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172444

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sierra Leone
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has transferred to the Ministry of Defence for (a) the deployment of the RFA Argus in Sierra Leone and (b) anti-Ebola measures and deployments in Sierra Leone.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	219985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for International Development has transferred £28.8 million to the Ministry of Defence. Approximately half of this figure covered the deployment of RFA Argus and three Merlin helicopters.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The remainder has funded the construction and operation of six Ebola Treatments Centres and three laboratories, supported the establishment of the Ebola Training Academy, as well as strengthening national and district level capacity to deal with the Ebola crisis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/01/2015 17:48:05 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

172445

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Consultants
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 has spent on consultants in each of the last five years; and which contracts with consultants have been worth more than £5 million.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	219988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>DFID expenditure on Consultancy in the financial years 2009/10 to 2013/14 is provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Consultancy Spending £</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>19.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>0.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>0.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>0.2m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No individual contracts with consultants have been worth more than £5 million.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/01/2015 17:48:36 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

172589

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pitcairn Islands
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 12 May 2014 to Question 198148, how much of the £2,809,462 provided to the Pitcairn Islands was allocated to each of the categories listed in that Answer.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Meg Munn
uin	220056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>DFID provides funds to the Pitcairn Islands in the form of budget aid. In 2013/14 the breakdown of how this was allocated was:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Shipping service £1,330,000</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Child safeguarding £500, 000</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The remaining £980,000 was spent on maintaining the island’s basic services as well as the costs associated with the running of Pitcairn Islands Office (PIO) in Auckland, New Zealand.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 12/01/2015 16:43:56 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn

172591

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
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 5 January 2015 to Question 219268, if she will list expenditure on each project of more than £5 million from her Department's Economic Development Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	220016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>This information is not available in the form requested.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/01/2015 17:50:23 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

172592

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Green Climate Fund
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 is of her Department's funding for the Green Climate Fund; and what proportion of that funding is non-fiscal.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	220133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK has pledged up to £720m to the Green Climate Fund, which will come from both DFID and DECC budgets. The level and nature of each Department’s contribution remains subject to Ministerial approval.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/01/2015 17:49:41 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

172596

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas 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 make it her policy in decisions on funding overseas aid to consider its effect on reducing immigration to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	220111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>Countries experiencing instability or conflict are a key driver of migration worldwide and DFID remains on track to meet the UK’s target of spending 30% of the UK’s official development assistance in fragile and conflict-affected states in 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/01/2015 17:48:56 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

172598

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent (a) financial and (b) other assistance her Department has given for children in Palestine.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	220071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>DFID funds the two main providers of health and education services for children in the Occupied Palestinian Territories; the Palestinian Authority and the UN Relief and Works Agency. In response to the trauma suffered by children following the summer’s Gaza conflict we are also funding a range of health and psychosocial support initiatives for children in Gaza.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 12/01/2015 16:44:26 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis