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1503300

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 129064 on Equal Pay, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of prohibiting employers from requesting salary history from new employees.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	44972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>There is growing evidence to show that, when pay is negotiable, asking applicants to disclose previous earnings and not including salary information in the advert increases the risk that historic disparities will be replicated. Research from the Fawcett Society suggests that questions about salary history particularly disadvantage women's confidence in pay negotiations.</p><p>On International Women’s Day this year, we called on all employers to provide salary information in all of their job adverts, and to stop asking about previous salary during recruitment.</p><p>We recognise that some employers may find it challenging to take these steps, due to historic pay decisions and lack of clarity in pay processes. That is why we also announced that we will work with employers to develop and pilot a methodology to support them to adopt these measures. The first meeting of the methodology working group took place at the start of this month.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 13/09/2022 16:07:25 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1503320

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to reinstate the overseas aid budget to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income; and with reference to her Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22, HC 493, published on 19 July 2022, for what reason the budget set out in that report is based on 0.5 per cent of Gross National Income for the next three years, in the context of alternative projections (a) in the report entitled Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, published on 27 October 2021, and (b) by the Office for Budget Responsibility for meeting the fiscal tests in the 2023-24 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	44980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government committed to Parliament to return to spending 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) on Official Developmental Assistance (ODA) when on a sustainable basis the government is not borrowing for day-to-day spending and underlying debt is falling.</p><p>At the 2021 Spending Review, the Government set ODA budgets accordingly, and reiterated its commitment to review and confirm each year, in accordance with the International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015, whether a return to spending 0.7% of GNI on ODA is possible against the latest fiscal forecast. In line with this approach, and noting the current macroeconomic and fiscal uncertainty, the Government will determine whether the ODA fiscal tests will be met for 2023-24 at Budget 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 07/09/2022 16:48:55 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1503326

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the FCDO Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22, which states that the temporary increase in Resource DEL in 2022-23 is to enable the Government to meet the UK’s G7 Carbis Bay health commitments, including the pledge to donate surplus vaccine doses to countries in need, what the (a) amount and (b) cost is of the doses her Department plans to donate.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	44987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>In June 2021, at the G7 Summit, the UK committed to donate a total of 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to countries in need by June 2022. The UK has made available 100 million doses, and 85 million doses have been donated to over 42 countries to date. The vast majority have been donated through COVAX.</p><p>Vaccine supply now far outstrips demand so our focus has switched to helping low income countries reach their national vaccination targets through the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership.</p><p>The estimated cost of vaccine donations in 2021 has been published in the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office's 2021-22 Annual Report and Accounts. We are awaiting guidance from the OECD-DAC on treatment of vaccine donations in 2022. All donations will be funded within a total Official Development Assistance expenditure of 0.5% of Gross National Income.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 07/09/2022 16:52:29 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1503329

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Bilateral Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her Department's 2021 spending review commitments, how much and what proportion of overseas aid spending her Department plans to allocate to bilateral programmes in financial years (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25; and if she will provide a breakdown of that allocated spending by programme area.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	44992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to transparency and will provide updates to Parliament on spending plans in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 07/09/2022 16:50:32 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1490969

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much has been allocated to the ODA crisis reserve for 2022-23; what proportion of that reserve has been spent up to and including 19 July 2022; and if she will provide a breakdown of what ODA crisis reserve funding has been spent in (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	40891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>A total of £30 million has been allocated to the ODA crisis reserve for 2022-23. None of the reserve has been spent to date this financial year. In 2021-22, the ODA crisis reserve funding was spent on responding to: the volcano eruption on St Vincent (£0.7m), Typhoon Rai in the Philippines (£1m), the earthquake in Haiti (£1m) and crises in Tigray (£6m), Somalia (£8m), South Sudan (£3m), Kenya (£1m), Mozambique (£0.8m), the Occupied Palestinian Territories (£3m), and Ukraine (£5.6m).</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 05/09/2022 14:09:09 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1490971

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department conducted impact assessments in advance of the sign-off and publication of the International Development Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	40892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>We are confident that funding decisions reflect the priorities in the International Development Strategy, including putting women and girls at the heart of what we do. Assessments of the impact on different beneficiary groups are ongoing, including through the upcoming business planning process. The Foreign Secretary was clear with Parliament during Oral Questions on 8 March 2022 that Equality Impact Assessments will not be published, due to the need to protect the space for officials to provide frank advice to ministers.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling grouped question UIN 40893 question first answered 05/09/2022 13:54:19 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1490973

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what impact assessments her Department conducted in advance of the sign off and publication of the International Development Strategy; and if she will publish those assessments.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	40893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>We are confident that funding decisions reflect the priorities in the International Development Strategy, including putting women and girls at the heart of what we do. Assessments of the impact on different beneficiary groups are ongoing, including through the upcoming business planning process. The Foreign Secretary was clear with Parliament during Oral Questions on 8 March 2022 that Equality Impact Assessments will not be published, due to the need to protect the space for officials to provide frank advice to ministers.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling grouped question UIN 40892 question first answered 05/09/2022 13:54:19 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1490976

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the results and recommendations of the 2022 Aid Transparency Index; and is she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	40894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Aid Transparency Index takes place every two years and this is the first review since DFID and FCO merged. FCDO ranked as the 4th highest performing bilateral donor and was classed as &quot;good&quot;. We are examining the findings of the review to help improve our rating in future assessments. Transparency helps improve accountability, efficiency and effectiveness and FCDO remains committed to transparency in its official development assistance spend and continues to publish programme information so that parliament and the public can see how we are delivering our aid objectives across the world.</p><p>The UK has committed to the further strengthening of aid transparency in the UK's Open Government Partnership National Action Plan, with a specific commitment added when it was updated in August 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 05/09/2022 14:50:43 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1490978

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the results and recommendations set out in the 2022 Aid Transparency Index; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	40895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>The <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publishwhatyoufund.org%2Fthe-index%2F2022%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CEdwin.Mangheni%40beis.gov.uk%7C33a0310ec0104ae8e0d908da8040b147%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637963312574766841%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ziJ8XlRBr68Hpm3yqL6vk7Pb%2Fh7drmnKffeL815yJc4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"> Aid Transparency Index </a>assessment takes place every two years. This is the first time that BEIS has been included and I am pleased the Department’s performance has been ranked as ‘Good’. BEIS remains committed to the transparency of its ODA spending and is examining how to improve its rating in future assessments. The International Development Strategy, published in May, recognised the importance of transparency and the Government has committed to the strengthening of transparency and accountability of UK ODA in its updated National Action Plan under the Open Government Partnership, updated in August.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 06/09/2022 14:43:53 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1490551

registered interest
date	19/07/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Voluntary National Review of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, published in June 2019, what progress her Department has made in establishing a multi-stakeholder engagement mechanism to monitor progress towards those goals.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	39945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The International Development Strategy and Integrated Review reaffirm the UK's commitment to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.</p><p>We are committed to working collaboratively with partners on the SDGs. It is only through partnership and cross-sector collaboration that we can achieve the SDGs.</p><p>We continue to engage regularly with civil society, the private sector and other stakeholders on the SDGs, including through bodies such as BOND and the UN Global Compact.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 05/09/2022 11:53:35 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill