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388315

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Internet
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 had with (a) her international counterparts and (b) UN bodies on the provision of cheap and effective internet access to communities in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	5772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Technology has the potential to increase the impact and value for money of UK Aid; and to pull people out of poverty. Many of DFID’s programmes enable communities to access life-changing products and services via the internet, often through a simple mobile phone.</p><p> </p><p>Unfortunately, cost continues to be a barrier to internet access for communities in many developing countries. DFID has supported initiatives such as the Alliance for Affordable Internet – a cross-sector coalition which was formed to bring about policy change to drive down the costs of broadband in developing countries. DFID continues to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders on this agenda including our donor counterparts in the US and Sweden, philanthropic foundations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Omidyar Network and the World Wide Web Foundation, technology firms including Google and Facebook and bodies such as the UN’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 14/07/2015 15:17:36 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

388316

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the UNICEF news note on children killed, abducted and raped in South Sudan attacks, dated 18 May 2015, if she will hold discussions with the government of South Sudan on the protection of children in that country from such attacks.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	5841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>We have raised the issue of the protection of civilians, particularly children, both as part of our broader human rights engagement with the Government of South Sudan, as well as with the opposition, most recently on the 7<sup>th</sup> of July. Her Majesty’s Ambassador (HMA) to South Sudan, together with Heads of EU Missions in Juba, issued a statement on the 2<sup>nd</sup> July 2015 condemning the human rights atrocities in Unity State that were raised in the recent UNICEF and United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) reports. The joint statement strongly condemned the horrific acts against civilians, including children, and urged all parties involved to take steps to end these atrocities as a matter of urgency. We continue to call for the Government to allow further investigations by granting unimpeded access to the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). We will continue to press the Government of South Sudan to ensure the protection of its citizens and investigate these atrocities.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 13/07/2015 13:50:42 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

387875

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Abortion
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 (a) in total on the Prevention of Maternal Death from Unwanted Pregnancy programme, (b) for abortion services by the Prevention of Maternal Death from Unwanted Pregnancy programme and (c) supporting locally-led changes to the regulatory and policy environments for abortion services as part of the Prevention of Maternal Deaths from Unwanted Pregnancy programme since the inception of that programme; what measures are in place to ensure value for money in the delivery of the programme; and what scrutiny is applied to organisations commissioned with the delivery of the international aspects of the programme.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>Total spend to date on the Prevention of Maternal Death from Unwanted Pregnancy programme has been £59.7 million. The programme works in a comprehensive and integrated manner and spend is not disaggregated by service type.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The programme delivers value for money when compared with both international standards and its own output targets. The programme is subject to DFID’s approach for conducting due diligence of delivery partners. Further information on both value for money and programme oversight can be found on DFID’s development tracker at <a href="http://www.devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/" target="_blank">devtracker.dfid.gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 13/07/2015 13:49:15 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

387322

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	5289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on the use of Freedom of Information exemptions are published by the Ministry of Justice (Table 10 of annual reports). They are available here <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a>. These statistics provide the number of times section 38 as a whole has been used by each government department. Both sections 38(1)(a) and 38(1)(b) were used by DFID in all such cases.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 09/07/2015 11:39:27 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

387323

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	5310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on the use of Freedom of Information exemptions are published by the Ministry of Justice (Table 10 of annual reports). They are available here <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a>. These statistics provide the number of times section 38 as a whole has been used by each government department. Both sections 38(1)(a) and 38(1)(b) were used by DFID in all such cases.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 09/07/2015 11:40:14 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

387330

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what instructions have been given to staff in her Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	5331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>No guidance has been issued to staff on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No.19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, about the application of section 38 of the Act. However, the Ministry of Justice has published its own guidance on the use of this exemption. This is available here: <a title="http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance" href="http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance" target="_blank">http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 09/07/2015 11:40:57 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

387402

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Africa: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding has been devoted to education projects in African countries in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Roger Mullin
uin	5376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows UK bilateral Official Development Assistance expenditure for education projects in African countries since 2005:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK ODA Education Sector Spend to Africa (GBP millions)</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>221</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>351</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Statistics in Development database.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 09/07/2015 11:42:12 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4468 label Biography information for Roger Mullin

387468

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Nigeria: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has reached a decision on whether to fund an extension of the Nigerian Infrastructure Advisory Facility - beyond NIAF 2.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	5500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The Nigerian Infrastructure Advisory Facility 2 (NIAF2) will end in December 2016. A decision regarding future support for infrastructure development in Nigeria beyond NIAF2 will be taken during the next Country Operational Plan period, starting in April 2016.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 07/07/2015 15:52:21 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

387482

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Hygiene and Sanitation
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 spent on projects relating to (a) the provision of clean water, (b) sewage, (c) women's sanitary projects and (d) other essential hygiene projects in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	5520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>In Financial Year 2013 to 2014 DFID spent £93.3million on providing clean water and £34.8million on sanitation projects. In that year DFID also spent £39.8million on health education which includes promotion of improved hygiene practices. The source for these figures is the publication Statistics on International Development 2013 2014. The tables in that publication are not able to provide a figure for spending on women’s sanitary projects. However, we have a number of programmes globally. DFID is supporting a number of initiatives to address menstrual hygiene management. For example, in our education portfolio we support programmes that are improving the availability of disposable sanitary pads. DFID has also supported an extensive menstrual hygiene management research programme which resulted in a comprehensive manual and training pack.</p><p> </p><p>This includes the CAMFED Secondary Education Programme in Zimbabwe that is helping to ensure 24,000 orphaned and vulnerable girls complete secondary school. Through the Girls’ Education Challenge programme, DFID is providing £10million to World Vision in Zimbabwe to implement the Improving Girls’ Access to Transformational Education programme which aims to support 95,000 rural girls. In the rural zone of Wolaita in Ethiopia, DFID is working with an NGO called ‘Link Community Development’ to provide sanitary pads and upgrade sanitation facilities for 56,683 marginalised girls.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 07/07/2015 15:54:20 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

387483

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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: Consultants and Legal Opinion
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 spent on (a) legal advice and (b) consultants in 2014; which organisations were paid from that expenditure for those services; and how much each such organisation received for each such service.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	5274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>British taxpayers expect all ODA to be high quality and well-targeted. So since 2010, DFID has made value for money and transparency of UK official development assistance (ODA) a top priority. In the last 5 years, DFID has worked hard to make its systems and processes more rigorous to make sure that aid projects reach intended beneficiaries and deliver results, including introducing greater ministerial oversight and new spending controls. Business cases and delivery plans are used for all DFID projects setting out the rationale for the projects and how they will be implemented. Formal project reviews are required annually and at completion against a performance monitoring framework. These reviews assess and record that funds have been used for their intended purposes and what results have been delivered. DFID has also reduced the number of bilateral country programmes since 2010. Finally, DFID has introduced greater transparency and scrutiny of DFID’s work through setting up the aid watchdog, the Independent Commission for Aid Impact, which scrutinises everything DFID does, alongside the work of the International Development Select Committee.</p><p>In line with the UK Government commitments to increase transparency, DFID publishes details of spend transactions over £500 on a monthly basis. This includes expenditure at supplier level and amount for Legal and Consultancy services. This information can be accessed via the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/monthly-spend-over-500-in-the-department-for-international-development" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/monthly-spend-over-500-in-the-department-for-international-development</a>.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 08/07/2015 14:34:41 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick