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77692

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much land her Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID has not released any land for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 21/07/2014 11:53:03 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

77696

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Commonwealth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will takes steps to adapt her Department's budget to favour Commonwealth countries.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	205529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>DFID's development programming is concerned with extreme poverty everywhere, but the Department focuses its financial investments on poor people in countries where extreme poverty is currently a problem, with relatively weak future prospects of the poor, and for which a self-financed exit from poverty is not feasible at this stage.</p><p>DFID has 28 priority countries, fourteen of which are Commonwealth countries. The UK is committed to its strong relationships with the countries of the Commonwealth and in the financial year 2013-14, approximately one third of the Department's bilateral expenditure went to Commonwealth countries. These figures exclude the UK Government's contribution to multilateral organisations and regional programmes which also benefit Commonwealth countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 17/07/2014 14:26:38 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

77437

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Mass Media: Subscriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what subscriptions to (a) magazines and (b) television channels her Department funds.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID’s communications team subscribes to following magazines:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Economist: £136 per annum</p><p> </p><p>The Spectator: £129 per annum</p><p> </p><p>The New Statesman: £92 per annum</p><p> </p><p>The New Scientist: £149 per annum</p><p> </p><p>Private Eye: £28 per annum</p><p> </p><p>Marketing Magazine: £155 per annum</p><p> </p><p>PR Week: £99.50 per annum</p><p> </p><p>PR Week Global: £119.50 per annum</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A figure for magazine subscriptions across the entire Department cannot be compiled from our accounting records without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Television channels are paid for via the Parliamentary feed. DFID pays £6,728.90 each year for maintenance of the Parliamentary TV system and £13,500 a year for rental of the telecomms link from 22 Whitehall to the Palace of Westminster.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 21/07/2014 11:37:16 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77438

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many awaydays her Department has held for officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost was of each such event.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Away days for Department for International Development (DFID) staff are overwhelmingly undertaken on DFID or Other Government Department premises where there is little or no cost involved.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of DFID officials attending away days and the costs incurred is not held centrally and precise information is not readily available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 21/07/2014 11:32:32 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77439

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent on what (a) media training and (b) social media training for (i) her and (ii) Ministers in her Department since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID operates a decentralised Learning and Development system and does not hold central records of course attendance or small scale expenditure. DFID publishes all expenditure over £500, which can be found on our website http://www.dfid.gov.uk/About-us/How-we-measure-progress/DFID-spend/. Producing any other type of report would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 17/07/2014 14:27:05 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77440

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's policy is on alcohol consumption on the premises (a) in general and (b) during parties in her Private Office.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer Hon. Member to the answer provided today by my Rt Hon. Friend the member for Horsham (Mr Maude).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 17/07/2014 14:35:56 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77194

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many away days her Department has held for its officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost of each such event has been.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	205074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on the number of DFID away days and the costs incurred is not held centrally and precise information is not readily available.</p><p> </p><p>Away days for Department for International Development (DFID) staff are overwhelmingly undertaken on DFID or Other Government Department premises where there is little or no cost involved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 17/07/2014 14:28:13 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

77196

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent on refurbishing (a) gymnasium and leisure facilities, (b) cafeteria and (c) interior decoration within (i) her Department and (ii) buildings owned by her Department in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	205071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No refurbishment was made to facilities in 2014.</p><p>The East Kilbride office carried out refurbishment to facilities mentioned at a cost of £5,790 during 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 17/07/2014 14:27:36 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

77197

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Mass Media: Subscriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what subscriptions to (a) magazines and (b) television channels her Department funds; and what the annual cost is of each of those subscriptions.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	205257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID's communications team subscribes to following magazines:</p><p>The Economist: £136 per annum</p><p>The Spectator: £129 per annum</p><p>The New Statesman: £92 per annum</p><p>The New Scientist: £149 per annum</p><p>Private Eye: £28 per annum</p><p>Marketing Magazine: £155 per annum</p><p>PR Week: £99.50 per annum</p><p>PR Week Global: £119.50 per annum</p><p>A figure for magazine subscriptions across the entire Department cannot be compiled from our accounting records without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p>Television channels are paid for via the Parliamentary feed. DFID pays £6,728.90 each year for maintenance of the Parliamentary TV system and £13,500 a year for rental of the telecomms link from 22 Whitehall to the Palace of Westminster.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 17/07/2014 14:34:55 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

77198

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Training
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 (a) media training and (b) social media training for (i) her and (ii) other Ministers in her Department; and what specific training was provided in each such case.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	205243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID operates a decentralised Learning and Development system and does not hold central records of course attendance or small scale expenditure. DFID publishes all expenditure over £500, which can be found on our website http://www.dfid.gov.uk/About-us/How-we-measure-progress/DFID-spend/. Producing any other type of report would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 17/07/2014 14:32:09 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones