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48619

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
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 (a) prevent forced displacement induced by climate change and (b) otherwise assist affected populations.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	196590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK's £3.87 billion International Climate Fund (ICF), managed by DFID, aims, amongst other things, to prevent climate induced migration in two ways. Firstly, by providing support for emissions reductions to limit the levels of climate change. This is by far the most effective way of reducing the numbers of people displaced by climate change.</p><p> </p><p>Secondly, providing 50% of ICF funds to help over 20 million of the most climate vulnerable people adapt to the impacts of climate change and avoid being displaced. For example; reducing the impacts of floods and droughts, introducing climate resilient crops, and providing insurance against climate induced crop failures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

48620

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which civil society organisations her Department supports in Uganda; and what policy each such organisation has towards the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Act.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	196594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK funds a number of civil society organisations in Uganda, including around 70 through the multi-donor Democratic Governance Facility. DFID has assessed our programme to ensure that UK aid could continue to be spent effectively and with maximum impact, and to ensure it was not being provided to organisations that proactively and publically promoted the Act. Following this, the UK and other donors agreed to indefinitely suspend funding through the Democratic Governance Facility to one organisation. We will continue to monitor this situation. The UK strongly opposes discrimination on any grounds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

48306

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what levels of stock her Department holds of (a) stationery, (b) printer cartridges, (c) treasury tags and other fasteners and (d) other office consumables.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	196211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID does not hold information on stock levels. Stationery and other items, including printer cartridges, are ordered and distributed as and when required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

48307

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much support her Department is giving to the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	196345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The UK has committed a total of £600m to the New Alliance for Food, Security and Nutrition. This includes £480m in funding commitments made through Country Cooperation Frameworks; a £76m contribution to the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme and a further £44m for enabling actions. The New Alliance was launched in May 2012 and the full £600m will be spent by the end of 2018.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

48308

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department measures the effect of support for the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	196346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>Every DFID programme which is contributing to the New Alliance initiative is subject to DFID's annual review processes. In addition, this year, partner governments will conduct their first annual reviews of the effects of the New Alliance at country level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

48309

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department gives to small-scale food producers in areas supported by the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	196347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>DFID funding to New Alliance programmes is not disaggregated in the form requested, though much of the expenditure committed by DFID under the New Alliance includes programmes which specifically targets smallholder farmers.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

48310

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer of 5 March 2014, Official Report, column 871, on Pacific Islands, how much support, and under what categories her Department gave indirectly to Pacific Island countries in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Meg Munn
uin	196375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>DFID may give aid indirectly to countries in the Pacific region if multilateral organisations in receipt of DFID core contributions give aid to countries there. It is not possible to directly track this funding to individual countries. To provide an indication of the destination of aid, the overall proportions of aid reported by the relevant multilateral agencies are used to impute a DFID contribution. The DFID imputed multilateral shares for the Pacific region in 2011/12 are set out in the table below. Figures for 2013/14 will not be available until autumn 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Pacific Island Countries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ (thousand)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cook Islands</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiji</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kiribati</p></td><td><p>3,537</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marshall Islands</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Micronesia, Fed. States</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nauru</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Niue</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Palau</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Papua New Guinea</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pitcairn Islands</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Samoa</p></td><td><p>1,444</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solomon Islands</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tokelau</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonga</p></td><td><p>4,393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tuvalu</p></td><td><p>1,399</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vanuatu</p></td><td><p>264</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wallis &amp; Fortuna</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Pacific Regional</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oceania, regional</p></td><td><p>275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Pacific</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,055</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn

48311

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
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 Agreed Conclusions of the 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, if she will support the inclusion of a specific target on women's full, equal and effective participation in all fields and leadership at all levels of decision-making within the post-2015 development framework.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	196376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I am pleased that the Agreed Conclusions reached by member states at the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) included a call for a dedicated goal on gender equality, women's and girls' empowerment and the human rights of girls and women. It also called for ending all forms of violence against women and girls; economic empowerment; leadership and participation in decision making; and ending harmful practice, including Child, Early and Forced Marriage, and Female Genital Mutilation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK statement at the CSW highlighted the need for a dedicated goal on gender equality, and the empowerment of girls and women in the post -2015 framework. We are working with others across the international community, including civil society, to ensure that this is achieved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

48312

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what conditions are placed on recipients of support from the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	196357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The New Alliance Cooperation Frameworks in each country outline mutual commitments of governments, the private sector and development partners and create an enabling environment for responsible investment.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

48313

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department gives to the World Economic Forum's New Vision for Agriculture.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	196356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>DFID does not provide financial support to the World Economic Forum's New Vision for Agriculture initiative.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy