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1078269

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much aid they provided to Pakistan over the past year; and what proportion of this aid was used to support efforts to end child abduction, forced conversion and illegal marriages.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL14041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK provided £282m to Pakistan for the financial year 2018/19. Under the AAWAZ I programme (which ended in May 2018) around £400,000 was spent on preventing forced and early marriages. Some of these beneficiaries may also have been affected by forced conversion or child abduction. Under new programming, we plan to spend around £1.88 million in preventing early and forced marriages. This includes enactment of the policy and legislative framework and capacity building support of key government institutions.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 11/03/2019 17:28:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1078270

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to divert aid given to Pakistan to training law enforcement officers in the emotional needs of the parents of kidnapped children, and in providing families with practical assistance.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL14042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>HMG has no plans to use aid specifically to support families of kidnapped children in Pakistan. The UK is supporting the implementation of the 2018 Juvenile Justice System Act (JJSA) which will help protect the legal rights of juvenile victims, witnesses and alleged offenders. Part of this will include working with law enforcement officers and families.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 11/03/2019 17:28:26 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1020030

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 27 November (HL11513), how they (1) monitor, and (2) evaluate the success of programmes they fund in Pakistan; and what methods they use to check that aid provided is used for its intended purpose.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL12008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>DFID Pakistan uses a range of approaches to monitor and evaluate our programmes. Every programme within the portfolio is required to develop a comprehensive monitoring plan to enable assessment of whether the programme is achieving planned results. Programmes use different monitoring arrangements depending on the context, which include a range of internal approaches including field visits and annual reviews as well as independent, external monitoring arrangements. Programmes gather a broad range of evidence to support the management of their programmes and to facilitate robust assessment, including through formal evaluation. Evaluations are carefully selected to ensure their findings add as much value as possible.</p><p> </p><p>DFID has a zero tolerance approach to aid diversion. We have a rigorous set of standard controls and measures to protect UK aid and ensure it reaches those for whom it is intended and delivers results. Our programmes carefully consider aid diversion controls across the programme cycle. Partners are carefully selected and scrutinised to ensure they can manage and deliver the intended programme results. We ensure that the partners we fund apply similar controls and have effective safeguards in place to protect UK aid from being diverted.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 17/12/2018 16:41:28 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

993794

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 22 October (HL10527), whether they take into account the persecution of religious minorities in Pakistan when deciding on the prioritisation of UK overseas development aid; and whether they intend to instruct Department for International Development and Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials to visit minority communities in Pakistan and to report on the (1) number of people living in shanty towns and informal settlements, and (2) conditions in which they live.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL10927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>DFID Pakistan targets development assistance to improve the lives of poor women and men, regardless of race, religion, social background, or nationality. As part of DFID planning processes, we assess the situation of poor, marginalised and excluded groups to inform priorities. DFID Pakistan works to reduce inequality and exclusion of minorities by promoting tolerance and greater understanding of minorities. As part of routine programme monitoring, and where security allows, DFID staff visit programme sites, including shanty towns and informal settlements. We do not collect disaggregated population data on minority groups.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/11/2018 12:34:45 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

988432

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much UK aid has been received by Pakistan in the past 12 months and in total over the past 20 years; whether any other country receives more bilateral aid than Pakistan; and what indicators are used to establish the effectiveness of this aid in reaching the country’s religious minorities.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL10631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>DFID Pakistan’s budget for 2017-18 is £325m. Cumulatively, DFID has spent £2.8bn on aid to Pakistan for years 1997 to 2016. Details of year end spend for each country can be found in the Statistics on International Development (SIDS) report.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Our development assistance targets the poor, regardless of race, religion, social background or nationality. We have in place robust indicators as part of mandatory monitoring arrangements to ensure UK aid reaches the intended beneficiaries and is not being used in ways that encourage or promote prejudice or discrimination against religious or other minorities. Details of indicators for individual programmes are available on the devtracker website.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 26/10/2018 13:37:40 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

984984

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the UK’s bilateral aid programme is directed towards the rebuilding of Pakistan’s colony shanty towns in which families from the country’s minorities live; what assessment they have made of the number of people, in total, living in those colonies and their access to running water, electricity or education; and when officials from the Department for International Development and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office last visited those colonies to assess the conditions of people living there.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL10527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Our work targets poor people in Pakistan regardless of race, religion, social background, or nationality. Some of the UK’s work has targeted people living in shanty towns and informal settlements. This includes emergency responses to floods, and schools for children from marginalised communities in Karachi, including minorities. We do not hold information on what percentage of the UK’s bilateral aid programme is directed towards rebuilding Pakistan’s colony shanty towns, and there have been no recent staff visits to these areas.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/10/2018 16:20:20 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

930889

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 18 June (HL8402), how they have monitored the use of UK aid given to Pakistan in the last ten years; and what plans, if any, they have to link the provision of aid more closely to the protection of minority rights in the recipient country.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL8889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>DFID’s approach in Pakistan includes ensuring that our development assistance targets poor women and men, regardless of race, religion, social background, or nationality. We have robust monitoring in place, including systems to track spend and monitor results and value for money, plus annual reviews and project completion reviews of all programmes. Our support contributes either directly or indirectly to the protection of minority rights, including by adopting a ‘do no harm’ approach. One of the four principles set out in the Partnership Principles Agreement that the UK has with Pakistan is a commitment to respect human rights. DFID and the FCO continue to raise the issue of human rights of minorities at the highest levels of Government, including in our annual Bilateral Assistance Talks, advocating greater tolerance and action against abuses when they occur.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 04/07/2018 16:45:54 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

918905

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money was paid in overseas aid to Pakistan (1) last year, and (2) cumulatively over the past ten years.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL8402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>Last year, the Department for International Development spent £367.2m in aid to Pakistan, including £110.5m spent solely on education. Cumulatively, we have spent £2.5bn on aid to Pakistan over the past ten years including the last financial year.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 18/06/2018 15:13:51 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

760018

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much overseas aid they have given to Pakistan in each of the past five years; and of that, how much has specifically been committed to the promotion of (1) the protection of minorities, and (2) freedom of religion or belief.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2017 answer text <p>The DFID Annual Report includes the following figures for aid spend in Pakistan for the last five years;</p><p> </p><p>2012-13 £203.1 Million</p><p>2013-14 £253 M</p><p>2014-15 £249 M</p><p>2015-16 £336.2 M</p><p>2016-17 £422.1M</p><p> </p><p>£39.5 million has been committed to the Voice and Accountability programme (AAWAZ) which aims to ensure that democratic processes are more open, inclusive and accountable to citizens in Pakistan. It focuses on three areas:</p><p> </p><p>1- Women’s and minority rights, their political participation and decision making;</p><p>2- Tolerance and prevention of violence (inter-faith, sectarian and gender-based)</p><p>3- Increasing the accountability and responsiveness of the state to citizens’ demands for improved service delivery (particularly on health and education).</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/09/2017 12:02:54 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

672258

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much UK aid was given to Pakistan over the past decade; and how much has been earmarked for the Benazir Income Support Programme between 2012 and 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>Aid to Pakistan between financial years 2006/2007 and 2016/2017 totals £2.324 billion. Between 2012 and 2020, DFID has earmarked £420.3 million to the Government of Pakistan’s Benazir Income Support Programme. £120m of this was provided between 2014 and 2016 through the Stability and Growth Programme; this was an earmarked sum within a Financial Aid package linked to an IMF programme. Funding is only disbursed if robust Disbursement Linked Indicators are met.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/01/2017 17:16:22 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool