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348529

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid she is providing to help countries end violence against women and children as part of new country operational plans; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	1217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>I am proud of the leadership role that the UK has played on tackling violence against women and children worldwide, and it will continue to be a key priority for my Department. We have increased programmes that tackle violence against women and girls by 63% in the past two years, and now support 103 programmes in 29 countries.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 09/06/2015 15:41:55 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

348570

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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: Family Planning
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 takes to ensure that UK aid is not provided to coercive family-planning schemes or to organisations that are complicit in such schemes.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	1151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government supports the work of various international organisations and agencies to promote informed choice, universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights and women’s empowerment. All UK support to improve sexual and reproductive health – including for family planning – must be provided in the context of informed choice.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 09/06/2015 15:40:47 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

348571

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	China: Family Planning
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 1 June 2015 to Question 20, whether any UK funding is provided to multinational organisations that assist organisations that are closely involved with China's one-child policy.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	1152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>No organisations the UK funds, who work in China, promote the one-child policy. The UK Government supports the work of various international organisations and agencies to promote informed choice, universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights and women’s empowerment, including voluntary family planning.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 09/06/2015 15:41:27 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

348572

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Abortion: Sex Selection
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 1 June 2015 to Question 20, what the evidential basis is for the statement that sex selection is not caused by the availability of abortion services or technologies; whether her Department considers that antenatal scanning equipment facilitates sex-selective abortion; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	1255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The World Health Organisation document “Preventing gender-biased sex selection. An interagency statement”, available online, includes more information and extensive references on these issues.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 09/06/2015 16:35:16 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

348643

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department provides to religious organisations in Burma for education programmes; and what conditions her Department places on such funding.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	1233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID supports the Myanmar Education Consortium (MEC) which has the key objective of increasing the number and proportion of children who complete a quality basic education. MEC works with a range of Non-Governmental Organisations, including faith-based organisations, provided that i) the education services are available to members of different religious communities, ii) the project activities supported by MEC do not aim to proselytize or explicitly promote a particular religion and iii) the organisations do not engage in any action that could promote inter-communal tensions and where possible promote inter-communal peace and conflict resolution.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/06/2015 16:40:25 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

348644

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department has provided to the government of Burma on the drafting of legislative proposals in that country on education reform.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	1234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government has not provided any funding directly to the government of Burma in developing the National Education Law. DFID, together with other international development partners (donors, NGOs etc), has funded technical inputs to the Burmese Ministry of Education’s evidence-based review of the education sector. This review has informed the development of the National Education Law.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/06/2015 16:40:51 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

348291

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	India: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information she holds on whether any aid offered from the UK is being used to assist people suffering in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana from extreme heat and drought.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	1031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Although we continue to monitor the situation, UK aid is not currently being used to assist people in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana following extreme heat and drought conditions in these states. No request for assistance has been made by the Indian Government.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/06/2015 16:39:47 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

347954

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what programmes her Department is operating (a) in Yemen and (b) to address the implications of the conflict in that country.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>DFID programmes in Yemen support the UK’s vision for a more stable, secure and prosperous Yemen by helping to manage crises and tackle the drivers of conflict and poverty. Given the current context, DFID’s principal focus is on meeting the immediate humanitarian needs of millions of Yemeni people.</p><p> </p><p>So far the UK has provided £15 million to the 2015 UN Humanitarian Appeal for Yemen (including an additional commitment of £4 million in April 2015). Our contribution is providing life-saving assistance (e.g. medical supplies, water, food and emergency shelter) to those affected by the conflict and treating severe acute malnutrition. We have temporarily suspended or closed other programmes which supported political and economic reform.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More detailed information about all DFID-funded programmes can be found at: <a href="http://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/countries/YE/" target="_blank">http://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/countries/YE/</a>.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/06/2015 16:42:24 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

347955

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the number of refugees (a) within and (b) outside Yemen as a result of the ongoing conflict in that country.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that since 26 March, the start of the most recent hostilities, over 1 million Yemenis have been internally displaced (in addition to an estimated 335,000 internally displaced people prior to March). OCHA anticipates that this number is likely to increase as the conflict continues and data improves. For the same period, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) reports that over 25,000 people (Yemenis and foreign nationals) have fled to neighbouring countries, mainly to Djibouti and Somalia.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/06/2015 16:41:32 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

347962

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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, how much aid her Department provided to the (a) health sector, (b) education sector and (c) other sectors (i) globally and (ii) in Africa in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) disbursed to the (a) health sector, (b) education sector and (c) other sectors (i) globally and (ii) in Africa in each of the last five years by DFID.</p><p> </p><p>Details of sector spend for 2014 will be published in Statistics on International Development in the autumn of this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>£ millions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Health</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Education</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Other</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2008</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Global</p></td><td><p>£552</p></td><td><p>£223</p></td><td><p>£2,563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>£227</p></td><td><p>£76</p></td><td><p>£1,009</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2009</p></td><td><p>Global</p></td><td><p>£670</p></td><td><p>£460</p></td><td><p>£2,937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>£294</p></td><td><p>£204</p></td><td><p>£1,230</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2010</p></td><td><p>Global</p></td><td><p>£755</p></td><td><p>£406</p></td><td><p>£3,148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>£309</p></td><td><p>£199</p></td><td><p>£1,317</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p><p>2011</p></td><td><p>Global</p></td><td><p>£899</p></td><td><p>£573</p></td><td><p>£3,027</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>£354</p></td><td><p>£227</p></td><td><p>£1,335</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2012</p></td><td><p>Global</p></td><td><p>£1,017</p></td><td><p>£499</p></td><td><p>£3,054</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>£511</p></td><td><p>£258</p></td><td><p>£1,292</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Global</p></td><td><p>£1,226</p></td><td><p>£797</p></td><td><p>£3,776</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Africa</p></td><td><p>£548</p></td><td><p>£316</p></td><td><p>£1,476</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 09/06/2015 16:30:30 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson