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Written Question
Sustainable Development
Wednesday 13th February 2019

Asked by: James Heappey (Conservative - Wells)

Question to the Department for International Development:

What steps her Department is taking to encourage people to contribute to the Voluntary National Review of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons

I am committed to an inclusive Voluntary National Review that showcases activity across the UK. Almost 200 organisations and individuals have submitted case studies highlighting activity to support delivery of the Goals. We continue to welcome contributions which can be submitted via our gov.uk VNR website.


Written Question
Pacific Ocean Islands and Papua New Guinea: Fisheries
Thursday 28th June 2018

Asked by: James Heappey (Conservative - Wells)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what fishing industry related projects her Department has (a) supported and (b) allocated funding to in (i) Federated States of Micronesia, (ii) Kiribati, (iii) Marshall Islands, (iv) Nauru, (v) Palau, (vi) Papua New Guinea, (vii) Solomon Islands and (viii) Tuvalu; and how much funding her Department allocated to each such project.

Answered by Alistair Burt

Since 2009, the Department for International Development has supported no fishing industry related projects in Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu. In 2016 the UK spent £5.75 million of bilateral aid the Pacific region. The UK publishes all the statistics on UK aid spend from 2009 – 2016 (Statistics on International Development, https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2017).