Asked by: Jim Murphy (Labour - East Renfrewshire)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will support the inclusion in the Sustainable Development Goals of a standalone goal on climate change, in addition to targets on environmental sustainability integrated across the framework, accompanied by a measure to keep the rise in global temperatures at 2ºC on pre-industrialisation levels.
Answered by Justine Greening
The UK supports a target to hold the increase in global average temperature below a 2°C rise in accordance with international agreements.
The final targets in the post-2015 development framework will however be subject to international negotiations in the United Nations, in which the UK will play an active role.
Asked by: Jim Murphy (Labour - East Renfrewshire)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will support the inclusion in the Sustainable Development Goals of a target on reducing the number of people living on less than $2 a day under the goal on poverty.
Answered by Justine Greening
The UK supports a target to reduce the number of people living on less than $1.25 a day and a target on reducing poverty according to national definitions. This language is included in the most recent draft goals and targets list released by the co-chairs of the Open Working Group (OWG) on 2 June.
The final targets in the post-2015 development framework will however be subject to international negotiations in the United Nations, in which the UK will play an active role.
Asked by: Jim Murphy (Labour - East Renfrewshire)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if officials in her Department will meet displaced people from the Gambella region of Ethiopia to discuss forcible removal and abuse in the Ethiopian government's villagisation programme.
Answered by Justine Greening
Since February 2011, DFID has undertaken several visits to Gambella and to Gambellan refugees residing in Kenya and South Sudan. These visits have included discussions about allegations of abuse and forced movement in relation to the Commune Development Programme.
DFID, together with partners from the Development Assistance Group in Ethiopia (the ‘DAG'), is planning a further visit to Gambella later this year.
Asked by: Jim Murphy (Labour - East Renfrewshire)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she last discussed the villagisation programme with the government of Ethiopia.
Answered by Justine Greening
Ministers and officials regularly discuss all aspects of the bilateral programme with the Government of Ethiopia.
Asked by: Jim Murphy (Labour - East Renfrewshire)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many reports of fraud or corrupt practices her Department has received (a) in writing and (b) through the development tracker website in each year since 2010.
Answered by Justine Greening
Incidents of substantiated fraud are set out in both the Department's Annual Report and, where appropriate, in the notes of the Annual Accounts.
Asked by: Jim Murphy (Labour - East Renfrewshire)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether decisions to award funding under the Global Poverty Action Fund were made by the Civil Society Department, Policy and Research Division of her Department or by Triple Line Consulting Ltd.
Answered by Justine Greening
The Secretary of State has final approval of all GPAF funding decisions. All grants approved by the Secretary of State are subject to satisfactory completion of pre-grant due diligence.
Asked by: Jim Murphy (Labour - East Renfrewshire)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent from the Conflict Pool in each country in each year since its launch.
Answered by Justine Greening
Full information on Conflict Pool programmes managed by DFID can be found on the online Development Tracker at:
http://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/
Asked by: Jim Murphy (Labour - East Renfrewshire)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent from the Rapid Response Facility in each country in each year since its launch.
Answered by Justine Greening
Full information on funding to the Rapid Response Facility can be found on the online Development Tracker at: http://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/
The following amounts have been spent in countries through the Rapid Response Facility since its launch:
Sierra Leone: £2m
India: £2.3m
Philippines: £8m
South Sudan: £6m
Bosnia: £0.3m
Iraq: £2m
Asked by: Jim Murphy (Labour - East Renfrewshire)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been paid to Triple Line Consulting Ltd for the management and running of the Global Poverty Action Fund in each year since 2010.
Answered by Justine Greening
Triple Line Consulting Ltd is the contracted Fund Manager of the Global Poverty Action Fund. To manage the Global Poverty Action Fund, Triple Line Consulting Ltd has been paid:
£0.2m in 2010/11
£0.8m in 2011/12
£0.7m in 2012/13
£1.3m in 2013/14
Asked by: Jim Murphy (Labour - East Renfrewshire)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to support the adoption of a target to promote an open, rules-based, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system that complies with the mandate for agriculture, services and non-agricultural products of the World Trade Organisation Doha Round and implements the outcomes of the World Trade Organisation Bali Declaration in Open Working Group negotiations on the sustainable development goals.
Answered by Justine Greening
As we have already made clear, the UK supports a target to promote an open, rules-based, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system that complies with the mandate for agriculture, services and non-agricultural products of the World Trade Organisation Doha Round and implements the outcomes of the World Trade Organisation Bali Declaration. This language is included in the most recent draft goals and targets list released by the co-chairs of the Open Working Group (OWG) on 2 June.
The UK is a firm supporter of an open, rules-based, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system. The UK is using its influence within the WTO to push for an achievable and pro-development outcome of Doha Round negotiations, whilst also ensuring full and swift implementation of the WTO Bali agreements.
The final targets in the post-2015 development framework will however be subject to international negotiations in the United Nations, in which the UK will play an active role.