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172444

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sierra Leone
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 transferred to the Ministry of Defence for (a) the deployment of the RFA Argus in Sierra Leone and (b) anti-Ebola measures and deployments in Sierra Leone.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	219985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for International Development has transferred £28.8 million to the Ministry of Defence. Approximately half of this figure covered the deployment of RFA Argus and three Merlin helicopters.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The remainder has funded the construction and operation of six Ebola Treatments Centres and three laboratories, supported the establishment of the Ebola Training Academy, as well as strengthening national and district level capacity to deal with the Ebola crisis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/01/2015 17:48:05 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

172445

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Consultants
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 spent on consultants in each of the last five years; and which contracts with consultants have been worth more than £5 million.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	219988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>DFID expenditure on Consultancy in the financial years 2009/10 to 2013/14 is provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Consultancy Spending £</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>19.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>0.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>0.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>0.2m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No individual contracts with consultants have been worth more than £5 million.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/01/2015 17:48:36 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

172589

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pitcairn Islands
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 12 May 2014 to Question 198148, how much of the £2,809,462 provided to the Pitcairn Islands was allocated to each of the categories listed in that Answer.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Meg Munn
uin	220056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>DFID provides funds to the Pitcairn Islands in the form of budget aid. In 2013/14 the breakdown of how this was allocated was:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Shipping service £1,330,000</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Child safeguarding £500, 000</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The remaining £980,000 was spent on maintaining the island’s basic services as well as the costs associated with the running of Pitcairn Islands Office (PIO) in Auckland, New Zealand.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 12/01/2015 16:43:56 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn

172590

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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: Fisheries
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 effects of super trawlers on the sustainability of coastal fishing communities in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	220045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>Assessments of the status of fisheries and their sustainability, including coastal fisheries in developing countries, are undertaken by national authorities and compiled periodically into regional assessments by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID has provided support both bilaterally and through international organisations to strengthen the governance of fisheries in developing countries. This has included efforts to tackle illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing in West Africa.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 14/01/2015 16:52:37 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

172591

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219268, if she will list expenditure on each project of more than £5 million from her Department's Economic Development Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	220016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>This information is not available in the form requested.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/01/2015 17:50:23 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

172592

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Green Climate Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total value is of her Department's funding for the Green Climate Fund; and what proportion of that funding is non-fiscal.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	220133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK has pledged up to £720m to the Green Climate Fund, which will come from both DFID and DECC budgets. The level and nature of each Department’s contribution remains subject to Ministerial approval.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/01/2015 17:49:41 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

172593

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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: Overseas Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what income her Department has received from financial investments in developing countries in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	220121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The only income DFID has received from developing countries is in relation to interest on sovereign debt, which is transferred to HM Treasury once received in line with HM Treasury Guidance. DFID has not received any income from financial investments in the past five years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/01/2015 17:57:17 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

172594

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Green Climate Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the UK's funding for the Green Climate Fund is drawn from the UK's International Climate Fund.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	220115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>UK contributions to the Green Climate Fund will come from within the existing budget of the International Climate Fund in the current spending review period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/01/2015 17:51:35 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

172595

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
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 expenditure was (a) capital and (b) non-capital spending in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	220113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The proportion of the Department for International Development’s expenditure that was capital and non-capital in each of the last five years is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Year </strong></td><td><strong>% capital </strong></td><td><strong>% non capital </strong></td></tr><tr><td>2009/10</td><td>19%</td><td>81%</td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td>20%</td><td>80%</td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td>21%</td><td>79%</td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>21%</td><td>79%</td></tr><tr><td>2013/14</td><td>19%</td><td>81%</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/01/2015 17:55:44 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

172596

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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, if she will make it her policy in decisions on funding overseas aid to consider its effect on reducing immigration to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	220111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>Countries experiencing instability or conflict are a key driver of migration worldwide and DFID remains on track to meet the UK’s target of spending 30% of the UK’s official development assistance in fragile and conflict-affected states in 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/01/2015 17:48:56 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead