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386737

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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: Sanitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps she has taken on improving sanitation and access to clean water in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	4954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government committed to reach 60 million people in developing countries with our water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programmes by December 2015. We are on track to reach this target. Contributions come from projects managed by DFID offices in 15 countries, from a partnership with UNICEF to deliver improved WASH in nine countries, and from a challenge programme which funds three consortia working in 12 countries. To date, our bilateral WASH programmes have reached 54.1 million people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We also have a renewed commitment to help at least 60 million people get access to clean water and sanitation by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 06/07/2015 16:58:01 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

386190

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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: Diseases
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 efficacy of the research and development pipeline for diagnostics, drugs and vaccines for poverty-related and other neglected diseases.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	4502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>Historically there has been a lack of investment in the development of diagnostics, drugs and vaccines for poverty-related and other neglected diseases. In the last 15 years increasing investments in research have resulted in over 200 products at various stages of development. A large part of this increase has been due to the establishment of a number of public-private product development partnerships (PDPs) developing a range of technologies for a number of different diseases.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PDPs aim is to accelerate the development of new products and to date they have developed over twenty new products. It has been estimated that there is around a 10% return on investment per annum from medical research. There is insufficient funding available to support the development of all the promising products currently in PDP portfolios and DFID works in partnership with others to encourage greater investment.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 06/07/2015 16:04:36 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

385979

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in East Sudan.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	4433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK remains extremely concerned about the humanitarian situation in Eastern Sudan. The United Nations’ ‘Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan 2015’ estimates that 328,000 people are in need of humanitarian assistance in three states of East Sudan (Red Sea, Kassala and Gedaref), out of a total of 5.4 million in need across the country. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is supporting some 92,000 long-term refugees in the east. DFID is providing a further £38 million over the next two years for additional humanitarian assistance to Sudan, including Darfur.</p><p> </p><p>Delays and restrictions imposed by the Government of Sudan in the issuance of travel permits has limited our ability to conduct our own recent assessment but we continue to work closely with NGOs and International Agencies to better understand the situation. We, along with our partners (EU and US) continue to press the Government of Sudan to allow unrestricted humanitarian access but we remain deeply concerned about the situation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 03/07/2015 13:13:57 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

385980

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan
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 effectiveness of sanctions on people considered to be impeding the peace process in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	4478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>To respond to the ongoing conflict in South Sudan the UK helped to secure UN sanctions against six military commanders that impeded the peace process. As these sanctions were adopted on 1 July 2015 it is too early to assess their effectiveness.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 03/07/2015 13:14:23 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

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

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