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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

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

383921

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Malaria
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 plans to provide for (a) research on and (b) treatment of malaria until 2020.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	3060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government’s expenditure on malaria is provided through: malaria-specific bilateral projects and programmes; bilateral support to health systems and service delivery; UK Government contributions to multilateral and global initiatives that work on malaria prevention and treatment; and by supporting malaria related research. The UK’s Framework for Results for malaria in the developing world set out a methodology for monitoring the Government's spending on malaria. The estimated UK spend on malaria prevention, control and treatment between 2008/09 and 2013/14 was:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>Total malaria spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>253</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>313</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>536</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are unable to specify future spending on research or treatment of malaria, as a spending review will take place later this year that will determine the future expenditure allocations across the Department.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 25/06/2015 16:34:53 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

383926

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Malaria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what consultancy firms her Department works with in the delivery of projects for (a) treatment of and (b) research on malaria.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	3062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for International Development works with a range of suppliers to deliver malaria prevention, treatment and research projects. Detailed information on international development projects funded by the UK Government is available on the Development Tracker website.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 25/06/2015 16:35:12 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

381546

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the proportion of UK aid that supports projects for deaf people.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	2774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID funds a number of projects which support deaf people, including through Sense International and the Disability Rights Fund, which supports Deaf People’s Organisations in a number of countries including Rwanda and Uganda. DFID advocates for the use of the Washington Group Questions as a method of disaggregating data by disability. The questions can give policy makers a better understanding of the number and situation of deaf people as well as those with other impairments. DFID is implementing its disability framework, published in December 2014. The framework sets out how DFID will make its policies and programmes more inclusive of all people with disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps grouped question UIN 2775 question first answered 23/06/2015 12:34:32 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

381547

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which projects funded by UK aid support deaf people; and in which countries those projects are based.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	2775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID funds a number of projects which support deaf people, including through Sense International and the Disability Rights Fund, which supports Deaf People’s Organisations in a number of countries including Rwanda and Uganda. DFID advocates for the use of the Washington Group Questions as a method of disaggregating data by disability. The questions can give policy makers a better understanding of the number and situation of deaf people as well as those with other impairments. DFID is implementing its disability framework, published in December 2014. The framework sets out how DFID will make its policies and programmes more inclusive of all people with disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps grouped question UIN 2774 question first answered 23/06/2015 12:34:32 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green