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897079

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date	02/05/2018
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: Educational Exchanges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which countries they have determined as being eligible for the reciprocal visits element of the Connecting Classrooms programme.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL7503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The full list of countries deemed eligible for reciprocal visits has not yet been finalised and will be published in due course.</p><p>The criteria applied in this decision include whether the country is a priority for DFID and the British Council, and whether an appropriate degree of support for reciprocal visits can be offered in-country. However, exceptions are considered for countries which have strong links with regions of the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL7504 HL7505 question first answered 14/05/2018 14:26:19 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

897080

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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: Educational Exchanges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they agreed with the British Council the list of eligible countries for the reciprocal visits element of the Connecting Classrooms programme, beginning in July.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL7504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The full list of countries deemed eligible for reciprocal visits has not yet been finalised and will be published in due course.</p><p>The criteria applied in this decision include whether the country is a priority for DFID and the British Council, and whether an appropriate degree of support for reciprocal visits can be offered in-country. However, exceptions are considered for countries which have strong links with regions of the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL7503 HL7505 question first answered 14/05/2018 14:26:19 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

895228

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the statement by UNRWA on 26 April, what action they will take to protect and provide for Palestinian refugees in the Palestine refugee camp of Yarmouk in Damascus and surrounding areas.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL7488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>Yarmouk camp has been besieged for several years. Humanitarian access remains restricted due to ongoing military activity and the presence of Daesh. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), supported by DFID, has had no direct access to the camp since April 2015.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to call on all parties to protect civilians, and to allow humanitarian agencies unfettered access to provide aid to those most in need, including at the UN Security Council and the International Syria Support Group. The Secretary of State for International Development and Minister of State for the Middle East focused on these messages at the ‘Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region’ Conference in Brussels on 24 and 25 April.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 14/05/2018 14:27:11 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

895066

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help tackle the trafficking of Rohingya refugee women and girls.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sheehan
uin	HL7431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>DFID is supporting UNHCR’s prevention and response mechanism to protect Rohingya from sexual and gender-based violence and human trafficking in all key refugee-hosting locations. This support includes legal counselling, mediation, support to bring legal proceedings against perpetrators and awareness raising of danger signs and risks. Almost 36,000 people are benefiting from this project.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 14/05/2018 14:26:39 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4548 label Biography information for Baroness Sheehan