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66141

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Air Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what occasions each Minister within her Department has taken domestic flights on official business since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Details of all Ministerial overseas travel are published on a quarterly basis. Any such flight would normally be to Glasgow where DFID has an office in East Kilbride.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 14/07/2014 16:09:51 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66142

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
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 spent on legal fees in cases relating to the release of information requested under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>It is not possible to disaggregate this data into the form requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 14/07/2014 16:26:27 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66143

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what professional development courses are made available to staff of her Department; and what the cost to the public purse is of each such course.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID has decentralised responsibility for training and professional development to line managers and Heads of Profession. The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 14/07/2014 16:15:31 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66144

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many senior civil servants appointed to positions in her Department since 2010 were previously (a) political appointees within that Department and (b) employed by a political party.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>We have no central report readily available detailing the senior civil servants who have been appointed since 2010 and who were previously (a) political appointees within DFID and (b) employed by a political party. This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 14/07/2014 16:12:36 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66146

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that displaced Rohingya Muslims have access to basic medicine and healthcare provision.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	204170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID, along with other aid agencies on the ground in Rakhine, are working to ensure a coordinated response. Our bilateral humanitarian support in Rakhine includes assistance for water, sanitation, and nutrition. Support is provided to both communities. We have not provided bilateral support for medicine and healthcare provision, but ECHO and UN agencies to whom we provide core funding, are. In addition to the delivery of aid, DFID and the FCO continue to advocate at all levels of Government for establishment of conditions which allow for unhindered humanitarian access.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 14/07/2014 16:06:08 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

66154

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Commonwealth Scholarships Programme: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what work the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission does to promote the availability of its scholarships to students resident in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	204178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The scholarships offered by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK are for citizens of other Commonwealth countries to study in the United Kingdom, or for UK qualifications. UK citizens resident in the United Kingdom are not eligible for these awards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 14/07/2014 16:08:02 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

66156

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Oxfam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much public funding her Department gave directly or indirectly to Oxfam in the last period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Rossendale and Darwen
tabling member printed	Jake Berry
uin	204126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In financial year 2013/14 DFID provided £34.6m to Oxfam GB for their international humanitarian response programmes and long term development work. DFID provides no support to Oxfam's UK programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 14/07/2014 16:14:01 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry

65748

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Afghanistan
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 11 June 2014, Official Report, columns 181-2W, on Afghanistan, if she will place in the Library all official agreements reached between her Department and USAID on the transfer of the Bost Agripark in 2009.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	203971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer to my previous answer to the hon. Member on 5 September 2013, <em>Official Report, </em>column 461W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 10/07/2014 15:53:06 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

65749

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with the Israeli government on its plans to liaise with the new Palestinian government to bring about improvements in the humanitarian situation in the border areas; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Lindsay Roy
uin	203949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>British officials from the Embassy in Tel Aviv have regular discussions with the Israeli authorities.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 08/07/2014 16:01:30 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1608 label Biography information for Lindsay Roy

65350

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to increase the number of replies sent electronically to letters from hon. Members.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	203531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer Hon. Member to the answer provided yesterday by my Rt Hon. Friend the member for Horsham (Mr Maude), <em>Official Report</em>, Column 5W .</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 203308 question first answered 08/07/2014 16:02:20 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby