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990328

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date	18/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
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 meets sustainable development goal 13 on climate change.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	181314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK played a key role in establishing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and we are determined to be at the forefront of delivering them.</p><p> </p><p>To support developing countries to respond to the challenges of climate change, the UK has pledged to provide at least £5.8bn of International Climate Finance between 2016/17 and 2020/21. Since 2011 UK climate investments have supported 47 million people to cope with the effects of climate change and provided 17 million people with improved access to clean energy.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is also working with the UN to lead international efforts on resilience for the UN Secretary General’s Climate Summit in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/10/2018 13:32:17 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

990348

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian assistance her Department is providing to internally displaced people in (a) Kachin State and (b) Shan State.
tabling member constituency	Sutton and Cheam
tabling member printed	Paul Scully
uin	181244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned by continued reports of violence in Kachin and northern Shan States, which has led to a further 8,000 people being displaced since February 2018. DFID is providing humanitarian support to displaced populations. In the last financial year, DFID spent £6.1 million on humanitarian assistance for conflict affected people in Kachin and Northern Shan states. We continue to raise our concerns with both military and civilian Ministers in the Government of Burma.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 24/10/2018 15:47:19 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully

989472

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on (a) producers and (b) workers in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	180726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>DFID is working closely with other governmental departments in taking all necessary steps to ensure that we are prepared for a no deal outcome, to ensure we will be able to meet our development objectives in all scenarios. We remain committed to spending 0.7% of our national income on development assistance.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is preparing for a range of possible scenarios to maintain existing trading relationships, and our Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Act enables the UK to put in place a UK trade preferences scheme for developing countries. As the UK exits the EU, we will seek to replicate the effects of the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreements, which are development-focused trade deals with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 22/10/2018 15:12:19 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

989530

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Africa: Guinea Worm
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 programmes to eradicate the Guinea worm in (a) Ethiopia, (b) South Sudan, (c) Mali, (d) Chad and (e) other African countries.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	180705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK provided a total of £39.5m in funding to the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme between 2009 and 2018. Funding allocations to countries were flexible to allow scale up or down as required. Between 2015 and 2018, of a total of £9.5 million, the estimated breakdown of spending by country was:</p><ul><li><p>£1.235 million in Ethiopia;</p></li><li><p>£4.75 million in South Sudan;</p></li><li><p>£0.285 million in Mali;</p></li><li><p>£1.71 million in Chad; and</p></li><li><p>£1.52 million in non-country specific spending.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 24/10/2018 15:48:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

989531

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Africa: Guinea Worm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress her Department has made in collaboration with other countries on the eradication of the Guinea worm.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	180706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government – in collaboration with the Carter Center, the World Health Organisation, and endemic countries – has contributed to a decline in Guinea worm cases from 3.5 million in 1986 to 30 cases in 2017.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 24/10/2018 15:48:25 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

989561

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the amount of funding allocated to UK-based organisations spent on (a) overseas aid and (b) administrative costs within Wales in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	180844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) data is collected and reported according to a standard international classification produced by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Following this classification, the amount of UK ODA delivered by UK and other donor country NGOs in the last five years[1] is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Net ODA</p></td><td><p>£488m</p></td><td><p>£662m</p></td><td><p>£759m</p></td><td><p>£772m</p></td><td><p>£710m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The latest data is for calendar year 2016 and figures for 2017 will be published this autumn.</p><p>ODA flows are provided by official agencies and their executive agencies. The amount of UK ODA provided by the Welsh Government and delivered by donor-based NGOs is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Net ODA</p></td><td><p>£1m</p></td><td><p>£1m</p></td><td><p>£1m</p></td><td><p>£1m</p></td><td><p>£1m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Statistics on International Development</p><p>The information for (b) is not held in the form requested and can only be collated at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Donor-based NGOs cover UK based NGOs as well as the NGOs of other donors. The figures included above will mainly consist of UK based NGOs however there are some amounts included for other donor NGOs delivering UK ODA, such as UK contributions to the Norway-based, Norwegian Refugee Council.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 24/10/2018 15:47:55 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

989568

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Bangladesh: Rohingya
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 provision of secure and properly screened toilets for Rohingya women refugees in Bangladesh in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	180644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK has been a leading donor in responding to the Rohingya crisis; since August 2017 we have committed £129m. The needs of women and girls are a key consideration of all our programming</p><p> </p><p>This support has already delivered toilets and hygiene facilities for over one million people and emergency latrines for over 280,000 people. This includes the construction of 53 latrines and bathing spaces that are segregated for women and girls and have lights installed for their safety. Recent allocations to partners, including Christian Aid, UNICEF and UNHCR, will support additional latrines, tube wells, water points and bathing cubicles and 14 women friendly spaces with washing and sanitation facilities.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/10/2018 14:43:40 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

988633

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
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 effect of Israeli Government restrictions on the movement of goods into Gaza on UNWRA provided aid and humanitarian resources in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	180314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>I remain deeply concerned about restrictions on movement and access in Gaza, and the impact that this is having on the humanitarian situation. We have not made a specific assessment of the effect of these restrictions on UNRWA, which liaises with the Government of Israel directly to coordinate the movement of goods for their operations. Nevertheless, my officials and I regularly raise the need to ease restrictions on Gaza with our counterparts in the Government of Israel.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/10/2018 15:10:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

988634

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Rohingya: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has allocated to educational support for Rohingya refugees in Myanmar and Bangladesh, in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	180315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>Prior to August 2017, DFID supported Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh through an existing humanitarian preparedness and response programme. This focused on nutrition and support for partner coordination.</p><p>After August 2017, the Education Cannot Wait initiative, to which DFID is one of the largest contributors, committed £2.2 million for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh in 2017 to help cover emergency learning needs.</p><p>DFID has also supported education experts and organisations to work with the Ministries of Education in Bangladesh and Burma to agree a curriculum and certification process for Rohingya children in Cox’s Bazar.</p><p>DFID is working with the Government of Bangladesh and partners to plan for longer-term refugee needs, such as education and skills training.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/10/2018 14:19:23 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

988662

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the amount of international aid funding allocated to properties at Khirbet al-Halawah that were demolished by Israeli forces; what (a) discussions she has had with her counterparts in the EU and (b) representations she has made to the Israeli Government on those demolitions; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	180249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), nine structures have been demolished in Khirbet al-Halawah so far in 2018, of which four were donor funded. We have not made an estimate of the value of international aid allocated to these structures. No structures directly funded by the UK in the West Bank in recent years have been demolished. Whilst we have not raised these specific demolitions with counterparts in the European Union or the Government of Israel, we continue to raise concerns with the Israeli authorities about demolitions and evictions of Palestinians from their homes in general, which cause unnecessary suffering to ordinary Palestinians, calls into question Israel’s commitment to a viable two-state solution, and, in all but the most exceptional cases, are contrary to International Humanitarian Law.</p><p> </p><p>The UK supports Palestinian communities at risk of forcible transfer in Area C of the West Bank through a legal aid programme, which helps residents challenge decisions in the Israeli legal system. Additionally, we are supporting Palestinian development in Area C and helping nearly 500 Palestinian families to remain on their land through improving infrastructure and enabling access to education and health services.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/10/2018 14:42:30 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown