Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

225497

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Rohingya people from Burma who have fled to Bangladesh since 2012; and what assistance the Government is providing to those people.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	226550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>Whilst there is no officially agreed number of the Rohingya population, most international agencies estimate that there is up to 500,000 Rohingya people in Bangladesh.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID provides core contributions to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which manages the official camps for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, as well as through other partners such as the European Commission. This support includes providing shelter, access to water and sanitation, vocational training and food supplies to malnourished refugees.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 10/03/2015 17:24:04 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

225232

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Children: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment and analysis her Department has carried out of the effects and extent of child labour in the regions and sectors where the Department works; and how resources are allocated through its economic development strategy to address that issue.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	226320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>To combat child labour, DFID believes it is essential to work to address the underlying conditions that encourage it, in particular extreme poverty. In Bangladesh, for example, DFID is working with both government and non-governmental organisations to prevent child labour and exploitation. This includes providing education and skills training to vulnerable children, removing children from harmful workplaces and supporting families so that their children do not have to drop out of school to go to work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID also supports action to increase primary-level education for children from poor families and provide social protection for extremely vulnerable children and families.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Plans for programmes under the economic development strategic framework are based on assessments of need and context in the countries in which DFID works.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/03/2015 15:26:28 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

224764

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
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: Syringes
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 promote the use of smart syringes through the UK's aid programmes.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	226016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK actively promotes the use of ‘smart’ or safe syringes in the global immunisation programmes that the UK supports. These programmes are principally Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). The UK is providing approximately £1.3 billion to Gavi from 2011 to 2015 (which will immunise over 70 million children) and £300 million for polio eradication from 2013 to 2018 (which will include the global roll out of the injectable Inactivated Polio Virus).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK supports both Gavi and GPEI in implementing the World Health Organisation (WHO) policy regarding the use of safe auto-disabled syringes, alongside safe boxes for their disposal. The UK also encourages Gavi and GPEI to introduce new technologies such as ‘smart’ syringes where they are cost-effective and WHO-approved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 10/03/2015 17:21:22 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

224765

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
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: Children's Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what targets her Department has set for tackling (a) child labour and (b) other children's rights issues internationally; and if she will take steps to ensure such targets are included in the sustainable development goals.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	226121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK is strongly supportive of Sustainable Development Goal 16 as proposed by the Open Working Group on the sustainable development goals. As currently drafted, this includes a target on ending all forms of violence and abuse against children. The UK has been vocally supportive of target 5.3 which includes the requirement to end child, early, and forced marriage and female genital mutilation and the Open Working Group report additionally includes targets on child labour.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 06/03/2015 13:51:31 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

224165

registered interest
date	27/02/2015
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: Sugar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her Department's report, The Impact of EU Sugar Policy Reform on Developing Countries, published in February 2012, what steps her Department is taking to mitigate the effect of those reforms on those countries.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Mr Ian Davidson
uin	225702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>The sugar regime is one of the most heavily regulated and distorting elements of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and the agreement to end sugar beet quotas in 2017 is an important step towards removing these distortions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Naturally, the Government is concerned by the effect that these reforms may have on sugar producers in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries highlighted in the report. This is why we encouraged the European Commission to establish a Fund of Euro 1.24 billion in 2006 to assist sugar producing countries to adapt. My Department will continue to engage with the European Commission, the Private Sector, and ACP countries to maximise the impact of these funds. We will also ensure that ACP countries continue to benefit from preferential access to the EU sugar market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 04/03/2015 17:36:29 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	611 label Biography information for Mr Ian Davidson

224021

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Legal Costs
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 legal fees in the case of The Queen (on the application of O) and the Secretary of State for International Development.
tabling member constituency	Castle Point
tabling member printed	Rebecca Harris
uin	225572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>We are unable to comment on issues relating to an ongoing legal action.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 03/03/2015 17:54:18 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	3948 label Biography information for Rebecca Harris

224025

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
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, what steps her Department is taking to improve education in Commonwealth countries.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	225600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>We support education directly in 22 countries, of which 13 are Commonwealth countries. We are also a major funder of the Global Partnership for Education, which supports education in 60 countries of which 17 are Commonwealth. Globally, including support to Commonwealth countries, we have supported 10.2 million children in primary and lower-secondary school and have helped to train 123,000 teachers to improve the quality of learning since 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 04/03/2015 17:37:45 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

224026

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
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 performance of the UK Aid Transparency Guarantee.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	225654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>Publish What You Fund’s Aid Transparency Index 2014 rated DFID’s transparency as “very good”, and ranked DFID as the best performing bilateral development organisation on transparency. It also recognised DFID’s leadership role encouraging others in the international development system to be more transparent. A pilot assessment in April 2014 published by the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation also rated DFID as having made the most progress in implementing the aid transparency commitments agreed by donors at the Busan High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in 2011. DFID has launched the Development Tracker website which enables anyone to scrutinise project documents, budgets, supplier contracts and transactions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 05/03/2015 17:35:50 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

223669

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports she has received on the situation between the government of Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwandan Hutu rebels.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	225396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>It is vital that progress is made towards ensuring all armed groups no longer pose a threat in DRC. We welcome the government of DRC’s announcement that military action against the FDLR (the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) has begun. However, we are keen to see meaningful action on the ground.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 04/03/2015 17:38:03 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

223670

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	British Overseas Territories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much support, and under what categories, her Department provided directly to British Overseas Territories in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Meg Munn
uin	225390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on DFID’s provisions to the British Overseas Territories is published in our Operational Plan: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-overseas-territories-department-operational-plan-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-overseas-territories-department-operational-plan-2014</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 02/03/2015 17:39:43 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn