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861321

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date	13/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Middle East: Water Supply
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have provided financial assistance to the Red Sea–Dead Sea Water Conveyance Project; if so, how much; and what is the current status of that project.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL6304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK is not providing direct financial assistance to this project. However, the UK indirectly provides financial assistance to this project, for example through its capital share of the European Investment Bank, which may provide a loan to the project, and through its contribution to the EU budget, which is supporting the project through the Neighbourhood Investment Facility.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/03/2018 15:42:36 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

861325

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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: Cholera
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the causes of the ongoing cholera epidemic in Yemen; and what assistance they are providing to the more than one million people affected.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL6308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Yemen has suffered from one of the worst cholera outbreaks ever recorded, at almost 1.1 million suspected cases. Although new cases have declined, cholera is likely to resurge during the upcoming rainy season. Estimates put 74% of districts (representing 22 million people) at risk.</p><p> </p><p>The reason that cholera, a treatable condition which stems from using contaminated water, is so difficult to control is because systems like public health and water and sanitation have broken down.</p><p> </p><p>DFID provided £8 million in the financial year 2017/18 to UNICEF and the International Organization for Migration for prevention, for example providing households with chlorine tablets for drinking water, and treatment for those who are affected. We are now encouraging the UN to have a robust preparedness plan for the upcoming rainy season and have helped to fund the planned cholera vaccination campaign through our core-funding to GAVI.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 27/03/2018 16:03:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

860821

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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: Textbooks
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in work with the provincial governments in Pakistan to eliminate bias and discrimination against religious minorities from school textbooks; and what plans they have for continuing those efforts.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>DFID’s education programmes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces continue to support provincial governments in the ongoing process to update and revise textbooks to improve quality and inclusion. Through the Ilm Two programme DFID is also supporting the production of additional reading materials that specifically focus on religious tolerance and inclusion. DFID has also engaged with Federal Government consultations on a new National Curriculum which will be trialled in Islamabad Capital Territory from April. The Federal Government has also agreed minimum standards for educational quality which agreed at the Inter Provincial Conference of Ministers. These standards set quality criteria for learners, curriculum, textbooks, teachers and assessment.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/03/2018 15:41:43 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

860873

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Bates on 22 February (HL Deb, cols 319–22), what assessment they have made of the extent to which older women with disabilities are among the most vulnerable groups in developing countries; and what plans they have, ahead of the Global Disability Summit in July, to include older women in their disability agenda.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sheehan
uin	HL6272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK government recognises that historically global development has not reached marginalised groups, such as older women with disabilities. This is why we took a leading role in pushing for the global goals to be underpinned by the promise to leave no one behind.</p><p> </p><p>We have been coordinating global efforts to strengthen data quality and systems that accurately capture the experience and lives of older people, women, and people with disabilities. We will continue to drive progress in this area so that we can we can identify those that are most at risk of being left behind and not reached by programming.</p><p> </p><p>Ageing forms an important part of the UK’s work on disability inclusion in international development and is integral to our approach to leaving no one behind. Older women with disabilities will benefit from the Global Disability Summit, which will lock in progress and increase action and investment in this historically neglected area.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/03/2018 15:51:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4548 label Biography information for Baroness Sheehan

857878

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Mining
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likelihood that the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo will use funds levied from the mining industry to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis in that country.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government will continue to strongly encourage the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to increase their own commitments to the humanitarian crisis in the country, including funds generated from the sale of minerals. Currently there is a low willingness and ability on the DRC side to do this, given the lack of transparency in the management and oversight of the mining sector.</p><p> </p><p>We will do this in conjunction with other international partners, such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. We will raise this directly at the upcoming UN Donor Conference on the DRC, to be held in Geneva on the 13<sup>th</sup> April 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/03/2018 15:52:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

857879

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what amount of UK Overseas Development Aid was spent in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in each of the last ten years.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government has provided £1.45 billion of bilateral Overseas Development Assistance to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since 2007. This is not delivered through the government of the DRC and is based on humanitarian need and ongoing development projects.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows this broken down by year:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>60,309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>106,588</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>144,385</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>162,379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>238,346</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>138,944</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>161,640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>166,594</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>142,721</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>129,546</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,452,052</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source: Statistics on International Development 2017 (see below)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659845/Table4Aa.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659845/Table4Aa.ods</a></p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/03/2018 15:39:33 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Table A4a.pdf title Table showing UK Bilateral ODA by country - Africa
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

856316

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how the Department for International Development (DfID) ensures that inclusion is taken into account in its development and humanitarian projects and programmes; and what is DfID's definition of "inclusion" in this context.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gould of Potternewton
uin	HL6106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK pledged to Leave No-one Behind as part of delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This means ensuring the inclusion of the poorest and most marginalised people for example girls and women and people with disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>The International Development Act (Gender Equality 2014) requires due regard to the impact on gender inequality before providing development and humanitarian assistance. In May 2016 the UK signed up to the Charter on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action to ensure people with disabilities will benefit from development and humanitarian assistance.</p><p> </p><p>DFID also works with implementing partners to improve disaggregation of beneficiary data by sex, age, disability status and geography wherever possible and relevant, including use of Washington Group questions on disability. Disaggregation helps DFID understand who is included and benefits from our development and humanitarian assistance.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/03/2018 13:09:17 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3573 label Biography information for Baroness Gould of Potternewton

856317

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Discrimination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Global Disability Summit to be held in July will consider discrimination by association of people living with HIV infection, such as members of the LGBT community and sex workers, as part of its deliberations on stigma and discrimination.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gould of Potternewton
uin	HL6107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The systematic inclusion of people with disabilities in development and humanitarian action is a top priority for the Department for International Development. On 24 July, the UK will co-host the Global Disability Summit to increase action and investment, lock-in progress and share best practice. The summit aims to drive forward a step change in global efforts to eliminate stigma and discrimination against all persons with disabilities. This includes realising the rights of persons with disabilities that are often among the most excluded in society and those that experience “double discrimination”, including those living with HIV and members of the LGBT community. In line with the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the active participation of all people with disabilities will be at the very heart of the summit.</p><p>The UK’s global HIV response prioritises those left behind by the huge progress made in recent years. For example, we are proud to be a founding supporter of the Robert Carr Civil Society Networks Fund, which supports the grassroots response for inadequately served groups including men who have sex with men and sex-workers.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL6108 question first answered 15/03/2018 13:07:11 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3573 label Biography information for Baroness Gould of Potternewton

856319

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Discrimination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Global Disability Summit to be held in July will address actual or perceived HIV status as part of its deliberations on stigma and discrimination.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gould of Potternewton
uin	HL6108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The systematic inclusion of people with disabilities in development and humanitarian action is a top priority for the Department for International Development. On 24 July, the UK will co-host the Global Disability Summit to increase action and investment, lock-in progress and share best practice. The summit aims to drive forward a step change in global efforts to eliminate stigma and discrimination against all persons with disabilities. This includes realising the rights of persons with disabilities that are often among the most excluded in society and those that experience “double discrimination”, including those living with HIV and members of the LGBT community. In line with the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the active participation of all people with disabilities will be at the very heart of the summit.</p><p>The UK’s global HIV response prioritises those left behind by the huge progress made in recent years. For example, we are proud to be a founding supporter of the Robert Carr Civil Society Networks Fund, which supports the grassroots response for inadequately served groups including men who have sex with men and sex-workers.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL6107 question first answered 15/03/2018 13:07:11 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3573 label Biography information for Baroness Gould of Potternewton

856345

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Humanitarian Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what contribution the UK made to the humanitarian aid delivered by UN aid convoys to Syria at the beginning of March.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL6133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>To date, the UK has committed £2.46 billion in response to the Syria crisis, our largest ever response to a single humanitarian crisis. Of this, £491 million has been allocated to United Nations agencies in Syria to deliver humanitarian assistance, including through aid convoys, to Eastern Ghouta and other communities in Syria.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/03/2018 13:05:34 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno