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723137

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date	21/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Humanitarian Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	71547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Development, the Rt Hon Priti Patel visited South Sudan on 10 April 2017. Severe food insecurity levels and malnutrition rates, including pockets of famine, continue to worsen alongside an unprecedented dry season and cholera outbreak. The operational environment is significantly constrained with severe access issues and diminishing humanitarian space. Fighting continues across the country, causing widespread displacement and driving the humanitarian crisis. There are 7.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance and over 3 million people displaced.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 26/04/2017 15:36:43 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

723191

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	East Africa: Famine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to meet commitments made at the World Humanitarian Summit in May 2016 on providing funding for local and national actors to respond to the East Africa food crisis.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	71662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>We are making progress to meet our commitments, made at the World Humanitarian Summit, on localisation. Globally DFID is the largest donor to the Country Based Pooled Funds and continues to invest in civil society consortia that support localisation. This includes through the centrally managed Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme (DEPP) which invests in the longer-term capacity development of national and local NGOs in contexts of high humanitarian risk. In East Africa, DEPP supports 15 projects in Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan. Where we are required to deliver rapidly and across multiple contexts, such as in the east Africa food crisis, international assistance remains necessary to deliver at scale.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 26/04/2017 15:37:51 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

723193

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any of her Department's funding for abortion services in developing countries has been allocated to countries where abortion is illegal.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	71665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>DFID’s position on what we can and cannot support is set out in our policy paper on safe and unsafe abortion available online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safe-and-unsafe-abortion-uks-policy-position-on-safe-and-unsafe-abortion-in-developing-countries" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safe-and-unsafe-abortion-uks-policy-position-on-safe-and-unsafe-abortion-in-developing-countries</a></p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 26/04/2017 15:38:18 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

723194

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Ethiopia: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many Ethiopian local and national non-governmental organisations received humanitarian aid from her Department; and what proportion of her Department's overall aid for Ethiopia this represented in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	71660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>DFID has provided £83.5 million to the Ethiopia Humanitarian Fund (EHF) over the last five years from the total DFID bilateral funding listed in the table below. In 2015/16, the EHF provided £29 million of life-saving support to 4.3 million people during Ethiopia’s worst drought in 30 years. Approximately £4.4 million of this funding was delivered by local and national NGOs.</p><p>In addition to our bilateral funding, targeted support is being provided through DFID’s centrally managed Disasters Emergency Preparedness Programme to deliver 5 projects supporting national and local NGOs in Ethiopia to engage more effectively in humanitarian preparedness and response.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>DFID bilateral programme outturn (in £s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>336,426,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>336,355,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>284,360,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>261,460,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures for financial year 2016/17 will be published in the DFID Annual Report and accounts due for publication in Summer 2017.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 26/04/2017 15:41:01 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

723195

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Kenya: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many Kenyan local and national non-governmental organisations received humanitarian aid from her Department; and what proportion of her Department's overall aid for Kenya this represented in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	71661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>From the total DFID bilateral funding listed below, the department has provided £1,960,000 over the past five years to the Kenya Red Cross Society through the British Red Cross Society. The funds have been used to strengthen the Kenya Red Cross Society’s preparedness and response systems, assisting many households affected by disasters, such as the current drought, across Kenya.</p><p>In addition to our bilateral funding, targeted support is being provided through DFID’s centrally managed Disasters Emergency Preparedness Programme to deliver 7 projects supporting national and local NGOs in Kenya to engage more effectively in humanitarian preparedness and response.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>DFID bilateral programme outturn (in £s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>137,482,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>95,921,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>136,200,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>91,800,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures for financial year 2016/17 will be published in the DFID Annual Report and accounts due for publication in Summer 2017.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 26/04/2017 15:39:27 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

722525

registered interest
date	19/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Charities: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she has taken to promote take-up of her Department's small charities fund among charities in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	71228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department will liaise with CADANI (Coalition of Aid and Development Agencies in Northern Ireland) as well as other appropriate Organisations in order to promote the Small Charities Challenge Fund.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 24/04/2017 15:24:44 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

720673

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Horn of Africa: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps the Government has taken to persuade her international counterparts to (a) increase financial support and (b) assist in negotiating safe access for aid to increase the level of food available to the populations of Somalia and Somaliland.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	70562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The UK is leading international efforts to prevent a famine. Our early action is paying dividends and the international response is scaling up. Donors have allocated more in the first three months of 2017 than was raised in the whole of 2016 for the humanitarian response in Somalia (including Somaliland). This has enabled humanitarian partners to reach 1.75 million people with food and 1.15 million people with safe water in March alone.</p><p>The UK continues to press for full and sustained access to hard to reach areas across Somalia. We are pushing the Federal Government of Somalia to fulfil its commitment to tackle all obstacles to humanitarian access. We are also supporting partners, like the International Committee of the Red Cross, who have the capability to open humanitarian access in hard to reach areas.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 24/04/2017 15:52:39 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

720678

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of UK official development assistance was allocated for the treatment of diabetes and other non-communicable diseases in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	70384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Details of the UK’s official development assistance spend on health are published in Statistics on International Development https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2016. Our reporting is based on internationally agreed OECD Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC) codes, as part of our commitment to transparent reporting of development assistance in a way that permits international comparisons. Non-communicable diseases and diabetes are not categories within the OECD-DAC codes.</p><p>As part of the UK’s commitment to achieving the Global Goals, DFID supports countries to build stronger health systems that can respond to both the existing disease burden and changing health needs, including non-communicable diseases.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 24/04/2017 15:51:52 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

720682

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Madagascar: Mining
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering assistance to conservation organisations in Madagascar for the protection of the environment from the effect of unregulated sapphire mining; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	70971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes that environmental protection and regulation of extractive industries are vital for sustainable development. Madagascar receives assistance through a number of global programmes. These include the Global Environment Facility, which has numerous projects in Madagascar. In addition, we are contributing to improved governance of Madagascan mining through our support to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 24/04/2017 15:37:02 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

720683

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support children displaced by climate change.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	70882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The UK is playing a leading role to assist children in developing countries affected by humanitarian crisis, disasters and forced migration induced by climate risks such as droughts and flood. We work with mandated protection agencies, including ICRC, UNHCR and UNICEF, as well as international NGOs, who advocate for children’s rights, set standards, and implement programmes such as family reunification, case management, education, psychosocial and mental health support.</p><p>Through the UK’s International Climate Finance we have also supported 21 million people to cope with the effects of climate change, helping families to respond to shocks and to adapt their livelihoods so they are more resilient in the future.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 24/04/2017 15:49:41 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy