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427784

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	World Food Programme
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 9 November 2015 to Question 14770, when she plans to publish the contribution the UK will make to the World Food Programme for 2016.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	15713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>The UK is currently the second largest donor to the WFP, after the United States. For 2015, the UK has so far provided a total of £270.6million in funding to WFP. UK contributions are made up of unearmarked core funding (£40m in total for the financial year 2015/16) and bilateral funding allocated by DFID country offices (which represents the biggest proportion of UK funding).</p><br /><p>DFID will be in a position to announce the UK core contribution to WFP for the financial year 2016 / 2017 once the Multilateral Aid Review 2015 (MAR 2015) is published in March 2016. UK core contribution will be informed by the results of the MAR assessment of WFP and the review of WFP performance and effectiveness in using the core funding provided by UK.</p><br /><p>Bilateral funding is decided by DFID at country level and is based on needs.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 16/11/2015 16:47:30 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

427785

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Foundation for Electoral Systems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding the UK has allocated to the International Foundation for Electoral Systems over the last five years; and how much such funding was allocated to that body for the purpose of overseeing elections in Burma.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	15746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>Over the last five years DFID has allocated around £9 million to the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES). DFID has provided £2.7 million for IFES to provide technical support to the Union Election Commission in Burma. It has supported the UEC to train polling station staff and to develop procedures for the accreditation of nationwide international and domestic observation for the first time in Burma’s history.</p><br /> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 18/11/2015 16:41:21 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

427786

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what effect the outcome of the elections in Burma in November 2015 will have on her Department's funding to projects in that country.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	15730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>I congratulate the people of Burma on their historic elections which are an important step towards greater democracy. DFID is currently reviewing our approach for all country programmes for the next five years as part of the government’s overall spending review.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 18/11/2015 16:37:21 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

427787

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Politics and Government
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 (a) has and (b) is planning to facilitate transition in Burma from dictatorship to democracy.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	15744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>DFID’s bilateral commitment to Burma between 2011/12 and 2015/16 is around £285 million. DFID has allocated £25 million over five years to strengthen democratic governance in Burma, including support to the elections, through our Programme for Democratic Change. DFID is currently reviewing our approach for all country programmes for the next five years as part of the government’s overall spending review and any decisions about future support will be made in due course.</p><br /> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 18/11/2015 16:59:26 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

427789

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Families
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 implement the family test.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	16014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>The Family Test policy does not apply to DFID’s work as foreign policy is outside of the scope of the Test.</p><br /> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 16022 question first answered 18/11/2015 16:52:07 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

427790

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Ethiopia: Famine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will discuss with (a) EU partners and (b) the World Food Programme to ensure food supplies to people affected by the famine in Ethiopia.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	15776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>We are extremely concerned about the impact of the current drought on the food security situation in Ethiopia. Ethiopia has shown great strides in development but remains fragile in the face of extreme climate events such as El Nino. The Government of Ethiopia is fully engaged and prioritising efforts to address the needs, having spent many years building up crisis response systems. The international community is working in support of the Government and the UK along with the EU, is one of the leading donors to the response. We are in daily contact with the World Food Programme (WFP) which is delivering supplies to people affected in support of the Government. A joint Government-UN assessment has just taken place and we are also assessing that food supplies reach those affected. We have also recently provided additional funding to WFP’s relief programme.</p><br /><p>DFID’s Permanent Secretary Mark Lowcock visited Ethiopia from 9-12 November, and discussed the situation with senior members of the Ethiopian Government and partners. We are urging others to do more to support the Government response to the crisis.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 19/11/2015 13:31:38 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

427792

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Malnutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to support the eradication of malnutrition.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	16005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government has made a commitment to improve the nutrition of 50 million people by 2020. Those being helped include children under five, breastfeeding women, women of childbearing age and adolescent girls. This builds on an earlier commitment to help children under five and pregnant and breastfeeding women, through which 28.5 million people had been reached by mid-2015.</p><br /><p>DFID support is focused on the following objectives: greater coverage of nutrition-specific programmes; leverage more nutrition outcomes from other programmes like agriculture, social protection, education, health and water and sanitation; contribute to new solutions to undernutrition; and a more effective international response.</p><br /> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 19/11/2015 13:07:59 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

427793

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Families
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 implement the family test; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
uin	15846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>The Family Test policy does not apply to DFID’s work as foreign policy is outside of the scope of the Test.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 18/11/2015 16:42:10 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

427794

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of her Department's policies have been assessed against the family test; what steps she has taken to publish the outcome of such assessments; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	16022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>The Family Test policy does not apply to DFID’s work as foreign policy is outside of the scope of the Test.</p><br /> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 16014 question first answered 18/11/2015 16:52:07 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

427224

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Refugees
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 17 September 2015 to Question 10198, whether funding to settle refugees within the UK will be allocated solely from the overseas aid budget.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	15667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>In line with the internationally agreed rules on Official Development Assistance (ODA), expenditure to support refugees in the UK for the first twelve months of their stay will be allocated from the overseas aid budget.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 19/11/2015 17:21:44 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell