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865119

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date	16/03/2018
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: 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 assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of its support for internally displaced people; and whether her Department plans to take any steps to improve the effectiveness of that support.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	132986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>DFID has many programmes which address the needs of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), all of which are subject to regular review of their effectiveness. At a global level, the UK is supportive of the idea of a UN High Level Panel on IDPs to assess the effectiveness of the current response to internal displacement and galvanise further political and operational action. We are discussing this closely with other interested States and UN agencies.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/03/2018 15:21:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

865168

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
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: Assets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money her Department has raised from the sale of (a) assets, (b) land and (c) buildings in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	133035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Since April 2010, the Department for International Development has raised £29.6m from the sale of assets, of which £20.3m is from the disposal of buildings. The remaining sales were made up of miscellaneous items such as equipment and vehicles.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Proceeds from Sale of Property, Vehicles, Equipment*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Proceeds from Sale of Land</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Proceeds from Sale of Buildings</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>£’000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£’000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£’000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1,902</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>20,458</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>20,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1,196</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>590</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>3,841</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1,638</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29,641</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,298</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 22/03/2018 16:44:25 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

865206

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
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: Civil Service
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 takes to help share UK civil service expertise with developing nations.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	133073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The Bilateral Development Review of 2016 and DFID’s Economic Development Strategy of 2017 have set out a strong and ambitious vision for the UK to develop a world-leading partnerships offer to share the best of the UK’s public sector skills and expertise.</p><p>Many UK civil service institutions already make their expertise available to developing countries. For example, HMRC has resident advisers working in several African countries, working with their counterparts to build their capacity to manage taxes and auditing. The Government Communications Service has partnerships with Tunisia, Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Jordan to improve their government communications across a range of policy areas, with a focus on impartiality. The department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is supporting regulatory reforms in India, Indonesia, South Africa, Mexico and Brazil.</p><p>To boost our UK approach to partnerships, DFID’s GREAT for Partnership programme will support a range of peer-to-peer partnerships between UK institutions and their counterparts in developing countries over the next four years. This will aim to provide the technical and professional support that partner governments request, in line with UK priorities and values. The programme is currently at an early stage of implementation as we test the model, before we implement at scale.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 22/03/2018 15:08:41 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

865208

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Non-governmental Organisations
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 best ethical practice by the NGOs it supports.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	133075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>It is imperative that DFID’s partners show the moral leadership, systems and culture that are needed to protect vulnerable people. At the Safeguarding Summit, the Secretary of State announced new, enhanced and specific safeguarding Due Diligence standards for all organisations that DFID works with. This will include a review of the ethical practice of the NGOs that DFID partner, by assessing codes of conduct, how organisations identify and respond to incidents, and how risk management places safeguarding and beneficiaries at its core. These are being piloted from this week and will be rolled out shortly. New funds to organisations will not be approved unless they pass the new standards and they will be integrated into ongoing programme management.</p><p> </p><p>Four working groups, that include civil society and independent experts, have also been established and are meeting this week to refine and test ideas further. They will take forward a number of areas, including how the aid sector can shift its organisational culture to tackle power imbalances and gender inequality. The groups will report back with concrete actions in time for the international Safeguarding Conference that the UK will host this autumn.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 23/03/2018 14:54:11 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

865209

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
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 her Department takes to ensure data gathering on the effects of its programmes is (a) accurate and (b) comprehensive.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	133076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>DFID is committed to ensuring we gather accurate and appropriate data in order to effectively monitor the impact of our programmes. We work with our implementing partners to ensure robust programme monitoring frameworks are in place. All DFID programmes are subject to Annual Reviews and Project Completion Reviews which assess and record how funds have been used; the results delivered (including assessing data quality); and reviews the criterions routinely used to monitor the programme’s activities. Risks or issues identified during the reviews are recorded, addressed and monitored. DFID also often uses monitoring agents, independent audits, and other additional safeguards.</p><p> </p><p>Headline data on results for our programmes are aligned with the strategic objectives in the UK Aid Strategy and summarised by sector in DFID’s Single Departmental Plan (SDP). The SDP results are published every year in DFID Annual Report and Accounts and produced according to published methodologies.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 22/03/2018 16:46:11 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

865210

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Non-governmental Organisations
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 strengthen its oversight of the NGOs it supports.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	133077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>In response to the letter from the Secretary of State, all UK charities that directly receive UK aid have provided her with a clear statement of assurance on their organisations’ safeguarding environment and policies, organisational culture, transparency and their handling of allegations and incidents. These assurances are a first step towards improving DFID’s oversight of its partners and raising safeguarding standard across the international development sector.</p><p> </p><p>This oversight will be further strengthened through DFID’s new, enhanced and specific safeguarding standards, announced by the Secretary of State at the Safeguarding Summit. These new measures will build on the rigorous monitoring procedures which are currently applied throughout the lifetime of all DFID programmes. They will be integrated into DFID’s Due Diligence Assessments, Supply Partner Code of Conduct and ongoing programme management and compliance checking processes.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 23/03/2018 14:53:56 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

865212

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what arrangements her Department has to reimburse the Ministry of Defence for resources used in disaster response.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	133079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Development holds a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Defence through which we request and receive military support. The understanding states that we will reimburse the Ministry of Defence from the aid budget for the additional costs incurred in providing that support.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 23/03/2018 14:53:33 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

864369

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
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: Cleaning Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	132853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Development has a contract with Interserve Facilities Management to provide all facilities management services including cleaning. The contract is part of a larger affiliates contract led by the Cabinet Office.</p><p>The cleaners employed under this contract are paid the national living wage in the East Kilbride office and the London Living Wage in the Whitehall office. This is uplifted every year in line with the Living Wage Foundation.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 22/03/2018 15:08:01 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

864485

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what work has been undertaken by his Department to develop religious literacy among its staff in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	132968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>We have developed a position paper on faith and development; we continue to host seminars (such as the seminar in November on freedom of religion or belief); we have commissioned and circulated research on religion and development and have facilitated formal training. A limited number of DFID staff have already attended the newly re-launched Foreign and Commonwealth Office “Religion and Diplomacy” course. We plan to encourage more DFID staff to attend this course in the future.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 20/03/2018 15:30:35 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

862066

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: Borders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) social, (b) economic and (c) humanitarian effects of the ongoing Israeli naval blockade on Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	132485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) assesses that the restrictions on access to fishing waters in Gaza is a key factor discouraging investment and perpetuating high levels of unemployment, food insecurity and aid dependency. The fishing industry is important for the social and economic wellbeing of Gaza and we want to see an increase in the fishing zone, in line with the limit of 20 nautical miles stipulated in the Oslo accords. The UK has consistently called on the Government of Israel to ease movement, including at sea, and will continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/03/2018 16:40:50 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden