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604136

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Visits Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what overseas visits she has made since her appointment.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	48920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has visited a range of countries overseas since her appointment. Information on Ministerial Travel is published as part of DFID’s quarterly transparency return on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 20/10/2016 14:27:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

600731

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Greece: Migrant Camps
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 humanitarian situation in refugee camps in Greece.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	48474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>In collaboration with the Greek Government, the Department for International Development (DFID) closely monitors conditions for refugees and migrants in camps in Greece. Officials from DFID make frequent visits to camps and a humanitarian adviser has been deployed in Athens. I travelled to Greece in September, where I visited camps and met with migrants and those involved in addressing the humanitarian situation.</p><p>The UK has responded generously to the Mediterranean humanitarian crisis, contributing more than £34 million to the response in Greece. This support has provided life-saving assistance refugees and migrants including the provision of food, water, hygiene kits and infant packs, and psychosocial care.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/10/2016 15:16:38 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

600732

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Migrant Camps: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the refugee camps which are currently receiving aid from her Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	48475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>DFID supports refugee camps in many different countries as part of our wider programming to assist those displaced by conflict, persecution and fear. It is not possible to list each individual camp.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/10/2016 15:15:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

600741

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Italy: Migrant Camps
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 humanitarian situation in the refugee camps in Italy.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	48480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department for International Development, and other UK Government departments, closely monitor conditions for refugees and migrants arriving in Italy, as well as the humanitarian situation there more broadly.</p><p>The UK has responded generously to the Mediterranean humanitarian crisis, contributing up to £1.5 million in humanitarian assistance to partners working in Italy. Through the Red Cross, UK aid has reached more than 85,000 refugees and migrants arriving in Italy with food assistance.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/10/2016 15:14:50 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

600742

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Balkans: Migrant Camps
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 humanitarian situation in the refugee camps in Serbia and Montenegro.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	48481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department for International Development, and other UK Government departments, continue to closely monitor conditions for refugees and migrants in official Government-run centres and unofficial camps in Serbia, as well as the humanitarian situation in the Balkans more broadly.</p><p>The UK has responded generously to the refugee and migrant crisis, contributing up to £18 million in humanitarian assistance in the Balkans through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), the Red Cross, International Organisation for Migration (IOM), as well as the EU Civil Protection Mechanism (CPM). This support has provided life-saving aid to migrants and refugees including food, essential relief items, temporary shelter and psychosocial care.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/10/2016 15:13:30 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

600743

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Jordan: Humanitarian Aid
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 humanitarian situation in Jordan.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	48482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK is working with the Government of Jordan to provide help to the 656,400 Syrian refugees registered in Jordan, the Jordanian host communities they live in, and address the specific needs of those on the border. But humanitarian assistance on its own is not enough and the UK with the international community and the Government of Jordan have agreed a ‘Jordan Compact’ to create new livelihoods and job opportunities for Syrians and Jordanians and ensure all children, including refugees, are in education in the 2016/17 school year. The international community will provide significant financial support and put in place policy changes on trade access to support this process.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/10/2016 15:03:27 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

600744

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Lebanon: Humanitarian 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 humanitarian situation in Lebanon.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	48483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>Lebanon hosts proportionally more refugees than any other country. 1.03 million Syrian refugees are officially registered with the United Nations Refugee Agency in Lebanon with up to 500,000 more unregistered, according to the joint Government of Lebanon-UN Lebanon Crisis Response Plan. In addition, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) estimates that between 260,000 and 280,000 of the 450,000 registered Palestinian refugees from Lebanon continue to depend on UNRWA’s work and that approximately 30,000 Palestinian refugees from Syria now live in Lebanon.</p><p>The humanitarian situation in Lebanon is deteriorating. Preliminary results of the United Nation’s 2016 vulnerability assessment survey show that 70.5% Syrian refugees live below the poverty line and 93% are food insecure. In 2015, debt levels were high at an average of $857 per household and across the country Syrian refugees reside in substandard accommodation with poor access to basic services. A 2015 survey by UNRWA and the American University of Beirut found that 90% of Palestinian refugees from Syria, and 65% of Palestinian refugees who lived in Lebanon before the Syrian war, lived below the poverty line.</p><p>Since 2012, the Department for International Development has allocated £340 million in humanitarian and development funding in Lebanon to support Syrian refugees, Palestinian refugees and vulnerable Lebanese.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/10/2016 14:58:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

598303

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Lake Chad Basin: 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 is taking to assist with humanitarian action in the Lake Chad basin; and what funds have been allocated to programmes in (a) Cameroon, (b) Chad, (c) Niger and (d) Nigeria that assist with such action.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	47740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned about the scale of the humanitarian crisis across the Lake Chad Basin. This will require a sustained, multi-year response to support communities devastated by the conflict. The UK is scaling up our support.</p><p>In addition to the £90 million of humanitarian assistance we are already delivering in the region, the UK has now pledged a further £80 million of humanitarian funding. £50 million will go towards meeting the needs of the worst affected communities in Nigeria with food assistance and access to essential household items and services, and £30 million to support those who have been affected by the spread of Boko Haram into Cameroon, Chad and Niger.</p><p>HMG is using a range of opportunities to push our partners and governments across the region on scaling up and improving the quality of the response. This includes calling for a Security Council briefing on the humanitarian situation which took place in July 2016; a joint demarche to the UN with the French and USA on the need to improve humanitarian capacity and performance in mid-August; chairing a Lake Chad Basin meeting in the margins of UN General assembly in September 2016, and ongoing high level bilateral meetings with UN officials.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton grouped question UIN 47738 47739 question first answered 17/10/2016 16:30:50 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

598304

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Lake Chad Basin: Humanitarian Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in (a) Chad, (b) Cameroon, (c) Niger and (d) Nigeria on the humanitarian situation in the Lake Chad basin.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	47739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned about the scale of the humanitarian crisis across the Lake Chad Basin. This will require a sustained, multi-year response to support communities devastated by the conflict. The UK is scaling up our support.</p><p>In addition to the £90 million of humanitarian assistance we are already delivering in the region, the UK has now pledged a further £80 million of humanitarian funding. £50 million will go towards meeting the needs of the worst affected communities in Nigeria with food assistance and access to essential household items and services, and £30 million to support those who have been affected by the spread of Boko Haram into Cameroon, Chad and Niger.</p><p>HMG is using a range of opportunities to push our partners and governments across the region on scaling up and improving the quality of the response. This includes calling for a Security Council briefing on the humanitarian situation which took place in July 2016; a joint demarche to the UN with the French and USA on the need to improve humanitarian capacity and performance in mid-August; chairing a Lake Chad Basin meeting in the margins of UN General assembly in September 2016, and ongoing high level bilateral meetings with UN officials.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton grouped question UIN 47738 47740 question first answered 17/10/2016 16:30:49 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

598305

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Lake Chad Basin: Humanitarian Situation
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 humanitarian situation in the Lake Chad basin.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	47738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned about the scale of the humanitarian crisis across the Lake Chad Basin. This will require a sustained, multi-year response to support communities devastated by the conflict. The UK is scaling up our support.</p><p>In addition to the £90 million of humanitarian assistance we are already delivering in the region, the UK has now pledged a further £80 million of humanitarian funding. £50 million will go towards meeting the needs of the worst affected communities in Nigeria with food assistance and access to essential household items and services, and £30 million to support those who have been affected by the spread of Boko Haram into Cameroon, Chad and Niger.</p><p>HMG is using a range of opportunities to push our partners and governments across the region on scaling up and improving the quality of the response. This includes calling for a Security Council briefing on the humanitarian situation which took place in July 2016; a joint demarche to the UN with the French and USA on the need to improve humanitarian capacity and performance in mid-August; chairing a Lake Chad Basin meeting in the margins of UN General assembly in September 2016, and ongoing high level bilateral meetings with UN officials.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton grouped question UIN 47739 47740 question first answered 17/10/2016 16:30:49 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West