Group</strong></p></td><td><p>963</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 22/07/2014 15:27:45 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

78073

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by her Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	205975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Duplicate payments to suppliers are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Value</p></td><td><p>Financial Year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£ 3,721,960.01</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£ 720,052.49</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£ 1,105,217.80</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£ 5,352,323.62</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The proportion of duplicate payments recovered over the last 4 years is 98.74%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 22/07/2014 13:12:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

78074

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that UK aid spending is used in the manner intended.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	205922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID has rigorous internal systems and processes to ensure that its aid reaches the intended beneficiaries and delivers results. A business case is mandatory for all new funding proposals, and all cases over five million pounds are approved at ministerial level. Once a programme is underway a formal review is required annually and at completion, which assesses and records whether funds have been used for their intended purposes and the results that have been delivered. Assurance that our aid money is being used for the intended purposes is gained form a number of independent providers including Internal Audit Department.</p><p>DFID has commissioned a package of reforms to further improve programme leadership, processes and capability and strengthen our oversight of spending.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 22/07/2014 11:43:02 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

78211

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many Twitter accounts are run by her Department; how much her Department spends annually on (a) Twitter accounts and (b) all social media; and how many people in her Department are employed to work on social media.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	206052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department of International Development (DFID) is currently responsible for monitoring and updating the following corporate Twitter accounts: @DFID_UK, @DFID_Press, @DFID_response, @DFIDNepal, @DFIDEthiopia, @DFID_PSD, @DFID_innovation, @DFID_research.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 22/07/2014 10:16:27 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

78212

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Southend West of 31 March 2014, Official Report, column 459W, on Developing Countries: Abortion, whether the Government's efforts to prevent sex-selective abortion includes investigating organisations that do not recognise the illegality of sex-selection abortion and may be performing such operations under the mistaken belief that they are legal.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	206100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Where abortion is permitted we can support programmes that make safe abortion more accessible – this may include support to increase awareness of the circumstances under which abortion is allowed. UKAID cannot be used to procure illegal services.</p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 22/07/2014 10:11:19 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

77693

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will support the inclusion of universal health coverage in the goal on health in the Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	205607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK supports a post-2015 target on universal health coverage. This language is included in the most recent draft goals and targets list released by the co-chairs of the Open Working Group (OWG) on 2 June.</p><p> </p><p>The final targets in the post-2015 development framework will be subject to international negotiations in the United Nations, in which the UK will play an active role.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/07/2014 16:04:56 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

77694

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the report of the High Level panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, what steps she is taking to ensure that the pledge to leave no-one behind is effectively translated into the target language of the proposed Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	205608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK, through our Troika, have made statements in the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals on the importance of “leaving no one behind” as an overarching principle for the post 2015 framework.</p><p> </p><p>The final goals and targets in the post-2015 development framework will be subject to international negotiations in the United Nations, in which the UK will play an active role.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/07/2014 16:05:28 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

77696

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Commonwealth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will takes steps to adapt her Department's budget to favour Commonwealth countries.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	205529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>DFID's development programming is concerned with extreme poverty everywhere, but the Department focuses its financial investments on poor people in countries where extreme poverty is currently a problem, with relatively weak future prospects of the poor, and for which a self-financed exit from poverty is not feasible at this stage.</p><p>DFID has 28 priority countries, fourteen of which are Commonwealth countries. The UK is committed to its strong relationships with the countries of the Commonwealth and in the financial year 2013-14, approximately one third of the Department's bilateral expenditure went to Commonwealth countries. These figures exclude the UK Government's contribution to multilateral organisations and regional programmes which also benefit Commonwealth countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 17/07/2014 14:26:38 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

77697

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will support the inclusion in the Sustainable Development Goals of a standalone goal on climate change, in addition to targets on environmental sustainability integrated across the framework, accompanied by a measure to keep the rise in global temperatures at 2ºC on pre-industrialisation levels.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	205609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK supports a target to hold the increase in global average temperature below a 2°C rise in accordance with international agreements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The final targets in the post-2015 development framework will however be subject to international negotiations in the United Nations, in which the UK will play an active role.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/07/2014 16:05:48 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy