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48306

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what levels of stock her Department holds of (a) stationery, (b) printer cartridges, (c) treasury tags and other fasteners and (d) other office consumables.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	196211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID does not hold information on stock levels. Stationery and other items, including printer cartridges, are ordered and distributed as and when required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

48009

registered interest
date	09/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many UK construction companies are involved in development projects in the Falkland Islands.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	195966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The Falkland Islands are not eligible for official development assistance and the UK Government does not fund any development projects on the Falklands.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

48310

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer of 5 March 2014, Official Report, column 871, on Pacific Islands, how much support, and under what categories her Department gave indirectly to Pacific Island countries in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Meg Munn
uin	196375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>DFID may give aid indirectly to countries in the Pacific region if multilateral organisations in receipt of DFID core contributions give aid to countries there. It is not possible to directly track this funding to individual countries. To provide an indication of the destination of aid, the overall proportions of aid reported by the relevant multilateral agencies are used to impute a DFID contribution. The DFID imputed multilateral shares for the Pacific region in 2011/12 are set out in the table below. Figures for 2013/14 will not be available until autumn 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Pacific Island Countries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ (thousand)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cook Islands</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiji</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kiribati</p></td><td><p>3,537</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marshall Islands</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Micronesia, Fed. States</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nauru</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Niue</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Palau</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Papua New Guinea</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pitcairn Islands</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Samoa</p></td><td><p>1,444</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solomon Islands</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tokelau</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonga</p></td><td><p>4,393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tuvalu</p></td><td><p>1,399</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vanuatu</p></td><td><p>264</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wallis &amp; Fortuna</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Pacific Regional</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oceania, regional</p></td><td><p>275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Pacific</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,055</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn

49052

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
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 28 April 2014, Official Report, columns 568-9W, on Pacific Islands, to Question 196375, how much support and under what categories her Department gave directly to Pacific Island countries in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Meg Munn
uin	197058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the Oral answer given to her by the Secretary of State for International Development, my Rt. Hon Friend the member for Putney (Justine Greening) on 5 March 2014 (Official Report, column 871).</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn

50184

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
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 6 May 2014, Official Report, column 80W on the Pacific Islands, how much support and under what categories her Department gave directly to Pitcairn Island in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Meg Munn
uin	198148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID holds a legal obligation to meet the reasonable needs of Pitcairn Island. In 2013/14 DFID provided a total of £2,809,462 to Pitcairn Island to ensure the maintenance of a range of basic public services (e.g. electricity, telecommunications), to ensure continued child safeguarding is in place for the remaining children on Pitcairn, and to support the shipping service that provides the only freight and passenger services to and from the island.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn

47810

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
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 international efforts to improve levels of safety and conditions of work in Bangladesh's garment industry.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	903622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I spent most of last week in Bangladesh, assessing the progress that has been made one year on from the tragedy of Rana Plaza. Steps have been taken to improve working conditions in the garment sector, including through factory inspections and strengthening the labour inspection regime. The UK's support is focused on all areas where action is needed: improving building safety and working conditions, empowering workers and urging buyers to take responsibility for their supply chains.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

47813

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the levels of poverty among Tamils living in Sri Lanka.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	903625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Sri Lanka has met Millennium Development Goal No 1 which calls for the halving of extreme poverty, and is on track to meet most other MDGs. Poverty remains in areas of northern and eastern Sri Lanka where large numbers of Tamils live<strong>. </strong>We do not have a breakdown by ethnic group.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

46944

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her future plans are for support to the Caribbean.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	195229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK is strongly committed to supporting development in the Caribbean. Helping the region tackle the risks posed by natural disasters is one of our top priorities, alongside supporting sustainable economic growth and addressing governance and security.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government has increased its bilateral support to the Independent Caribbean by 50 percent (around £75 million in 2011 to 2015). We also make significant contributions though multilateral partners, for example providing 15 per cent of the EU's €1.4 billion support and 19 per cent of the Caribbean Development Bank's Special Development Fund. Our funding runs until March 2015. We are currently reviewing our approach in the Independent Caribbean to ensure that the UK's support responds to the countries' needs and delivers the greatest positive impact in the next phase of support from 2015/16 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the UK provides assistance to the Overseas Territory of Monserrat by financing public services and investing in infrastructure. We are making these investments to facilitate economic growth and reduce long-term dependence on aid.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

47309

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress her Department has made on its programmes in Palestine.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Mr Rob Wilson
uin	903626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK's bilateral programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is helping to build Palestinian institutions, promote economic growth and support the most vulnerable Palestinians. Absent meaningful action from Israel to ease movement and access restrictions, however, our progress will always be limited.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson

49182

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the additional costs resulting from Israeli border, access and planning controls to UK-funded development projects in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	197380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No such assessment has been possible. UK aid helps to finance the Palestinian Authority's fiscal deficit, which would significantly decrease if Israeli movement and access restrictions in the OPTs were lifted. The World Bank estimates that if Israeli restrictions were lifted in ‘Area C' of the West Bank alone, the Palestinian economy would expand by more than a third and potentially would not require international donor assistance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith