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539209

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what humanitarian support and assistance they have (1) provided, and (2) plan to provide, for South Sudanese refugees in Sudan.
tabling member printed	Lord Sheikh
uin	HL1285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>Since 2014, DFID Sudan has provided £10.4 million to address the humanitarian needs of South Sudanese refugees arriving in Sudan. The assistance has been in the areas of emergency food distribution, water and sanitation, education, and protection activities in the areas of White Nile State and Kordofan states. We are currently discussing with humanitarian partners in Sudan further contributions of approximately £3 million to be disbursed in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to monitor the situation and provide further support if required.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 26/07/2016 15:35:50 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3794 label Biography information for Lord Sheikh

539210

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
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 effectiveness of the agreement between the governments of Sudan and South Sudan and the World Food Programme to transport humanitarian assistance to South Sudan via Sudan, in the light of that agreement's extension.
tabling member printed	Lord Sheikh
uin	HL1286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2016 answer text <p>On the basis of an agreement between the World Food Programme (WFP) and the governments of Sudan and South Sudan, the WFP have been working with relevant government authorities in both countries and the region to ensure that their planes are able to deliver much needed humanitarian supplies into South Sudan. For instance, from January to June 2016 alone WFP managed to deliver close to 21,300 metric tons of cereals, pulses and vegetable oil to Upper Nile state. With the six-month extension to this agreement, WFP plans to deliver another 10,000 metric tons of food from Sudan to South Sudan. This represents a pragmatic approach to delivering vital humanitarian assistance to those affected by the conflict in South Sudan, and we welcome the support of the Government of Sudan in facilitating the delivery of food assistance across the border.</p><p> </p><p>DFID Sudan and DFID South Sudan are monitoring the situation in relation to the ongoing crisis in South Sudan, and will keep working closely with WFP to help maintain essential transport corridors for humanitarian assistance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 28/07/2016 14:14:19 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3794 label Biography information for Lord Sheikh

539569

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that humanitarian assistance reaches children and families in besieged towns in Syria.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	42977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>The UK is at the forefront of the humanitarian response to the Syria crisis. We have pledged over £2.3 billion, our largest ever response to a humanitarian crisis.</p><p>The UN estimates that, of 13.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance inside Syria, 4.6 million are living in areas where humanitarian access is extremely restricted, including 592,700 people living under siege. It is unacceptable and illegal to use starvation as a weapon of war.</p><p>We are doing all we can to open up humanitarian access. We have supported the UN and international NGOs since the start of the conflict to deliver aid to UN-designated hard-to-reach and besieged areas. UK co-sponsored UN Security Council Resolutions have enabled over 300 convoys of aid to reach vulnerable people in hard-to-reach areas without the consent of the Syrian regime. We will continue to use our position in the UN Security Council and International Syria Support Group to push for unrestricted and unfettered humanitarian access, whilst maintaining the pressure for a political settlement to bring the suffering of the Syrian people to an end.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/07/2016 16:49:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

539666

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to replace programme partnership arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	43016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>I am currently considering the outcomes of my Department’s Civil Society Partnership Review, and will aim to publish it shortly.</p><p>In July 2015, the then Secretary of State for International Development announced a 9 month extension of all PPA financing, providing 18 months-notice that all current PPA financing would come to an end in December 2016.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 43015 question first answered 21/07/2016 14:59:54 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

539667

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	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 consider extending current programme partnership arrangements until a replacement mechanism is introduced.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	43015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>I am currently considering the outcomes of my Department’s Civil Society Partnership Review, and will aim to publish it shortly.</p><p>In July 2015, the then Secretary of State for International Development announced a 9 month extension of all PPA financing, providing 18 months-notice that all current PPA financing would come to an end in December 2016.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 43016 question first answered 21/07/2016 14:59:54 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

539668

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which infrastructure projects were funded through or supported by the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) between 1 January 2010 and 30 June 2016; how much funding for each such project was (a) provided through PIDG and (b) leveraged from other sources; and whether each such project is operational.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	43092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2016 answer text <p>The table attached shows all PIDG supported projects. The table indicates whether the support for projects was initiated before or after 01 January 2010. As support for many projects initiated before 2010 will have continued into the timeframe set out in the question, we have also listed all projects where support was started before 01 January 2010. There is no other straightforward way to filter the data. Further information is also available online (<a href="http://data.pidg.org/" target="_blank">http://data.pidg.org/</a>) .</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/07/2016 13:09:00 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 43092.docx title PQ 43092
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

539669

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which infrastructure projects were supported by borrowing guaranteed through GuarantCo between 1 January 2010 and 30 June 2016; how much was guaranteed for each such project; how much funding was leveraged from other sources for each such project; and whether each such project is operational.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	43093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2016 answer text <p>The table attached shows all projects supported by GuarantCo. The table indicates whether the support for projects was initiated before or after 01 January 2010. As support for many projects initiated before 2010 will have continued into the timeframe set out in the question, we have also listed all projects where support was started before 01 January 2010. There is no other straightforward way to filter the data. Further information is also available online (<a href="http://data.pidg.org/" target="_blank">http://data.pidg.org/</a>) .</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/07/2016 13:10:25 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 43093.docx title PQ 43093
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

539670

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	GuarantCo
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the proposed creation of a contingent liability of £40 million in respect of callable capital of GuarantCo is treated as Official Development Assistance (a) when the contingent liability is created and (b) in the event that capital is called from the public purse under the contingent liability.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	43091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>The creation of the contingent liability in respect of the callable capital for GuarantCo does not have immediate budgetary implications and is not treated as Official Development Assistance (ODA). If the capital is called it will be treated as ODA. This is in line with the internationally agreed rules on ODA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 25/07/2016 11:28:14 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

539671

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Africa: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department has provided for food production projects in Africa in each of the last five years; and what involvement UK companies have had in such projects.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	43105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>In the last five calendar years, DFID spending in Africa on agriculture, fishing and forestry is set out below. Funds are spent through a range of delivery channels including private sector projects, challenge funds, funding through multilateral agencies and funding through African Governments.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>£ thousands</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agriculture, forestry and fishing</p></td><td><p>£33,327</p></td><td><p>£48,426</p></td><td><p>£45,354</p></td><td><p>£44,748</p></td><td><p>£61,350</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The private sector is vital for boosting food production in Africa. UK companies can participate in our projects to improve agricultural markets in a number of ways. The African Agriculture Development Fund (AgDevCo), which is a not for profit UK based company, invests debt and equity in African agribusinesses to create jobs, boost food security and increase prosperity. DFID is a principal funder of AgDevCo. UK companies are also implementers of our agriculture projects after winning competitive tenders. We share information with companies active in African agricultural markets either as buyers or investors. UK companies can be part of proposals to DFID funded challenge funds, such as the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund, but only through their links to partner companies based in Africa rather than as direct beneficiaries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 21/07/2016 11:45:57 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

539672

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: 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 need for humanitarian aid and assistance in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	43117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>The United Nations’ 2016 Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan (YHRP), published in January 2016, reports that 21.2 million people in Yemen require some kind of humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs or protect their fundamental rights, particularly for food, water and sanitation, healthcare, and support to internally displaced people. The YHRP is currently 26% funded with donations of £351 million. The UK has so far committed to spending £72 million in Yemen over 2016-17. We continue to call on other donors to provide funding for the crisis.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/07/2016 13:32:59 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker