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389878

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
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 her Department's policy is on using the word Rohingya when discussing the Rohingya with the government of Burma.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	6960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>While the Department for International Development has no formal policy on this point, we believe in the right of minorities to choose the name by which they are identified. I and other UK Ministers are on record using the word Rohingya, and we continue to use the word in communications with the government of Burma.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 20/07/2015 16:35:36 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

389879

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
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: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has held with the UN Secretary General on his role in negotiating humanitarian access in Rakhine state, Burma.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	6961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Development has not held discussions with the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on his role in negotiating humanitarian access in Rakhine State, Burma. We welcome the firm personal stand the UN Secretary General has already taken on the Rohingya and continue to encourage a wider UN leadership role to help bring peace and reconciliation to all communities in Rakhine State.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 20/07/2015 16:39:03 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

389880

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
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: Internally Displaced People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department is providing for internally displaced people in Shan and Kachin states, Burma.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	6962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>Between 2012 and 2015 DFID has allocated over £17 million for humanitarian assistance for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Kachin and Northern Shan States, including in non-government controlled areas.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 20/07/2015 16:39:39 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

389893

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to paragraph 1.82 of the Summer Budget 2015, whether any of the £1.5 billion a year funding for military and intelligence spending will contribute to meeting the target of 0.7 per cent of GNI on Overseas Development Assistance.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	7139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The profile and allocation of funding has not been announced and will be agreed as part of the Spending Review and Strategic Defence and Security Review.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 7141 question first answered 20/07/2015 16:40:19 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

389895

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Defence: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to paragraph 1.82 of the Summer Budget 2015, whether any of the £1.5 billion a year of new funding for military and intelligence spending by the end of the current Parliament will be administered by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	7141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The profile and allocation of funding has not been announced and will be agreed as part of the Spending Review and Strategic Defence and Security Review.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 7139 question first answered 20/07/2015 16:40:19 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

389231

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Living Wage
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 July 2015 to Question 2952, if she will make it her policy to secure accredited Living Wage Employer status for her Department from the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	6666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>This Government is the first government to introduce a compulsory Living Wage.</p><p>DFID will, as all employers, be required to comply with the new national Living Wage of £7.20/ph for those 25 and above, as set out in the Budget.</p><p> </p><p>All direct employees of DFID are paid at a level of at least that recommended by the Living Wage campaign.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 21/07/2015 16:01:20 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

389232

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Colombia: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government has provided aid to the government of Colombia.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	6593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>During 2013, which is the latest reporting year, UK Government disbursed £7.2 million of bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Colombia, £6.6 million was disbursed by the FCO and £0.6 million disbursed by CDC. Additionally, funds disbursed through multilateral agencies were calculated to be £9.1 million.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 21/07/2015 16:00:16 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

389234

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what resources her Department plans to allocate to Yemen over the next six months in response to the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs' level 3 emergency appeal.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	6890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>On 19 June, the International Development Secretary announced an additional £40 million for the humanitarian response in Yemen, bringing the total UK contribution to £55 million for 2015-16. In line with the United Nations Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan, our support provides lifesaving assistance such as medical supplies, water, food and emergency shelter; helps treat severe acute malnutrition; and supports UN work to co-ordinate the humanitarian response.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 21/07/2015 13:26:39 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

388964

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the name, responsibilities and pay band are of each special adviser in her Department.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Stuart Blair Donaldson
uin	6333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my Rt Hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 13 July 2015.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 16/07/2015 16:15:29 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4377 label Biography information for Stuart Blair Donaldson

388669

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
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: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what conditions are attached to the financial aid her Department provides to Myanmar.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	6109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>DFID is providing no financial assistance directly to the government of Burma. Our policy is that none of our bilateral aid is provided directly through central government systems, only through United Nations organisations, trusted international and local NGOs and, where circumstances allow, to authorities at the township level.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 15/07/2015 13:29:20 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain