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944747

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	UNRWA: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the funding shortfall for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees on front line services in (a) the West Bank, (b) Gaza, (c) Jordan, (d) Lebanon and (e) Syria.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	166060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>UNRWA has a twin-track approach to addressing the funding shortfall: raising additional money from donors; and identifying those programme ‎activities which can be merged with its core activities or reviewing non-core activities which can be picked up by other providers. The UK supports UNRWA’s approach, and has increased our funding for UNRWA this year to £38.5 million so far.</p><p>Emergency Appeal activities currently being reviewed are:</p><p>1. West Bank</p><ul><li><p>Emergency interventions such as cash for work activities, community mental health and mobile health work;</p></li></ul><p>2. Gaza</p><ul><li><p>Community mental health programmes and the job creation project;</p></li></ul><p>3. Jordan &amp; Lebanon</p><ul><li><p>Palestinian refugees from Syria in Jordan and Lebanon will continue to receive UNRWA support, and the delivery of UNRWA’s core services are funded until late August;</p></li></ul><p>4. Syria</p><ul><li>UNRWA core services are currently funded until late August, and emergency services are secure until the end of 2018.</li></ul> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 24/07/2018 11:15:54 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

944748

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
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: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate she has made of the number of refugees who have been displaced from Yarmouk refugee camp; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	166061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The recent Assad regime offensive on Yarmouk camp has resulted in the displacement of approximately 6,000 residents according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency’s assessment.</p><p> </p><p>When access permits, DFID is supporting the UN, NGOs and other partners to deliver life-saving assistance to those who remain in Yarmouk and those who were displaced following the siege, by providing food, healthcare, water and other life-saving relief.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 24/07/2018 11:16:11 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

944842

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Libya: Minority Groups
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 tackle the persecution of the Tawerga in Libya.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	166190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK regularly raises the displacement of the Tawerga community with interlocutors in Libya. In April 2018, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Libya raised the issue of a political deal between Misrata and Tawerga when he met with political and military leaders in Misrata, urging them to focus on its swift implementation. This political deal came into effect in June 2018 and should allow for the return of displaced Tawergans to their hometown.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is one of the world’s largest contributors to the UN’s general budget. This budget is used to fund the work of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, which is supporting displaced Tawergans in the Qareret al-Qatef camp. Through the Conflict Stability and Security Fund, the UK is supporting the UNDP’s Stabilisation Facility for Libya (SFL); SFL Board members recently agreed that work to support the Tawerga should be a priority area. The UK has also recently signed a contract with a Libyan NGO to deliver mine risk education to displaced people from Tawerga, in order to reduce the risk of harm from explosive remnants of war on their return to their homes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 166191 166192 question first answered 24/07/2018 11:16:26 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

944843

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Libya: Minority Groups
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 is providing to the Tawerga that are currently displaced in the UN-supported Qararet al-Qatef camp.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	166191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK regularly raises the displacement of the Tawerga community with interlocutors in Libya. In April 2018, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Libya raised the issue of a political deal between Misrata and Tawerga when he met with political and military leaders in Misrata, urging them to focus on its swift implementation. This political deal came into effect in June 2018 and should allow for the return of displaced Tawergans to their hometown.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is one of the world’s largest contributors to the UN’s general budget. This budget is used to fund the work of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, which is supporting displaced Tawergans in the Qareret al-Qatef camp. Through the Conflict Stability and Security Fund, the UK is supporting the UNDP’s Stabilisation Facility for Libya (SFL); SFL Board members recently agreed that work to support the Tawerga should be a priority area. The UK has also recently signed a contract with a Libyan NGO to deliver mine risk education to displaced people from Tawerga, in order to reduce the risk of harm from explosive remnants of war on their return to their homes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 166190 166192 question first answered 24/07/2018 11:16:26 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

944844

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Libya: Minority Groups
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 offering to people from the Tawerga community that have been displaced outside Libya as a result of the actions of the Libyan government.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	166192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK regularly raises the displacement of the Tawerga community with interlocutors in Libya. In April 2018, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Libya raised the issue of a political deal between Misrata and Tawerga when he met with political and military leaders in Misrata, urging them to focus on its swift implementation. This political deal came into effect in June 2018 and should allow for the return of displaced Tawergans to their hometown.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is one of the world’s largest contributors to the UN’s general budget. This budget is used to fund the work of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, which is supporting displaced Tawergans in the Qareret al-Qatef camp. Through the Conflict Stability and Security Fund, the UK is supporting the UNDP’s Stabilisation Facility for Libya (SFL); SFL Board members recently agreed that work to support the Tawerga should be a priority area. The UK has also recently signed a contract with a Libyan NGO to deliver mine risk education to displaced people from Tawerga, in order to reduce the risk of harm from explosive remnants of war on their return to their homes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 166190 166191 question first answered 24/07/2018 11:16:26 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

944024

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when her Department will set out its policy on the UN-backed International Finance Facility for Education; and if the Government will make i t its policy to provide a financial guarantee to that facility.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	165693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK is reviewing the proposal for the International Finance Facility for Education. We will set out our policy towards the Facility, including the potential provision of financial guarantees, once the technical design work has been concluded. The World Bank, on whose support the Facility depends, have agreed to reach a view on the Facility ahead of UNGA.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 24/07/2018 15:24:57 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

943366

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Middle East: Water
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken with other countries and UN agencies, including the World Meteorological Organisation, to help restore water to the rivers and ground water resources in war torn countries in the Middle East.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL9584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government is working closely with partners, including UN agencies, to improve access to and management of water resources in a number of Middle Eastern countries.</p><p>Examples include:</p><p>- Technical support for national policy and planning on water resources in Syria, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Lebanon and Jordan.</p><p>- Support for water resources management in Yemen, through the World Bank’s Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience.</p><p>- Working with UNICEF in Jordan to improve access to safe water and sanitation facilities for Syrian refugees and vulnerable Jordanians.</p><p>- Supporting the Water Authority of Jordan carry out urgently needed improvement of the wastewater system’s operational capacity, by building a new wastewater conveyor (redundancy pipe) benefitting a total of 2.3 million people.</p><p>- Support to the construction of the Central Gaza Desalination Plant and upgrading of the water distribution network in Gaza.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/07/2018 11:26:59 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

942034

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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 Workers: Civil Servants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the pension arrears owed to former members of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service are paid.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL9548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>DFID Overseas Pension Department have responsibility for administering pensions to former expatriate Colonial Civil Servants and have no pension arrears outstanding to entitled pensioners.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/07/2018 11:26:29 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

940082

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
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: Humanitarian Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations and reports they have received about the current humanitarian situation in Idlib.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL9497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>We are concerned about the dire humanitarian situation in Idlib where over two million civilians live in fear of attacks by the Assad regime and its backers. Over 50% of the Idlib population have been displaced from their homes, sometimes multiple times, stretching scarce resources beyond their limits and putting further strain on host communities. DFID-funded partners are providing the most vulnerable with food, education, healthcare and cash grants.</p><p> </p><p>With our international partners, the UK continues to use our position in the UN Security Council and the International Syria Support Group to advocate for the protection of civilians, and calls on all parties to allow humanitarian agencies unfettered access to deliver aid to those most in need</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/07/2018 11:25:52 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

938847

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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: Reviews
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many independent reviews the Department for International Development has commissioned into its policy or administration over the last year; and what was the total cost of those reviews.
tabling member printed	Lord Watts
uin	HL9463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/07/2018 11:26:17 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts