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65919

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date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they are making in assisting the government of Pakistan to raise revenue from rich individuals and companies to pay for education for children in that country not currently attending school.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK is helping to support Pakistan’s efforts to increase revenue collection through a range of measures, including through expertise from HM Revenue and Customs. The Government of Pakistan has already made progress including removing tax exemptions worth 0.34% of GDP and publishing a directory of all taxpayers. It published its second federal budget on 3 June which included further emphasis on increasing revenue from 9% to 15% of GDP by 2018, through new measures to widen the tax net and phase out exemptions. Through these the government aims to raise additional revenue of over $2.2 billion in 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It has also committed to increase the share of GDP spent on education from 2% to 4% by 2018. This will help to get some of the estimated 12 million out-of-school children across the country into education.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/07/2014 14:30:04 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

65920

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to take action to ensure that essential medical and relief supplies reach people in the autonomous Kurdish cantons of north and east Syria.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>In Syria and the region, UK aid is supporting food for up to 535,000 people a month and water for up to 1.5 million people. UK support to WHO will provide vulnerable Syrians with essential access to comprehensive health services. WHO are also supporting trauma systems, delivering essential supplies and augmenting health systems to respond to outbreaks of diseases. Across Syria the UK has already funded over 244,000 medical consultations to critically injured and sick people.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 17/07/2014 14:49:40 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

65949

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
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: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Northover on 30 June (WA 209), what representations they have made to the World Health Organisation regarding the omission of sexual and reproductive health from its recently-published draft goal for the post-2015 development framework.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We have asked WHO to clarify their position on the inclusion of sexual and reproductive health in a Post 2015 framework. The UK supports such an inclusion.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 17/07/2014 14:50:05 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

66141

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Air Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what occasions each Minister within her Department has taken domestic flights on official business since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Details of all Ministerial overseas travel are published on a quarterly basis. Any such flight would normally be to Glasgow where DFID has an office in East Kilbride.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 14/07/2014 16:09:51 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66142

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
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 spent on legal fees in cases relating to the release of information requested under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>It is not possible to disaggregate this data into the form requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 14/07/2014 16:26:27 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66143

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
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, what professional development courses are made available to staff of her Department; and what the cost to the public purse is of each such course.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID has decentralised responsibility for training and professional development to line managers and Heads of Profession. The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 14/07/2014 16:15:31 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66144

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many senior civil servants appointed to positions in her Department since 2010 were previously (a) political appointees within that Department and (b) employed by a political party.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>We have no central report readily available detailing the senior civil servants who have been appointed since 2010 and who were previously (a) political appointees within DFID and (b) employed by a political party. This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 14/07/2014 16:12:36 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66145

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Domestic Visits
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 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 681W, on official visits, what domestic visits each of the Ministers of her Department has made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	204375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Since January 2013, DFID Ministers have made the following domestic visits on official business:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Secretary of State (Rt Hon Justine Greening MP)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>17 January 2013 – Visit to the DFID office in East Kilbride</p><p> </p><p>28 January 2013 – Regional Cabinet in Leeds</p><p> </p><p>20 May 2013 – Regional Visit to Watford</p><p> </p><p>27 June 2013 – Regional Visit to Dartford</p><p> </p><p>24 October 2013 – Visit to the DFID office in East Kilbride</p><p> </p><p>20 November 2013 – Regional Visit to Brighton and Hastings</p><p> </p><p>11 February 2014 – Regional Visit to Pudsey</p><p> </p><p>24 February 2014 – Regional Visit to Edinburgh and Regional Cabinet in Aberdeen</p><p> </p><p>1 May 2014 – Regional Visit to Birmingham and Warwick</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Minister of State (Rt Hon Alan Duncan MP)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>6 March 2014 – Regional Visit to Aberdeen</p><p> </p><p>1 May 2014 – Visit to the DFID office in East Kilbride and Glasgow</p><p> </p><p>2 May 2014 – Regional visit to Edinburgh</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lynne Featherstone MP)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>4 February 2013 – Regional Visit to Winchester</p><p> </p><p>10 June 2013 – Visit to the DFID office in East Kilbride.</p><p> </p><p>2 July 2013 – Regional Visit to Milton Keynes</p><p> </p><p>9 October 2013 – Regional Visit to Bristol</p><p> </p><p>24 February 2014 – Regional Visit to Birmingham and Ruby</p><p> </p><p>26 February 2014 – Visit to the DFID office in East Kilbride</p><p> </p><p>17 March 2014 – Visit to the DFID office in East Kilbride</p><p> </p><p>29 June 2014 – Regional Visit to Edinburgh</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 10/07/2014 15:52:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

66146

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma
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 ensure that displaced Rohingya Muslims have access to basic medicine and healthcare provision.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	204170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID, along with other aid agencies on the ground in Rakhine, are working to ensure a coordinated response. Our bilateral humanitarian support in Rakhine includes assistance for water, sanitation, and nutrition. Support is provided to both communities. We have not provided bilateral support for medicine and healthcare provision, but ECHO and UN agencies to whom we provide core funding, are. In addition to the delivery of aid, DFID and the FCO continue to advocate at all levels of Government for establishment of conditions which allow for unhindered humanitarian access.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 14/07/2014 16:06:08 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

66147

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
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: Fraud and Corruption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many reports of fraud or corrupt practices her Department has received (a) in writing and (b) through the development tracker website in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	204163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Incidents of substantiated fraud are set out in both the Department's Annual Report and, where appropriate, in the notes of the Annual Accounts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 10/07/2014 15:41:40 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy