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date	04/05/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to improve its ability to efficiently shift its involvement from providing short-term humanitarian assistance to long-term development projects in regions experiencing protracted crises.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	36539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>We are increasing our capacity to deal with protracted and multiple crises. We have set up a new team to develop thinking on our overall approach to protracted crises, and are working across the department to share lessons and build on best practice.</p><p>We are also working with international partners to develop solutions for protracted crises – and more appropriate medium term financing. The UK co-hosted the “Supporting Syria and the Region” conference in London on 4 February 2016 which raised over $12bn in pledges, of which $6.1 billion has been committed for 2017-20 to enable partners to plan ahead. We are approaching the UN World Humanitarian Summit 2016 with an ambitious set of objectives to secure commitment to implementing a new approach to protracted displacement.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 11/05/2016 13:07:27 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

511431

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether funding for UK-based consultancy firms is included in the UK's 0.7 per cent of gross domestic product overseas development assistance target.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	33569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Consultancy funding for UK-based firms is included in the UK’s 0.7 per cent of gross domestic product overseas development assistance target.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 18/04/2016 15:42:04 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

389893

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to paragraph 1.82 of the Summer Budget 2015, whether any of the £1.5 billion a year funding for military and intelligence spending will contribute to meeting the target of 0.7 per cent of GNI on Overseas Development Assistance.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	7139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The profile and allocation of funding has not been announced and will be agreed as part of the Spending Review and Strategic Defence and Security Review.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 7141 question first answered 20/07/2015 16:40:19 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

386734

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	Development Aid
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 ensure all projects funded by her Department are (a) monitored and (b) directed at people in developing countries in the most need.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	4854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 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> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 07/07/2015 16:08:29 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon