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77193

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2014, Official Report, column 181W, on Afghanistan, for what reason her Department did not engage with the Afghan Investment Support Agency on the Bost airfield project.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	205006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Bost Airfield and Agri-Business Park project comprised two separate components. On the airfield upgrade component, DFID worked closely with the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, which operates airfields and airports in Afghanistan, to complete the upgrade. All works have now been handed over to the relevant authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/07/2014 16:07:11 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

77194

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many away days her Department has held for its officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost of each such event has been.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	205074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on the number of DFID away days and the costs incurred is not held centrally and precise information is not readily available.</p><p> </p><p>Away days for Department for International Development (DFID) staff are overwhelmingly undertaken on DFID or Other Government Department premises where there is little or no cost involved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 17/07/2014 14:28:13 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

77195

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much and what proportion of her Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of her Department's budget she expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	205220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Under this Government's transparency programme, contracts and future contract pipeline information is published on Contracts Finder which is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a></p><p> </p><p>In regards to the proportion of my Departments contracted spends to overall budget, full copies of the annual accounts are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=annual+accounts&amp;publication_filter_option=corporate-reports&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-international-development&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date=&amp;commit=Refresh+results" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=annual+accounts&amp;publication_filter_option=corporate-reports&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-international-development&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date=&amp;commit=Refresh+results</a></p><p><br><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/07/2014 14:29:24 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

77196

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent on refurbishing (a) gymnasium and leisure facilities, (b) cafeteria and (c) interior decoration within (i) her Department and (ii) buildings owned by her Department in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	205071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No refurbishment was made to facilities in 2014.</p><p>The East Kilbride office carried out refurbishment to facilities mentioned at a cost of £5,790 during 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 17/07/2014 14:27:36 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

77197

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Mass Media: Subscriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what subscriptions to (a) magazines and (b) television channels her Department funds; and what the annual cost is of each of those subscriptions.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	205257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID's communications team subscribes to following magazines:</p><p>The Economist: £136 per annum</p><p>The Spectator: £129 per annum</p><p>The New Statesman: £92 per annum</p><p>The New Scientist: £149 per annum</p><p>Private Eye: £28 per annum</p><p>Marketing Magazine: £155 per annum</p><p>PR Week: £99.50 per annum</p><p>PR Week Global: £119.50 per annum</p><p>A figure for magazine subscriptions across the entire Department cannot be compiled from our accounting records without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p>Television channels are paid for via the Parliamentary feed. DFID pays £6,728.90 each year for maintenance of the Parliamentary TV system and £13,500 a year for rental of the telecomms link from 22 Whitehall to the Palace of Westminster.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 17/07/2014 14:34:55 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

77198

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Training
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 on (a) media training and (b) social media training for (i) her and (ii) other Ministers in her Department; and what specific training was provided in each such case.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	205243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID operates a decentralised Learning and Development system and does not hold central records of course attendance or small scale expenditure. DFID publishes all expenditure over £500, which can be found on our website http://www.dfid.gov.uk/About-us/How-we-measure-progress/DFID-spend/. Producing any other type of report would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 17/07/2014 14:32:09 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

77199

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks
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 policy is on the consumption of alcohol during social occasions held in her private office.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	205241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer Hon. Member to the answer provided today by my Rt Hon. Friend the member for Horsham (Mr Maude).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 17/07/2014 14:31:40 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

76857

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department will review its decision in 2012 to end its involvement in the Bost Agri project; and if she will make an assessment of any lessons to be learned from that decision and its consequences.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	204834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>There are no plans to review the decision to end DFID's involvement in the Bost Agricultural Park project.</p><p> </p><p>The Bost industrial business park proposal was originally approved by officials in 2009 at a time when Ministers did not approve spend under £40m.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012 it became clear that the project could no longer be completed within the original timeframe and in good order. To avoid wasting taxpayers' money I decided that UK funding for the project should be cancelled. Ministerial oversight has since been strengthened and all programmes worth over £5m are signed off by Ministers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 16/07/2014 16:55:17 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

76858

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2014, Official Report, column 181W, on Afghanistan, on what date in November 2013 her Department completed its move at Bost airfield; and under whose control that airfield now is.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	204879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID's construction work at Bost Airfield was completed in the second half of November 2013. Bost Airfield is operated by Afghanistan ministries and municipal government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 16/07/2014 16:52:49 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

76859

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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: Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her policy is on advising other countries on the use of private finance initiative-type financing models to low-income countries either directly or through the International Finance Corporation.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Fiona O'Donnell
uin	204825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID does not have a policy either directly or indirectly of advising countries on the use of private finance initiative-type financing models.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 16/07/2014 16:09:20 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	3964 label Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell