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649516

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
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: Sanitation
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 assessed the potential merits of increasing the proportion of its overseas development aid dedicated to water, sanitation and hygiene.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	55919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 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, rather than pre-set budget allocations.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 08/12/2016 16:49:50 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

648743

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Water
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 level of access for civilians in the city of Aleppo to clean water; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	55776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>In the East of Aleppo city, DFID partners assess that the supply of water is sporadic and the quality inadequate as a result of damage arising from the ongoing Regime offensive. To help address this, DFID implementing partners have supported repairs to water networks and generators and provided water purification tablets and jerry cans. In the West of Aleppo city, where there has been less damage to the water system, supply is assessed as adequate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/12/2016 18:08:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

648823

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Commonwealth Development Corporation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department's Partnership Principles apply to the Commonwealth Development Corporation.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	55648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>The Partnership Principles are largely focused on our assessment of, and work with, partner governments and are not directly relevant to CDC, which invests in the private sector not governments.</p><p>In countries where DFID has a country office, CDC and DFID liaise, consult, and share knowledge in a mutually agreed manner on the sectors and/or industries in those countries, states or territories which have the greatest developmental need.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/12/2016 18:08:49 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

648824

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Commonwealth Development Corporation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the value and nature was of each example of fraud and corruption identified by her Department's internal audit of the Commonwealth Development Corporation Group's internal audit mechanisms in Commonwealth Development in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	55649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>CDC has their own internal audit function which reports to the Board. As noted in the recent NAO report four cases were referred jointly to CDC and DFID, and CDC consulted informally with DFID on a further three allegations.</p><p>One of these cases – the allegations regarding ECP made in 2010 – is in the public domain. We cannot comment on other allegations.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/12/2016 18:06:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

648825

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Iraq: Internally Displaced People
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 identify the needs of displaced people living outside the camp structure in Iraq; and what humanitarian support her Department is providing to those such people.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	55644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>Our partners, including the UN and non-governmental organisations, conduct regular needs assessments, inside and outside of camps. This helps us to reach the most vulnerable people in Iraq with UK-funded assistance.</p><p>Since June 2014, the UK has committed £169.5 million of humanitarian funding to Iraq. Our support to a range of partners enables UK aid to respond to the most pressing needs both inside and outside of camps, through the provision of clean water, food, medicines, protection services, and cash assistance. The UK is the largest donor to the UN Iraq Humanitarian Pooled Fund, which is flexible and responsive to the most urgent humanitarian needs.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/12/2016 18:15:14 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

648826

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Commonwealth Development Corporation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when the evaluation contract for the Commonwealth Development Corporation Group outlined in the 2015 business case for recapitalisation will be set.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	55650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>In addition to independent evaluations of CDC’s impact that have been and will be undertaken, DFID are currently in the design stages of a complex new fifteen-year study to generate more detailed longitudinal data on the development impacts of CDC investments. We are the first Government ever to conduct such an in-depth study into their development finance institution. In order to assure we get the best value for money, this study will go through a comprehensive and competitive tendering process. It is anticipated that this study be tendered for in the first half of 2017.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 06/12/2016 13:16:43 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

648827

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
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 the value was of all official development assistance scorable investments in each of the multilateral development finance institutions in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	55651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>Core contributions to the multilateral finance institutions for 2010-2015 are set out in the table attached. UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) to multilateral finance institutions is scored as ODA at the point at which the funding is provided to them.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/12/2016 18:16:01 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name 55651.docx title 55651
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

648828

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to provide financial or technical assistance to the Democratic Republic of Congo to ensure that elections in line with the 2006 constitution take place.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	55643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>DFID has supported the current election process in the Democratic Republic of Congo since 2015, focussing on increasing democratic representation of women and youth, protecting human rights defenders and broadening the Catholic Church’s electoral observation activities. In early 2016, DFID announced that additional funding of £6.6million could be made available to support the Electoral Commission in updating the electoral register. These funds are available if and only if the Congolese authorities show political will to hold free and fair elections.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 06/12/2016 16:17:01 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

648829

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Commonwealth Development Corporation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what requests for capital funding were received by her Department from the Commonwealth Development Corporation/CDC Group in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	55702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>In 2014, CDC provided DFID with an Offering Memorandum setting out the case for and requesting additional capital in the amount of £735m. In accordance with the Share Subscription agreement signed in July 2015, DFID has provided CDC with two tranches of additional capital funding: £450 million in 2015 and a further £285 million in 2016. In total these amount to £735 million.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/12/2016 18:07:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

648830

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Commonwealth Development Corporation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total value was of (a) Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) assets held and (b) financial plans relating to CDC investments in each of the last six years in (i) the Cayman Islands, (ii) Mauritius, (iii) Guernsey, (iv) Jersey, (v) Luxembourg and (vi) Barbados.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	55701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>CDC only uses offshore financial centres when it is necessary to do so, in situations in which legal and regulatory systems are weak or inadequate, or when investors come from different parts of the world and their funds need to be pooled somewhere neutral that has strong legal systems and stable financial sectors.</p><p> </p><p>a) Total value of assets held</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sum of Valuation GBP</strong> <strong> m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cayman Islands</p></td><td><p>444.6</p></td><td><p>473.0</p></td><td><p>480.6</p></td><td><p>496.5</p></td><td><p>653.4</p></td><td><p>575.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barbados</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guernsey</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>18.4</p></td><td><p>*315.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jersey</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td><td><p>12.3</p></td><td><p>11.5</p></td><td><p>10.2</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>14.7</p></td><td><p>15.9</p></td><td><p>22.0</p></td><td><p>35.6</p></td><td><p>57.5</p></td><td><p>67.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritius</p></td><td><p>434.9</p></td><td><p>452.7</p></td><td><p>594.0</p></td><td><p>629.6</p></td><td><p>725.8</p></td><td><p>772.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>902.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>951.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,109.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,173.3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,465.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,736.2</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>* Globeleq is registered in Guernsey because CDC needed to have assets in Guernsey as security for the $1.2bn emergency borrowing facility.</p><p>The borrowing facility exists in order for CDC to be able to service new investment commitments in the event of a major liquidity crisis. If CDC ran out of money for instance, it would still be able to pay money into Funds it had made commitments to.</p><p>b) financial plans (interpreted as commitments to investments using OFCs by year)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>CDC annual Commitment (USD m)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cayman Islands</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Barbados</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Guernsey</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Luxembourg</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mauritius</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total portfolio value </strong> <strong>(at year end)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2010</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>94.7</p></td><td><p>164.6</p></td><td><p>1933.2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2011</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>20.0</p></td><td><p>127.5</p></td><td><p>1913.3</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2012</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>30.0</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>110.6</p></td><td><p>2246</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>75.0</p></td><td><p>63.1</p></td><td><p>105.4</p></td><td><p>2504.2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2014</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>40.0</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>111.6</p></td><td><p>2926.3</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2015</p></td><td><p>95.0</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>170.0</p></td><td><p>2999.2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>135.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0.00</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>145.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>177.7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>789.8</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/12/2016 14:12:26 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty