Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, where the proposed hospital ship will operate from.
Answered by James Cleverly - Home Secretary
DFID and the MoD already work closely together to respond to humanitarian emergencies. For example, following Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas last September, RFA Mounts Bay played a critical role in the UK response.
As set out in the UK Humanitarian Reform Plan, the UK Government is committed ensuring a bigger, better, faster response capability which is able to respond to a range of different natural disasters. This includes a continued commitment to use our military assets to deliver humanitarian aid whenever appropriate, in accordance with UN guidelines.
No decision has been made on the construction or operation of a UK hospital ship, and we will continue to ensure that UKaid is deployed in a way that maximises value for money for development and the UK taxpayer.
Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what capability gap has been identified to support the decision to construct a hospital ship.
Answered by James Cleverly - Home Secretary
DFID and the MoD already work closely together to respond to humanitarian emergencies. For example, following Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas last September, RFA Mounts Bay played a critical role in the UK response.
As set out in the UK Humanitarian Reform Plan, the UK Government is committed ensuring a bigger, better, faster response capability which is able to respond to a range of different natural disasters. This includes a continued commitment to use our military assets to deliver humanitarian aid whenever appropriate, in accordance with UN guidelines.
No decision has been made on the construction or operation of a UK hospital ship, and we will continue to ensure that UKaid is deployed in a way that maximises value for money for development and the UK taxpayer.
Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff from her Department have been assigned to roles in the (a) British Embassy, Pristina, (b) United Nations Mission in Kosovo, (c) NATO Kosovo Force, (d) European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo and (e) other international organisations' missions in Kosovo in each year since 2008.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin
No DFID staff have been assigned to the British Embassy, United Nations Mission, NATO Kosovo Force, European Union Rule of Law Mission or any other international organisations since 2010. DFID does not hold such records prior to 2010.
Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the average time taken was to fill vacancies for (a) Administrative Assistant/Administrative Officer, (b) Executive Officer, (c) Senior Executive Officer/Higher Executive Officer, (d) Grades six and seven civil servants and (e) Senior Civil Service grade positions in her Department in each of the last five financial years.
Answered by Alistair Burt
DFID does not hold this information. DFID follows Civil Service Recruitment principles and targets a maximum of 8 weeks for cross government staff to join and 12 weeks for staff joining new to the Civil Service. The time frame is dependent on the individual's notice period required, security and medical clearance and any other relevant checks to confirm employment.
Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department will receive in funding from the Joint Security Fund in each year up to 2020.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
UK Government funding decisions will be made through the Spending Review process.
Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's communications budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
Answered by Justine Greening
2010-11: £3.2m
2011-12: £3.5m
2012-13: £3.0m
2013-14: £3.0m
Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
Answered by Justine Greening
DFID does not hold a central advertising budget.
Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) open and (b) closed cases are listed on her Department's fraud register; and to which countries each such case relates.
Answered by Justine Greening
Detail on fraud broken down on a country by country basis is contained within DFID’s Annual Report for 2013/14.
Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on language training in each year since 2010.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
DFID centrally contracted language training providers in 2012.
Spend for each year since then is:
2012 | £7,523.40 |
2013 | £17,977 |
2014 | £20,586.96 |
Collating spend figures for prior years would incur disproportionate costs as training would have been procured locally.
Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on security and hostile environment training in each year since 2010.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
DFID provides Security Awareness in Fragile Environments training for staff working in these locations. Spend for each year has been:
2011 | £137,054.18 |
2012 | £371,236.90 |
2013 | £305,195.24 |
2014 | £191,138.37 |
Expenditure for 2010 is not available as this was prior to a central contract being awarded.