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714182

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Management Consultants
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 8 March 2017 to Question 65689, how much of that procurement spending in each of those years related to the services of management consultants.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	69290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The amount of spend through organisations that have a contract with DFID that relates to consultancy since 2010 is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Consultancy Spend</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£1,400,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£700,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£251,383</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£198,344</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£101 330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£52,120</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 30/03/2017 14:45:59 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

714183

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 7 July 2015 to Question 4985, what funding her Department has provided for services in Afghanistan providing legal advice to women who are victims of domestic violence in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	69331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK is committed to supporting women who are victims of all forms of violence in Afghanistan. From 2014-2016 the UK funded a £3.1m programme which helps women who have been victims of violence to get the justice they deserve. The programme trained hundreds of government officials, community members, police, judiciary, religious leaders, and law students on the Ending Violence Against Women law. It also established a hotline that provided counselling and legal support to survivors of violence which took over 25000 calls from over two years from women who had been victims of domestic and other forms of violence.</p><p>Between 2016 and 2018, the UK is providing £3.1m to UNFPA to establish Family Protection Centres in hospitals that provide health, counselling, legal services and referrals to women who have been victims of violence in Afghanistan.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 31/03/2017 14:01:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

714186

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Official Hospitality
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 on (a) hotels, (b) hospitality, (c) food and drink and (d) transport in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	69223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>DFID spend on hotels, hospitality and transport since 2009/10 is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>£14,321,441</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£9,566,599</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£11,300,024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£11,491,665</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£11,850,595</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£11,107,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£8,671,557</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 04/04/2017 15:38:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

714187

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Work Permits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the implications of the increase in the cost of work permits for foreign workers in South Sudan for the amount of aid delivered in that country.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	69134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The proposal by the Government of South Sudan to increase the cost of work permits is a further obstruction of the delivery of humanitarian aid by the government. If these fees are imposed it will have serious consequences for the agencies that are doing all they can to tackle the famine that has been declared. Together with our international partners we raised these issues with the South Sudanese First Vice President on 15 March, and made clear that the government of South Sudan has a responsibility to stop the suffering of its own people, and allow full humanitarian access across the country.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 30/03/2017 14:47:23 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

713818

registered interest
date	24/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the five most visited websites were by staff of her Department in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	69121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2017 answer text <p>DFID does not hold this information in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 31/03/2017 13:59:57 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

713542

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Renewable Energy
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 encourage the development of decentralised renewable energies in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	68984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government has stepped up its efforts to play a leading role in improving energy access in developing countries through decentralised renewable energy programmes to help meet the basic energy needs of some of the poorest people in the world.</p><p>For example, our Results Based Financing programme is improving people’s access to modern energy in countries of Africa by speeding up and growing markets for businesses to deliver affordable energy to households.</p><p>Through the UK Government’s International Climate Finance we have so far improved energy access for 6.6 million people in developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 30/03/2017 14:52:46 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

713543

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Fuel Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will increase funding for the eradication of fuel poverty in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	68983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government plays a leading role in improving energy access in developing countries through decentralised renewable energy programmes to help meet the basic energy needs of some of the poorest people in the world.</p><p>For example, our Results Based Financing programme is improving people’s access to modern energy in countries of Africa by speeding up and growing markets for businesses to deliver affordable energy to households.</p><p>Through the UK Government’s International Climate Finance we have so far improved energy access for 6.6 million people in developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 30/03/2017 14:49:47 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

713544

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Nigeria: Boko Haram
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Government is giving to people in Nigeria who have begun to return to their home villages after the retreat of Boko Haram.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	68912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK has led the international response to the humanitarian crisis in North East Nigeria and the Lake Chad Region caused by the conflict with Boko Haram.</p><p>Last year our support reached more than one million people including children, women and the disabled. Where people are able to return, we are providing them with food, water, shelter and health care. We are supporting people to restart their livelihoods and providing solar power to re-establish health centres and schools. We are helping people to understand the risks of explosives left behind in their villages. We are also working with Federal and State Governments to ensure that people are supported while they are displaced and do not return home before it is safe.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 28/03/2017 16:44:47 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

713546

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Nutrition
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 13 February 2017 to Question 63106, in which countries her Department is strengthening nutrition outcomes of its water, sanitation and hygiene programmes.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	68846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Development is supporting ten water, sanitation and hygiene projects that aim to improve nutrition outcomes for women, girls and children across 20 countries: Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 30/03/2017 14:48:16 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

713547

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Eastern Europe: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on increasing the level of UK aid to Eastern Europe; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	68844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues regarding the allocation of UK official development assistance (ODA) to ensure that it is used most effectively to tackle global challenges in our national interest, in line with the UK Aid Strategy.</p><p>The main mechanism for providing UK bilateral ODA in Eastern Europe is the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF). This includes support to economic and political reform delivered to five countries – including Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine – through the Good Governance Fund (GGF).</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 30/03/2017 14:45:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams