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869338

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State of State for International Development, what recent steps the Government has taken to help alleviate the humanitarian situation in Afrin; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
uin	133852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Where they are able, UK-funded partners are delivering humanitarian assistance in Afrin and to those fleeing the area. This includes health, water, food relief and protection services.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government has called for de-escalation and the protection of civilians in Afrin, while recognising Turkey’s legitimate interest in the security of its borders. The Prime Minister has raised the need for protection of civilians and proper humanitarian access with President Erdoğan, as has the Foreign Secretary with Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 27/03/2018 16:32:52 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

869445

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has met representatives of the SCL group or Cambridge Analytica.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	133959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Departments publish quarterly details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations on GOV.UK. DFID’s can be found at the following link: <a href="https://data.gov.uk/dataset/dfid-sos-gifts-travel-hospitality-meetings-may-july-2010" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/dataset/dfid-sos-gifts-travel-hospitality-meetings-may-july-2010</a>.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 27/03/2018 16:34:38 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

869447

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department or its agencies has entered into contracts with SCL group or Cambridge Analytica; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	133961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>DFID has no record of any contracts with the SCL group or Cambridge Analytica.</p><p> </p><p>Details of DFID contracts above the OJEU threshold are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: <a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a>. Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a>.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 27/03/2018 16:35:07 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

869464

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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: Taxation
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 31 January to Question 124954 on Colombia and Lesotho: Taxation, what discussions officials in her Department had with HMRC on the (a) Lesotho, (b) Columbia and (c) Kyrgyzstan tax treaties.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	133978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Officials at the Department for International Development did not have any specific discussions with HMRC on tax treaty negotiations between the UK and Lesotho, Colombia or Kyrgyzstan.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is the lead department for the negotiation of the UK’s tax treaties, reporting to HM Treasury Ministers. HMRC seeks views from a range of interested parties, including DFID, and then takes a judgement about which countries to seek to engage with. DFID has supported this approach which led to recent successful negotiations with Colombia, Lesotho and Kyrgyzstan.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 27/03/2018 15:46:48 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

868364

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment has his Department has made of the feasability of conducting airdrops of humanitarian aid in Syria.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	133584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Aid delivered by road by trusted humanitarian partners is by far the most effective way to meet needs in Syria and to ensure that it reaches those most in need. We have, however, examined all options as part of our determination to do everything we can to alleviate the suffering of the Syrian people.</p><p> </p><p>Airdrops, manned or using drones, are not capable of meeting either the scale of needs or delivering many of the kinds of aid that could address the priority needs that we see in Syria (e.g. safe drinking water, health support). Furthermore, we judge that such an operation would carry a high level of risk because the consent is needed of those who control the airspace and those on the ground that could threaten aircraft. There is nothing to suggest that the Assad regime would provide such consent, given that it continues to use the denial of aid as a weapon of war.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 27/03/2018 16:35:42 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

868585

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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: Overseas Aid
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 merits of using unarmed drones to deliver humanitarian aid in Syria.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
uin	133804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Aid delivered by road by trusted humanitarian partners is by far the most effective way to meet needs in Syria and to ensure that it reaches those most in need. We have, however, examined all options as part of our determination to do everything we can to alleviate the suffering of the Syrian people.</p><p> </p><p>Airdrops, manned or using drones, are not capable of meeting either the scale of needs or delivering many of the kinds of aid that could address the priority needs that we see in Syria (e.g. safe drinking water, health support). Furthermore, we judge that such an operation would carry a high level of risk because the consent is needed of those who control the airspace and those on the ground that could threaten aircraft. There is nothing to suggest that the Assad regime would provide such consent, given that it continues to use the denial of aid as a weapon of war.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 27/03/2018 16:35:55 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

867365

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to projects facilitating peaceful coexistence between Palestinians and Israelis.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	133340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK is providing support to fund a people-to-people programme to help Israelis and Palestinians work together to achieve tangible improvements in their lives, foster inter-community understanding and help build constituencies for a just and peaceful political solution. This three year programme – People for Peaceful Change – will facilitate interaction between youth leaders, religious communities and strengthen co-operation in the health sector. Ultimately the only way to achieve coexistence is through a negotiated two-state solution that ends the occupation and delivers peace for both Israelis and Palestinians.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 27/03/2018 16:36:45 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

862893

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) the findings of the report by the International Rescue Committee A Silent Crisis in Congo: The Bantu and the Twa in Tanganyika that between July 2016 and March 2017 more than 400 villages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been destroyed, and (2) the findings of the report by UNHCR that in 2017 (a) 1.7 million people across the DRC were forced to flee their homes, (b) 3.9 million remain internally displaced, and (c) more than 600,000 refugees from the DRC are spread over 11 African countries.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK government has read the report by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and by the UNHCR. We agree with the findings of the reports however, the needs have since increased significantly and the humanitarian crisis is now the biggest in Africa. 13.1 million people now require humanitarian assistance. 4.5 million people are internally displaced – the highest number in Africa. Over 680,000 refugees from the DRC are now in over 14 other countries in Africa.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 27/03/2018 16:00:57 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

862895

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to act on the proposal made by David Cameron, in his role as chairman of the Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development, that nations who fail to meet "basic norms of governance", and whose leaders are corrupt, should not continue to be recipients of UK aid.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Strengthening governance, and tackling crime and corruption, is fundamental to poverty reduction overseas and promotes our national security at home. UK aid focuses on tackling poverty and building stability in developing countries, which includes combatting corruption and helping developing countries to build robust institutions and tax systems so they can stand on their own two feet. Where a government fails to demonstrate long-term commitment to the values we expect of them, including good governance and tackling corruption, we do not fund that government directly but channel our support in other ways, for example, through non-governmental or multilateral organisations, to ensure it reaches the people who need it most.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 27/03/2018 16:05:37 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

862896

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which of the countries cited by David Cameron, in his role as chairman of the Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development, as "poorer than they were 40 years ago despite the aid that has been delivered there" have been recipients of UK aid; and how much aid has been provided to each of those countries over the last 30 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>DFID is not aware of the specific countries David Cameron was citing, nor is there a single comprehensive measure of wealth from which to derive those countries from. However, information on how much official development assistance the UK provides to individual developing countries is published in Statistics on International Development, which is available with this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2017" target="_blank">Statistics on International Development 2017 - GOV.UK</a></p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 27/03/2018 16:04:37 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name SID-2017b.pdf title Statistics on International Development 2017
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool