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681227

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date	30/01/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to cap the daily rate of consultants working (a) directly for and (b) for contractors working on projects funded by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	62150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State announced to the International Development Committee (IDC) on 19 December that DFID will conduct a fundamental review of supplier practices which will include looking at how to drive greater transparency of costs in our supply chain.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 02/02/2017 17:48:44 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

681228

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza and West Bank: Health Services
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 effect of Israel's border restrictions and permit system on urgent medical care for people resident in (a) the West Bank and (b) Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	62175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The availability of some medical supplies and services in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) can be restricted by Israeli security procedures. A recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report noted increasing restrictions, notably permit delays or denial, for patients who have been referred for further care outside Gaza and the West Bank. For Gaza this is particularly acute, and is compounded by frequent closure by Egypt of the Rafah crossing, preventing urgent medical cases from seeking treatment in Egypt.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 02/02/2017 17:44:49 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

681229

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much government funding is provided for climate action in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	62257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>Over the last five years, the UK Government has provided £3.87 billion for climate action in developing countries. This has, amongst other things, supported 21 million people to cope with the effects of climate change and helped 6.6 million people access clean energy.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 02/02/2017 17:49:17 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

681342

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: EU Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her press statement of 16 December 2016 on future UK support to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, that she intends to channel payments to the Palestinian Authority directly through the EU's PEGASE mechanism, if she will set out what her policy is on making such payments after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	62399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK’s ability to use the EU PEGASE mechanism will not be affected when we leave the EU. Non-EU countries are able to channel funding through this mechanism.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 02/02/2017 17:45:12 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

681343

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which contracts have been suspended by Ministers of her Department in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	62380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>No contracts over the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) threshold (currently £106,047) have been suspended by Ministers in the Department for International Development in the last three months.</p><p>A number of procurements and payments were paused following recent concerns about DFID suppliers. We have also recently examined DFID programmes in OPT’s.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 02/02/2017 17:52:12 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

681344

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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: Water
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to increase her Department's spending on water, sanitation and hygiene projects.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	62299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government has committed to help 60 million people to gain access to water and sanitation by 2020. The focus will be to deliver results with best value for money in order to control the total amount spent.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 02/02/2017 17:53:13 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis