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date	28/11/2018
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: Disasters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has allocated to programmes to improve the disaster resilience of local communities; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	196662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>DFID is committed to taking early action to help the most vulnerable prepare for shocks and access support when disaster strikes. Investing in building the resilience of countries, communities, and people can save lives, protect livelihoods, safeguard development gains, and help UK aid money go further.</p><p> </p><p>DFID’s flagship £140 million “Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters” programme is directly supporting 5 million people across the Sahel, East Africa and South Asia.</p><p> </p><p>DFID has also mainstreamed resilience across its work. This means that supporting countries and communities to better prepare for disasters is at the core of all our development and humanitarian programmes. DFID’s new £15 million “Maintaining Essential Services After Natural Disasters” programme is an example of how we are building the evidence base so that our programmes can assist Governments and communities to better manage shocks and to cope with crises.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 03/12/2018 16:25:23 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1016334

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Integrity Initiative
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 (a) funded, (b) awarded contracts to and (c) procured the services of the Integrity Initiative in each financial year since 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	196818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>DFID does not have any record of direct payments or direct centrally let contracts with Integrity Initiative in each financial year since 2015-2016.</p><p>Details of DFID contracts above the OJEU threshold are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: <a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a>.</p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 03/12/2018 16:27:46 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

1016351

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sudan: Radio
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government has funded Radio Dabanga in Sudan since its creation in December 2008.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
uin	196749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Development has not provided any funding for Radio Dabanga in Sudan since its creation in December 2008. It is largely funded by the Dutch government.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 05/12/2018 17:15:32 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

1016433

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Bangladesh: Elections
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 21 November 2018 to Question 190838, how much UK funding will be used to fund local observation of the upcoming general election in Bangladesh.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	196764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK is providing £542,703 through the Department for International Development (DFID) to a coalition of 23 Bangladeshi civil society organisations (Election Working Group) to observe the upcoming general election in Bangladesh. The grant is managed by The Asia Foundation and observers are all drawn from organisations with considerable experience in observing elections in Bangladesh. Combined with complementary support from USAID and the Swiss Development Cooperation, we will cover all constituencies and will deploy both short and long term observers.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 05/12/2018 17:16:01 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

1016487

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sri Lanka: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Overseas Development Assistance has been allocated to Sri Lanka in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	196706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>Between 2012 and 2016 (the last year for which data is available) the UK provided a total of £176.3m in Overseas Development Assistant (ODA) to Sri Lanka. In 2012, the UK provided £23.5m, £33.3m in 2013, £33.6m in 2014, £49.9m 2015, and £35.9m in 2016.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 05/12/2018 17:16:31 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz