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833114

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Ports
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 adequacy of levels of humanitarian assistance entering Yemen through Hodeidah port since the announcement on 20 December 2017 by the Saudi-led Coalition that the port would remain open.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	125430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Close to 80% of both commercial and humanitarian imports have habitually entered Yemen through Hodeidah and Saleef ports. During her visit to Riyadh, the Prime Minister emphasised the importance of full and unhindered commercial and humanitarian access to these ports.</p><p>Currently we judge that imports to Hodeidah and Saleef are insufficient, with just 70% of monthly food and 76% of monthly fuel levels entering through these ports compared to the period before November 2017. We recognise the Saudi-led coalition is working to increase access through other ports including Aden in the South of Yemen. This is one reason why the recent increase in hostilities in Aden is a concern. The UK is working with the UN to increase the number of inspections of commercial vessels to encourage greater access into Hodeidah and Saleef. We continue to call on all parties to allow full and unfettered commercial and humanitarian access throughout Yemen to avert the risk of mass starvation.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 01/02/2018 17:31:04 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

828964

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Bangladesh: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the role of the World Bank in resolving the humanitarian crisis of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	124566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The World Bank has a potentially important role to play in the Rohingya refugee crisis, alongside other development partners. The World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) Refugee Window, to which the UK contributes, is a dedicated source of funding for host governments struggling to meet the needs of refugees and their host communities. At the request of the Government of Bangladesh, in November 2017 a World Bank mission investigated how the IDA Refugee Window could be used to support the Rohingya crisis. It is now up to the Government of Bangladesh whether it wants to request support.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 30/01/2018 17:28:08 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

828966

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Bangladesh: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with the Government of Bangladesh on registration of international NGO's to support humanitarian work for Rohingya refugees in that country.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	124568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>We have been urging the Government of Bangladesh to grant appropriate permissions to facilitate the important work of NGOs. This issue is raised regularly with the Bangladesh Government, including by DFID and FCO officials from the British High Commission in Bangladesh. It has also been raised at ministerial level, including with the Government of Bangladesh during a joint visit by FCO and DFID Ministers to Bangladesh in September 2017.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 30/01/2018 17:25:35 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

828967

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with the Turkish Government on relief operations in the Afrin area of north west Syria in response to Operation Olive Branch.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	124569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>We are following developments in Afrin closely. While we recognise Turkey’s legitimate interest in the security of its borders, we remain concerned about the impact on the humanitarian situation. Through the Foreign Secretary’s contact with Turkish Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu, we have urged the Turkish Government to ensure the protection of civilians and to avoid further deterioration of the humanitarian situation.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 29/01/2018 17:44:45 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

825714

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
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: Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many PFI projects her Department is funding through its international development aid budget; and what those projects are.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	123781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2018 answer text <p>The UN estimates there is a major financing gap of around $2.5 trillion p.a. for developing countries in delivering the Sustainable Development Goals which will need to be met by the public and private sector. The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is specific to the UK context, and used as the primary model of Public Private Partnerships in the UK. There is no internationally agreed definition of either a PFI or a PPP. However, DFID supports developing countries in many ways to mobilise private finance, including through forms of Public-Private Partnerships. This is unlikely to include UK style PFI projects. DFID’s approach mobilises much needed private investment in infrastructure and other sectors where private sector activity is limited. This includes projects financed through CDC, the World Bank Group, the regional development banks and the Private Infrastructure Development Group. In some of these investments the government of the developing country will be the end purchaser of the services. In all our work DFID has a strong emphasis on value for money.</p><p>The Public-Private Partnerships that DFID supports play an important role in providing access to services that might otherwise not exist in those countries. In the absence of this type of support, developing country governments would need to raise capital in debt markets to meet the costs of these essential investments.</p><p>[Details on the range of Public-Private Partnership projects that DFID supports can be found on the following websites: <a href="https://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/</a>; <a href="http://www.cdcgroup.com/" target="_blank">http://www.cdcgroup.com/</a>; <a href="http://www.worldbank.org/" target="_blank">http://www.worldbank.org/</a>; <a href="https://www.afdb.org/en/" target="_blank">https://www.afdb.org/en/</a>; <a href="https://www.adb.org/" target="_blank">https://www.adb.org/</a>; <a href="https://www.aiib.org/en/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.aiib.org/en/index.html</a>; <a href="https://www.iadb.org/en" target="_blank">https://www.iadb.org/en</a>; <a href="http://www.caribank.org/" target="_blank">http://www.caribank.org/</a>; <a href="http://www.ebrd.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ebrd.com/</a>; <a href="http://www.eib.org/" target="_blank">http://www.eib.org/</a>; <a href="http://www.pidg.org/" target="_blank">http://www.pidg.org/</a> and <a href="http://data.pidg.org/" target="_blank">http://data.pidg.org/</a>]</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/01/2018 14:55:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

824729

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with her Development Assistance Committee counterparts on changing international aid rules since her appointment as Secretary of State.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	123530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>On 9 January 2018 the Secretary of State for International Development met with the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Chair, for an introductory meeting. Since the October 2017 DAC High Level Meeting her officials have continued discussions on ODA reform, Department for International Development officials, including the UK’s representative for development to the OECD, speak regularly with their counterparts from other DAC Member States and the DAC Secretariat.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 24/01/2018 17:18:20 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

824738

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to introduce new criteria for allocating her Department's overseas aid budget.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	123539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK Aid Strategy sets out that, “in allocating aid, the government will carefully consider the fit with its strategic objectives, the level of need, the ability of partner countries to finance their own development, and what support they get from others”.</p><p>Where DFID works and DFID’s allocations to different countries are kept under review to ensure UK Aid is used most effectively to achieve poverty reduction in the national interest and responds to changing global needs.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 24/01/2018 17:17:21 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

824751

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which additional countries she is currently considering providing aid to.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	123552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Where DFID works and DFID’s allocations to different countries are kept under review to ensure UK Aid is used most effectively to achieve poverty reduction in the national interest and responds to changing global needs.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 24/01/2018 17:16:23 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

823113

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	USA: UNRWA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in other EU member states on the implications for their own contributions of reports that the US Administration will reduce its contribution to the UN Works and Relief Agency.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	122796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>My officials are working closely with the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and other European Union partners on how best to ensure continuity of essential services to Palestinian refugees at this time. We are concerned at the impact on UNRWA’s activities whenever unexpected reductions or delays in predicted donor disbursements occur. The UK remains firmly committed to supporting UNRWA and Palestinian refugees across the Middle East, providing around £50 million in 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/01/2018 17:37:14 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

823116

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Global Compact for Migration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she plans to publish her Department's position on the UN Global Compact for Migration.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	122799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The Prime Minister set out the UK’s objectives for the UN Global Compact for Migration in her address to the UN General Assembly in 2016 and reiterated them in 2017. The UK’s priority is to deliver a Compact that prioritises three fundamental principles for managing migration: 1) the international community must help ensure that refugees claim asylum in the first safe country that can offer protection; 2) Improve the ways we distinguish between refugees fleeing persecution and economic migrants; and 3) Maintain the right and obligation of all states to control their borders, and to accept the return of their nationals.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/01/2018 17:26:41 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden