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435916

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Central African Republic: Armed Conflict
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 (a) in the short term to provide humanitarian relief to displaced people in Bangui in the Central African Republic and (b) to secure peace in that city.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	18903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The Central African Republic (CAR) is facing a severe and protracted crisis that has displaced more than a million people since 2012. Despite the deployment of 12,000 peace-keepers, the country remains marred by sectarian tension, criminal violence, arms proliferation and armed groups.</p><br /><p>In September the UK approved a £7 million uplift in our assistance to CAR and CAR refugees to address rising needs and aid gaps, bringing UK humanitarian funding to £25 million in 2015 and £58 million since 2013. This makes the UK the third largest humanitarian donor to CAR after the US and the EU in 2015. UK funding is enabling partners including the International Committee of the Red-Cross and the Common Humanitarian Fund to provide humanitarian assistance to people in need in Bangui and the rest of the country.</p><p>The UK is also working with and through international organisations to ensure an effective international response to the security crisis in CAR.The UN is a key partner in CAR.The UK contributes to the UN peacekeeping mission (a projected £33.2m this year in assessed contributions).</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 14/12/2015 17:16:36 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

435917

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will discuss with her ministerial colleagues in other departments (a) reducing UK support for fossil fuels overseas and (b) ensuring that support for energy in developing countries is directed towards low-carbon technologies.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	18904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>My Department works closely with other government departments on UK energy policy overseas, including the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), the Treasury, and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The UK Government has committed to end public funding for coal fired power plants, , except in rare circumstances, in the world’s poorest countries. This policy has been agreed with DECC and was announced at the Warsaw Climate Change conference in 2013.</p><br /><p>DFID will continue to support international initiatives to promote cleaner energy sources and other low carbon technologies. For example, the Energy Africa campaign will accelerate the expansion of the household solar market in Africa, helping to bring universal energy access to the continent. The International Climate Fund (ICF) managed by DECC and DFID also actively supports low-carbon technologies, and monitors this through Key Performance Indicators. The UK reports publicly on achievements through the ICF (see <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/463954/ICF_Results_Note_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/463954/ICF_Results_Note_Final.pdf</a>).</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 14/12/2015 17:13:08 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

435918

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Occupied Territories: Water Supply
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 take steps to improve access to water in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	18905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>UK officials regularly discuss the issue of water with Israeli counterparts. We continue to call for the full implementation of the relaxation of access restrictions for Gaza and, with robust monitoring, for the entry of essential items on the dual-use list to allow for rehabilitation of the water network. We also continue to press both parties to reconvene the Joint Water Committee to facilitate further approval of key projects that will improve Palestinian access to water.</p><p>Through the UN FAO, DFID has invested up to £1.24m to help vulnerable rural farmers in Area C support their families through increased incomes from agricultural production. Improved irrigation efficiency has been achieved by rehabilitation of existing water cisterns and approximately 30km of water conveyance systems.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 14/12/2015 17:51:40 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

434018

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech at the UN Sustainable Development Goals Summit on 27 September 2015, what steps the Government is taking to leave no one behind.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	18639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s promise that ‘no one will be left behind’ is clearly referenced in the new UK Aid strategy at paragraph 3.17, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-aid-tackling-global-challenges-in-the-national-interest" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-aid-tackling-global-challenges-in-the-national-interest</a>. My department is currently laying out what this means for all DFID and wider government investments overseas, and supporting the international system to ensure no one is left behind. We will support countries and development partners to increase their capacity to better identify and reach the extreme poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged groups.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 09/12/2015 17:09:30 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

434019

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
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 potential role for the private sector in increasing birth registration in fagile contexts.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	18640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>Accurately recording births, deaths, adoptions, marriages and divorces will be critical in achieving the newly agreed Global Goals. In fragile contexts, registration is essential to enable refugees to obtain humanitarian services and protection under international law.</p><br /><p>Although globally, the births of nearly 230 million children under age five have never been recorded and almost two thirds of deaths are not counted at all, some progress is being made, largely in Latin America and Asia. The increasing use of technology and the private sector have played important enabling roles in building this momentum and will continue to be crucial to further progress.</p><br /><p>DFID supports statistical capacity building and implementation of national statistical plans in a number of countries through global programmes such as the Statistics for Results Facility Catalytic Fund (SRF-CF), implemented in eight countries. In Nigeria, for example, SRF-CF supported eight outreach birth/death registration centres. DFID also provides bilateral support to countries’ national statistical systems.</p><br /><p>At a policy level, DFID supports the Commission for Information and Accountability (COIA) where CRVS is one of ten priority areas. DFID also provides support to the UNHCR, the mandated UN agency to advocate for the protection and promotion of the rights of refugees, which plays a crucial role in assisting refugees in with documentation. To date, DFID has allocated over £44 million to UNHCR’s operations in Jordan and in Lebanon, of which a proportion will go to funding the registration and issuing of birth certificates for refugees.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/12/2015 17:08:45 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

433542

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Malaria: Overseas Aid
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 continue to spend £500 million per year on tackling malaria.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	18278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to remain a world leader in tackling global diseases like malaria.</p><br /><p>In the recent Spending Review we announced the Ross Fund, which will provide £1 billion to support research and implementation to tackle malaria and other infectious diseases. This will be one part of DFID’s balanced portfolio of investments in malaria control, delivered through bilateral and multilateral channels, support to health systems and service delivery and support to research.</p><br /><p>The UK has pledged a contribution to the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria of up to £1 billion between 2014 and 2016, subject to a 10% donor share cap. This will dramatically improve the lives of millions of people, saving approximately 580,000 lives by preventing 8.4m new malaria, HIV and TB infections. Our future contributions to the Global Fund are being considered as part of the Spending Review.</p><br /><p>We will lay out further investment plans in the future.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 08/12/2015 17:58:33 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

431765

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department plans to ensure that data is collected on stateless children so that such children can be taken into account in measuring progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	17195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>The UK has played a key role in creating a set of Global Goals that are universal and inclusive; underpinned by a commitment to leave no one behind. Goal 17 target 18 concerns the need for high-quality, timely and reliable disaggregated data. It will be essential to have this data to ensure we leave no one behind, including data on stateless children. DFID is currently undertaking a bilateral aid review to address priorities for this parliament and this will address how we will support better data to ensure the Prime Ministers Leave No One Behind promise is delivered.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 30/11/2015 15:40:04 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

431399

registered interest
date	20/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Multilateral Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will prioritise funding to multilateral agencies that focus their aid programmes and investments in Least Developed Countries.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	17122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>We prioritise funding to multilateral agencies depending on how well they meet UK and international development objectives. The agencies that we fund are currently being assessed by our Multilateral Aid Review which will report in the spring.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 26/11/2015 16:23:48 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

431400

registered interest
date	20/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	British Overseas Territories: Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with Foreign Office Ministers on the implementation by UK Overseas Territories of public registers of beneficial ownership.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	17123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>The UK continues to lead the way on beneficial ownership disclosure and to encourage others to do the same. We are having discussions at both Ministerial and official level with the Overseas Territories to emphasise the importance of this agenda. Any system should meet the following criteria: UK and domestic law enforcement and tax authorities must be able to access company beneficial ownership information without restriction, subject to relevant safeguards; these competent authorities should be able to quickly identify all companies that a particular beneficial owner has a stake in, without needing to submit multiple and repeated requests; and companies or their beneficial owners must not be alerted to the fact that an investigation is under way.</p><br /> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 17124 17126 question first answered 26/11/2015 16:04:28 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

431401

registered interest
date	20/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	British Overseas Territories: Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with HM Treasury Ministers on the implementation by UK Overseas Territories of public registers of beneficial ownership.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	17124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>The UK continues to lead the way on beneficial ownership disclosure and to encourage others to do the same. We are having discussions at both Ministerial and official level with the Overseas Territories to emphasise the importance of this agenda. Any system should meet the following criteria: UK and domestic law enforcement and tax authorities must be able to access company beneficial ownership information without restriction, subject to relevant safeguards; these competent authorities should be able to quickly identify all companies that a particular beneficial owner has a stake in, without needing to submit multiple and repeated requests; and companies or their beneficial owners must not be alerted to the fact that an investigation is under way.</p><br /> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 17123 17126 question first answered 26/11/2015 16:04:28 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane