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168328

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many members of her Department's executive board are disabled.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>This information cannot be provided as numbers are too low to disclose for data protection reasons.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 15/12/2014 12:06:20 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168329

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many members of her Department's executive board are (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic background.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>This information cannot be provided as numbers are too low to disclose for data protection reasons.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 15/12/2014 12:06:01 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168330

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what proportion of (a) her Department's staff and (b) staff working for companies contracted by her Department who are paid less than the Living Wage are (i) white British and (ii) from an ethnic minority background.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>There are no staff directly employed by DFID who are paid less than the current Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation. DFID considers the rate of pay for outsourced workers to be an issue for contractors. We encourage outsource partners to pay the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 217422 217464 question first answered 15/12/2014 12:07:16 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168331

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what proportion of (a) her Department's staff and (b) staff working for companies contracted by her Department who are paid less than the Living Wage are (i) women and (ii) men.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>There are no staff directly employed by DFID who are paid less than the current Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation. DFID considers the rate of pay for outsourced workers to be an issue for contractors. We encourage outsource partners to pay the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 217422 217443 question first answered 15/12/2014 12:07:17 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168335

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what proportion of (a) her Department's staff and (b) staff working for companies contracted by her Department are paid less than the Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>There are no staff directly employed by DFID who are paid less than the current Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation. DFID considers the rate of pay for outsourced workers to be an issue for contractors. We encourage outsource partners to pay the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 217443 217464 question first answered 15/12/2014 12:07:16 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168336

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many members of her Department's executive board are (a) male and (b) female.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>DFID’s Executive Management Committee consists of four male members and one female member.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 15/12/2014 12:05:28 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

157020

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Africa: Breast Ironing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department is doing to help end the practice of breast-ironing in Western, Eastern and Central African countries.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	215395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>Addressing violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a top priority for the UK Government and DFID. We have prioritised work to end VAWG and break the silence on all harmful traditional practices like breast ironing.</p><p> </p><p>Tackling the root causes and drivers of sexual and gender-based violence is essential to make progress on eliminating violence against women and girls. While we do not have programmes specifically addressing the harmful traditional practice of breast ironing, we are working to end all forms of violence against women and girls in whatever way it presents itself. Details of our VAWG programmes in 29 countries can be found on development tracker.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 27/11/2014 17:28:17 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson