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date	07/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Diesel
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 availability within Yemen of diesel oil for the (a) generation of electricity and (b) functioning of water pumps used as wells.
tabling member constituency	Charnwood
tabling member printed	Edward Argar
uin	56435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>In October 2016, the World Food Programme reported that 39% of Yemen’s estimated fuel needs (including for diesel oil) were imported into Yemen. Although we do not have precise figures, this is likely to have affected the availability of diesel for the generation of electricity and functioning of water pumps as Yemen is dependent on imports for the majority of its fuel needs.</p><p>The Department of International Development is providing £1.42 million to the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) to speed up the clearance process for shipments of essential fuel and food to Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/12/2016 17:09:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

654458

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Malnutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Yemenis who are at risk of malnutrition; and what proportion of those people are children.
tabling member constituency	Charnwood
tabling member printed	Edward Argar
uin	56436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>According to the recently published <a href="https://docs.unocha.org/sites/dms/Yemen/YEMEN%202017%20HNO_Final.pdf" target="_blank">UN Humanitarian Needs Overview for Yemen</a>, almost 4.5 million people are at risk of malnutrition or require treatment or prevention services for malnutrition. Of that number, almost half a million children under 5 suffer from severe acute malnutrition, and 2.8 million children and pregnant or lactating women are affected by moderate acute malnutrition.</p><p>The UK is providing £19 million to UNICEF this year to treat children with severe acute malnutrition and support mobile health clinics. Last year, we helped treat over 150,000 children under 5 for severe acute malnutrition.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/12/2016 17:07:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar