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971309

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Food Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, who will provide expertise and advice to commercial companies under the UK-Aid food trade and resilience programme.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	172502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Technical advice to commercial companies will be provided by IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative, a Dutch and Nairobi-based non-profit public private partnership, both directly and through specialised local companies.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/09/2018 16:21:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

971310

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Food Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which (a) multinational and (b) sub-Saharan African companies her Department plans to allocate funding from the Food Trade and Resilience Programme.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	172503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>As the Africa Food Trade and Resilience Programme is still in design phase, it is not possible to say yet which companies will receive support. Companies will be selected following detailed market analysis and based on: their impact on local food security; number of women and men farmers in their supply chain; commitment to sustainable, inclusive and gender-sensitive business models; and willingness to contribute their own funds to programme activities.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/09/2018 16:16:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

971466

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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: Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has allocated to projects to develop renewable energy programmes in the poorest countries.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	172438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Since 2012, DFID has committed at least £782 million to the development of renewable energy. This includes bilateral projects and DFID contributions to those multilateral funds solely focused on energy. DFID has improved access to clean energy for an estimated 15.6 million people and installed an estimated 229 MW of clean energy capacity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 14/09/2018 15:45:46 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

969442

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	India: Floods
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 support the Indian Government in its response to the flooding in Kerala state.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	171653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK is monitoring the flooding in India and our thoughts are with the people affected. The Indian Government is leading the response in providing humanitarian assistance. The multi-donor Start Fund, to which DFID is a major contributor, has activated £250,000 to respond to the Kerala emergency.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/09/2018 15:49:27 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

969483

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Global Financing Facility
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 plans to provide for the Global Financing Facility (GFF) for Every Woman Every Child initiative at the GFF replenishment conference in Autumn 2018.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	171703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>At last year’s Family Planning Summit in London, we announced £30m over 3 years to enable the Global Financing Facility (GFF) to pilot innovative financing mechanisms. This funding is still ongoing to 2020 and will increase domestic and private sector resources for sexual and reproductive health and rights. Decisions about potential future support will be taken in due course.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/09/2018 16:22:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

969531

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the methodologies of the review of the Palestinian Authority's curriculum will include compliance with (a) Articles 1, 4.2 and 5 of the Declaration of principles on tolerance proclaimed and signed by the member states of UNESCO on 16 November 1995, (b) Principles 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the UN Declaration on the promotion among youth of the ideals of peace, mutual respect and understanding between peoples, signed in 1965, and (c) Articles 9 and 18 of the integrated framework for action on education for peace, human rights and democracy, approved by the general conference of UNESCO at the 28th session in Paris in November 1995.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	171642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>We are in the process of commissioning the review and are considering the most robust methodology for conducting the textbook analysis. We will give consideration to relevant international agreements and previous high quality academic research when determining the final methodology. We will provide further detail on the methodology in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/09/2018 15:47:30 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

969534

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Food Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she plans to launch the UK-aid food trade and resilience programme.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	171704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The new UK aid-supported Africa Food Trade and Resilience Programme, which will make it easier for commercial companies to buy from smallholder farmers and help to boost the income of 1.8 million farming families in Africa, is expected to start by early 2019.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/09/2018 16:14:58 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

969168

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Nigeria: Global Financing Facility
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 effectiveness of the UK’s past investment in the Global Financing Facility in support of Every Woman Every Child in Nigeria.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	171277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The Global Financing Facility (GFF) is a country driven financing partnership. In Nigeria the plans are to scale up health services in conflict affected North East Nigeria, accelerating nutrition results for women, children and adolescents in Nigeria, and support to the Basic Health Care Provision Fund.</p><p> </p><p>We hope the GFF’s investment in this Fund will improve and strengthen primary health care starting in three of Nigeria’s 36 states. This is designed to leverage additional Government of Nigeria financing every year to scale up the scheme across the rest of the country.</p><p> </p><p>All the projects are at an early stage. We expect delivery in some areas will be particularly challenging and appropriate planning and preparation is needed.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 12/09/2018 16:39:14 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

969295

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	USA: UN Population Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, if any, with the government of the United States about its decision to withdraw funding from the UN Population Fund; and what were the results of any such discussions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
uin	HL10125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>Discussions between UK and US officials take place regularly on a range of matters related to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. The UK remains the world’s largest donor to the UN Population Fund, enabling it to carry out its lifesaving work supporting some of the poorest and most marginalised people around the world.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 18/09/2018 11:38:38 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

968223

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
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 effect on humanitarian access after military operations in Saada in August 2018.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	170678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Insecurity, damaged infrastructure and bureaucratic constraints throughout Yemen, including in Sa’ada, continue to threaten humanitarian access to the 22.2 million Yemenis in need of assistance across the country.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work closely with our UN and NGO delivery partners, in Sa’ada and northern Yemen, who are operating under difficult circumstances to reach the most vulnerable.</p><p> </p><p>We also urge all parties to the conflict to ensure rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian and commercial access across Yemen, including in Sa’ada, and to do everything possible to protect innocent civilians and demonstrate their commitment to International Humanitarian Law.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 10/09/2018 17:00:39 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable