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date	23/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	China
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 in China in each year since 2005-06.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	221854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>DFID closed its bilateral programme to China in 2011. Our relationship with China is now based on identifying ways in which our countries can work together to promote development and the reduction of poverty in poorer countries or on global development issues.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures on Overseas Development Assistance can be viewed in the Statistics on International Development: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about/statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about/statistics</a> .</p><p> </p><p>The table below details bilateral spend DFID disbursed to China from 2005/06 to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>£ thousand</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>£34,744</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>£38,589</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>£38,796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>£40,296</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£34,512</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£22,871</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>-£508</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 02/02/2015 17:51:27 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

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registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	China
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 encourage clothing retailers to interrogate their supply chains in China to assess the working conditions of people working in that country.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	208392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK government works with business to provide guidance for companies to meet their obligations to respect human rights throughout their operations. Recent changes to the Companies Act have strengthened requirements for company reporting to include these issues.</p><p> </p><p>DFID has developed a package of activities - including engagement with clothing retailers - to address unsafe working conditions in the garment sector in Bangladesh, following the Rana Plaza disaster in 2013, which will have wider benefits. In terms of UK companies engaging with HMG on working conditions, DFID does not have a bilateral programme with China.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 10/09/2014 16:36:09 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick