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1047731

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date	24/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sanitation
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 ensure that the UK upholds its commitment to Sustainable Development Goal 6 on achieving universal access to water and sanitation by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	212439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK is committed to supporting countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 6 target of universal access to water and sanitation by 2030. Since 2015, we have supported 40 million people to gain access to clean water and sanitation. We expect to help a total of 60 million people gain access to water and sanitation by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Access to water, sanitation and hygiene is central to unlocking the potential of individuals, communities and businesses and will continue to be a key part of the UK’s development offer. We will determine the level of funding to water, sanitation and hygiene through future spending reviews.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 30/01/2019 17:39:02 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1047733

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sanitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has allocated to (a) water, (b) sanitation and (c) hygiene programmes in each of the last three years; and how much such funding her Department plans to allocate in each of the next two years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	212440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>In each of the last three years, DFID’s spending on water supply and sanitation was £180m, £184m, and £170m respectively. Due to the integrated nature of our water, sanitation and hygiene programmes, we do not report on disaggregated spend between the three sub-sectors. The estimate of funds committed to water and sanitation on Devtracker for 2018-19 is £201.5m.</p><p> </p><p>Our funding for programmes is based on the amount needed to achieve the results expected. We have committed sufficient funds to meet programme requirements for the next two years.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 30/01/2019 17:39:55 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1047741

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	UN High Commissioner for Refugees: Niger
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 UNHCR for its work in Niger.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	212403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>In 2018, the UK provided £600,000 to UNHCR to support and protect thousands of refugees in southeast Niger.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From 2019, the UK is providing £6 million to the World Food Programme, who will work with UNHCR, to provide six months of food and cash assistance to 75,000 refugees, internally displaced people and host communities in Niger and ensure that assistance is targeted to meet the specific needs of the most vulnerable men, women, boys and girls.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 31/01/2019 16:58:08 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

1047835

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burkina Faso: Forced Marriage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Burkina Faso regarding early and forced marriage.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL13113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>During the 2018 Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Burkina Faso’s human rights record at the UN Human Rights Council, we asked the Government of Burkina Faso for an update on their efforts to end early and forced marriage. We welcomed their adoption of the National Strategy to Prevent and Eradicate Child Marriage and the establishment of a multisectoral platform for its prevention and elimination. We encouraged them to review the Personal and Family Code to set the marriageable age at 18 years for both sexes.</p><p>In addition, through our global programme 'Action Against Child Marriage', the UK is supporting UNICEF and the UN Population Fund in Burkina Faso to:</p><ul><li><p>strengthen frameworks, laws and policies;</p></li><li><p>scale up access to basic services for girls who have experienced or are at risk of child marriage;</p></li><li><p>provide direct investments for adolescent girls at risk of early marriage;</p></li><li><p>shift harmful social norms</p><p> </p></li></ul><p>We are also targeting key drivers of child marriage through investments in education and sexual reproductive health and rights</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/02/2019 17:44:54 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1047836

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sierra Leone: Forced Marriage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Sierra Leone regarding early and forced marriage.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL13114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government regularly raises concerns about child, early and forced marriage with the Government of Sierra Leone. Most recently the British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone raised the issue with the President in October 2018. We welcome the Government of Sierra Leone’s new National Strategy for the Reduction of Adolescent Pregnancy and Child Marriage, which was launched in December 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Empowering adolescent girls is a priority for the UK in Sierra Leone. We are supporting work to keep girls in school and reduce rates of child marriage, including through the global programme Action Against Child Marriage.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/02/2019 17:44:38 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1047837

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Senegal: Forced Marriage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Senegal regarding early and forced marriage.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL13115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>We have raised the question of early and forced marriage in bilateral exchanges and official forums, including Senegal’s November 2018 Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council, in which one of our recommendations to the Senegalese Government, subsequently accepted, called for the implementation of existing laws on early and forced marriage, alongside child begging and child trafficking. We also fund multilateral partners such as UNICEF and the UN Population Fund who are working on early and forced marriage in country. Their representations to government include advocacy for the harmonisation of the family code with international conventions on child marriage and advocacy for child protection mainstreaming in policy development.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/02/2019 17:42:09 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark