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755955

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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: Education
	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 work closely with disability-focused organisations to improve the effectiveness of the UK's efforts to enhance access to education for disabled girls in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	7322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>Working with disability focused NGOs and disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) is central to DFID’s work on Disability Inclusion. DFID’s leading programmes for working with NGOs – UK Aid Direct and UK Aid Match – both include support for disability-focused organisations. DFID’s flagship programme on girls education – the Girls’ Education Challenge – has reached over 45,000 girls with disabilities, in part through working with disability focused organisations such as Leonard Cheshire. DFID continues to learn from experience of what works in reaching girls with disabilities. For example, building on the success of the programme in Kenya, Leonard Cheshire are working with the education ministry to revise the teacher training curriculum and demonstrate to local education ministries how to support girls with disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/09/2017 13:11:16 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

756731

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to publish a position paper on the future of British development assistance after the UK leaves the EU; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	7876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The UK’s leadership on development is an important part of the Government’s international vision for a secure and prosperous United Kingdom with global reach and influence. The Government will provide information about other position papers in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 07/09/2017 16:29:21 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

756730

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations Directorate General
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if the UK will continue to fund the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department after the UK leaves the EU; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	7875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The arrangements for withdrawal from the EU, including its funds, will be determined as part of the exit negotiations with the European Commission.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 07/09/2017 16:28:41 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

756732

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Commonwealth: European Development Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much each Commonwealth country receives from the EU Development Fund; whether the UK will continue to pay into the EU Development Fund after the UK leaves the EU; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	7873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The EU’s 2016 Annual Report provides information by country, including Commonwealth countries, on disbursements from the European Development Fund (EDF) in 2015. The report can be found on the following link: <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/2016-annual-report-implementation-european-unions-instruments-financing-external-actions-2015-0_en" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/2016-annual-report-implementation-european-unions-instruments-financing-external-actions-2015-0_en</a></p><p>Each country’s current and future EDF allocations can be found in National Indicative Plans and Regional Indicative Plans on the European Commission’s development cooperation website: <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/countries-territories-and-regions-where-we-are-active_en" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/countries-territories-and-regions-where-we-are-active_en</a></p><p>There will be no decisions on the future distribution of UK aid until the Government’s negotiations on exiting the EU have concluded. While the UK remains a member of the EU, our commitments to the European Development Fund continue unchanged.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 07/09/2017 16:28:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

756627

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Yemen: Cholera
	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 increase funding available for the Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan to tackle the cholera outbreak in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	8316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The current cholera outbreak in Yemen has been declared by the UN as the worst in the world. Since the start of the outbreak in April, over 612,000 suspected cholera cases have been recorded and more than 2,000 deaths. Fewer than half of Yemen’s health facilities are functioning, and more than 19 million people have no access to clean water or sanitation.</p><p>In response, the UK increased aid to Yemen to £139 million for 2017-18, prioritising life-saving interventions including clean water and sanitation for an expected 1.2 million people. This also includes support to tackle the underlying causes of cholera by helping provide emergency food, nutrition, as well as supporting cholera prevention and providing medical supplies and treatment for those affected.</p><p>This is a significant increase from previous years, and makes us the second-largest contributors to the UN’s 2017 Yemen Appeal and the third-largest humanitarian donor overall. We are constantly reviewing our position and examining whether further funding should be made available, as we continue to work with the UN, other partners and donors to monitor and improve the response to the outbreak.</p><p>On the 11<sup>th</sup> August, the Secretary of State for International Development announced that we are targeting £8 million of our support to UNICEF and the International Organization for Migration on activities specifically to address cholera. The funding will be used to provide medical supplies to half a million people, give safe access to chlorinated water to 300,000 people, and rehabilitate medical facilities used by 250,000 people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 07/09/2017 13:20:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

755957

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Asia: Malaria
	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 recent rise in malaria cases in Delhi, India; and what support her Department is providing to tackle malaria in (a) India and (b) Asia.
	tabling member constituency	Sutton and Cheam
	tabling member printed	Paul Scully
	uin	6979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The World Health Organisation reports that there have been 592 malaria cases detected in Delhi so far this year. The municipal corporations in Delhi are responding. The WHO is closely monitoring the situation and providing advice through its Regional and Country Offices.</p><p>DFID provides significant support to malaria control in India and Asia through our leading contribution to the Global Fund. Since 2002 the Global Fund has invested $1.9 billion in India for malaria, HIV/AIDS and TB. This support has included the provision of 3.71 million insecticide treated bed nets to prevent the transmission of malaria. The Global Fund also supports many countries in Asia, including, for example, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. In addition DFID has specific malaria programming to improve the quality of care and address the problem of sub-standard medication in Burma; and programmes in the Greater Mekong sub-region to tackle drug resistant malaria. DFID also supports research into new malaria drugs, and broader support to countries’ health systems to enable better identification and treatment of people affected by malaria.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 07/09/2017 13:19:48 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully