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1176353

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what programmes his Department funds in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	West Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Harriett Baldwin
uin	12879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>DFID’s largest programme in South Sudan is our Humanitarian Assistance and Resilience programme, which provides life-saving assistance and helps people cope with conflict and climate shocks. Our Building Resilience through Asset Creation and Enhancement programme provides complementary support to help reduce hunger and mitigate conflict in rural areas.</p><p> </p><p>DFID also makes a major contribution to the delivery of essential services in South Sudan, through our Girls Education South Sudan programme, which has a particular focus on supporting girls to complete their schooling; and through the DFID-led multi-donor Health Pooled Fund, through which we are supporting over 800 frontline health centres across South Sudan.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, DFID is providing modest support to improve conflict sensitivity of donor aid to South Sudan and to pilot sub-national peace-building approaches through our Better Aid in Conflict and our Peace-building Opportunities Fund programming.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 10/02/2020 15:48:18 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin

1017196

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Official Development Assistance her Department plans to allocate to South Sudan in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	197317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Development has allocated £164.6m of Official Development Assistance for direct expenditure in South Sudan in the 2018-19 financial year. Funding has yet to be allocated for the 2019-20 financial year.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 04/12/2018 17:41:36 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

891854

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much financial assistance has been given to the government of South Sudan in each of the last three years by (1) the Department for International Development; (2) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; and (3) the Ministry of Defence, under separate or joint headings.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL7294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government has not provided any bilateral financial assistance to the Government of South Sudan in any of the last three years. We ensure UK Aid is effective by working through a range of UN and international organisations who are experienced in operating in South Sudan, and who can deliver flexibly according to need.</p><p>The table below shows total spend by the Department for International Development in South Sudan in each of the last three financial years. The top three sectors funded by DFID are humanitarian, health, and education.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£189 million</p></td><td><p>£169 million</p></td><td><p>£163 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/05/2018 16:13:21 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

833924

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to secure humanitarian access to South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	125682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>South Sudan is one of the most challenging operating environments in the world, but as a result of our implementing partners’ efforts, UKAid is reaching hundreds of thousands of people in South Sudan. Last year the UK provided lifesaving support that reached over 500,000 people with food assistance, provided safe drinking water for 300,000 people and over 5 million health consultations for children under 5. However, the international community continues to face obstructions to the delivery of humanitarian aid by all parties to the conflict in South Sudan; 2017 was the worst year for access so far, with 1,159 incidents reported. Alongside our international partners, the UK is engaging with South Sudan’s leaders at the highest level to make clear that physical and bureaucratic obstacles to the delivery of lifesaving aid must cease immediately.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/02/2018 09:34:59 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

806061

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Overseas Aid
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 has taken to ensure the conflict sensitivity of UK aid delivery in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	119270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>DFID is committed to integrating conflict sensitivity across policies and programmes. An external Conflict Sensitivity Resource Facility for South Sudan has been established that provides the Department, implementing partners and other donors with guidance, training and analysis on conflict sensitivity. DFID South Sudan has also issued a set of minimum standards for all staff and implementing partners on conflict sensitivity that requires robust conflict analysis and a detailed approach to conflict sensitivity including through programme design, recruitment and monitoring and evaluation practices.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/12/2017 14:34:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

724195

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many South Sudanese local and national non-governmental organisations received humanitarian aid from her Department; and what proportion of her Department's overall aid for South Sudan that represented in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	71927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>DFID has provided over £70 million to the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SSHF) over the last 3 years from the total DFID bilateral funding listed in the table below. In 2016, the SSHF provided over £70 million to reach over 1.2m people with WASH, nutrition, health, and other lifesaving activities. Approximately £8 million of this funding was delivered through local and national NGOs.</p><p>In addition to our bilateral funding, targeted support is being provided through DFID’s centrally managed Disaster Emergency Preparedness Programme to deliver 3 projects supporting national and local NGOs in South Sudan to engage more effectively in humanitarian preparedness and response.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>DFID bilateral programme outturn (in £s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>188.184m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>158.013m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>139.647m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>108.516m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures for financial year 2016/17 will be published in the DFID Annual Report and accounts due for publication in Summer 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 27/04/2017 06:52:14 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

579557

registered interest
date	09/09/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much development aid has been provided to South Sudan in each of the last three years, and how much of that aid was specifically focused on conflict resolution and promoting reconciliation.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Through DFID the UK provided £158m in 2013/14 and £188m in 2015/16 of development aid to South Sudan, a further £165 million is budgeted to be spent this financial year.</p><p>The UK remains committed to helping bring an end to the cycle of violence in South Sudan. Many of our programmes have components aimed at conflict resolution and reconciliation. In terms of specific programming, a £12 million ‘Community Security and Arms Control’ project running from 2012-16 helps to control and regulate small arms, enhance dispute resolution mechanisms and improve security within communities. In addition, through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) the UK spent almost £1.4 million on conflict resolution and promoting reconciliation in 2015/16, and is forecasting to spend a further £1 million in 2016/17, including on community level peacebuilding and the Conflict Sensitivity Programme. DFID works very closely with the FCO, who, along with ‘Troika’ partners the US and Norway, are working to help end the conflict through the implemention of the 2015 peace agreement.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 19/09/2016 09:06:15 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

576900

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to page 135 of her Department's Annual Reports and Accounts 2015-16, for what reasons the budget allocation to South Sudan has decreased from £188,184 in 2015-16 to £145,000 in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	45119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>DFID’s allocations are continually reviewed to ensure development assistance is used most effectively to achieve poverty reduction, in the national interest and responds to changing needs. The precise way in which DFID spends will reflect changing demands while at the same time protecting ministerial spending commitments.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 12/09/2016 15:08:55 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

529340

registered interest
date	15/06/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department's work in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	905513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>In 2016 DFID support in South Sudan has contributed to 2.3 million people receiving life-saving humanitarian assistance. Our education programmes have enabled 120,000 girls to complete primary education and provided 9.2 million textbooks. DFID’s Health Pooled Fund has provided primary care treatment to 8.7 million people.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 29/06/2016 15:55:17 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

423757

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to support the people of South Sudan who face starvation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL3021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>In 2014, the UK was one of the largest donors to the UN Humanitarian appeal which helped to avert famine and ensure that 3.5 million South Sudanese were reached with life-saving assistance. The 2015 appeal is ongoing, and 3.1 million people have been reached so far this year.</p><br /><p>Overall, the UK is the second largest bilateral donor to the humanitarian response in South Sudan, having contributed £172 million since the start of the conflict in December 2013 and a further £88.9 million for South Sudanese refugees in the region. Limited access for humanitarian workers in the Greater Upper Nile states, particularly in Unity State, has increased the risk of famine; as noted in the recent Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). The UK consistently lobbies for all parties to allow unrestricted humanitarian access.</p><br /><p>In addition, through DFID, the UK continues to deliver food security programmes in South Sudan, prioritising support to the most vulnerable people.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 04/11/2015 17:04:33 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead