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Written Question
Overseas Aid
Monday 21st July 2014

Asked by: Lord Rooker (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Department for International Development has ever requested a salary or administration costs to expenditure ratio of organisations it has funded in the past four years.

Answered by Baroness Northover

DFID does not hold a central record of all requests made for data relating to salary and administration ratios for all the organisations it has funded.

DFID always seeks to achieve the best value for money in the funding it provides. Salary costs and administration costs are considered when making funding decisions to ensure value for money.

Written Question
Overseas Aid
Monday 21st July 2014

Asked by: Lord Rooker (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Department for International Development has made any inquiries or requested any reports on the level of salaries in organisations it has funded in the past four years.

Answered by Baroness Northover

DFID does not hold a central record of this information in the form requested.

Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 09 Jul 2014
Public Bodies (Abolition of Food from Britain) Order 2014

"My Lords, I had hoped that I had seen the last of this Room when I left the Government. I find it the most depressing place to work in the whole Palace of Westminster, but I wanted to come today to say a few words and, it turns out, to …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 06 Mar 2014
Women: Contribution to Economic Life

"May I intervene on what the noble Baroness has said, because she is a rarity herself? Female Members of this House who were previously Tory Members of the other House stand at half the percentage of the Lib Dems or Labour. There have only been eight since the late Baroness …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 16 Jan 2014
Animal Welfare: Methods of Slaughter

"My Lords, I declare an interest. I am a meat-eater, and I am personally offended if expected to eat meat from non-stunned food production animals. As such, I have no problem whatever with religious slaughter, but I do not wish to eat non-stunned meat, and therefore it should be labelled. …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Nov 2011
Health and Social Care Bill

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Nov 2011
Health and Social Care Bill

"My Lords, I return briefly to the point that I made as an aside on an earlier amendment regarding the effect of local government. As this clause is drafted, it is absolutely clear that not all local authorities in England are public health authorities. It is quite clear that in …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Nov 2011
Health and Social Care Bill

"My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister and for the support for the fact that we need to address this issue. I am not asking for any more reassurances but I should like to believe that between now and Report there will be deeper discussions with local government, probably …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Nov 2011
Health and Social Care Bill

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Nov 2011
Health and Social Care Bill

"My Lords, this is a brief probing amendment that is mirrored by my noble friend’s Amendment 75A, which is identical. I originally thought that I had tabled this as a new clause and it had appeared as an amendment. I would like to take the opportunity, by the way, to …..."
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