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57725

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date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of lethal operations in Yemen on (a) the civilian population and (b) security in that country.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	198642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) activity and attacks continue to threaten Yemen's development and security. DFID has made no specific assessment of the effect of such operations in Yemen, but along with other Departments has conducted detailed analyses of conflict and instability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 11/06/2014 16:12:09 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

58133

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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 of 8 May 2014, Official Report, column 279W, on developing countries: family planning, how much of her Department's budget has been allocated to achieving outcomes in her Department's policy paper Safe and Unsafe Abortion in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	198721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID adheres to Development Co-Operation Directorate (OACD-DAC) expenditure coding requirements to allow comparison across donor spending towards attainment of the Millennium Development Goal targets. This measures against coding titles as have been internationally agreed. Only coding titles as have been internationally agreed can be individually disaggregated by DFID systems.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 11/06/2014 16:03:07 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

57623

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will publish a list of all consultancy groups and sub-contractors used by her Department on the Bost Agri-Business and Airfield projects in Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	198544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Bost industrial business park proposal was originally approved by officials in 2009 at a time when Ministers did not approve spend under £40m. In 2012 it became clear that the project could no longer be completed within the original timeframe and in good order. To avoid wasting taxpayers' money I decided that UK funding for the project should be cancelled. The completed park designs have been handed over to the Afghan authorities to enable them to pursue the project over a revised time frame. DFID's work on Bost Airfield was completed in November 2013.</p><p>The following consultancy groups were paid directly by DFID on the Bost Airfield and Business Park programme:</p><p>Coffey International</p><p>Crown Agents</p><p>Mott Macdonald</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 11/06/2014 16:34:09 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

57624

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what official agreements were made between her Department and the Afghan Investment Support Agency for any work relating to the (a) Bost Agri Industrial Park and (b) Bost Airfield.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	198581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The Bost industrial business park proposal was originally approved by officials in 2009 at a time when Ministers did not approve spend under £40m. In 2012 it became clear that the project could no longer be completed within the original timeframe and in good order. To avoid wasting taxpayers' money I decided that UK funding for the project should be cancelled. The completed park designs have been handed over to the Afghan authorities to enable them to pursue the project over a revised time frame. DFID's work on Bost Airfield was completed in November 2013.</p><p>DFID put a Memorandum of Understanding in place with AISA and the Helmand Provincial Government in April 2012, focusing solely on the development of the Bost Agri Business Park. AISA was not engaged on the Bost Airfield.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 11/06/2014 12:59:55 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

57625

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Afghanistan
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 of 5 September 2013, Official Report, column 461W, on Afghanistan, what works at the Bost Agri Park and Bost Airfield were left by USAID upon her Department taking control of the project in 2009.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	198594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The Bost industrial business park proposal was originally approved by officials in 2009 at a time when Ministers did not approve spend under £40m. In 2012 it became clear that the project could no longer be completed within the original timeframe and in good order. To avoid wasting taxpayers' money I decided that UK funding for the project should be cancelled. The completed park designs have been handed over to the Afghan authorities to enable them to pursue the project over a revised time frame. DFID's work on Bost Airfield was completed in November 2013.</p><p>The information required to answer the honourable member's question is not available in the form requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 11/06/2014 16:32:18 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

57946

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Climate Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will place in the Library a list of all projects supported by the International Climate Fund.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	198892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The International Climate Fund is £3.869bn of climate finance, over 2011/12 to 2015/16, for developing countries to help them tackle climate change.</p><p>The portfolio of International Climate Fund investments is growing and therefore additional projects will be approved and start up during the course of 2014/15. I have deposited a list of International Climate Fund projects up until 2013/14 in the House Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 11/06/2014 16:03:56 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

58086

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she has taken to (a) improve the security of humanitarian aid goods and workers and (b) speed up customs processes for humanitarian aid shipments in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	199120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The UK has been at the forefront of efforts to press for safe and unhindered access for humanitarian goods and workers in South Sudan. At the Humanitarian Conference on South Sudan in Oslo on 20 May, which was attended by both the South Sudanese Government and the Opposition, I called on all parties to facilitate safe and speedy access, including accelerated customs clearance. The FCO Minister for Africa raised humanitarian access with senior Ministers when he visited Juba in April.</p><p>The UK is also providing practical support to help improve security. For example we are funding well-coordinated and security-aware transportation of goods and staff, including emergency air evacuations, through the World Food Programme Logistics Cluster. We are also supporting the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) which works to increase understanding of, and respect for, International Humanitarian Law by all parties to the conflict. UK officials raise our concerns about the humanitarian situation and the need to improve access regularly in Juba and Addis Ababa.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 11/06/2014 11:09:46 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

57999

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid
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 of 10 April 2014, Official Report, column 381W, on development aid, if she will publish the agreement (a) between her Department, the CDC and ACTIS on the Department for International Development impact fund and (b) between her Department and ACTIS when it was spun off from the CDC; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	199075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The agreement between my Department and CDC for the Impact Fund will be placed in the House of Commons Library.</p><p>Copies of the key documents relating to CDC and Actis were placed in the Library of the House by the then Secretary of State for International Development subsequent to his Ministerial Statement on the CDC reorganisation of 12 July 2004.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 11/06/2014 11:10:49 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon