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date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the analysis in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' Global Trends Report of the number of refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced people worldwide.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for International Development (DFID) is concerned by the increase in the number of people displaced from their homes in 2013 as highlighted in the Global Trends report. The report indicates the number of refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced around the world now stands at 51.2 million, an increase of 6 million reported in 2012 and, for the first time since the end of World War II, exceeding 50 million people.</p><p> </p><p>DFID is providing assistance to refugees and internally displaced people in many of the world’s major crises. One of the agencies receiving support is the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which works in over 120 country contexts to assist displaced people, including: Syria, Kenya, South Sudan and Afghanistan. This assistance helps to meet basic needs and helps displaced people rebuild their lives whilst they await return, integration into their new community/country or resettlement. Last year UNHCR received £94 million in UK funding.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 24/07/2014 16:29:29 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

77276

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date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' report <i>Woman Alone</i>: <i>The fight for survival by Syria’s refugee women</i>; and of its assessment of the situation of Syrian refugee families in Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan which are headed by women.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK welcomes the publication of this report, which highlights the distressing reality for women and girls affected by the crisis in Syria. Our assessment is that it accurately describes many of the hardships faced by refugee women who have become heads of their households as a result of the conflict, but also their resilience and bravery in the face of such hardships.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 24/07/2014 14:21:57 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

77295

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date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Children and Young People: Bereavement Counselling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of family bereavement on the mental health and well-being of children and young people.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL1029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the impact of family bereavement on the mental health and well-being of children and young people. However, we are investing £54 million over the four year period 2011 – 2015 in the Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP IAPT) programme.</p><p> </p><p>CYP IAPT interventions can help children and young people who have been impacted by family bereavement.</p><p> </p><p>The CYP IAPT approved interventions include:</p><p> </p><p>- Cognitive behavioural therapy for emotional disorders such as anxiety and depressive disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder;</p><p>- parenting training for conduct disorders (3-10 year olds);</p><p>- systemic Family Practice; and</p><p>- Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents.</p><p> </p><p>On 25 March, we launched MindEd, an interactive e-learning programme on children and young people’s mental health that seeks to help any adult working with children and young people. The MindEd e-portal provides a ‘Loss and Grief’ module, aimed at helping children and young people who face loss, such as loss of a parent by death or divorce. MindEd is available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.minded.org.uk</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 22/07/2014 15:49:59 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng