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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	UNRWA: Finance
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 adequacy of funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency for its operations in (a) Palestine and (b) neighbouring countries from (a) the UK, (b) the US and (c) other countries.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	181167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK has consistently been one of the top five donors to UNRWA. We have increased our total funding to £57.5 million so far this year. We have also lobbied other donors to do likewise and are pleased that this effort has been successful; following a Ministerial meeting in New York, UNRWA’s deficit has been reduced to $64 million. However, if further funding is not secured, we assess that this could impact the delivery of essential services across UNRWA’s fields of operation; in Jordan, Lebanon, Gaza, Syria and the West Bank. DFID will continue to work with UNRWA and other donors to help ensure essential services are maintained across the region.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/10/2018 14:10:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

990291

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	Overseas Aid
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 cost in cash terms of maintaining Official Development Assistance at 0.7 per cent of gross national income in the next financial year.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	181196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The government’s commitment to spend 0.7% of Gross National Income on Official Development Assistance is measured on a calendar year rather than a financial year basis, according to the standards set by the OECD Development Assistance Committee. The cost of meeting the 0.7% commitment in the next calendar year will be dependent upon GNI forecasts, which will be published by the Office for Budget Responsibility at the Autumn Budget.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/10/2018 14:11:35 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

990346

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	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 for Official Development Assistance funding allocated to the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	181242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the draft Withdrawal Agreement, the UK will honour commitments made to the EU budget during the period of our membership. In time, we will have more flexibility to consider how we use the £1.5 billion of our aid budget we currently channel through the EU on an annual basis. We remain committed to spending 0.7% of our national income on development assistance to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).</p><p> </p><p>Where it makes sense, the UK remains open to pooling resources with the EU to maximise combined development impact in areas of our mutual interest if the UK has the required oversight over its funds and there is eligibility for UK organisations to implement any UK funded EU programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/10/2018 16:44:31 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

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

990367

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	Refugees: Protection
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 protect vulnerable people in refugee camps.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	181254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK is strongly committed to the protection of refugees, all of whom are vulnerable, including those in camps.</p><p>DFID provides support to refugees in camps through several agencies, including the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). A significant component of our support to refugees is focussed on protection. For example, a third of the UK’s recent £70m allocation for the response to the current Rohingya crisis is being spent on protection. Amongst refugees, some people have specific vulnerabilities. The UK has policy frameworks to address multiple vulnerabilities in challenging contexts, including refugee camps. In the Rohingya crisis response, this includes; women’s centres, children’s safe areas, emergency nutrition and midwifery care, and support for survivors of gender based violence.</p><p>More broadly, in July this year, the UK co-hosted the Global Disability Summit where humanitarian agencies made ambitious commitments on disability in humanitarian settings. This month DFID galvanised the support of all the major international donors – covering 90 per cent of global aid to commit to worldwide standards on the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/10/2018 14:12:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

990368

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	Developing Countries: Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department plans to assess the effect of future trade agreements on developing economies.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	181255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Development and Department for International Trade are working closely together to put global prosperity at the heart of the UK’s future trade policy and to shape our future trading arrangements with developing countries. Our first priority is to deliver continuity in these trading arrangements as we leave the EU. We will conduct a public consultation ahead of every new trade agreement negotiation that will last for 14 weeks.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/10/2018 14:12:39 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

990370

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	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 the Government is taking to support communities in developing countries that are affected by climate change.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	181257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>As the recent IPCC report has made clear, climate change is one of the biggest global threats to sustained development and our own way of life. This is why the UK is taking a leading role in tackling climate change and protecting the world’s natural resources.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has committed to £5.8bn of climate finance from 2016/17 – 2020/21. This includes specific assistance to help people and communities to be more resilient to climate change. For example, under our Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters programme, we are helping farmers in Burkina Faso prepare for heavy rains and high temperatures, which will help improve household food security and livelihoods. 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. More detail of our results is available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 23/10/2018 15:04:27 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

990371

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	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government plans to implement the recommendations of the International Development Committee report on the definition and administration of Overseas Development Assistance.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	181258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government agrees or partially agrees with many of the recommendations that were made within the Committee’s report. We are committed to maximising impact from the aid budget and using external scrutiny to improve how we spend aid. In some areas, the Government is already implementing the Committee’s recommendations, such as influencing the DAC to ensure that a reverse graduation mechanism is introduced as soon as possible and delivering humanitarian aid irrespective of country income status. However, a number of the recommendations run counter to established spending allocation and accountability structures, or propose changes that would make it difficult to deliver certain objectives within the UK Aid Strategy.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/10/2018 14:13:26 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

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

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