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654459

	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	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what changes her Department plans to make to the list of priority countries as a result of the Bilateral Development Review 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
	uin	56484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>DFID’s 2015/16 Annual Report (available <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/546038/annual-report-accounts-201516-print.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>) provides a list of the countries we currently work in. We keep this list under review, given the dynamic nature of the department’s work and the volatility of current conflicts, particularly in the Middle East.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/12/2016 17:05:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

654461

	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	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to exit or transition from any country programmes as a result of the Bilateral Development Review 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
	uin	56534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>DFID has not taken any decisions to exit specific country programmes as a result of the Bilateral Development Review. However, we will continue to review readiness for countries to self-finance their development, or transition from traditional aid to different forms of UK support based on mutual interest and engaging other parts of the UK Government.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/12/2016 17:04:09 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

654460

	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	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to open any new country programmes as a result of the Bilateral Development Review 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
	uin	56478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>DFID does not plan to open any new country programmes as a result of the Bilateral Development Review.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/12/2016 17:03:35 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

652743

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department ensures that aid finance is predictable and reliable for recipient countries.
	tabling member constituency	Meriden
	tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Spelman
	uin	56339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is the only G7 country to legislate on its promise to provide 0.7% gross national income towards helping the world’s poor. In doing so we have given a very strong commitment to stable and predictable aid finance.</p><p>The Government recognises the importance of providing predictable flows to partner countries. To this end DFID has published indicative forward country budgets in its Annual Report and details of approved projects in every country. It is important that Ministers continually review where, how and how much we spend, to ensure that aid is being used to maximum effect in reducing poverty in the national interest, and that our work responds to changing global challenges and volatile country situations.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/12/2016 17:16:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman

652747

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2016
	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: Unpaid Work
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many unpaid internships there are in her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	56310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>DFID has no unpaid internships. The Civil Service has been running the Summer Diversity Internship Programme (SDIP) for 15 years. This is a paid, two months programme specifically for BAME, lower socio-economic and those from disabled backgrounds. It is targeted at penultimate/final year undergraduates and is a major plank of the Civil Service early talent diversity strategy. DFID has participated in this scheme for the last 3 years. In 2016 we took 4 summer diversity internships, 2 in 2015 and 4 in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/12/2016 17:14:10 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

652749

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2016
	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: Human Trafficking
	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 spent on anti-human trafficking programmes in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	56324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>The information about the total amount DFID has spent on anti-human trafficking in each year since 2010 is not available in the form requested. DFID is committed to tackling trafficking and exploitation and is, for example, supporting a regional “Work in Freedom” programme led by the International Labour Organisation which supports safe migration and government capacity building in Asia. The programme helps stop women and girls from being trafficked through prevention, protection and empowerment. To date it has helped provide over 90,000 women with training to help them make informed migration decisions, reducing their risk of being trafficked from India, Nepal and Bangladesh.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/12/2016 17:17:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

652746

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2016
	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: Travel
	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 spent on travel that was not standard class in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	56234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>DFID spend on non-standard class travel in each of the last 5 years is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>.</p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total spend on non-standard travel</p></td><td><p><strong>£1,798,021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,911,160</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£895,728</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£618,448</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£596,721</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>DFID policy is for employees always to use the most efficient and economic means of travel for duty visits. All journeys of up to 5 hours must be in economy/standard class. Journeys of over 5 hours must also be in economy/standard class unless there is legitimate business approval provided in advance for a higher standard of travel.</p><p>The information provided represents the travel bookings made through our contracted travel provider. Travel booked locally is not included. The non-standard travel costs may be overstated due to credits (e.g. from cancellations) having the incorrect class of travel applied.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/12/2016 17:12:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

654457

	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	Yemen: Diesel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the availability within Yemen of diesel oil for the (a) generation of electricity and (b) functioning of water pumps used as wells.
	tabling member constituency	Charnwood
	tabling member printed	Edward Argar
	uin	56435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>In October 2016, the World Food Programme reported that 39% of Yemen’s estimated fuel needs (including for diesel oil) were imported into Yemen. Although we do not have precise figures, this is likely to have affected the availability of diesel for the generation of electricity and functioning of water pumps as Yemen is dependent on imports for the majority of its fuel needs.</p><p>The Department of International Development is providing £1.42 million to the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) to speed up the clearance process for shipments of essential fuel and food to Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/12/2016 17:09:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

654458

	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	Yemen: Malnutrition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Yemenis who are at risk of malnutrition; and what proportion of those people are children.
	tabling member constituency	Charnwood
	tabling member printed	Edward Argar
	uin	56436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>According to the recently published <a href="https://docs.unocha.org/sites/dms/Yemen/YEMEN%202017%20HNO_Final.pdf" target="_blank">UN Humanitarian Needs Overview for Yemen</a>, almost 4.5 million people are at risk of malnutrition or require treatment or prevention services for malnutrition. Of that number, almost half a million children under 5 suffer from severe acute malnutrition, and 2.8 million children and pregnant or lactating women are affected by moderate acute malnutrition.</p><p>The UK is providing £19 million to UNICEF this year to treat children with severe acute malnutrition and support mobile health clinics. Last year, we helped treat over 150,000 children under 5 for severe acute malnutrition.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/12/2016 17:07:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

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