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810266

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date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department’s policy is on the purchase of premium economy and business class flights by departmental senior executives; and if she will set out how much of the £24,065.94 total expenses incurred by senior executives set out in the publication DFID senior executives business expenses were due to expenditure on premium economy or business class flights.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	120732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>DFID policy is for employees always to use the most efficient and economic means of travel for duty visits. All journeys of up to 5 hours must be in economy/standard class. Journeys of over 5 hours must also be in economy/standard class unless there is legitimate business approval provided in advance for a higher standard of travel.</p><p>Details of Senior Executives’ expenses, which include a breakdown of expenditure on premium economy and business class flights, can be found at the following address <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/669802/travel-april-june-2017.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/669802/travel-april-june-2017.csv/preview</a></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 08/01/2018 10:32:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

714525

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 18 December 2015 to Question 19719, on Syria, what progress her Department has made in delivering basic governance in Syria since 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	69511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>In Syria, we deliver basic governance by supporting local councils in moderate opposition areas to deliver basic services in response to needs identified by their communities. In 2016, UK support helped local councils provide over 2.3 million Syrians with improved infrastructure; including new roads, electricity grids and waste collection services.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/04/2017 15:38:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

714639

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Occupied Territories: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department has provided to the Occupied Palestinian Territories in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	69512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The amounts of DFID official bilateral assistance to the Occupied Palestinian Territories since financial year 2010/11 are set out below. The final figure for 2016/17 will be published in mid-2017.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total DFID bilateral assistance (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>73,572,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>91,212,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>87,735,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>93,859,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>83,404,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>77,351,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/04/2017 15:39:16 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

714183

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 7 July 2015 to Question 4985, what funding her Department has provided for services in Afghanistan providing legal advice to women who are victims of domestic violence in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	69331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK is committed to supporting women who are victims of all forms of violence in Afghanistan. From 2014-2016 the UK funded a £3.1m programme which helps women who have been victims of violence to get the justice they deserve. The programme trained hundreds of government officials, community members, police, judiciary, religious leaders, and law students on the Ending Violence Against Women law. It also established a hotline that provided counselling and legal support to survivors of violence which took over 25000 calls from over two years from women who had been victims of domestic and other forms of violence.</p><p>Between 2016 and 2018, the UK is providing £3.1m to UNFPA to establish Family Protection Centres in hospitals that provide health, counselling, legal services and referrals to women who have been victims of violence in Afghanistan.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 31/03/2017 14:01:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

714184

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has provided to (a) Turkey, (b) Lebanon, (c) Jordan and (d) to assist with the effect of the refugee situation in Syria in those countries in each year since 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	69325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>Between April 2014 and December 2016 DFID spent over £596 million on projects in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. All of DFID’s bilateral funding to these countries is to assist with the effects of the refugee situation. A breakdown of this funding by country and financial year is provided below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/2016 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/2017 </strong> <strong>(up to Dec 2016)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total spend</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Turkey</strong></p></td><td><p>£9.8m</p></td><td><p>£7.8m</p></td><td><p>£86.1m</p></td><td><p>£103.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lebanon</strong></p></td><td><p>£62m</p></td><td><p>£95.9m</p></td><td><p>£94.8m</p></td><td><p>£252.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jordan</strong></p></td><td><p>£50.7m</p></td><td><p>£48.4m</p></td><td><p>£140.9m</p></td><td><p>£240m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£122.5m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£152.1m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£321.9m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£596.5m</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 30/03/2017 14:41:46 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

710613

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what proportion of people employed by her Department are from other EU countries.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	67465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>All Government Departments are bound by legal requirements concerning the right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules.</p><p>Evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Civil Service as part of wider pre-employment checks, but there is no requirement on departments to retain this information beyond the point at which it has served its purpose.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/03/2017 16:50:25 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq