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684078

registered interest
date	03/02/2017
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: Females
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 support the key principles outlined in its guidance note, Shifting social norms to tackle violence against women and girls, published on 20 January 2016; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	63086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>Violence against women and girls is unacceptable. In order to deliver long term change we need to address the negative attitudes expectations and behaviours relating to women and girls; both integrating across programmes and standalone projects. DFID is the only international development donor with a dedicated Violence Against Women and Girls Team working to embed best practice, including on shifting social norms to tackle violence against women and girls, across UK Aid programmes. This approach is achieving results.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/02/2017 15:17:17 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

659630

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
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: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what use her Department makes of social norms approaches within its programmes to increase women's economic empowerment and political participation; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	57867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2016 answer text <p>Negative social and cultural expectations lead to discrimination against women and girls, and can severely limit their ability to participate fully in politics and in the economy. DFID is committed to tackling this discrimination in our strategy to empower women and girls, and in our recently published Bilateral and Multilateral Development reviews.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 22/12/2016 12:05:12 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

659631

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
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: Females
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 implications for her policies of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact report entitled DFID's Efforts to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls, published in May 2016; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	57863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>DFID received the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s highest green rated response, recognising DFID’s world-leading work on violence against women and girls. DFID’s management response, published on our website at www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/528263/man-response-VAWG.pdf, sets out areas for further focus in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 21/12/2016 12:10:48 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

659634

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials of her Department work full-time on the Violence Against Women and Girls helpdesk; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	57856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2016 answer text <p>The UK is one of the only countries in the world with a dedicated team working on tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG); we currently have 6.5 FTE (Full Time Equivalent) staff working on this policy area.</p><p>The VAWG helpdesk provides advice for teams across government on programmes and projects preventing violence against women and girls. The helpdesk is managed by the VAWG team in DFID’s Policy Division.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 22/12/2016 12:08:20 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

659635

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many civil servants in her Department work full-time in the Inclusive Societies Department; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	57857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>Inclusive Societies Department has lead responsibility for support to civil society, violence against women and girls, disability and other marginalised groups. It has 40.3 full time equivalents posts.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 21/12/2016 12:10:16 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

659636

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
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: Crimes of Violence
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 prevalence of gender-based violence; what steps her Department is taking to reduce such violence; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	57854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>Globally, 1 in 3 women have experienced some form of physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime.</p><p>Since 2012 DFID has nearly doubled its programming on violence against women and girls, for example our £35 million programme to tackle Female Genital Mutilation which is helping to reduce the practice by 30% in 17 countries across Africa. On 27 November we announced additional support to the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women that will benefit over 500,000 women.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 21/12/2016 12:00:44 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

654397

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
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: Refugees
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 number of refugees who have left Syria since conflict in that country began; how many such refugees now reside in each other country; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	56635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees there are over 4.8 million registered Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries. Of this total figure, Turkey hosts over 2.7 million; Lebanon 1 million; Jordan more than 655,000; Iraq over 228,000; Egypt over 115,000; and 29,000 Syrian refugees are in North Africa. A further 1.1 million applications for asylum have been made by Syrians throughout Europe, with the majority in Germany and Serbia.</p><p>The UK is at the forefront of the response to the crisis and our support is reaching hundreds of thousands of people affected by it across the region and inside Syria. Between February 2012 and August 2016 we have provided over 21.7 million food rations, vaccines to over 6.3 million people and medical consultations to over 4.9 million people.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/12/2016 17:08:24 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

648743

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
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: Water
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 level of access for civilians in the city of Aleppo to clean water; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	55776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>In the East of Aleppo city, DFID partners assess that the supply of water is sporadic and the quality inadequate as a result of damage arising from the ongoing Regime offensive. To help address this, DFID implementing partners have supported repairs to water networks and generators and provided water purification tablets and jerry cans. In the West of Aleppo city, where there has been less damage to the water system, supply is assessed as adequate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/12/2016 18:08:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

648832

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
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: Refugees
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 level of (a) financial and (b) material support delivered by her Department to civilians fleeing conflict in Syria in each of the last six months; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	55705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>In each of the last six months for which we have available data, DFID has disbursed the following financial assistance to implementing partners to deliver support in financial year 2016/2017 to Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey who have been forced to flee Syria. In Turkey our support is now being fully channelled through the EU Facility for Refugees. We have not provided any separate material or in-kind assistance to implementing partners. In addition, to date 61% of our funding for projects in Syria has been channelled via UN agencies.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Jordan</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lebanon</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Turkey</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>June</strong></p></td><td><p>£16.5m</p></td><td><p>£13.6m</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July</strong></p></td><td><p>£560k</p></td><td><p>£170k</p></td><td><p>£945k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August</strong></p></td><td><p>£1.6m</p></td><td><p>£28k</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>September</strong></p></td><td><p>£13.3m</p></td><td><p>£14.5m</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>October</strong></p></td><td><p>£853k</p></td><td><p>£2m</p></td><td><p>£84m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>November</strong></p></td><td><p>£9.7m</p></td><td><p>£39.1m</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 06/12/2016 15:09:44 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

648835

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
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: International Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to her international counterparts on coordinating the delivery of aid to the city of Aleppo; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	55762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Development discusses the appalling humanitarian situation in eastern Aleppo and the coordination of delivery with the heads of UN agencies on a regular basis. Most recently, she raised this matter with Stephen O’Brien, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator on 30 November. The Secretary of State has also issued statements on the continued suffering of the people of eastern Aleppo, calling on Russia to use its influence with the Syrian regime to allow aid in.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 08/12/2016 16:50:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham