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827906

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money they have provided to (1) the International Planned Parenthood Federation, and (2) Marie Stopes International, in (a) 2016–17, and (b) 2017–18 to date.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sheehan
uin	HL4956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>In 2016/17 DFID channelled funding of £6.5 million and £40.5 million via the International Planned Parenthood Federation and Marie Stopes International respectively. Data for 2017/18 is not yet available.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 29/01/2018 17:35:44 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4548 label Biography information for Baroness Sheehan

825635

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what procedures and checks are in place to ensure that payments made by the Department for International Development cannot be used for terrorism purposes; and whether any payments have been (1) withdrawn, (2) refused, and (3) prohibited, since the beginning of 2015 on grounds connected with actual, suspected or potential terrorism.
tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
uin	HL4876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Development has a zero tolerance approach to UK aid funds being diverted to fund terrorist activities and the UK Government publishes a list of prescribed extremist groups or organisations banned under UK law. The Department has robust measures in place to protect, prevent, and detect the diversion of aid. We have controls embedded through-out the programme cycle including a rigorous due diligence process and a comprehensive risk management framework which requires risks to be identified prior to any disbursement of aid.</p><p>All organisations that receive funding from the Department are required to provide evidence about the use of funds, including audited financial statements which are examined as we monitor programme performance and delivery. All of our funding mechanisms allow the Department to terminate project funding early.</p><p>Where there are allegations of misuse of aid funds, these are investigated fully by the Department’s specialist Counter Fraud Unit, and funds are always recovered to the fullest extent possible. Funds subject to such diversion have been stopped in the past and will continue to be stopped should there be substantive evidence of UK aid being connected in any way to terrorist activities. The Department’s procedure is to inform the relevant UK security agencies in such circumstances and, given the sensitivity of such cases and the fact that active criminal investigations are ongoing, we cannot release further details.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/01/2018 17:16:53 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew

824738

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to introduce new criteria for allocating her Department's overseas aid budget.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	123539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK Aid Strategy sets out that, “in allocating aid, the government will carefully consider the fit with its strategic objectives, the level of need, the ability of partner countries to finance their own development, and what support they get from others”.</p><p>Where DFID works and DFID’s allocations to different countries are kept under review to ensure UK Aid is used most effectively to achieve poverty reduction in the national interest and responds to changing global needs.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 24/01/2018 17:17:21 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

824751

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which additional countries she is currently considering providing aid to.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	123552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Where DFID works and DFID’s allocations to different countries are kept under review to ensure UK Aid is used most effectively to achieve poverty reduction in the national interest and responds to changing global needs.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 24/01/2018 17:16:23 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

823195

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they assess the return on investment to the British economy from foreign aid spending.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL4686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Aid is squarely in the UK national interest. Developing countries will be major markets and important trading partners for the UK in the future. Our support will promote trade, investment and stability, in addition to the development impact on the lives of the poorest.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/01/2018 17:34:25 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

802634

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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 is not allocated to organisations and programmes that do not support or understand freedom of religion or belief.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	118184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>All DFID contractual and grant arrangements include specific clauses to prevent any discrimination against protected characteristics; this includes discrimination on the basis of religion or belief. DFID’s due diligence assessments, a necessary pre-requisite for receiving UK Aid funding, obtain assurance of a potential delivery partner’s capacity to deliver and meet those conditions set out in the contract or grant award.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/12/2017 17:42:49 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

802195

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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 development assistance does not end up in the hands of terrorist groups or regimes that persecute LGBT people, religious minorities or minority ethnic groups.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	117882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Development has robust measures in place to protect, prevent, and detect the diversion of aid. We have controls embedded through-out the programme cycle, from design through mobilisation, delivery and closure; this includes a rigorous due diligence process and a comprehensive risk management framework which requires risks to be identified prior to any disbursement of aid.</p><p>All organisations that receive funding from DFID are required to provide evidence about the use of funds, including audited financial statements which are examined as we monitor programme performance and delivery. All of our funding mechanisms allow DFID to terminate funding projects early if suppliers do not fulfil their obligations. DFID uses the UK Partnership Principles which are a set of 4 principles to assess partner governments. These include a commitment to respect human rights, and in particular the civil, social and cultural rights of poor or marginalised people.</p><p>We have a zero tolerance approach to aid diversion and this applies to all those within the delivery chain who are entrusted with UK aid. When aid diversion is identified DFID will always work to recover UK taxpayers’ money.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/12/2017 18:09:07 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

777865

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
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, under what circumstances the Government would consider increasing the percentage of GDP allocated to official development assistance above 0.7 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	109573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>In line with the International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015 the government allocates sufficient funding to deliver the commitment to spend 0.7% of GNI in each calendar year.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 01/11/2017 09:46:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

765325

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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 proportion of the UK's international aid budget is managed by the EU.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	105629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>In 2015, 10.9% of UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) was made up of core assessed contributions to the EU and spending managed through the European Development Fund (EDF).</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/10/2017 07:47:50 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

760975

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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 plans she has to change OECD-DAC rules.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	105253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>In line with the Conservative Manifesto, this Government is pressing for the rules that govern how, on whom, and for what purpose development assistance is spent to better reflect the breadth of our assistance around the world. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC) determines what may be counted as Official Development Assistance. As it operates by consensus, we are working with our DAC partners and other stakeholders to achieve this.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/10/2017 16:06:24 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods