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date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that UK aid spending is used in the manner intended.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	205922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID has rigorous internal systems and processes to ensure that its aid reaches the intended beneficiaries and delivers results. A business case is mandatory for all new funding proposals, and all cases over five million pounds are approved at ministerial level. Once a programme is underway a formal review is required annually and at completion, which assesses and records whether funds have been used for their intended purposes and the results that have been delivered. Assurance that our aid money is being used for the intended purposes is gained form a number of independent providers including Internal Audit Department.</p><p>DFID has commissioned a package of reforms to further improve programme leadership, processes and capability and strengthen our oversight of spending.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 22/07/2014 11:43:02 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

78075

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Remittances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken to meet the commitment made by the G20 heads of state in the final declaration of the Cannes Summit in November 2011 to reduce the average cost of transferring remittances to 5 per cent by 2014; and what assessment she made of the likelihood of the UK meeting this commitment.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	206031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK is contributing to the achievement of the 5% target by supporting the development of payments infrastructure, with a focus on digitisation to reduce transaction costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We also support piloting and scaling up mobile banking through a Technology Programme for Branchless Banking which is co-funded with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Master Card Foundation and the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP). As of December 2013, the Programme has helped an estimated 31 million poor people globally to access financial services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 21/07/2014 11:56:40 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

78211

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many Twitter accounts are run by her Department; how much her Department spends annually on (a) Twitter accounts and (b) all social media; and how many people in her Department are employed to work on social media.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	206052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department of International Development (DFID) is currently responsible for monitoring and updating the following corporate Twitter accounts: @DFID_UK, @DFID_Press, @DFID_response, @DFIDNepal, @DFIDEthiopia, @DFID_PSD, @DFID_innovation, @DFID_research.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 22/07/2014 10:16:27 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

78212

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
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: Abortion
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 Answer to the hon. Member for Southend West of 31 March 2014, Official Report, column 459W, on Developing Countries: Abortion, whether the Government's efforts to prevent sex-selective abortion includes investigating organisations that do not recognise the illegality of sex-selection abortion and may be performing such operations under the mistaken belief that they are legal.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	206100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Where abortion is permitted we can support programmes that make safe abortion more accessible – this may include support to increase awareness of the circumstances under which abortion is allowed. UKAID cannot be used to procure illegal services.</p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 22/07/2014 10:11:19 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

78213

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to reduce the cost of sending remittances to Africa.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	205940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID is supporting the development of payments infrastructure, with a focus on digitisation to reduce the cost of sending remittances to developing countries including in Africa.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID is also working through the Action Group on Cross Border Remittances to prevent a reduction in competition in UK remittance markets, which could increase sending costs. Information on the Action Group can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/helping-developing-countries-economies-to-grow/supporting-pages/enabling-the-continued-flow-of-remittances" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/helping-developing-countries-economies-to-grow/supporting-pages/enabling-the-continued-flow-of-remittances</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 21/07/2014 12:01:12 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy