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47812

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 steps her Department is taking to ensure that all the education programmes it funds are inclusive of children with disabilities; and what monitoring her Department undertakes to ensure that all such programmes include accessible materials for use by children with disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	903627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK is committed to ensuring all children, with a focus on the most marginalised and those with disabilities have access to education institutions and complete a full cycle of quality education. We are working with partners, such as UNICEF and UNESCO Institute for Statistics, to improve data for monitoring purposes.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

46592

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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 steps she has taken to ensure that all children are protected from sexual violence in conflict zones.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Fiona O'Donnell
uin	194843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID is committed to tackling sexual violence against women and girls, with relevant programming in over 20 countries. For example, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) we have invested £60m to build security forces capable of better protecting women and girls from sexual violence and DFID has provided £21.6 million to protect women and children from sexual violence in humanitarian emergencies in a range of countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	3964 label Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell

46793

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 education projects her Department is supporting in Nigeria.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	195054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID supports five education projects in Nigeria (Education Sector Support Programme, Girls' Education Programme, Teacher Development Programme, Developing Effective Private Education, and Education Data, Research and Evaluation through which an additional 800,000 children will access better quality schools by 2015.</p><p> </p><p>DFID also supports two further projects through the global Girls' Education Challenge (Discovery Girls and Educating Nigerian Girls in New Enterprises), through which 48,000 marginalised girls will be supported to access better schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

47811

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 steps she is taking to tackle female genital mutilation and early and forced marriage worldwide.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	903621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>FGM is violence against women and girls. The UK has made the largest donor commitment ever to help end FGM, with a flagship programme of £35 million in at least 17 countries.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister will host a summit in July which will step up global efforts to end both FGM and child, early and forced marriage within a generation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

45691

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
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 the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by her Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	194225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the Hon. Member to the reply given to her by my Rt. Hon Friend, the Member for Horsham (Francis Maude) on 2 Apr 2014, Official Report (Col. 721W).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

45814

registered interest
date	28/03/2014
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, when she intends to respond to the email of 17 October 2013 sent by the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish concerning her Department's plan for spending and distributing the core funds of £375 million that were pledged in June 2013.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	194311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I replied to the Hon. Member's correspondence on 14<sup>th</sup> February 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

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

46594

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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 much her Department has spent on aid to the desert region of Thar in Sindh Province, Pakistan in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	194967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>It is not possible to disaggregate costs specifically for the Thar region without incurring disproportionate cost, but DFID supports a number of national programmes and international agencies which work across Sindh Province.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

46139

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
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, with reference to A UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies, how much of the £10 million provided by her Department to support the transfer of technology and new products to developing countries has been spent; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	194479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No DFID funds have been spent as part of the Agri-Tech Catalyst. The selection of the projects from the first round of the Catalyst competition is on-going. The second round of the competition closes on11th June 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

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