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169312

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Middle East
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they assess the effectiveness of the various United Nations agencies trying to meet the urgent needs of refugees and displaced people in northern Iraq and around the frontiers of Syria; and in particular whether they consider that enough authority is locally devolved.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>DFID closely monitors the effectiveness of UN agencies in meeting the urgent needs of displaced people in Northern Iraq and around the frontiers of Syria, including through our field team. The UK is supporting the UN to scale up operations – including through funding key staff positions in agency field offices – to strengthen the UN’s presence at a local level.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 18/12/2014 12:43:19 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

169316

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to ensuring that international aid for the purposes of education in Pakistan is not used to further the discrimination of minorities; and whether conditional aid programmes will be implemented in the region.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL3602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>DFID has strong monitoring and third party validation arrangements in place across our education programmes to ensure UK aid is not used in ways that promote prejudice and discrimination against religious or other minorities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 18/12/2014 12:43:53 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

169337

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	St Helena
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in securing direct air access to St Helena.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL3623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2014 answer text <p>The UK Government is providing support to the air service procurement process that is currently underway and run by the St Helena Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 19/12/2014 16:46:54 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

169342

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in the recent United Nations efforts to remove rubble in Gaza.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL3628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Rubble clearance is underway in Gaza, although much still remains to be done. Efforts are complicated by the dangers of unexploded ordnance concealed beneath the rubble. The UK pledged £20 million for early recovery and reconstruction in Gaza, including support for short-term employment schemes that provide an income to local people to assist with rubble clearance and infrastructure repair.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 17/12/2014 12:37:05 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

169569

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Private Military and Security Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many contracts her Department has held with private security companies in each year since 2008; what the cost of those contracts was; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	218242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>DFID has held a total of 8 centrally let contracts with private security companies since 2008 and the total cost of those contracts is £6.2M. The table below provides details by year concerning the number of contracts and the cost of those contracts. It should be noted that some of these contracts were active over multiple years:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Contracts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost of Contract (GBP)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>13,589</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1,008,753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>816,566</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>725,825</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1,147,414</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1,680,187</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>854,352</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 15/12/2014 18:04:48 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

169570

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Charities
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 5 December 2014 to Question 216932, how many (a) Direct Roadshows and (b) other events have been organised by her Department since 2010; and where those events have taken place.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	218240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Three DFID Direct Roadshows have been organised by the department. These events have taken place in Cardiff, Bristol and Manchester.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 15/12/2014 13:14:32 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

169571

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to page 2 of her Department's strategic framework for economic development for shared prosperity and poverty reduction, published in January 2013, how the £1.8 billion of her Department's budget to be targeted on economic development will be allocated to different activities and countries.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	218144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Regular monitoring to ensure value for money is embedded within all DFID’s economic development programmes; evaluations of programme effectiveness are commissioned where appropriate. Funding for these activities is allocated within each individual programme budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID uses a range of instruments to deliver the Economic Development Strategy; while programme design is based on an assessment of need and context. In addition, we centrally monitor all economic development spending to enhance portfolio coherence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 218141 218142 218143 question first answered 17/12/2014 15:28:28 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

169572

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
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 allocated to the CDC Impact Fund; and what assessment she has made of the financial performance of that Fund.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	218149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department has allocated up to £75 million to the DFID Impact Fund which is managed by CDC. The DFID Impact Fund will invest in up to 10 impact investment Funds over 13 years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/12/2014 15:28:47 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

169573

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to page 23 of her Department's strategic framework for economic development for shared prosperity and poverty reduction, published in January 2013, which instruments (a) are being and (b) will be used; and what amounts will be allocated to each such instrument.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	218143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Regular monitoring to ensure value for money is embedded within all DFID’s economic development programmes; evaluations of programme effectiveness are commissioned where appropriate. Funding for these activities is allocated within each individual programme budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID uses a range of instruments to deliver the Economic Development Strategy; while programme design is based on an assessment of need and context. In addition, we centrally monitor all economic development spending to enhance portfolio coherence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 218141 218142 218144 question first answered 17/12/2014 15:28:28 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

169574

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
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 has allocated to evaluation of its Economic Development Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	218141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Regular monitoring to ensure value for money is embedded within all DFID’s economic development programmes; evaluations of programme effectiveness are commissioned where appropriate. Funding for these activities is allocated within each individual programme budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID uses a range of instruments to deliver the Economic Development Strategy; while programme design is based on an assessment of need and context. In addition, we centrally monitor all economic development spending to enhance portfolio coherence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 218142 218143 218144 question first answered 17/12/2014 15:28:27 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh