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776908

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date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Citizen Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has received from civil society organisations on the Government providing continued support to the International Citizen Service.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	109321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>We have not received any formal representations from civil society organisations. However, my officials engage directly with the delivery consortium, programme alumni and beneficiaries on a regular basis.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 31/10/2017 10:38:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

776909

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Citizen Service
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 effect of the International Citizen Service on educational outcomes in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	109322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>Education is one of the four key outcomes to which the International Citizen Service (ICS) contributes.</p><p>A mid-term internal evaluation of the current scheme found that interventions have had a positive impact on both the provision of education services in developing countries, and access to these services for marginalised groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 31/10/2017 10:38:30 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

776910

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Citizen Service
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 fund the International Citizen Service programme in each of the next five financial years.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	109325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The current budget allocated to the International Citizen Service (ICS) programme in the next financial year (2018/19) stands at £9.2 million. However, the budget allocation to ICS in the years beyond 2018/19 has not yet been confirmed by the department.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 31/10/2017 10:39:06 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

776911

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of UK humanitarian aid was spent on education in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014, (d) 2015 and (e) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	109226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>UK humanitarian aid is classified using standards defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Development Assistance Committee (OECD DAC) so they can be comparable across the international donor community. These classifications cover five broad areas of humanitarian activity:</p><ul><li>Material relief, assistance and services (which includes Education)</li><li>Emergency food aid</li><li>Relief coordination, protection and support</li><li>Reconstruction, relief and rehabilitation</li><li>Disaster prevention and preparedness</li></ul><p>The amount of UK humanitarian aid spent specifically on education is therefore not held centrally, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The OECD DAC are currently finalising the 2017 updates to the humanitarian codes. This will include the introduction of a specific “Education in Emergencies” code, the adoption of which will allow for future monitoring of humanitarian spend on education.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 31/10/2017 17:21:15 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

776912

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Poverty
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 effect on global poverty reduction of the increasing proportion of the UK aid budget spent by Departments not subject to the International Development Act 2002.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	109257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK Aid Strategy, published in November 2015 (CM 9163), is clear that the government shapes all of its ODA spending according to the four strategic objectives set out in the strategy. All four of these strategic objectives support poverty reduction and all are aligned with the UK national interest. The Aid Strategy also commits the UK to drive progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, which have the eradication of poverty as their central objective.</p><p>In order to qualify as ODA, all expenditure must meet the eligibility criteria established by the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 31/10/2017 11:19:59 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

777005

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Africa: Poaching
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department provided for anti-poaching efforts in Africa in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	109459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department has supported efforts to address the illegal wildlife trade through funding of the Global Environment Facility and by providing funding to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs including for the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund. The Department for International Development’s funding to the Global Environment Facility was £35 million in 2010 and £52.5 million each year since then. £13 million was committed by the Department to tackle the Illegal Wildlife Trade in the period of 2014 to 2018, to be administered by Defra. We are unable to provide a breakdown of the proportion of this funding that was specifically targeted at anti-poaching efforts in Africa.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 31/10/2017 11:28:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

777006

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Humanitarian 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 UK Aid's humanitarian funding has been allocated to local and national responders, to fulfil the UK's obligation to reach the global target of 25 per cent by 2020 as set out in the 2016 OECD World Humanitarian Summit's Grand Bargain.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	109444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The Grand Bargain commits aid organisations and donors to achieve by 2020 a global, aggregated target of at least 25 per cent of humanitarian funding to local and national responders as directly as possible. DFID does not currently capture the proportion of UK humanitarian funding that goes to such responders. However, the UK’s newly published Humanitarian Reform Policy outlines how national and local actors will be at the centre of DFID’s work. DFID is making progress on this, for example, through support to the Start Fund (£30 million 3 year programme agreed until 2018) that provides rapid support to humanitarian crises such as a landslide in Sierra Leone, flooding in Nepal and Bangladesh, and displacement in the Philippines caused by conflict in Mindanao. Start Fund report that 42% of projects in 2015/16 were implemented fully or partially by a local partner.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 31/10/2017 10:40:46 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

777007

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Procurement
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 regularly evaluate implementation of the Supply Partner Code of Conduct and to make such reports available to the public.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	109431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>Supplier compliance with the new Supply Partner Code of Conduct will be enforced and monitoring will be led by a new dedicated, specialist compliance team in DFID’s Procurement and Commercial Department. As part of the Supplier Review reforms, we will publish annual league tables of supplier performance, available to the public from 2018. We will also provide annual information on DFID’s overall commercial performance.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 31/10/2017 11:25:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

776055

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans the Government has to demonstrate progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	109108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>Following the publication of the Government’s report on how it is delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in March, it is now embedding the SDGs in Single Departmental Plans. Over the next few months, these will be updated to reflect the Government’s new priorities. A public version will be published on GOV.UK and Departments’ contributions to the delivery of the SDGs will be reported publicly in their Annual Report and Accounts.<em>The Government will announce in due course when it will showcase its work by presenting a Voluntary National Review at the United Nations. </em></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 30/10/2017 15:17:34 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

776071

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Uganda: Bridge International Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to recent reports of sub-standard teaching and unsanitary learning facilities and the decision in the High Court in Kampala in August 2016 to order the closure of 63 Bridge International Academies in Uganda, whether her Department has taken steps to change Government funding patterns to that organisation.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	109188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>In Uganda, the Bridge International Academies (BIA) schools remain open with BIA and the Government of Uganda in dialogue to ensure that BIA meets the requirements set out.</p><p>There is no set funding pattern to BIA. CDC has a total UK investment in BIA of $7.1m, made in 2014. The investments made were long term and will be returned to the UK taxpayer, they are not specifically for any country of operation. A DFID £3.45m grant, awarded competitively, was also provided to open 23 Bridge academies in Lagos, Nigeria. This grant is now completed.</p><p>Any future funding decisions will follow DFID’s due process that aims to achieve best value for money and developmental impact, taking into consideration a broad range of evidence.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 30/10/2017 17:40:07 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods