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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

172599

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) fiscal and (b) non-fiscal spending in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	220132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>% fiscal</p></td><td><p>% non-fiscal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 13/01/2015 16:21:01 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

171799

registered interest
date	02/01/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	International Climate Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how frequently the International Climate Fund Board meets.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	219651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>The International Climate Fund Board normally meets 3-4 times a year.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/01/2015 16:07:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

171802

registered interest
date	02/01/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	International Climate Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many projects of what value have been financed by decisions taken by the International Climate Fund Board Climate Investment Funds to date.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	219589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>To date, a total of £982,613,599 has been approved and committed to the Climate Investment Funds from the International Climate Fund.</p><p>Decisions on financing projects from these funds are taken by the relevant Trust Fund Committee. The UK is a member of each of these Committees.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 13/01/2015 15:35:58 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

171579

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	International Climate Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much of the funds earmarked by his Department for the International Climate Fund has been disbursed.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	219519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>At the end of 2014, the Department of Energy and Climate Change has spent a total of £1,002,545,698 from the International Climate Fund meeting our allocation to date.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 13/01/2015 15:36:46 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

171583

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	International Climate Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, to which countries and for what purpose his Department's contribution to the International Climate Fund has been spent; and what proportion of such funding (a) has been allocated to any multilateral institutions and (b) is (i) capital and (ii) resource expenditure.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	219538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change is investing its share of the International Climate Fund in supporting low carbon development in developing countries and on reducing deforestation.</p><p>To date, we have made specific investments in the following countries; China, South Africa, Indonesia, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Nigeria, Algeria, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam and Uganda. Other countries will have also benefitted from our investments into global multilateral funds.</p><p>The majority of our investments are via multilateral institutions, including bilateral programmes delivered by these institutions. These institutions have the capacity to manage large investments and, as experts in their fields, provide high quality programmes and results.</p><p>The breakdown of investment is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Global multilaterals</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Bilateral programme delivered through a multilateral</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Bilateral</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£799,863,599</p></td><td><p>£75,000,001</p></td><td><p>£127,682,098</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Of this £963,324,839 is capital expenditure and £39,220,859 is resource expenditure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 15/01/2015 17:15:10 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

171586

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	International Climate Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to which countries and for what purpose her Department's contribution to the International Climate Fund has been spent; and what proportion of such funding (a) has been allocated to any multilateral institutions and (b) is (i) capital and (ii) resource expenditure.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	219539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Defra is currently funding three projects through the International Climate Fund (ICF):</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(i) ‘Reducing Deforestation in the Brazilian Cerrado’ (£10m resource expenditure) to reduce the loss of biodiversity by restoring native vegetation and reducing deforestation; this project is being implemented by the World Bank.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(ii) ‘Low Carbon Agriculture and Avoided Deforestation to Reduce Poverty’ (£24.9m capital expenditure) supports small and medium sized farms in the Amazon and Atlantic Forests (Brazil) to implement low-carbon agriculture, protect forests and reduce the loss of biodiversity; this project is being implemented by the Inter-American Development Bank.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(iii) Defra has contributed £25.1m (capital expenditure) to the World Bank’s BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes, a multilateral fund. The Fund will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the land sector and from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries through implementation of sustainable agriculture and smarter land-use planning, policies and practices.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/01/2015 15:47:27 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

171588

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	International Climate Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the funds earmarked by her Department for the International Climate Fund has been disbursed.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	219517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Defra’s total contribution to the International Climate Fund is £140m from 2011/12 to 2015/16, of which £60m has been disbursed to date. A further £40m will be disbursed shortly, and the remaining £40m in 2015/16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/01/2015 15:51:02 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

171655

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Climate Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the funds earmarked by her Department for the International Climate Fund has been disbursed.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	219518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>DFID has allocated £2.4bn to the International Climate Fund (ICF) between financial years 2011/12 and 2015/2016. Roughly 40% of the amount so far disbursed was capital expenditure and 60% was resource expenditure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The purpose of the International Climate Fund (ICF) is to support international poverty reduction by helping developing countries to adapt to climate change, take up low carbon development and tackle deforestation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 219540 question first answered 08/01/2015 13:43:48 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh