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170497

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department provides financial assistance to Al-Quds University in the West Bank.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	218710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>DFID does not provide financial assistance to Al-Quds University in the West Bank.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 17/12/2014 15:27:47 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

170496

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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
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 help children affected by the crisis in Syria.
tabling member constituency	Pudsey
tabling member printed	Stuart Andrew
uin	906674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The UK has committed 700 million pounds in response to the Syria crisis, which is providing food, medical care and relief items to some of those most affected – including children. At the UN in September I announced a further 50 million pounds of funding specifically for the <em>No Lost Generation Initiative</em>. These funds will provide education, psycho-social support, and protection for Syrian children within Syria and in neighbouring countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/12/2014 15:09:51 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew

170509

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Africa: Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent progress her Department has made on tackling Ebola in West Africa.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Pat Glass
uin	906680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The UK is leading the international response to the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone. We have already committed £230m, delivered over 880 treatment and isolation beds, opened three laboratories and doubled the number of burial teams.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/12/2014 15:16:20 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4103 label Biography information for Pat Glass

170601

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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
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 help refugees fleeing conflict in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Stephen Mosley
uin	906675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Almost half a million South Sudanese refugees have fled from the conflict in South Sudan to Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda. £42.5 million has been committed by my Department for support to these refugees through UN agencies and we are closely monitoring the situation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 17/12/2014 15:34:35 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	3954 label Biography information for Stephen Mosley

170602

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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 steps she is taking to support British businesses when awarding contracts for overseas projects.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	906682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Contract awards for overseas projects must be run fairly to EU legislation, open to all suppliers. UK companies are very successful in DFID winning over 90% of the centrally managed contracts. We support and encourage UK companies and SMEs through forums with UKTI and FCO.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/12/2014 15:32:09 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

170907

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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 recent discussions she has had with her ministerial colleagues on the issue of climate change in the Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Mr Russell Brown
uin	906678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>I am in regular contact with Ministerial colleagues on the issue of climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals. Ensuring that environmental sustainability and climate change are clearly integrated into the Sustainable Development Goals is a key priority for the UK Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/12/2014 15:30:44 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	588 label Biography information for Mr Russell Brown

170908

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with the Foreign Secretary on development in smaller African countries.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	906681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p>Other than the frequent conversations that the Secretary of State is having with the Foreign Secretary about the 3 smaller African countries affected by the Ebola crisis, DFID Ministers have not had any recent discussions with the Foreign Secretary about smaller African countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 17/12/2014 15:35:24 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

170909

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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
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 help children affected by the crisis in Syria.
tabling member constituency	Banbury
tabling member printed	Sir Tony Baldry
uin	906679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The UK has committed 700 million pounds in response to the Syria crisis, which is providing food, medical care and relief items to some of those most affected – including children. At the UN in September I announced a further 50 million pounds of funding specifically for the <em>No Lost Generation Initiative</em>. These funds will provide education, psycho-social support, and protection for Syrian children within Syria and in neighbouring countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/12/2014 15:12:03 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	93 label Biography information for Sir Tony Baldry

169342

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in the recent United Nations efforts to remove rubble in Gaza.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL3628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Rubble clearance is underway in Gaza, although much still remains to be done. Efforts are complicated by the dangers of unexploded ordnance concealed beneath the rubble. The UK pledged £20 million for early recovery and reconstruction in Gaza, including support for short-term employment schemes that provide an income to local people to assist with rubble clearance and infrastructure repair.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 17/12/2014 12:37:05 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

169571

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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, with reference to page 2 of her Department's strategic framework for economic development for shared prosperity and poverty reduction, published in January 2013, how the £1.8 billion of her Department's budget to be targeted on economic development will be allocated to different activities and countries.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	218144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Regular monitoring to ensure value for money is embedded within all DFID’s economic development programmes; evaluations of programme effectiveness are commissioned where appropriate. Funding for these activities is allocated within each individual programme budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID uses a range of instruments to deliver the Economic Development Strategy; while programme design is based on an assessment of need and context. In addition, we centrally monitor all economic development spending to enhance portfolio coherence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 218141 218142 218143 question first answered 17/12/2014 15:28:28 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh