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Written Question
Department for International Development: Conditions of Employment
Monday 24th April 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what proportion of staff employed by her Department are employed on a contract which is (a) full-time permanent, (b) part-time permanent, (c) for less than two years' duration, (d) on an agency basis and (e) zero-hours.

Answered by Rory Stewart

The number and proportion of staff employed by DFID in the categories requested is shown below:-

.

Number

% as a proportion of total Home Civil Servant (HCS) staff

Permanent and Pensionable Full Time

1890

87.6%

Permanent and Pensionable Part Time

209

9.7%

Less than 2 years duration*

25

1.2%

Agency contracts

16

N/A

Zero Hours

0

0

* - includes Fixed term and Limited term contracts, Loans and Secondments in to DFID who are on payroll as at 31st March 2017

Written Question
Climate Change Convention: Morocco
Thursday 20th October 2016

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has made to publicise Government support for the (a) African Risk Capacity, (b) Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility and (c) Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative at the Marrakesh Climate Conference, to be held in November 2016.

Answered by Rory Stewart

The UK’s support to African Risk Capacity (ARC), the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) and the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative (PCRAFI) is managed by the Department for International Development (DFID).

In December 2015, every G7 nation set out how they will meet a collective target to reach an additional 400 million people with risk insurance by 2020. The UK has led the way, making excellent progress in delivering on its pledges of support for Climate Risk Insurance in the past year including funding for ARC and PCRAFI. UK Ministers have been invited to participate in side events at the Marrakesh Conference of Parties (COP) meeting to highlight progress with the G7’s InsuResilience climate risk insurance initiative and on ARC.

Currently, just 5% of losses from natural disasters in low-income countries are covered by insurance (against around 40% in developed countries), leaving millions with nothing to rebuild their lives after disaster strikes. UK initiatives give countries and people the tools they need to get themselves back on their feet, which is firmly in our national interest.

Written Question
Climate Change Convention: Morocco
Thursday 20th October 2016

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the Government's support for climate risk insurance as part of her preparations for the COP22 UN Climate Change Summit in Marrakesh, to be held in November 2016.

Answered by Rory Stewart

The UK is proud to be a global leader in disaster risk finance and insurance and we are committed to contributing to meeting the G7’s InsuResilience collective target (set out in the 2015 G7 Leaders Elmau declaration) of helping up to an additional 400 million people in the most vulnerable developing countries to gain access to climate risk insurance by 2020. The Department for International Development (DFID) leads the delivery of the Government’s plans to scale up the use of insurance and risk finance instruments in developing countries to enable:

  • Increased resilience for millions of the most vulnerable people, through improved access to insurance cover,
  • Faster, more efficient emergency response, with a larger proportion of losses in vulnerable developing countries to be covered by insurance systems, taking the strain off the overstretched humanitarian system,
  • Stronger and more stable economic development in developing countries, by helping to reduce the costs and barriers to credit.
Written Question
Climate Change Convention: Morocco
Thursday 20th October 2016

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proposals the Government plans to put forward at the Marrakesh Climate Change Conference in November 2016 to try to protect people who are most vulnerable to loss and damage caused by climate change.

Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm

Protecting those who are vulnerable to loss and damage due to climate change includes responding to disasters, helping people adapt to climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions to keep global warming to manageable levels.

The UK Government has committed to increase the UK’s climate finance by at least 50%, and will provide £5.8 billion over the next 5 years, of which half will be focused on helping people adapt to climate change including the most vulnerable. We have also committed to contributing to the G7 InsuResilience target of an additional 400 million people gaining access to insurance by 2020. The UK is actively engaged on these issues within the United Nations, including through its seat on the Executive Committee that is responsible for guiding action on loss and damage.