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346956

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date	27/05/2015
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: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Government's policy is on the (a) number and (b) content of the Sustainable Development Goals produced by the UN Open Working Group.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	10
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK maintains that a short set of goals and targets to replace the Millennium Development Goals would be ideal, but we recognise the strong consensus among UN member states to maintain the Sustainable Development goals and targets on the Open Working Group in their current form.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK has consistently supported the content of the proposed Sustainable Development Goals. We welcome in particular Goal 1 on ending extreme poverty, Goal 5 on Gender which strongly reflects UK priorities including ending female genital mutilation and early forced marriage, and Goal 16 on peaceful and inclusive societies, good governance, and access to justice.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 02/06/2015 14:06:24 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

346957

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what response the Government has made to the Synthesis Report of the UN Secretary-General on the Post-2015 Agenda.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	11
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK welcomed the UN Secretary-General’s Synthesis Report as a useful contribution to the post-2015 negotiations when it was released in December 2014. In particular we welcomed his proposal for six ‘essential elements’ as a way to communicate the agenda in an inspiring and concise way to citizens everywhere. We were also pleased to note his suggestion that the UN System conducts a technical review of the Sustainable Development Goal targets to ensure that they are as implementable as possible.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 02/06/2015 14:06:41 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

346954

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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, how many organisations headquartered (a) in Scotland and (b) elsewhere in the UK have (i) applied for and (ii) been awarded funding through the UK Aid Match Scheme in each year since that scheme was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	8
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The number of applications for each year of the scheme is presented in the table below and separated by headquarter location.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Round / Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headquarter of Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Applied</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Successful</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Pilot: 2011-12</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Interim: 2013</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Round 1: 2013</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Round 2: 2014</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Round 3: 2014</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Round 4: 2015</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>TBC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>TBC</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>To increase awareness and encourage applications from organisations headquartered in Scotland, DFID and NIDOS (the Network of International Development Organisations in Scotland) ran a workshop for NIDOS members interested in applying for UK Aid Match funding in Glasgow on 21 May 2014. In addition, a ‘DFID Direct’ event, sharing information on DFID funding schemes for civil society organisations, was held in Glasgow with the Minister of State for International Development, Desmond Swayne MP, on 26 February 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 9 question first answered 02/06/2015 15:10:01 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

346955

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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, how much funding has been awarded to each organisation headquartered (a) in Scotland and (b) elsewhere in the UK under the UK Aid Match Scheme in each year since that scheme was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	9
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The number of applications for each year of the scheme is presented in the table below and separated by headquarter location.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Round / Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headquarter of Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Applied</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Successful</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Pilot: 2011-12</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Interim: 2013</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Round 1: 2013</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Round 2: 2014</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Round 3: 2014</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Round 4: 2015</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>TBC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elsewhere in the UK</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>TBC</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>To increase awareness and encourage applications from organisations headquartered in Scotland, DFID and NIDOS (the Network of International Development Organisations in Scotland) ran a workshop for NIDOS members interested in applying for UK Aid Match funding in Glasgow on 21 May 2014. In addition, a ‘DFID Direct’ event, sharing information on DFID funding schemes for civil society organisations, was held in Glasgow with the Minister of State for International Development, Desmond Swayne MP, on 26 February 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 8 question first answered 02/06/2015 15:10:02 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady