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964486

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Ports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps her Department has taken to help increase the amount of food, medicine and fuel arriving at Hodeidah port.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	169159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK government is providing £1.3 million in funding to the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) this financial year to facilitate commercial imports into Hodeidah and Saleef ports by giving the coalition confidence that weapons are not coming in on large commercial ships. We have also deployed UK maritime experts to Djibouti to help further boost the inspections process, increasing the proportion of physical inspections by more than ten-fold.</p><p> </p><p>The UK continues to urge all parties to the conflict to facilitate full and unhindered access for humanitarian and commercial supplies, such as food, medicine and fuel, through Hodeidah port.</p><p> </p><p>Hodeidah port currently remains open and we are closely monitoring imports through it. In August, Hodeidah accounted for 64% of total bulk food imports and 54% of total fuel imports into Yemen.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 10/09/2018 17:06:31 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

933777

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Ports
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 improve the effectiveness of the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism for Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	159649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK is providing £1.3 million to help the UN’s Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) facilitate commercial imports of food and fuel through the Red Sea ports of Hodeidah and Saleef by giving the Saudi-led Coalition confidence that weapons are not coming into Yemen on commercial ships.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this financial support, we have also deployed UK experts to support the inspections of ships in Djibouti, increasing the proportion of physical inspections ten-fold.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/07/2018 15:07:04 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

923319

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Ports
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 humanitarian effect of the military assault on Hodeidah port in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	153433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The UN estimates that an attack on Hodeidah could displace up to 350,000 people and leave hundreds of thousands of Yemenis without access to basic goods, water or healthcare, with any long-term closure of Hodeidah port likely to put over 3 million more people at risk of starvation. 8.4 million people already face extreme food shortages across the country.</p><p> </p><p>We are in regular contact with the Coalition about the need to ensure that any military operations in and around Hodeidah are conducted in accordance with international humanitarian law, including on the protection of civilians, and do not disrupt commercial and humanitarian flows through the port. We continue to call on all parties to the conflict in Yemen to allow full and unhindered commercial and humanitarian access for food, fuel and medical supplies throughout Yemen.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/06/2018 14:30:56 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

921865

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Ports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential humanitarian effect of a military assault on Hodeidah port in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	152176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The UN assesses that an attack on Hodeidah could displace up to 350,000 people and leave hundreds of thousands of Yemenis without access to basic goods, water or healthcare, with any long-term closure of Hodeidah port likely to put over 3 million more people at risk of starvation. Already 8.4 million people face extreme food shortages.</p><p> </p><p>The UK government has been clear in expressing its concerns to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates about any attack on Hodeidah. We urge all parties to the conflict to exercise restraint and to continue to facilitate access for essential commercial and humanitarian imports of food, fuel and medical supplies into the country, including through Hodeidah port.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/06/2018 14:32:05 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

921868

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Ports
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 increase food, medicine and fuel supplies to Hodeidah port.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	152179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK government has been clear in expressing its concerns about any attack on Hodeidah, and is actively calling on all parties to the conflict to continue to facilitate access for essential commercial and humanitarian imports of food, fuel and medical supplies into the country, including through Hodeidah port.</p><p>The UK government has worked closely with partners to assess how an attack on Hodeidah might affect the delivery of commercial and humanitarian goods (including food, medicine and fuel) to those in need. The UN’s Yemen Humanitarian Pooled Fund – to which the UK has provided £15m so far this year – has launched a reserve allocation for the procurement of essential goods for Hodeidah, including a $6 million contribution to the World Food Programme to fund the procurement of 600,000 immediate response rations as well as $2m for high protein biscuits to meet needs across Yemen including in Hodeidah.</p><p>We continue to provide expertise and funding to the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) to facilitate commercial imports of food and fuel into Hodeidah and Saleef ports and to provide assurances to the Saudi-led Coalition that shipments are legitimate and not a threat to their national security.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/06/2018 14:48:25 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

919277

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Ports
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 made an assessment of the humanitarian effect on the local population of a military assault on Hodeida port in Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	151234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>The UN assess that an attack on Hodeidah could displace up to 350,000 people and leave hundreds of thousands of Yemenis without access to basic goods, water or healthcare. 17.8 million people in Yemen already lack reliable access to food – 8.4 million of which face extreme food shortages. UN estimates suggest any long closure of Hodeidah port is likely to put over 3 million more people at risk of starvation.</p><p> </p><p>The UK government has been clear in expressing its concerns to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates about any attack on Hodeidah. We urge all parties to the conflict to exercise restraint and to continue to facilitate access for essential commercial and humanitarian imports of food, fuel and medical supplies into the country, including through Hodeidah port.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 12/06/2018 13:58:04 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

914708

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Ports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps her Department has taken to help ensure humanitarian and commercial access to all sea and air ports in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	148870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK has continuously led the call for unhindered humanitarian and commercial access throughout Yemen, including through the UK-coordinated Security Council Statement of 15 March, the Secretary of State’s visit to Riyadh in December and lobbying from the Prime Minister. The UK is also providing expertise and funding to the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) to facilitate import flows into northern Yemen. We are lobbying other donors to support UNVIM to facilitate imports of vital goods into the country.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/06/2018 15:33:34 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

833114

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Ports
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 adequacy of levels of humanitarian assistance entering Yemen through Hodeidah port since the announcement on 20 December 2017 by the Saudi-led Coalition that the port would remain open.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	125430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Close to 80% of both commercial and humanitarian imports have habitually entered Yemen through Hodeidah and Saleef ports. During her visit to Riyadh, the Prime Minister emphasised the importance of full and unhindered commercial and humanitarian access to these ports.</p><p>Currently we judge that imports to Hodeidah and Saleef are insufficient, with just 70% of monthly food and 76% of monthly fuel levels entering through these ports compared to the period before November 2017. We recognise the Saudi-led coalition is working to increase access through other ports including Aden in the South of Yemen. This is one reason why the recent increase in hostilities in Aden is a concern. The UK is working with the UN to increase the number of inspections of commercial vessels to encourage greater access into Hodeidah and Saleef. We continue to call on all parties to allow full and unfettered commercial and humanitarian access throughout Yemen to avert the risk of mass starvation.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 01/02/2018 17:31:04 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

709337

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Ports
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 effectiveness of the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	67115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>The UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) in Yemen is successfully verifying, and where necessary inspecting, ships in line with UNSCR 2216 (2015). UNVIM’s average processing time is several hours lower than its target, and DFID has received positive feedback from commercial importers about UNVIM staff’s accessibility, professionalism and responsiveness.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/03/2017 17:17:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

705679

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Ports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2017 to Question 62668, what assessment her Department has made of port capacity in Yemen; and what options her Department has taken forward to improve port infrastructure for aid delivery.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	65801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2017 answer text <p>The conflict has destroyed or damaged critical infrastructure (for example, the largest cranes in the port of Hodeidah) and the current phase of military activity along the Red Sea is already further limiting the flow of life-saving commodities through Hodeidah port. Over 80% of food assistance in the last 6 months of 2016 entered the country through Hodeidah and neighbouring Salif ports. If Hodeidah port ceases to function, this would accelerate the onset of famine.</p><p>We continue to discuss options to improve port infrastructure in Hodeidah with Gulf countries, the US and the UN. However, recent events have made the successful delivery of mobile cranes for Hodeidah unlikely in the short-term.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/03/2017 12:32:40 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith