Asked by: Peter Bone (Independent - Wellingborough)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will introduce the use of the Dun and Bradsheet human trafficking risk index when allocating funding.
Answered by Alistair Burt
Tackling modern slavery is a priority for DFID, and we are expanding our work in developing countries through £40 million of new programming that will reach at least 500,000 people at risk of slavery.
Businesses have a key role to play in tackling modern slavery, and though we are not currently using the Dun & Bradstreet Index, we are supportive of approaches like these which help business assess risk in their supply chains.
Through our Responsible, Accountable, and Transparent Enterprises Programme, we are working with organisations including the Ethical Trading Initiative, the World Benchmarking Alliance, and Humanity United to develop responsible business approaches.
Asked by: Peter Bone (Independent - Wellingborough)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's aid budget is given to third parties to distribute.
Answered by Rory Stewart
DFID spends aid through a range of delivery partners. Delivery partners are selected based on a value for money assessment of their capacity to deliver objectives in the country DFID is working in.
Overall, for 2015, approximately 36% of DFID’s aid was delivered through multilateral organisations, 64% was delivered bilaterally.
Details of 2015 spend on all UK official aid is published in the Statistics on International Development, including the delivery channels used in every country in which we work.
Asked by: Peter Bone (Independent - Wellingborough)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department takes to monitor how aid disbursed by the UK to the Palestinian Territories is used.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
DFID’s Operational Plan for the Occupied Palestinian Territories contains a results framework which is monitored annually to ensure results being delivered are in line with those planned. We assess that UK aid is on track to deliver key results as set out in our Operational Plan.
Each new project is approved on the basis of a value for money assessment. This involves assessing the strength of the evidence provided in each business case for the intervention, and comparing the efficiency and cost effectiveness of different delivery options. All projects are reviewed annually, and at project completion, to monitor the results that have been delivered. All reviews are publicly available on the Development Tracker website: http://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/.
Asked by: Peter Bone (Independent - Wellingborough)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help developing countries gain access to EU markets.
Answered by Grant Shapps
We have worked with the EU to lower tariffs for 91 developing countries, agree development-focused trade agreements with African, Caribbean and Pacific regions, and promote developing country interests in the World Trade Organisation. We spend over £1 billion annually on Aid for Trade to help countries take advantage of this access.
Asked by: Peter Bone (Independent - Wellingborough)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department provided to each country in receipt of UK development aid (a) directly and (b) indirectly per head of population in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Justine Greening
The direct and indirect funding by the Department for International Development to each country in receipt of UK development aid is set out in the last two columns of Tables 14.1 to 14.5 in the link below for years 2004/05 until 2008/09.
The last two columns of Tables 9.1 to 9.5 in the link below will provide details of direct and indirect spend respectively in each country for years 2008/09 until 2012/13.
The link below is to the website of the United Nations population Fund (UNFPA) which publishes statistics on country populates.
Asked by: Peter Bone (Independent - Wellingborough)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to Questions 167-8 of the oral Evidence given by the Minister of State at her Department to the International Development Committee on 8 May 2014, how much funding her Department gave to the Palestinian Authority in each of the last 10 years which was used (a) directly and (b) indirectly to pay salaries to the families of convicted terrorists.
Answered by Alan Duncan
Since 2013, UK aid to the Palestinian Authority has been used to pay civil servant salaries only. Our funding has previously contributed to the PA overall budget, which funded three types of payments linked to political prisoners in Israeli jails who had been convicted, were pending trial or were in administrative detention. The first was a minimal allowance to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails intended to cover the cost of food and clothes at the request of the Israeli Authorities. The second was a welfare payment for family members where the primary provider is incarcerated. The third was support to help former prisoners reintegrate into society and find employment.
Asked by: Peter Bone (Independent - Wellingborough)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department provided (a) directly and (b) indirectly to the Palestinian Authority in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Alan Duncan
UK direct financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority over the past ten financial years is as follows:
2005/06
| £10m
|
2006/07
| £11.9m
|
2007/08
| £18.5m
|
2008/09
| £23.5m
|
2009/10
| £38.5m
|
2010/11
| £30m
|
2011/12
| £30m
|
2012/13
| £34.1m
|
2013/14
| £41.7m
|
2014/15
| £22.9m (forecast)
|
Information about indirect UK support for the Palestinian Authority through the EU can be found at
http://eeas.europa.eu/palestine/ec_assistance/index_en.htm. The UK contribution to the EU development budget is approximately 15%.
Asked by: Peter Bone (Independent - Wellingborough)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to Questions 167-8 of the oral Evidence given by the Minister of State at her Department to the International Development Committee on 8 May 2014, if she will review her policy of paying money to the Palestinian Authority which may be used to pay salaries to the families of convicted terrorists.
Answered by Alan Duncan
No UK money is used for payments to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails or their families. UK direct financial assistance is used to pay the salaries of civil servants from an approved list.