Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which projects she plans to reduce funding for in 2015-16 to implement the £1 billion reduction in her Department's expenditure limit for 2015-16 announced in the Summer Budget 2015.
Answered by Justine Greening
The Department for International Development’s budget was not adjusted at the 2015 Summer Budget.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which funding streams she plans to reduce in 2015-16 to implement the £1 billion reduction in her Department's expenditure limit for 2015-16 announced in the Summer Budget 2015.
Answered by Justine Greening
The Department for International Development’s budget was not adjusted at the 2015 Summer Budget.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her Ministerial colleagues in HM Treasury on tax reform, helping developing countries to collect tax from multinational companies and the OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting process.
Answered by Justine Greening
DFID and HM Treasury ministers and officials meet regularly to discuss issues of common interest, including tax and development. We have worked closely to progress the G20 agenda on tax and development to ensure that developing countries can participate in the G20/OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) process and are able to implement its outputs. At the Autumn Statement the Chancellor announced increased resources for the HMRC capacity building unit that I established in 2013, to recruit a dedicated team of experts to tackle tax avoidance and evasion in developing countries.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her priorities are for reforming taxation and private investment flows at the forthcoming UN Financing for Development conference.
Answered by Justine Greening
As a country that has met its commitment to spend 0.7% of GNI on international development, the UK’s priority for the UN Financing for Development Conference is to provide a solid foundation for the post-2015 summit in September and the climate meeting in December.
The UK is seeking an innovative approach to development finance that helps developing countries mobilise their own tax revenues and catalyses private financial flows, building on the progress made at the 2013 UK-led G8 summit in the areas of trade, tax and transparency.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her priorities are for the forthcoming UN Financing for Development conference.
Answered by Justine Greening
As a country that has met its commitment to spend 0.7% of GNI on international development, the UK’s priority for the UN Financing for Development Conference is to provide a solid foundation for the post-2015 summit in September and the climate meeting in December.
The UK is seeking an innovative approach to development finance that helps developing countries mobilise their own tax revenues and catalyses private financial flows, building on the progress made at the 2013 UK-led G8 summit in the areas of trade, tax and transparency.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has allocated to each country for supporting refugees and internally displaced people resulting from the political situation in Burundi.
Answered by Grant Shapps
The UK Government is extremely concerned by the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Burundi and the flow of Burundian refugees to neighbouring countries. Although DFID does not have a bilateral aid programme in Burundi, DFID is providing £9.25 million to support relief efforts for refugees fleeing to Tanzania, and £3.9m for refugees in Rwanda. The UK contribution is equivalent to 9.9% of the $207 million UN regional appeal.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which 20 companies were awarded the most funding by her Department for technical and advisory services in each of the last five years.
Answered by Grant Shapps
DFID publishes full contract information on the Contracts Finder website: https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2015 to Question 1293, in what countries her Department is working on projects with the International Labour Organisation; and what the value of her Department's funding is for each such project.
Answered by Justine Greening
Over the last six years my Department has provided £7.6 million to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for specific programmes where this represents value for money. DFID is currently funding programmes delivered by the ILO in India, Bangladesh and Nepal.