Asked by: Anas Sarwar (Labour - Glasgow Central)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the UK is taking to encourage other donors to help GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance reach its replenishment target of $7.5 billion.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
The UK is a strong supporter of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. The International Development Secretary recently confirmed the UK commitment of up to £1 billion to Gavi for 2016 to 2020, two months ahead of the pledging conference, to encourage other donors to step up and support Gavi to save over 5 million lives. I am, along with Ministerial colleagues, actively approaching Ministers in other governments to encourage them to commit further funding to ensure the full $7.5 billion is achieved.
Asked by: Anas Sarwar (Labour - Glasgow Central)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department's standard terms of contract with suppliers.
Answered by Justine Greening
The standard terms of contract for DFID are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about/procurement .
Asked by: Anas Sarwar (Labour - Glasgow Central)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her Department's news release of 25 June 2013, what progress has been made by the task force of legal experts working to identify legal, regulatory and social barriers that limit opportunities for women in business in the Arab world.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
This work was taken forward under the auspices of the MENA-OECD project “Supporting women as economic actors during the transition period”, which analyses to what extent legal provisions influence women’s economic participation. The project is expected to complete in May 2015, providing concrete recommendations to improve legal frameworks.
Asked by: Anas Sarwar (Labour - Glasgow Central)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of her Department's Official Development Assistance contribution in 2013 was a result of funding being used or allocated from future years' budgets.
Answered by Justine Greening
The Department for International Development did not utilise any future year budget to deliver its contribution to Officials Development Assistance in 2013.
Asked by: Anas Sarwar (Labour - Glasgow Central)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many teams of staff from UK accountancy institutions have been deployed to developing countries under the Investment Facility for Utilising Specialist Expertise funded by her Department since April 2014; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Justine Greening
2 UK accountancy institutes have completed deployments in Zambia and Ethiopia since April 2014. A further 3 deployments are scheduled to take place in the first quarter of next year, with future deployments thereafter.
Asked by: Anas Sarwar (Labour - Glasgow Central)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what date Ministers and officials in her Department first met (a) Médecins sans Frontières, (b) ActionAid, (c) CARE, (d) Concern, (e) International Rescue Committee, (f) Save the Children, (g) UNICEF and (h) WorldVision to discuss Ebola.
Answered by Justine Greening
DFID Ministers and officials regularly meet representatives from Medecins sans Frontieres, ActionAid, CARE, Concern, International Rescue Committee, Save the Children, UNICEF and World Vision to discuss Ebola.