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806566

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date	14/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Pneumonia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has allocated to the prevention of childhood pneumonia in developing countries in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	119642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK, as the largest donor to Gavi, the Global Vaccine Alliance, will contribute US$168.7 million to Gavi’s pneumococcal Advanced Market Commitment for the 2016-2020 period. Immunising children against major killers (such as measles, pneumonia and diarrhoea) is a public health and development best buy. 109 million children were vaccinated between 2010 and 2016, thanks to Gavi’s support where again the UK was the largest donor, saving an estimated 762,000 lives</p><p>Gavi’s Pneumococcol Advanced Market commitment reduces costs, which has enabled 58 countries to introduce vaccinations. The UK also supports countries to build stronger health systems that can respond to existing disease burdens and emerging health issues, including pneumonia.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/12/2017 14:08:11 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

806604

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department is providing humanitarian assistance to Eastern Ghouta in Syria.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	119680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>DFID’s humanitarian partners are on the ground in Eastern Ghouta (as well as other hard-to-reach and besieged areas) providing life-saving food, protection, and healthcare including routine immunisation services against infectious diseases such as polio and measles. However, humanitarian access remains severely constrained.</p><p>The UK continues to demand full and sustained humanitarian access to Eastern Ghouta at the UN and at every opportunity, and we have called on all parties to take all feasible measures to protect civilians, and allow emergency medical evacuations.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/12/2017 14:11:06 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

806612

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: 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 aid air-drops the UK has made in besieged areas in Syria since the start of the conflict.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	119688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Aid delivered by road by trusted humanitarian partners (including the UN) is by far the most effective way to meet needs in Syria and to ensure that it reaches those most in need. Airdrops are high risk and not capable of delivering many of the types of aid on a scale that could meet key needs (e.g. safe drinking water, shelter, health support). Crucially, the consent is needed of those who control the airspace and those on the ground that could threaten aircraft. There is nothing to suggest that the Assad regime would provide such consent if it remained intent on blocking land access.</p><p>The UK continues to demand full and sustained humanitarian access to besieged locations across Syria at the UN and at every opportunity, and we have called on all parties to take all feasible measures to protect civilians, as required under international humanitarian law.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/12/2017 14:05:12 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

806613

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: International Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with UN bodies on aid air-drops to besieged areas of Syria.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	119689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Aid delivered by road by trusted humanitarian partners (including the UN) is by far the most effective way to meet needs in Syria and to ensure that it reaches those most in need. Airdrops are high risk and not capable of delivering many of the types of aid on a scale that could meet key needs (e.g. safe drinking water, shelter, health support). Crucially, the consent is needed of those who control the airspace and those on the ground that could threaten aircraft. There is nothing to suggest that the Assad regime would provide such consent if it remained intent on blocking land access.</p><p> </p><p>The UK continues to demand full and sustained humanitarian access to besieged locations across Syria at the UN and at every opportunity, and we have called on all parties to take all feasible measures to protect civilians, as required under international humanitarian law.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/12/2017 14:09:32 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

806659

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Kenya: Marie Stopes International
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any of her Department's funding given to Marie Stopes International goes towards the provision of or advertising for abortion in Kenya.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	119735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>None</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/12/2017 14:33:46 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

805980

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	Palestinians: Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate she has made of the proportion of the Palestinian Authority's foreign aid receipts which was spent on payments to convicted terrorists in Israeli prisons in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	119190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>In August 2017, the International Monetary Fund estimated that external financial support to the Palestinian Authority (PA) in 2017 will total $666 million USD (approx. £500 million GBP). Many donors, including the UK and European Union, restrict their support to the PA for specific purposes and projects, and ensure that none of their aid is used for payments to convicted terrorists in Israeli prisons. No estimates have been made of the proportion of the PA’s external financial support which was spent on payments to convicted terrorists in Israeli prisons in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>No UK aid is used for payments to Palestinian prisoners or their families. UK financial assistance to the PA is only used to help to pay the salaries of health and education public servants in the West Bank. Only named public servants from a pre-approved EU list are eligible and a robust verification system validates that funds are used for the intended purposes. The UK government strongly condemns all forms of violence including incitement to violence.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/12/2017 16:05:57 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

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

806283

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	Department for International Development: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many data incidents her Department (a) recorded and (b) reported to the Information Commissioner's Office in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The number of data incidents recorded and reported by DFID to the Information Commissioners’ Office in 2015-16 and 2016-17 is published in DFID’s Annual Report for each of these years. These can be found on GOV.UK at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfid-annual-report-2011-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfid-annual-report-2011-2012</a>.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/12/2017 14:35:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

806316

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	Department for International Development: Research
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 11 December 2017 to Question 117507, what criteria her Department uses to identify where the highest footprint of research takes place.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	119508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>DFID allocate spend thematically rather than geographically, allowing us to prioritise research into the most pressing issues. DFID funds over 150 separate research programmes amounting to around £390m per Annum, focusing on new innovation and technologies to change lives. Most focus on multiple countries or regions.</p><p>Information on these programmes and where they work is all published on DFID’s development tracker.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/12/2017 13:44:24 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

804306

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Iraq: Poverty
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 improve economic opportunities and reduce poverty in Iraq.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	118527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Since 2014 DFID has provided £229.5 million in humanitarian assistance to help reduce poverty in Iraq, including by providing food assistance to over a quarter million people, emergency cash transfers to over 110,000 people and safe drinking water, toilet and shower facilities to more than 800,000 people. We have provided technical assistance through the World Bank to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs to create a new welfare database and to pilot conditional cash transfers to improve access to health and education. We have also funded the UNDP managed Funding Facility for Stabilisation to support light infrastructure reconstruction and job and livelihoods creation in areas liberated from Daesh. Furthermore we provided a loan guarantee unlocking over $370 million of World Bank lending to the Government of Iraq, which has contributed to immediate economic stability while supporting reforms delivering more sustainable economic development.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/12/2017 15:52:14 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski