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1041302

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the highest hourly rate paid for legal advice was by (a) her Department and (b) each of her Department's arms length bodies in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	208338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>a) The information required to answer this question for DFID is not centrally held and could only be collated at disproportionate cost.</p><p>b) Neither ICAI nor The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK paid for any legal advice in 2018.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/01/2019 17:16:03 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1041341

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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: Health Services
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 the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on facilitating health professionals in England to travel to low and middle income countries to provide healthcare education and training; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	208257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Development has not discussed this directly with the present Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (DHSC). It was discussed with his predecessor at DHSC and focused on how DFID and DHSC can work together to promote international health partnerships and schemes that share the expertise of UK health professionals. These partnerships address global health challenges and promote Global Britain.</p><p> </p><p>DFID and DHSC work closely on programmes that facilitate these partnerships for UK health professionals to provide healthcare education and training in low and middle-income countries. We also collaborate on schemes that bring health professionals from low and middle-income countries to both learn from UK healthcare professionals and contribute to the delivery of NHS services.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/01/2019 17:21:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1041342

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to improve mental health provision in low and middle income countries.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	208258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>DFID is committed to taking a comprehensive and rights-based approach to mental health in low and middle-income countries.</p><p> </p><p>Our Disability Inclusion Strategy sets out how UK Aid will step up its work to promote well-being, increase access to integrated, quality mental health services, and facilitate recovery, empowerment and societal inclusion for people with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>In Ghana, DFID’s Health Sector Support Programme has supported the integration of quality mental health into broader health systems and addressed stigma and discrimination. DFID’s Improving Mental Health Care programme is generating world-leading evidence on integrating effective mental health care services into primary care in Ethiopia, India, Nepal, South Africa and Uganda. DFID’s support to the Disability Rights Fund, enables organisations led by people with psychosocial disabilities to champion their rights.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/01/2019 17:22:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1041446

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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: Public Bodies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff at the (a) Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK, (b) Independent Commission for Aid Impact and (c) Government Equalities Office that work (i) inside and (ii) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	208411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>There are no staff employed by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK, the Independent Commission for Aid Impact and the Government Equalities Office who are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/01/2019 17:22:51 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1041447

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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: Public Bodies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff at the (a) Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK, (b) Independent Commission for Aid Impact and (c) Government Equalities Office that work (i) inside and (ii) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the Real Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	208412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>There are no staff employed by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK, the Independent Commission for Aid Impact and the Government Equalities Office who are paid at a rate below the Real Living Wage.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/01/2019 17:23:39 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1038968

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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 recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in (a) the G20 and (b) the G7 on addressing malnutrition since the publication of the 2018 Global Nutrition Report.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	207222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>There has not been an opportunity for the Secretary of State to meet G7 or G20 counterparts collectively since the launch of the Global Nutrition Report on 29 November 2018. The Government will continue to press at G7 and G20 meetings for greater priority to be given to malnutrition in all its forms, as the Report recommends. Following the G20 Summit on 30 November and 1 December, the Leaders statement reaffirmed the G20’s commitment in this regard. The Government also continues to raise nutrition with G7 and G20 partners bilaterally. For example, the UK Japan Joint Statement issued on the occasion of Prime Minister Abe’s visit on 10 January 2019 committed the UK and Japan to work together toward the success of the Global Nutrition Summit in Tokyo in 2020.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/01/2019 15:30:53 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1038992

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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: Internally Displaced People
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 support internally displaced peoples in northern Nigeria.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	207154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Supporting the 1.8 million people who are internally displaced by conflict in north east Nigeria is a priority for my department. The UK is the largest donor to the World Food Programme’s Emergency Operation in Nigeria, which provided food and cash assistance 1.3 million displaced people and host communities in need of life-saving humanitarian assistance in 2018. We have also helped over 80,000 very vulnerable people access appropriate assistance to protection services, including rape survivors, victims of trauma, and over 4,000 children who have been separated from their families. We are supporting over 100,000 children to access quality education in conflict affected areas, where over 1,000 schools have been destroyed.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/01/2019 15:29:38 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1039031

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to allocate additional funding at the 6th replenishment of the Global Fund in October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	207299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is critical to the delivery of the UK’s objectives on the three diseases, and has helped to save 27 million lives since 2002. The UK is fully committed to a successful Sixth Replenishment and we look forward to reviewing the full investment case before making a decision about our next programme of support.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/01/2019 16:38:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1039073

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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: Health Services
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 Government's response to the Fifth Report of the International Development Committee, HC246 of Session 2014-15 and the Answer of 11 December 2018 to Question 198914 on Developing Countries: Health Services, in which month his Department plans to publish its health systems strengthening position paper.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	207309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>We cannot say at the present time in which month the health systems strengthening position paper will be published. We are committed to publishing the position paper in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/01/2019 16:39:39 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1039075

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Humanitarian Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has plans to send officials to Yemen to make an assessment of the humanitarian situation in that country.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	207310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK government advises against all travel to Yemen due to the serious risk to security. We keep the situation on the ground under careful review and will re-establish visits to Yemen when the security situation permits us to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Although DFID staff cannot currently visit Yemen, we are in regular communication with programme partners, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator and others to ensure we have a clear understanding of the humanitarian situation in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/01/2019 16:40:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden