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167353

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the capacity of her Departmental buildings for the micro-generation of renewable energy; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	216732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>DFID has installed a biomass boiler in Abercrombie House. This is value for money due to income from the renewable heat incentive.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/12/2014 15:35:04 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

167545

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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, what projects her Department has which involve working with women in Afghanistan; and what the 2014-15 budget is for each such project.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	216770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>As was made clear at the London Conference on Afghanistan, it is vital that women and girls are put at the heart of political, economic and social life in Afghanistan for the country to develop successfully. Gender equality is mainstreamed across all DFID programming, so our entire annual budget of c£10bn for 2014-15 will contribute towards this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In Afghanistan, DFID programmes to support women and girls include both direct measures, such as training for female Provincial Councillor candidates; and indirect, including our support for education sector salaries. The latter has contributed towards over 2.5 million girls attending school according to the latest figures from the Afghan Ministry of Education.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 09/12/2014 15:35:54 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

167546

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Females
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 has taken to consult women's rights organisations and women in developing programming for its strategic priority on tackling violence against women.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	216771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>My Department regularly consults with women’s rights organisations and women in developing programming to tackle violence against women and girls (VAWG). Over the last few months, this has included several roundtables with representatives from diaspora communities in the UK and women’s rights organisations from across the world on FGM and other forms of VAWG, as well as meetings with representatives from the Gender and Development network and other women’s rights organisations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/12/2014 15:36:31 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

167113

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many contracts her Department has awarded to (a) small and medium-sized enterprises and (b) mid-sized businesses in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	216631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p><strong>Since 2011, </strong><strong>DFID has recorded the amount of small and medium-sized enterprises in centrally managed contracts. We do not categorise suppliers by ‘mid-sized business’. </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>The department awarded the following amount of centrally managed contracts with SME’s during the periods 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 (up until end of September).</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of centrally managed contracts awarded by DFID categorised as SME</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>49</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>47</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>104</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014 to end September</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>54</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 04/12/2014 17:59:46 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

167114

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many contracts her Department has entered into with non-UK firms in each year since 2010; and if she will provide details.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	216637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p><strong>Since 2011, DFID has recorded the registered office of each supplier that has been awarded a contract. </strong><strong>The department had the following amount of centrally managed contracts with non-UK firms during the periods 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 (up until end of September).</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of centrally managed contracts, awarded by DFID, supplied by Non-UK firms</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014 to end September</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 04/12/2014 17:58:24 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

167115

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) locally engaged and (b) UK-based staff her Department has employed in each country with a DfID office in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	216638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The numbers of Staff Appointed in Country (SAIC) and Home Civil Service (HCS) based in DFID country offices in each year since 2010 are shown in the tables below. The figures are given for March of that year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>2010</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2011</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2012</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2013</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Location</p></td><td><p>HCS</p></td><td><p>SAIC</p></td><td><p>HCS</p></td><td><p>SAIC</p></td><td><p>HCS</p></td><td><p>SAIC</p></td><td><p>HCS</p></td><td><p>SAIC</p></td><td><p>HCS</p></td><td><p>SAIC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Afghanistan</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bosnia and Herzegovina</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burma</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burundi</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambodia</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caribbean</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China*</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Democratic Republic Of Congo</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gambia</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indonesia**</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya***</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kosovo</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kyrgyzstan</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lesotho</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liberia****</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moldova</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mozambique</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OPTs</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Overseas Territories</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rwanda</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serbia</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sierra Leone</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Sudan</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tajikistan</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tanzania</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yemen</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zambia</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>*</strong>Our office in China works with the Chinese government to help reduce poverty in other developing countries. In March 2011 DFID closed its bilateral aid programme to China.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>** In March 2011, DFID closed its poverty reduction programme and the DFID country office in Indonesia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*** DFID Somalia was run out of the DFID Kenya office until April 2014</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>**** DFID’s programmes in Liberia are run from the Sierra Leone office.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 08/12/2014 11:39:24 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne previous answer version 31833 answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

167116

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	British Overseas Territories
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 1 December 2014 to Question 215721, if she will place in the Library the calculation which found that the cost of providing the information requested in that Question was disproportionate.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	John Hemming
uin	216685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>A sizeable number of files would need to be reviewed to answer this question. DFID’s database shows over 500 files for the department which dealt with the Overseas Territories for file period 1995/97 alone. It costs £1.50 to access each file. The costs associated with archive research covering the period 1994 to 2004 would therefore be considerable. In addition to financial costs there would also be substantial associated staff costs with carrying out this archive research.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On the basis of the disproportionate cost threshold for written questions, it was assessed that this information could not be collated without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 08/12/2014 17:23:52 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1483 label Biography information for John Hemming

167117

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many international payments of less than £2 million her Department has made and to which countries in each financial year from 2010-11; what the total value of such payments to each such country was; and what the total cost in fees and transactions of each such payment was.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	216682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The table below details the number of International payments together with the total values for each period.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>Payments under £2m</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>VOLUME OF PAYMENTS</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>2352</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>2256</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2741</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>3718</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are unable to allocate payments to individual countries or apportion the total costs of fees for these payments without incurring a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 04/12/2014 16:30:06 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

167118

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Kashmir
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid the Government provided to Indian-administered Kashmir after the floods of September 2014.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	216482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>No request for assistance was made by the Indian Government. A decision to not provide support was taken following a comprehensive assessment. The immediate humanitarian crisis is now over and compensation for those impacted by the floods has been announced by the Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 08/12/2014 17:23:03 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

166779

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Voluntary Service Overseas
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 is providing to the business volunteering hub over the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	216439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>DFID is supporting VSO to establish a self-sustaining Corporate Volunteering Hub (CVH). The CVH will act as market-making organisation and will match the growing demand in development programmes for business skills with the growing supply of experienced business professionals willing and able to volunteer. VSO’s experience in international development and volunteering will ensure the Hub will be responsive to both programming needs of development partners and sustainability interests of corporate members. DFID will provide up to £3.4m over 5 years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 04/12/2014 16:31:28 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh