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1046775

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date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Overseas Aid
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 business case for her Department's Programme 300667 entitled Supporting Economic Empowerment and Development in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the statement by PwC that it was not required to consider whether funds had been transferred to persons implicated in terrorism, whether she plans to alter the terms of engagement for the auditors of this programme.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	211626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK has a zero-tolerance approach to fraud and robust controls against the diversion of aid to ensure that funds are used only for their intended purpose. These include due diligence assessments of our partners, mapping of funds through the delivery chain, regular programme monitoring and annual audits.</p><p> </p><p>DFID’s programme <em>Supporting Economic Empowerment and Development in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (SEED OPTs)</em> has several components, working on trade facilitation and customs, water and energy, and helping the PA and Israel to abide by their obligations under the Paris Protocol. Work with the Palestinian Authority in the water and energy sectors will be channelled through The World Bank Partnership for Infrastructure Development in the West Bank and Gaza Multi Donor Trust Fund. Through this framework, funds will flow from the trust fund to dedicated accounts that will be managed by the PA in accordance with rules established by the World Bank.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside a range of other safeguards, all components will be subject to financial audits. The terms of reference of the audits will vary depending on the component, however all independent financial audits provide assurance to DFID that the expenditure of funds will only be on agreed programme activities. The overall DFID OPTs portfolio is also subject to the regular audit cycle of DFID’s Internal Audit Department and the National Audit Office.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/01/2019 17:39:42 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

1046909

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2019 to Question 209284 on Palestinians: Schools, and with reference to the meeting between the Minister of State and the Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister for Education in the week beginning 21 January, what steps the PA Minister plans to take to address UK Government concerns on the Palestinian curriculum.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	211628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government is concerned by allegations of incitement in the Palestinian Authority (PA) curriculum, and Minister of State Alistair Burt raised these issues with the PA Minister for Education again, on 21 January 2019. The PA Minister confirmed that he was willing to take into account the findings of an expert textbook review. This review remains a priority for DFID and will be completed by September 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/01/2019 17:41:06 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

1045873

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Females: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what additional (a) funding and (b) staff resources the Government has provided to each Department to enable them to implement Sustainable Development Goal 5.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	211323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Departmental budgets are allocated, through the Spending Review, against Single Departmental Plans. Each Department is responsible for supporting, resourcing, and reporting against achievement of the SDGs, as appropriate to its mandate. The UK’s upcoming Voluntary National Review will provide a snapshot of the UK’s contribution to Global Goal 5, both domestically and internationally, and will be underpinned by data to ensure that it is robust and credible. The UK played an instrumental role in advocating for the inclusion of Goal 5 in the Sustainable Development Goals and is a world leader in supporting international progress against the targets under this Goal.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/01/2019 17:42:44 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1045874

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Government Departments: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to monitor progress of Government Departments in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	211324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has embedded the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Single Departmental Plans and is working to produce a strong Voluntary National Review, which will be presented to the UN in July this year. The Voluntary National Review will take stock of the UK’s domestic and international progress in delivering the SDGs. All Government Departments have nominated an ‘SDG Champion’ at Director level whose responsibility it is to promote the SDGs and the Voluntary National Review in their department.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/01/2019 17:43:03 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1046019

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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 Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps her Department has taken to support better cross-border co-operation to tackle the humanitarian situation in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	211083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>As a landlocked country, cross-border transportation of aid is essential for an effective humanitarian response in South Sudan. DFID is funding TradeMark East Africa to improve efficiency and capacity on the Uganda-South Sudan border at Nimule, and to work with the UN to speed up the importation on humanitarian goods.</p><p>The World Food Programme (WFP) is also working, with DFID funding, to strengthen cooperation on land border crossings between Sudan and South Sudan. In June 2018 a one-year Memorandum of Understanding was signed between WFP and the Government of Sudan to enable the cross-border movement of humanitarian assistance for the South Sudan response.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 210481 question first answered 28/01/2019 17:38:20 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1046050

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what international support is being made available to Zimbabwe in light of recent civil unrest and disproportionate use of force by the security forces of that country.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	211262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK aid programme in Zimbabwe provides specialised medical, counselling and legal assistance as well as extensive financial and technical assistance to a number of civil society organisations aimed at protecting and promoting human rights and upholding Zimbabwe’s democratic principles. In addition, we continue to provide humanitarian assistance and support to basic service provision to benefit the poorest Zimbabweans.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/01/2019 17:37:48 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1046053

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of education provided to displaced Syrian children in refugee camps.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	211120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK remains at the forefront of the humanitarian response to the Syria crisis, which includes providing life-saving and life-changing support to millions of Syrians who have taken refuge in neighbouring countries. Working with the governments of neighbouring countries, including Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, our assistance is focused on the most vulnerable Syrian refugees in the region, including children, to meet their immediate needs and improve their lives until they can safely return to Syria.</p><p> </p><p>Education is a key part of this work. We rely on regular assessment of education needs and learning outcomes, from implementing partners and UN agencies, in order to inform our decisions around our education response in the region. As a result, DFID funded partners in the region are providing educational activities, and child friendly spaces where children receive learning support and psychosocial care, both within refugee camps and in host communities. Overall, in 2017/18 alone, DFID’s support provided over 584,000 children in the region with access to quality education.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/01/2019 17:38:45 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1045506

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) Official Development Assistance and (b) other resources her Department has allocated to the rule of law initiative in Pakistan; and if she will publish her Department's human rights assessment of that initiative for 2018-2019.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	210565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>DFID has spent £7.69m to-date since financial year 2015/16 on rule of law initiatives in Pakistan which are funded through the Conflict Stability and Security Fund (CSSF). This has supported work to improve the justice system in Pakistan for citizens.</p><p>HMG makes robust use of the oversees security and justice assessment (OSJAs) process to manage any human rights risks arising from security and justice assistance delivered overseas. A risk assessment has therefore been carried out on the DFID led work in Pakistan. OSJAs include a UK assessment of the human rights situation in a country at a given time and are regularly updated to inform exposure to risk and adjust programme delivery to reduce that risk if necessary. OSJAs therefore need to be candid about the situation in order to work. Placing them in the public domain could prejudice relations between the UK and another state, the interests of the UK abroad or the promotion or protection by the UK of its interests abroad.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/01/2019 17:44:41 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1045573

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Poverty: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that UK aid is (a) effective, (b) transparent and (c) targeted at ending extreme poverty.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	210471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>DFID’s core mission is reducing extreme poverty. We are striving to ensure that every project we spend British taxpayers’ money on contributes to both reducing poverty in the developing country and to the UK national interest, for example by tackling multiple drivers of poverty and instability.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to improving the effectiveness and transparency of UK aid to ensure we are attaining maximum impact from our aid budget. In the 2015 Aid Strategy, the government made a commitment to aim for all UK government departments to be ranked as ‘Good’ or ‘Very Good’ in the Aid Transparency Index by 2020. The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) has the remit to provide independent scrutiny of the impact and value for money of all UK Government aid spending and reports its finding to Parliament’s International Development Committee.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/01/2019 17:43:45 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1045577

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
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: Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2018 to Question 173969, whether she now has the breakdown of the proportion of her Department's funding for family planning in Kenya which will be allocated to abortion provision; and what estimate she has made of the number of abortion procedures funded by previous DFID programmes in that country.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	210517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Delivering Sustainable and Equitable Increases in Family Planning in Kenya programme will support increased access to modern family planning services. Abortion services will be supported within the parameters set out in the Kenyan Constitution. The programme is still under procurement and therefore no further information on budget breakdowns is available at this time.</p><p> </p><p>DFID takes an integrated approach to programming on sexual and reproductive health and rights - for example providing a woman with holistic care for gender-based violence, HIV, counselling, post-abortion care and information on family planning. As these services are integrated, we do not have disaggregated figures for previous programmes in Kenya solely relating to safe abortion procedures.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 24/01/2019 15:26:49 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce