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date	21/02/2020
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 Overseas Territories: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to replace European Development Funds with Official Development Assistance to support British Overseas Territories following the UK's exit from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	19029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Under the Withdrawal Agreement Article 152, paragraph 3 confirms that the Overseas Territories (OTs) shall benefit from EDF11 until its closure. Based on current patterns of expenditure, we reliably estimate they will continue to have access to EDF 11 until 2024 and possibly beyond.</p><p>After we leave the EU, we will want to take our own decisions about how to deliver the policy objectives previously targeted by EU funding. The UK Government will take account of the impact of EU Exit on the Overseas Territories, including the question of access to EDF funds, to ensure that we discharge our full responsibilities to the OTs.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 02/03/2020 18:13:54 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

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date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Private Infrastructure Development Group: Fossil Fuels
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 to Question 14008 on Private Infrastructure Development Group: Fossil Fuels, how many fossil fuel related infrastructure projects the Department has allocated funding to through the Private Infrastructure Development Group; when funding was allocated to each of those projects; and how much funding was allocated.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	18834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>DFID is one of a number of institutions who provide funding to the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG). DFID has disbursed $1,036 million to PIDG between 2002 and 2018. During that time, PIDG has made investment commitments totalling $3,610 million.</p><p>During this 16-year period, PIDG has provided funding to 32 fossil fuel related infrastructure projects. These are principally investments in power projects in the poorest countries to increase access to power, some of which use fossil fuels to generate electricity. Nine of these funding commitments were in the form of early-stage advisory services.</p><p>Over the same period, PIDG provided funding to 35 renewable power projects.</p><p>Data on all PIDG investment commitments are available online via its Results Monitoring Database and its annual reports. DFID also publishes data relating to its funding to PIDG via DevTracker.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 28/02/2020 14:52:29 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq