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710873

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff have been seconded to her Department from (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Accenture, (d) McKinsey & Co, (f) Ernst and Young and (g) Bain & Company since July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	67742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>DFID has not seconded anyone in from PwC, Deloitte, Accenture, McKinsey &amp; Co, Ernst and Young or Bain &amp; Company since July 2016.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/03/2017 16:54:06 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

710874

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Education
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 review her Department's spending on all education projects in the Palestine authority to ensure those projects meet her Department's criteria.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	67713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK’s bilateral funding to the Palestinian Authority education sector only goes to support the salaries of vetted teachers and public servants. Our support is helping around 25,000 young Palestinians go to school each year.. The UK is about to assess performance of this past year’s support with the Palestinian Authority, including progress against the Partnership Principles, and tackling incitement in education. DFID OPTs regularly monitors programme performance, including through annual reviews. The Minister of State has also personally reviewed our educational programs on his most recent visit to Palestine and will be contributing to our portfolio review.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/03/2017 16:49:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

710875

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Christianity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial assistance her Department gives to Christians in developing countries; and what assistance can be given to individual Christians within the criteria set by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	67711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>All UK-funded aid is distributed on the basis of need irrespective of race, religion or ethnicity. A very wide range of individuals, across all faiths, benefit from this assistance.</p><p>All faith groups can access and receive funding through DFID’s major civil society funding mechanisms: UK Aid Direct and UK Aid Match. Those already in receipt of this funding include: CAFOD, Christian Aid, Samaritans Purse and Habitat for Humanity.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/03/2017 18:05:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

711053

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	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 her Department's humanitarian aid budget was disbursed for (a) one year, (b) two years and (c) three years or more in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	67793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>Due to the nature of Humanitarian Responses, DFID cannot always allocate humanitarian budgets in advance. However, over the last three budget periods DFID’s spend on humanitarian aid was allocated as follows (rounded to the nearest 5%):</p><ul><li>65 per cent to projects with an operational period of 3 years or more</li><li>30 per cent was to projects with an operational period of two years</li></ul><p>and</p><ul><li>5 per cent was to projects with an operational period of one year.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/03/2017 16:49:50 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

711055

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Malawi: Fisheries
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 made an assessment of the potential merits of providing financial support to increase the level of activity at the fisheries research laboratory in Monkey Bay, Malawi.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	67826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Development (DFID) is supporting Malawi to diversify its economy, improve inclusive growth and eradicate extreme poverty. My Department has not made an assessment of the merits of providing support to the fisheries research laboratory in Monkey Bay. However, a new programme of agricultural support is currently in design and assessing potential options for UK support, including on fisheries.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 20/03/2017 16:47:51 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

711056

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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: Pay
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 66402, at what pay grades the 640 senior responsible owners (SROs) are employed; and at what pay grades the staff in the team of each of those SROs are employed.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	67825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The current breakdown of DFID’s Senior Responsible Owners is shown below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of SROs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A Band/G6, G7 and SEO</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>B Band/HEO and EO</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A typical programme team is likely to include a Senior Civil Servant, around five A band staff and two B band staff.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/03/2017 16:51:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

711057

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Famine
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 plans to take to prevent famine in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	67868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK has committed over £100 million in humanitarian aid to Yemen for 2016/17, making us the fourth largest donor to the country. This contribution has so far supported 462,000 people with food or food vouchers, and 889,000 women and children with nutrition interventions. We plan to make another significant contribution in 2017/18</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/03/2017 16:52:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

711058

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Humanitarian Aid
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 has taken to encourage the Saudi-led coalition to open up aid access to Yemen via unblocking Hodeida port and opening up airspace.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	67869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK continues to lobby all parties to the conflict to facilitate commercial and humanitarian access, and is supporting the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the UN Humanitarian Air Service to improve access for humanitarian agencies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/03/2017 16:53:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

711059

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sustainable Development: Marine Environment
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 smaller countries toward achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal 14 on conservation and sustainable use of the marine environment.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	67961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government is playing a leading role in helping developing countries achieve the SDGs, including Goal 14. As part of a strong cross-Government effort, DFID supports the Global Environment Facility, which includes assistance for small island developing states in managing their marine territories.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 21/03/2017 17:25:38 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

711164

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what aid the UK has provided to Yemen in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL6052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>DFID Yemen’s bilateral funding for Yemen over the last five years is as follows:</p><ul><li>2016/17: £112 million</li><li>2015/16: £89.6 million</li><li>2014/15: £65.9 million</li><li>2013/14: £84.1 million</li><li>2012/13: £59.1 million</li></ul> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/03/2017 16:17:59 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno