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1111062

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Niger: Refugees
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 accuracy of reports from the International Organisation for Migration that large numbers of refugees and migrants have entered Niger from Mali, Nigeria and elsewhere; if so, how many are registered with the UN; and what assistance the UK is offering to any such refugees.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL15193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We broadly agree with reports from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM): escalating violence in the Diffa region of Niger has triggered the displacement of 18,000 people in recent weeks. However, we would note that IOM does not capture the total flows of people passing along migratory routes.</p><p> </p><p>The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) reports that Niger is home to one of the largest populations of refugees across the countries of the Sahel (174,767 people), including 55,496 people displaced by the conflict in Mali and 118,868 from Nigeria.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019, the UK is providing £13.16 million to Niger via the World Food Programme, UNICEF and ICRC to provide food, respond to severe acute malnutrition, and provide protection to conflict-affected people.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 25/04/2019 15:37:05 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

1111063

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
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: Migration
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 current situation of migrants and refugees in (1) Sudan, and (2) Libya; and whether there has been any change in the direction of migration between those countries.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL15194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>Sudan is a source, destination and transit point for migrants. While migrants have been accommodated by the Government of Sudan, their policy of encampment limits durable solutions. Integration is very challenging and most African migrants do not have the right to legally work in Sudan; third country resettlement is not viable as the UNHCR programme is currently suspended. Return is not possible for Eritreans due to human rights concerns. Protection is weak and many migrants are exploited.</p><p> </p><p>In Libya, we remain deeply concerned over the appalling conditions for migrants in detention centres, particularly given the current escalation in violence. We urge all sides to ensure the safety of civilians, including vulnerable refugees/migrants; and continue to pressure the Libyan authorities to pursue alternatives to detention and implement a better functioning migration system that respects human rights. These efforts are part of our wider approach to protecting those who are travelling on the dangerous migration route into Libya.</p><p> </p><p>There is insufficient data on border crossings between Sudan and Libya to be able to assess whether there has been any recent change in the direction of migration between those countries. Instability in both Libya and Sudan is likely to cause further displacement.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 25/04/2019 15:37:44 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

1110585

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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: Secondment
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 3 April 2019 to Question 238674 on Department for International Development: Secondment, if she will make publish the detailed prioritisation exercise.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	242916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>DFID’s prioritisation work was undertaken internally at directorate level to review internal delivery plans alongside the core principle that DFID’s essential business (delivering the 0.7% commitment and providing lifesaving humanitarian response) must be protected. These plans are under constant review and as such are subject to change. There are no plans to share the detail of this work externally.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/04/2019 15:52:16 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1110587

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Poverty: Overseas Aid
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 25 March 2019 to Question 238674 on Department for International Development: Secondment, whether the essential delivery objectives of her Department includes ending extreme poverty.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	242917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>All Government departments have been requested to restrict their work to essential business only, allowing all other staff to be available for EU exit related priorities. For DFID, the definition of essential work is spending 0.7% of GNI (Gross National Income) on international development in an effective and value for money way and providing lifesaving humanitarian response. Ending extreme poverty remains a departmental strategic priority.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/04/2019 16:14:43 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1110589

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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: Secondment
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 25 March 2019 to Question 234782, how many of the 74 staff already deployed were from each team within her Department.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	242918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Roles and matches are provisional and subject to change as the needs of departments shift. Overall the broad split of matched and deployed DFID staff is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Directorate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Corporate Performance Group </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Economic Development and International</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Country Programmes</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Policy Research and Humanitarian </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indicative % of total matched and deployed staff</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>It should be noted that DFID regularly moves resources between directorate areas, therefore this may not be indicative of an actual reduction in staffing in any given area.</p><p>All potential matches are made following the core principle of protecting essential DFID business.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/04/2019 16:16:02 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1110689

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Tunisia: Prosperity Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 25 March (HL14416), why the Prosperity Fund does not have any projects in Tunisia.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL15153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK is working alongside our international partners in Tunisia to support economic reforms to tackle the long term challenges facing the country, including youth unemployment.</p><p> </p><p>We have been increasing our support for these issues through the North Africa Good Governance Fund, through which we will spend over £12m in 2019/20 – more than doubling our support since 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p>The Prosperity Fund is a Fund with 27 multiyear programmes. With £1.2 billion to spend over 7 years the Fund had to prioritise countries and sectors where there is the most potential for inclusive growth and poverty impact; and where UK expertise could make a difference. Tunisia was not considered a priority country for the Fund.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 25/04/2019 15:28:21 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1110763

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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: Secondment
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 9 April 2019 to Question 239838 on Department for International Development: Secondment, how many of the 101 Departmental staff have been removed from projects and programmes in (a) Pakistan, (b) Ethiopia, (c) Nigeria, (d) South Sudan, (e) Yemen and (f) Syria to support essential work in relation to the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	242663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>DFID has not deployed any staff based in Pakistan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Yemen or Syria to support other government departments with EU exit preparation.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 16/04/2019 15:57:08 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1110764

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2019 to Question 239838 on Department for International Development: Secondment, what specific projects or programmes have been slowed or paused in the coming year in order to support the EU exit related resource requirements of other government departments.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	242664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2019 answer text <p>In light of the agreed extension of Article 50, DFID staff who have been deployed to other government departments to support EU Exit planning will return as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>To release staff for deployment, DFID undertook a prioritisation exercise to review delivery plans guided by the core principle that essential business (delivering the 0.7% commitment and providing lifesaving humanitarian response) was protected.</p><p> </p><p>DFID did not stop any programmes. Some internal corporate controls were relaxed, and new policy work and cross-Whitehall and international engagement were slowed, however this was temporary as a direct result of deployments. This work will be recommenced as staff return from their deployments.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 17/04/2019 16:14:58 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1110860

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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: Education
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 each educational project in Pakistan in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	242673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>Since 2011, DFID has benefited 10 million primary and nearly 6 million secondary students in Pakistan. This support is mainly focussed on schools in the Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh with our two largest sector reform programmes operating in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. In the last 3 years DFID Pakistan has spent the following on each education project:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Project</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>202328 - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Sector Programme</strong></p></td><td><p>£36.4m</p></td><td><p>£34.2m</p></td><td><p>£28.9m</p></td><td><p><strong>£99.5m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>202491 - Transforming Education in Pakistan</strong></p></td><td><p>£3m</p></td><td><p>£3m</p></td><td><p>£2m</p></td><td><p><strong>£8m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>202697 - Punjab Education Support Programme II</strong></p></td><td><p>£68.4</p></td><td><p>£64.1m</p></td><td><p>£41.6m</p></td><td><p><strong>£174.1m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>204277 - Ilm Ideas Education Innovation Programme II</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.3m</p></td><td><p>£5.5m</p></td><td><p>£8.3</p></td><td><p><strong>£17.1m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>300238 - Sindh Education Non-State Actors (SENSA) </strong></p></td><td><p>£3.1m</p></td><td><p>£3.6m</p></td><td><p>£1.8m</p></td><td><p><strong>£8.5m</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 16/04/2019 16:21:56 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1110160

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sudan: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 1 April (HL 14681), what funding provided by DfID Sudan was disbursed by implementing partners to government of Sudan institutions for each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL15127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>DFID’s policy in Sudan is that no financial aid or support should be provided directly to the Government of Sudan. DFID Sudan started monitoring indirect disbursements from Financial Year 2016/17 in order to ensure that any risks presented were appropriately managed. The time and resources required to collate information prior to Financial Year 2016/17 from implementing partners would come at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>DFID Sudan can confirm that the following funding provided by DFID was disbursed by implementing partners to Government of Sudan institutions.</p><ul><li>Financial Year 2016/17 - £1.6M</li><li>Financial Year 2017/18 - £1.5M</li><li>Financial Year 2018/19 - £1M</li></ul> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 25/04/2019 15:27:15 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge