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385884

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Africa: Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent progress her Department has made on tackling ebola in West Africa; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	4280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK’s main objective is to support the Government of Sierra Leone to reach and then maintain zero cases of Ebola as quickly as possible. Huge progress has been made, and it is clear our strategy is working. Case numbers have reduced from a peak of more than 500 in late November 2014, to eight cases in the week ending 21<sup>st</sup> June 2015. We expect there to be a bumpy tail of cases before zero is reached and so we cannot become complacent. The UK response will continue to adapt as the epidemiology changes, and will remain flexible and responsive until Sierra Leone gets to zero. We are now proactively seeking out cases through enhanced active surveillance, strengthened social mobilisation, and scaling up of contact tracing - all critical in the final mile to reach zero.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 30/06/2015 16:12:15 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

385071

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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 arrangements are in place to assess the usefulness and effectiveness of the projects her Department sponsors; and what criteria are used in that assessment.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Each DFID project fits within the strategic priorities for the Department. Project business cases are rigorously appraised before approval to establish value for money using criteria appropriate for that project and context. During implementation, projects are measured and formally scored annually against a robust monitoring framework to make sure they continue to be effective. Project documentation, including annual reviews, is published on DFID’s Development Tracker.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 30/06/2015 16:12:38 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

385072

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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: Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which 20 companies were awarded the most funding by her Department for technical and advisory services in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	3729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID publishes full contract information on the Contracts Finder website: <a href="https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 29/06/2015 16:20:14 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

385075

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Central African Republic: Children
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 long-term strategy is to support and protect the most vulnerable children in the Central African Republic; and what steps she plans to take to ensure that her Department has a long-term strategy for its engagement with that country over the next three years.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	3636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) has left more than 2.7 million people in need of assistance and has severely affected children. Since 2013, DFID has provided £51 million to address urgent humanitarian needs in CAR and for CAR refugees. Our funds have enabled agencies to support children who have been separated from their families, provided services for girls and boys who have suffered sexual and gender-based violence, reduced malnutrition rates among children, and given children access to education and training.</p><p> </p><p>DFID regularly reviews humanitarian priorities in order to ensure that UK Aid is directed where it is most needed, and works closely with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and wider international community to ensure that long-term strategies are in place to address long-running conflicts and humanitarian crises such as this.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 30/06/2015 16:12:26 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

384535

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
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: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by her Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if she will place in the Library a copy of her most recent departmental real estate valuation.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	3477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID occupies two buildings in the UK, one in Whitehall, London and the other in East Kilbride. We hold the leasehold on both properties and therefore no rent is paid.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 29/06/2015 16:21:23 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

384585

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
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: Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's overseas aid budget is allocated to green energy projects in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	3362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK supports low carbon development though the International Climate Fund to help the poorest countries boost their economies and tackle poverty. Overall, the ICF makes up 7% of the UK aid budget.</p><p> </p><p>Of the total ICF budget 55% has been allocated to climate mitigation programmes, which are predominately related to clean energy, as well as energy efficiency and related activities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID will coordinate and scale up efforts to deliver energy to the 1.2 billion people worldwide with no access to electricity, with a particular focus on the more than 660 million people in Africa without access.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 29/06/2015 16:56:29 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

384723

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
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: Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many non-executive directors of her Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments she has made since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	3561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID’s non-executive directors who were in post before 2015 have remained as part of the Departmental Board.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 29/06/2015 16:22:38 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

384728

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Africa: Unemployment
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 help reduce youth unemployment in (a) Ghana, (b) Kenya and (c) South Africa.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	3441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>Helping young people in Africa to find a decent job is an important component of DFID’s work for promoting economic growth and private sector development.</p><p> </p><p>In Ghana, the Enhancing Growth in New Enterprises (ENGINE) programme is supporting over 200 small and medium businesses, the majority of which are owned by entrepreneurs under 35 years old. Other programmes including the enterprise development programme, the Western Regional Coastal Foundation (WRCF) and the Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED), are also contributing to youth employment.</p><p> </p><p>In Kenya, 8000 young people will benefit from new skills under the £5m Mombasa County Youth Employment programme.</p><p> </p><p>In South Africa, though our bilateral programme has now closed, by 2014, DFID contributed to 112,327 jobs being created or saved, through: support to the Community Work Programme; youth employment schemes; a training scheme for workers at risk of redundancy; and measures to help firms become more competitive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of the programmes can be found on DevTracker.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 29/06/2015 16:20:39 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

384729

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Africa: Small Businesses
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 implement her Department's Start-Up initiative in (a) Ghana, (b) Kenya and (c) South Africa.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	3442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The Start Up! Initiative was an idea worked up by DFID staff to improve the provision of financing and capacity building activities for early-stage firms in sub-Saharan Africa. Last year a decision was taken by the Department not to take the programme forward to implementation as a multi-country initiative. However, although the multi-country programme is not going ahead, the DFID country offices in Kenya and Ghana continue to work on providing direct support to entrepreneurs, particularly in the agribusiness and clean energy sectors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In Ghana, DFID is supporting a programme to equip micro and small enterprises with the necessary skills and resources to improve their business plans and internal operations. The programme provides grant funding, mentoring and business development services to 500 of the most promising firms. In Kenya, DFID has helped to launch the Kenya Climate Innovation Centre (KCIC) to support the development of innovative ‘clean-tech’ businesses and technologies. The KCIC provides technologists, entrepreneurs and new ventures with technical assistance for capacity building and access to early-stage financing to overcome market barriers, with the aim of rapidly scaling and deploying innovative products and services.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 29/06/2015 16:21:12 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

384403

registered interest
date	19/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Tanzania: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her Department's policies of the findings of Irresponsible Investment: Agrica's broken development model in Tanzania, published on 17 June 2015 by Global Justice Now, the Oakland Institute and Greenpeace Africa.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	3347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID takes any allegation of mistreatment seriously and where there is firm evidence of abuse we will take immediate action. Assessing the environmental, social and governance (ESG) safeguard standards is critical for investments in private entities. In this case, we reviewed the systems that our intermediary put in place to assess the standards and practices of their investment. Our initial findings are that the intermediary through which DFID funds flowed applied International Finance Corporation safeguard standards and found that Agrica had complied with them.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 29/06/2015 16:19:31 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott