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48620

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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, which civil society organisations her Department supports in Uganda; and what policy each such organisation has towards the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Act.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	196594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK funds a number of civil society organisations in Uganda, including around 70 through the multi-donor Democratic Governance Facility. DFID has assessed our programme to ensure that UK aid could continue to be spent effectively and with maximum impact, and to ensure it was not being provided to organisations that proactively and publically promoted the Act. Following this, the UK and other donors agreed to indefinitely suspend funding through the Democratic Governance Facility to one organisation. We will continue to monitor this situation. The UK strongly opposes discrimination on any grounds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

46945

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, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Foyle, of 10 March 2014, Official Report, column 42W, on developing countries: abortion, for what reasons data on spend for individual components of sexual and reproductive health and rights policy are not compiled; and if she will estimate the cost of compiling that data.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	195149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><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 does not include the facility to calculate spend for individual components such as sexual and reproductive health and rights –only against coding titles as have been internationally agreed.</p><p> </p><p>Only coding titles as have been internationally agreed can be individually disaggregated.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

49285

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, how many full-time equivalent staff in her Department have responsibility for disability policy.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	197333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID has a core team of disability experts who provide specific guidance on disability across different sectors. In addition, there are 80 social development advisors who have responsibility for considering social development - including disability - across all aspects of policy and programming in DFID's devolved structure; and one full time equivalent staff working on central disability policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

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

49994

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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, what recent assessment she has made of the proportion of girls under the age of 16 years old in northern states of Nigeria who are in full-time education.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	197896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>52% of primary-aged girls and 36% of secondary-aged girls were attending school in northern states of Nigeria in 2011.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

49819

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the displacement of people from the Syrian town of Kessab.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Coventry
uin	HL6832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>According to UN sources, approximately 1,500 to 1,600 families have been displaced from the city of Kessab.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	4266 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Coventry

49476

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of teaching provision available to Syrian refugee children in Lebanon and Jordan; and what assessment she has made of the effects of language barriers on the effectiveness of such provision.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	197490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>According to the UN, there are over 320,000 school-age Syrian refugee children in Lebanon and over 200,000 in Jordan. We continue to be concerned about barriers to education for refugees from Syria, which is why I have set up the £50m ‘No Lost Generation initiative' which is providing desperately needed help, including trauma counselling and education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

49989

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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, what advice her Department is providing to its partners involved in education provision in Nigeria on the safety of female students.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	197908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID Officials are in regular contact with programme partners working in the northern states of Nigeria. Since the mass kidnapping we have discussed what further support we can offer, particularly through our security focused programmes.</p><p>DFID Nigeria actively monitors the security situation and assesses risks within all areas that we operate, providing regular security updates to partners involved in project implementation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone grouped question UIN 197907 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

49990

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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, what meetings she and Ministers in her Department have held with programme partners regarding the safety of young women in Nigeria since the mass kidnapping on 14 April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	197907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID Officials are in regular contact with programme partners working in the northern states of Nigeria. Since the mass kidnapping we have discussed what further support we can offer, particularly through our security focused programmes.</p><p>DFID Nigeria actively monitors the security situation and assesses risks within all areas that we operate, providing regular security updates to partners involved in project implementation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone grouped question UIN 197908 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

49629

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
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 10 April 2014, Official Report, column 380W, on developing countries: family planning, how much of her Department's budget has been allocated to achieving the outcomes in her Department's policy paper Safe and Unsafe Abortion in each of the last two years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Mr Julian Brazier
uin	197698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 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 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier