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510135

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date	11/04/2016
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, what proportion of the UK aid budget was allocated as (a) grants and (b) loans in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	33402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>UK aid spending figures are reported on a calendar year basis in Statistics on International Development[1]. The information requested is available for 2013 and 2014 as shown in Table 1 below. Figures for 2015 with the requested breakdown will be available and published in Statistics on International Development in October 2016[2].</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) by type of finance, 2013-2014</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>% of total ODA</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>% of total ODA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total UK ODA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,424</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,726</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100.0%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which:</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>8,998</p></td><td><p>78.8%</p></td><td><p>9,847</p></td><td><p>80.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capital subscriptions<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>2,298</p></td><td><p>20.1%</p></td><td><p>1,799</p></td><td><p>15.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Loans <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>343</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1. Figures may not sum to totals due to rounding</p><p>2. Capital subscriptions to multilateral organisations,</p><p>3. Includes bilateral loans to recipient countries and loans to multilateral organisations</p><p>4. Other types of ODA eligible finance include interest subsidies, equity acquisitions and debt relief.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2015</a></p><p>[2] Once released the publication will be available on the Statistics at DFID <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about/statistics" target="_blank">webpage</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 33403 33404 question first answered 18/04/2016 16:24:18 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

510136

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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, what proportion of the UK aid budget was allocated as (a) grants and (b) loans in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	33403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>UK aid spending figures are reported on a calendar year basis in Statistics on International Development[1]. The information requested is available for 2013 and 2014 as shown in Table 1 below. Figures for 2015 with the requested breakdown will be available and published in Statistics on International Development in October 2016[2].</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) by type of finance, 2013-2014</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>% of total ODA</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>% of total ODA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total UK ODA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,424</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,726</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100.0%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which:</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>8,998</p></td><td><p>78.8%</p></td><td><p>9,847</p></td><td><p>80.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capital subscriptions<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>2,298</p></td><td><p>20.1%</p></td><td><p>1,799</p></td><td><p>15.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Loans <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>343</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1. Figures may not sum to totals due to rounding</p><p>2. Capital subscriptions to multilateral organisations,</p><p>3. Includes bilateral loans to recipient countries and loans to multilateral organisations</p><p>4. Other types of ODA eligible finance include interest subsidies, equity acquisitions and debt relief.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2015</a></p><p>[2] Once released the publication will be available on the Statistics at DFID <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about/statistics" target="_blank">webpage</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 33402 33404 question first answered 18/04/2016 16:24:18 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

510137

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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, what proportion of the UK aid budget was allocated as (a) grants and (b) loans in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	33404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>UK aid spending figures are reported on a calendar year basis in Statistics on International Development[1]. The information requested is available for 2013 and 2014 as shown in Table 1 below. Figures for 2015 with the requested breakdown will be available and published in Statistics on International Development in October 2016[2].</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) by type of finance, 2013-2014</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>% of total ODA</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>% of total ODA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total UK ODA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,424</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,726</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100.0%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which:</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>8,998</p></td><td><p>78.8%</p></td><td><p>9,847</p></td><td><p>80.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capital subscriptions<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>2,298</p></td><td><p>20.1%</p></td><td><p>1,799</p></td><td><p>15.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Loans <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>343</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1. Figures may not sum to totals due to rounding</p><p>2. Capital subscriptions to multilateral organisations,</p><p>3. Includes bilateral loans to recipient countries and loans to multilateral organisations</p><p>4. Other types of ODA eligible finance include interest subsidies, equity acquisitions and debt relief.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2015</a></p><p>[2] Once released the publication will be available on the Statistics at DFID <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about/statistics" target="_blank">webpage</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 33402 33403 question first answered 18/04/2016 16:24:19 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

510138

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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, what steps the Government is taking to raise awareness of the projects to which UK aid contributes abroad and of the long-term effect those projects have on the UK.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	David Mackintosh
uin	33319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department for International Development’s communications demonstrate how UK aid reduces extreme poverty, tackles global challenges and is in Britain’s national interest.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We raise awareness of our work and its results in a number of different ways.</p><p> </p><p>A recent example is the Supporting Syria and the Region conference in February. Through extensive work with the media and partners, we helped the public at home and abroad to understand why the conference was needed, how the money raised will make a difference, and how they can get involved. The public had more than 222m opportunities to see or hear about the conference; media coverage of the conference was extensive and overwhelmingly positive. We are continuing to communicate the longer-term impact of the conference and explain why supporting people in the region is in the UK’s interest.</p><p> </p><p>Another example is our recent work to mark International Women’s Day. This positioned the UK as a world leader on securing rights for girls and women. Ministers attended eight public events to mark the day and spoke about DFID’s work on girls and women. The public had 252m opportunities to see or hear about our activity through the media, and a further 1.5m people were reached through digital activity.</p><p> </p><p>DFID has a strong following online and provides regular updates about its work and achievements through: Twitter (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/dfid_uk" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/dfid_uk</a>), Facebook (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/ukdfid" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/ukdfid</a>) and Dev Tracker (devtracker.dfid.gov.uk).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 18/04/2016 16:22:20 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4431 label Biography information for David Mackintosh

510139

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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: Resignations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of officials of her Department resigned in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	33294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>1144 employees have left DFID. Resignations for each of the last 6 years have been set out in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><strong>FY 2010/11</strong></td><td><strong>FY 2011/12</strong></td><td><strong>FY 2012/13</strong></td><td><strong>FY 2013/14</strong></td><td><strong>FY 2014/15</strong></td><td><strong>FY 2015/16</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Resignation </strong></td><td>66</td><td>56</td><td>64</td><td>65</td><td>65</td><td>73</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 18/04/2016 16:29:33 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

506665

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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: 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 the provision of medical supplies, water, food and emergency shelter for internally displaced people and children in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	33128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK is the 4<sup>th</sup> largest donor to the crisis in Yemen and has more than doubled its humanitarian support over the last year to £85 million for 2015/16. We have so far helped more than 1.3 million Yemenis who have been affected by the conflict with food assistance, medical supplies, water, and emergency shelter, as well as supporting refugees and migrants in Yemen. We work through International Non-Governmental Organisations and United Nations agencies to deliver this assistance, ensuring the response is targeted towards the most vulnerable.</p><p> </p><p>This funding includes support to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to provide over 750,000 Internally Displaced People and people affected by the conflict with access to a safe water supply and critical hygiene items. The UK has also provided funds to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNICEF and Save the Children to raise awareness of child rights, to monitor and support displaced children and to provide children with food, nutritional support, water and sanitation.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 13/04/2016 13:35:24 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

506666

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Africa: Organic Farming
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that UK aid spent in Africa supports small-scale organic farmers.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	33051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>DFID’s Agricultural Policy Framework, published last year, sets out the approach and steps DFID will take to support agriculture. Depending on context and need, this is expected to include support to small scale organic, or smallholder, farmers in Africa<strong>. </strong>Our priorities include helping smallholder farmers to increase their productivity, and to better link them to markets to sell their produce so as to increase their incomes, improve their livelihoods and contribute to economic growth and poverty reduction.</p><p> </p><p>For example we are providing support to the International Fund Agriculture Development’s Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme. This will help smallholder farmers in Africa cope with the impacts of climate change by providing extension services to farmers, improving irrigation and infrastructure, and helping farmers to increase their harvests through improved seeds and better soil and land management practices.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 13/04/2016 13:24:33 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

506667

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Economic Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to support Syria's economy after the end of the current conflict in that country.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	33094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2016 answer text <p>Much of our assistance is already laying the groundwork for future reconciliation, stabilisation and reconstruction efforts inside Syria. Regarding the economy, we are already taking a long term approach to foster market stability and economic recovery. This includes the supply of agricultural inputs to farmers to increase production as well as support to small businesses. This has potential to be scaled up once a political transition is reached and depending on the nature of that settlement.</p><p> </p><p>On 26 November 2015, the Prime Minister announced that the UK will commit at least £1 billion to Syria’s reconstruction. We anticipate that reconstruction funds would be allocated against a plan agreed between a new, inclusive Syrian government and the international community. We expect that, over time, this funding will include support for re-building Syria’s shattered economy and infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>However, we must not underestimate the scale of the challenge of post-conflict reconstruction. Syria has experienced 40 years under an oppressive regime and a brutal civil war. Conflict has reversed Syria into poverty. Consequently, reconstruction will cost hundreds of billions of dollars. That is why we will use our influence as a major shareholder to push the UN and International Financial Institutions and the private sector to bring their planning, resources and expertise to bear.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 15/04/2016 10:16:32 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

506668

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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: Corporation Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of public country-by-country reporting of corporation tax details by multinational companies on the economies of developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	33169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK supports efforts to improve tax transparency. We initiated international work on country-by-country (CbC) reporting during our G8 Presidency in 2013, calling on the OECD to develop a framework for CbC reporting to tax authorities as part of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project. This important initiative will enhance transparency between business and tax authorities, including those of developing countries.</p><p> </p><p>DFID funds the Global Forum and the World Bank to provide technical assistance to improve exchange of tax information in developing countries which will allow tax authorities to gain access to information such as country-by-country reports. We also support the OECD in helping developing countries tackle multinational practices such as transfer pricing and have provided HMRC tax auditors to Tax Inspectors Without Borders, which puts expert tax auditors in the field working on complex multinational audit cases.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 33170 question first answered 15/04/2016 10:18:31 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

506669

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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: Corporation Tax
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 plans to take to ensure that public country-by-country reporting of corporation tax benefits developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	33170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK supports efforts to improve tax transparency. We initiated international work on country-by-country (CbC) reporting during our G8 Presidency in 2013, calling on the OECD to develop a framework for CbC reporting to tax authorities as part of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project. This important initiative will enhance transparency between business and tax authorities, including those of developing countries.</p><p> </p><p>DFID funds the Global Forum and the World Bank to provide technical assistance to improve exchange of tax information in developing countries which will allow tax authorities to gain access to information such as country-by-country reports. We also support the OECD in helping developing countries tackle multinational practices such as transfer pricing and have provided HMRC tax auditors to Tax Inspectors Without Borders, which puts expert tax auditors in the field working on complex multinational audit cases.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 33169 question first answered 15/04/2016 10:18:31 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain