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824327

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
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: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps she has taken to ensure value for money for overseas projects funded by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	903331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>DFID has recently introduced tough new reforms for its aid spending to deliver value for money, including clamping down on the risk of unethical practices by suppliers and increasing efficiency savings. All projects are measured against a robust monitoring framework to ensure they remain cost effective.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 17/01/2018 14:00:02 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

824329

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
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: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to promote value for money in aid.
tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Seely
uin	903334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>In my department every project is rigorously appraised before approval to ensure value for money. All projects are also measured against a robust monitoring framework to ensure they remain cost effective. DFID supports other aid spending departments, who are responsible for ensuring value for money of their aid spend.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 17/01/2018 14:01:18 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4681 label Biography information for Bob Seely

824330

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
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: Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to help tackle gender-based violence in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	903335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>South Sudan experiences horrific gender-based violence. Last year, a DFID-funded programme reached nearly 300,000 people with interventions, including responses for survivors of gender-based violence and longer-term prevention. We have also conducted ground breaking research to improve our understanding of and response to gender-based violence in South Sudan.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 17/01/2018 14:02:11 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

819173

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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: Humanitarian Aid
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 adequacy of humanitarian access to South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	121850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Physical and bureaucratic impediments continue to affect the ability of organisations to deliver lifesaving humanitarian aid in South Sudan. Over 1,900 humanitarian access incidents have been reported since the start of 2016, and at least 95 aid workers have been killed since the conflict began; this makes South Sudan one of the most dangerous operating environments in the world for humanitarian actors.</p><p>The continued obstruction of humanitarian aid by the Government of South Sudan is completely unacceptable. We are engaging with South Sudan’s leaders at the highest level, alongside international partners, to make clear they have a direct responsibility to improve access and stop the suffering of their people.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/01/2018 09:53:16 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

819174

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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: Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce gender-based violence in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	121851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>South Sudan experiences horrific gender-based violence. Last year, a DFID-funded programme reached nearly 300,000 people with interventions, including responses for survivors of gender-based violence and longer-term prevention. We have also conducted ground breaking research to improve our understanding of and response to gender-based violence in South Sudan.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 16/01/2018 16:40:43 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

819175

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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: Peace Negotiations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department has provided for church-led reconciliation efforts in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	121852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK is supporting local peace-building initiatives in South Sudan, including by providing funding to the South Sudanese Council of Churches (SSCC). The SSCC, which comprises the seven main churches, have developed an Action Plan for Peace. This includes reconciliation and mediation efforts, and support for inclusive dialogue within and across communities. This UK funding – via the Conflict Stability and Security Fund - is also enabling the SSCC to lead mediation and reconciliation efforts between national level leaders who have the power to stop the violence.</p><p> </p><p>A number of UK Ministers have met with SSCC representatives to hear directly about the role the churches are playing to end the conflict.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 16/01/2018 16:39:08 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

816670

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what proportion of officials in her Department took sick leave for reasons relating to stress in the last year; and what proportion of total sick leave in her Department that leave was.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	121097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>In the period January to December 2017, 68 DFID employees declared a sick absence with the reasons of stress, anxiety and/or depression. The total sick leave absence equates to 2.6% of DFID’s overall employer complement and 17.6% of DFID’s total sick absence.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 12/01/2018 11:02:22 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

816674

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many days' sick leave officials in her Department took for reasons relating to stress in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	121101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>In the period January to December 2017 1,669 days have been recorded as sick absence with the potential to relate to stress.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 12/01/2018 11:05:01 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

816682

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what was the cost to her Department of officials taking sick leave in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	121109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>The estimated cost of sick absence for DFID for the period January to December 2017 was £231,000.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 12/01/2018 11:05:43 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

816766

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Abduction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures her Department has put in place to assist children recovered from abduction in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	121193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>DFID provides assistance to children recovered from abduction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by supporting child protection interventions through our £175million humanitarian programme. The United Nations Children’s Funds and the International Committee for the Red Cross are our key partners implementing child protection services, particularly in Kasai Centrale and Kasai Orientale. Their support includes identification, documentation, family tracing and reunification, recreational support, child friendly spaces and individual psychosocial support. In 2017 DFID helped 474 children exit from militias or detention centres and reunited 88 children with their families.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/01/2018 15:25:24 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew