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752984

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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: Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information her Department holds on the number of abortions which have been carried out as a result of her Department's spending in developing countries from 2011 to 2016.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	5606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>By helping the world’s poorest women access modern contraception, we will prevent an estimated 6 million unintended pregnancies and 3 million abortions on average each year.</p><p>Family planning reduces, but on its own does not eliminate, the backstreet abortions that kill women. So, where this is not against local law, the UK will consider supporting access to safe abortion in the world’s poorest countries. UK aid cannot be used to fund illegal services.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 5618 5619 5620 5621 question first answered 20/07/2017 16:23:00 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

752985

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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: Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent from the public purse on funding for the provision of abortions in developing countries from 2011 to 2016.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	5619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>By helping the world’s poorest women access modern contraception, we will prevent an estimated 6 million unintended pregnancies and 3 million abortions on average each year.</p><p>Family planning reduces, but on its own does not eliminate, the backstreet abortions that kill women. So, where this is not against local law, the UK will consider supporting access to safe abortion in the world’s poorest countries. UK aid cannot be used to fund illegal services.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 5606 5618 5620 5621 question first answered 20/07/2017 16:23:00 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

752986

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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: Abortion
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 proportion of the £1.1 billion which the Government has announced will be spent on family planning over the next five years that will be spent on the provision of abortions.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	5620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>By helping the world’s poorest women access modern contraception, we will prevent an estimated 6 million unintended pregnancies and 3 million abortions on average each year.</p><p>Family planning reduces, but on its own does not eliminate, the backstreet abortions that kill women. So, where this is not against local law, the UK will consider supporting access to safe abortion in the world’s poorest countries. UK aid cannot be used to fund illegal services.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 5606 5618 5619 5621 question first answered 20/07/2017 16:23:00 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

752987

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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: Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information her Department holds on the estimated number of abortions which will be carried out as a result of the £1.1 billion funding her Department committed to family planning at the 2017 International Family Planning Summit.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	5621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>By helping the world’s poorest women access modern contraception, we will prevent an estimated 6 million unintended pregnancies and 3 million abortions on average each year.</p><p>Family planning reduces, but on its own does not eliminate, the backstreet abortions that kill women. So, where this is not against local law, the UK will consider supporting access to safe abortion in the world’s poorest countries. UK aid cannot be used to fund illegal services.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 5606 5618 5619 5620 question first answered 20/07/2017 16:23:00 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

752988

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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: Abortion
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 extent to which Government funding to Marie Stopes International is used by that organisation to provide elective abortions in (a) Uganda and (b) other countries where such abortions are illegal; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	5618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>By helping the world’s poorest women access modern contraception, we will prevent an estimated 6 million unintended pregnancies and 3 million abortions on average each year.</p><p>Family planning reduces, but on its own does not eliminate, the backstreet abortions that kill women. So, where this is not against local law, the UK will consider supporting access to safe abortion in the world’s poorest countries. UK aid cannot be used to fund illegal services.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 5606 5619 5620 5621 question first answered 20/07/2017 16:23:00 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

751823

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Citizen Service: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much statutory funding the International Citizen Service programme has received in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	4980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Development (DfID) provides funding to the International Citizen Service (ICS) programme to enable young people from across Britain and developing countries to take part in international volunteering.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 provides an outline of DfID expenditure on ICS in each of the last five financial years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Table – ICS Expenditure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>7,399,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>16,927,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>24,443,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>26,263,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>25,166,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/07/2017 16:07:38 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

751824

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Citizen Service: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many 18 to 25-year-olds took part in the International Citizens Service programme in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	4979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The International Citizen Service (ICS) provides opportunities for young people from across Britain and developing countries to take part in international volunteering.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 shows how many participants have taken part in ICS in each of the last five years. It also includes the split between British volunteers and those from developing countries.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table 1 – ICS Participants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>British volunteers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Developing country volunteers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Yearly total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>501</p></td><td><p>392</p></td><td><p>893</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>1354</p></td><td><p>3377</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2918</p></td><td><p>2693</p></td><td><p>5611</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3627</p></td><td><p>3532</p></td><td><p>7159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>3211</p></td><td><p>3206</p></td><td><p>6417</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/07/2017 16:10:07 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

751420

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Bank: Electronic Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has supplied any electrical equipment to villages in the West Bank.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	4569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Through funding to the Palestinian Market Development Programme, DFID has helped to supply electrical equipment to businesses in the West Bank including computers, and food processing and Laboratory equipment. Through the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, DFID funded the rehabilitation of a well in the West Bank including the provision of electrical equipment.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/07/2017 16:14:11 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

751421

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Green Climate Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total global contribution to the Green Climate Fund has been in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
uin	4577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The total global contribution to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in each of the last four years has been:</p><p> </p><p>2013: $28 million</p><p>2014: $89 million</p><p>2015: $1,758 million</p><p>2016: $1,570 million</p><p> </p><p>The GCF supports climate-resilient, low-carbon development in developing countries, including by playing a key role in levering finance from multilateral development banks and the private sector for sustainable development. Further information about contributions can be found on the GCF website: <a href="http://www.greenclimate.fund/home" target="_blank">http://www.greenclimate.fund/home</a></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/07/2017 15:59:59 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

751422

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Parasitic Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress her Department has made on eliminating nematode infections in (a) Africa and (b) the rest of the world.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	4732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>DFID supports the global elimination of the nematode infection Lymphatic Filariasis. DFID funding has meant that the population at risk from this disease in the 10 African countries and 2 Asian countries supported has fallen by over 85% since 2013. The aim is to achieve full elimination in these 12 countries by 2025.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/07/2017 16:09:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell