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registered interest
date	30/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Somalia: Famine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what lessons her Department learnt from the famine in Somalia in 2011 to minimise the risk of a recurrence of such a famine.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	69959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The UK was the first donor to call attention to the crisis, stepping up early with £110 million for the 2017 Drought Response. Our support will provide up to one million people with emergency food assistance; over 600,000 malnourished children and mothers with life-saving nutrition; 1.1 million people with emergency health services; and one million people with safe drinking water and hygiene.</p><p>Other donors have followed our lead, and we are pushing partner agencies to speed up delivery, improve coordination, prioritisation and accountability.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 18/04/2017 16:33:37 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

714642

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	East Africa: Food Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government plans to take with its international partners to increase the level of food available to Somalia and South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	69507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK is leading on the international response to the food crises in Somalia and South Sudan. DFID quickly responded to the crises, announcing £100m of life-saving emergency assistance for South Sudan and £110m for Somalia. UK food assistance will directly reach 1.5 million people across the two countries. The UK Government has also provided £10m in aid-match funding to the Disasters Emergency Committee’s East Africa Crisis Appeal to encourage the public to donate. By matching public donations pound for pound, the Government is boosting the difference Britons can make. We are lobbying the international community to step up financial support, pressing for political solutions to the conflicts that are driving the crises, and helping to negotiate safe access so that urgent aid, including food, can reach those in need.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 31/03/2017 14:02:33 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

714908

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	Developing Countries: Nutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government plans to take to promote good nutrition in developing countries (a) before and (b) after the G7 meeting in May 2017.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	69506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>DFID will co-host a call to action on nutrition with the World Bank in Washington in April and will continue to emphasise the importance of nutrition with our G7 partners. We continue to support a range of nutrition programmes in countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East and remain on track to meet the government’s commitment to improve the nutrition of 50 million people by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 04/04/2017 15:37:45 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

709388

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	EU Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has for the reallocation of the UK's current contribution to EU development funds after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	67102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>Leaving the EU means we will want to take our own decisions about how to deliver the policy objectives previously targeted by EU funding. Over the coming months we will consult closely with stakeholders to ensure that any ongoing funding commitments best help the world’s poorest and deliver value for money for UK taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 15/03/2017 17:49:43 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

678686

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
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: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her Department's Bilateral Development Review 2016, how the analysis of demographic trends took into account the ageing population in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	61636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>In order to ensure that DFID strategy overseas is informed by issues on the ground a series of <em>Country Poverty Reduction Diagnostics</em> were conducted. These directly informed the <em>Bilateral Development Review</em>. These diagnostics include analyses of country specific issues, including demographic challenges which the country is experiencing or expecting to experience during the course of this strategic planning period.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 01/02/2017 17:27:59 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

670846

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
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: Famine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the need for humanitarian aid in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	59282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The humanitarian situation in South Sudan remains dire, with over 3 million people displaced and 3.6 million people in emergency or crisis level food insecurity; without humanitarian assistance there is a very real risk of famine. As the second largest bilateral donor to South Sudan, the UK continually assesses the need for humanitarian aid using a variety of sources, including the annual South Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan. In addition, in-year assessments carried out by humanitarian partners such as those on food security are used to ensure the UK’s humanitarian response remains sufficient to meet emerging needs.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 17/01/2017 17:27:28 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

669048

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
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: Tuberculosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to encourage international co-operation to tackle the spread of tuberculosis.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	58865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>Tackling the spread of infectious diseases like tuberculosis (TB) is a priority across the recently published bilateral and multilateral development reviews and the research review. The United Nations General Assembly recently agreed to hold the first ever High Level Meeting on TB in 2018 and ahead of this, we will work with international partners to galvanise increased commitments.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 13/01/2017 12:49:33 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

669055

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
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: Dementia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of trends in the number of people globally living with dementia on the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 3.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	58669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>DFID is committed to help countries achieve Global Goal 3, to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. The largest burden of ill health in developing countries remains communicable diseases and diseases of maternal and child health and nutrition, but dementia is increasing as a health concern. DFID helps countries to strengthen health systems, so they can respond to current and future health needs, and committed in the recent development reviews to strengthen our work on disability so that fewer people are held back by conditions such as dementia.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 13/01/2017 12:48:46 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

663003

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
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: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether older people will be included within the indicators used to measure government performance against the Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	58523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>DFID is working across the international system to ensure that developing country data and systems for reporting against the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators are appropriately disaggregated, as laid out within Agenda 2030. This includes for older people.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 09/01/2017 17:17:36 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

663005

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Africa: Poverty
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 ensure changes to the bilateral aid budgets for (a) Rwanda, (b) Kenya and (c) Ghana do not affect poverty reduction in those countries.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	58525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to supporting poverty reduction in Rwanda, Kenya and Ghana. Kenya and Ghana are now lower-middle income countries and as such are starting to transition from aid.</p><p>Our assistance in all three countries strengthens health and education and supports inclusive economic growth and job creation, which are essential to sustainably reduce poverty and allow a managed transition from aid. Our bilateral assistance is complemented by funding through DFID’s centrally-managed programmes and support through multilaterals and other Government Departments.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 09/01/2017 17:14:55 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake