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1059724

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian support her Department has provided to Afghanistan as a result of the drought in that country.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	220216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>We are extremely concerned about the impact of the deadly drought last year in Afghanistan. The UK is providing life-saving assistance to hundreds of thousands of Afghans affected by one of the worst droughts the country has ever faced, including vital food and shelter. We provided emergency food aid in July last year to 432,000 people to enable them to remain in their homes. UK Aid has also supported tents and urgent relief items for up to 260,000 people who are facing a severe winter away from their homes; cash transfers for 190,000 people to buy essential items; and special nutritious food for 90,000 children and pregnant women to prevent malnutrition. And, by contributing to the UN appeal, UK funds are reaching more people in need with food assistance. As the scale of the drought became clear over the course of the year, we increased our funding for the drought response to £35 million, bringing DFID’s total spend on the humanitarian response in Afghanistan to £67 million in 2018. This support is helping some of Afghanistan’s most vulnerable people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/02/2019 17:09:06 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1055791

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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 Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he is taking steps to support a global initiative of Governments and businesses to ensure that workers in (a) cocoa and (b) other supply chains receive a living income; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	217632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>One of the keys to driving poverty reduction is enabling workers in global supply chains to be paid a living wage. The UK works with Governments, businesses and other actors to advance this agenda. For example, the Department for International Development (DFID) supports the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), which works with companies such as the Body Shop, Co-op and Tesco, as well as trade unions. The UK also supports initiatives such as the UN Global Compact (UNGC), the world’s largest business sustainability initiative, which focuses partly on labour rights and has over 12,000 signatories from over 160 countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 14/02/2019 16:12:42 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1058683

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Nigeria: HIV Infection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with his Nigerian counterpart on reducing the incidences of HIV in that country.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	219432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID support helped Nigeria reduce new HIV infections by 21% between 2010 and 2016. DFID continues to help combat HIV in Nigeria as one of the largest contributors to the Global Fund to fight Aids, TB and Malaria. The Secretary of State for International Development has not recently held discussions with Nigerian counterparts on reducing the incidence of HIV in Nigeria.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 18/02/2019 18:04:43 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1058778

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which (a) for-profit private companies and (b) private contractors received Official Development Assistance for the (i) delivery of education and (ii) facilitation of education programmes in (A) Ethiopia, (B) Tanzania, (C) Afghanistan, (D) Ghana and (E) Uganda in each year from 2015 to 2018.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	219563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The table below sets out centrally let contracts with (a) for-profit private companies and (b) private contractors in the last three years (2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 YTD) for education programmes in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Afghanistan, Ghana and Uganda.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Spend against Centrally Let PCD Contracts</strong></p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong><em>Benefitting Country</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Supplier Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Supplier Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Afghanistan (AF)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ethiopia (ET)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ghana (GH)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tanzania (TZ)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Uganda (UG)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AECOM Professional Services</p></td><td><p>Private</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£751,794</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Agents</p></td><td><p>Private</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£2,130,753</p></td><td><p>£262,501</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DAI Europe</p></td><td><p>Private</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£1,006,213</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMC Worldwide Limited</p></td><td><p>Private</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£123,131</p></td><td><p>£899,885</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IPE Global Limited</p></td><td><p>Private</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£158,492</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MAXWELL STAMP PLC</p></td><td><p>Private</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£2,299,198</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MOTT MACDONALD LTD</p></td><td><p>Private</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£13,543,195</p></td><td><p>£32,825,490</p></td><td><p>£6,212,154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OXFORD POLICY MANAGEMENT</p></td><td><p>Private</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£822,536</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PALLADIUM</p></td><td><p>Private</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£8,311,104</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>£0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2,580,822</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£17,580,045</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£42,973,426</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£6,212,154</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/02/2019 17:05:01 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1058779

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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: Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to oral evidence by the Minister of State at the Department for International Development to the International Development Committee on DFID's work on education: Leaving no one behind, HC 367, on 18 October 2017, what methodology was used to establish that 95 per cent of his Department's education funding goes to public state school services.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	219564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID’s education policy “Get Children Learning,” launched in February 2018, sets out that the state is the guarantor of quality basic education for all, but need not be the sole financer or provider of education services. In financial year 2016/17 we carried out a one-off exercise to calculate the proportion of DFID’s education spend going to public education. Our conclusion was “<em>DFID invests overwhelmingly in the public sector with over 95% of education funding going to public education”.</em> This was a snapshot of the education portfolio at the time. This calculated education spend on DFID’s bilateral and centrally-managed programmes including those operating in Pakistan, Kenya and Nigeria that provided funding to low cost private schools. To repeat the exercise and provide a year on year breakdown would incur a disproportionate cost. We continue to take a pragmatic approach in our support to education, using a range of delivery partners to provide children with the education they deserve. In some cases this includes for-profit organisations who deliver services through the public education system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 219565 219566 question first answered 14/02/2019 16:14:23 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1058780

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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: Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to oral evidence by the Minister of State for International Development to the International Development Committee on DFID's work on education: Leaving no one behind, HC 367, on 18 October 2017, what time period the Minister is referring to in his statement that 95 per cent of DFID’s education funding goes to public state school services.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	219565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID’s education policy “Get Children Learning,” launched in February 2018, sets out that the state is the guarantor of quality basic education for all, but need not be the sole financer or provider of education services. In financial year 2016/17 we carried out a one-off exercise to calculate the proportion of DFID’s education spend going to public education. Our conclusion was “<em>DFID invests overwhelmingly in the public sector with over 95% of education funding going to public education”.</em> This was a snapshot of the education portfolio at the time. This calculated education spend on DFID’s bilateral and centrally-managed programmes including those operating in Pakistan, Kenya and Nigeria that provided funding to low cost private schools. To repeat the exercise and provide a year on year breakdown would incur a disproportionate cost. We continue to take a pragmatic approach in our support to education, using a range of delivery partners to provide children with the education they deserve. In some cases this includes for-profit organisations who deliver services through the public education system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 219564 219566 question first answered 14/02/2019 16:14:23 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1058781

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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: Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of education funding it allocated to public state school services in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	219566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID’s education policy “Get Children Learning,” launched in February 2018, sets out that the state is the guarantor of quality basic education for all, but need not be the sole financer or provider of education services. In financial year 2016/17 we carried out a one-off exercise to calculate the proportion of DFID’s education spend going to public education. Our conclusion was “<em>DFID invests overwhelmingly in the public sector with over 95% of education funding going to public education”.</em> This was a snapshot of the education portfolio at the time. This calculated education spend on DFID’s bilateral and centrally-managed programmes including those operating in Pakistan, Kenya and Nigeria that provided funding to low cost private schools. To repeat the exercise and provide a year on year breakdown would incur a disproportionate cost. We continue to take a pragmatic approach in our support to education, using a range of delivery partners to provide children with the education they deserve. In some cases this includes for-profit organisations who deliver services through the public education system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 219564 219565 question first answered 14/02/2019 16:14:23 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1058829

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	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 help improve the provision of (a) reproductive health and (b) gender-based violence prevention services in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	219374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>As part of its £96.5 million of funding to UNICEF in Yemen over the coming three years, the UK will support 800,000 people with reproductive health services. This includes support for over 300,000 people with family planning advice, 292,000 women with antenatal check-ups and 117,000 women during childbirth.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is also supporting measures to prevent violence against women and girls in Yemen as part of its £13 million of funding this financial year (2018/2019) for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and International Office for Migration.</p><p> </p><p>These measures include medical support, legal services and psychosocial counselling to over 1,700 female sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) survivors in Yemen, as well as the establishment of twelve gender specific community-based committees to work on SGBV prevention.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/02/2019 17:01:57 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1058830

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps her Department has taking to help prevent violence against women and girls in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	219375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK is supporting measures to prevent violence against women and girls in Yemen as part of its £13 million of funding this financial year to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Office for Migration (IOM).</p><p> </p><p>These measures have included medical support, legal services and psychosocial counselling to over 1,700 female sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) survivors in Yemen, as well as the establishment of twelve gender specific community-based committees to work on SGBV prevention.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/02/2019 17:02:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1058832

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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: Crimes of Violence
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 spending is currently focused on gender-based violence prevention.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	219376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK is a world leader in championing prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls through research, programmes and partnerships. Our £25million What Works to Prevent Violence programme is the largest global investment in research into prevention of violence against women and girls. I am committed to maintaining the UK’s global leadership in this area.</p><p>Work to prevent violence against women and girls in DFID consists of standalone prevention programming, integrated violence prevention and response programmes, a range of interventions incorporated into wider education, women’s economic empowerment and social protection programmes and work through multilateral agencies. This complexity means that we do not specifically track all this spend as gender-based violence prevention.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 14/02/2019 16:13:28 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma