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1011335

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	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: Famine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government is taking to respond to the risk of mass famine in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	907733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK is playing a lead role preventing famine in Yemen, with our funding meeting the immediate food needs of 4 million Yemenis this year.</p><p>We also recently announced support for UNICEF to screen over 2 million children for severe acute malnutrition, and provide treatment for 70,000 of the most vulnerable children.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/11/2018 14:49:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

661758

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	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: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, who the diversity champion is on her departmental board.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	58239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The diversity champion on the Departmental Board is Joy Hutcheon, Director General for Finance and Corporate Performance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/01/2017 16:58:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

650352

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Palestinians: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which projects her Department is currently supporting in Palestine.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	55952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>Details of our live programmes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) can be found on DFID’s Development Tracker at <a href="https://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/</a>. The UK is a long term supporter of Palestinian refugees through the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA); and is also committed to supporting the Palestinian Authority. The Secretary of State is currently conducting a full examination of DFID’s programme in the OPTs to ensure that UK taxpayers’ money is spent in the right places and in the right way.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/12/2016 18:04:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

650351

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2016
	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, which projects her Department funds that are targeted at women; and how much her Department has allocated to those such projects.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	55951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>DFID is a global leader, working across multiple sectors and countries to break the barriers that hold women back. The UK has supported 9.9 million women to use modern methods of family planning, improved access to financial services for over 36 million women and supported 5.3 million girls in primary and lower secondary education. Reaching the most marginalised women and girls, especially those living in fragile and conflict affected states and humanitarian situations will help build a more stable, secure and prosperous world.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/12/2016 18:04:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

751420

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	West Bank: Electronic Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has supplied any electrical equipment to villages in the West Bank.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	4569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Through funding to the Palestinian Market Development Programme, DFID has helped to supply electrical equipment to businesses in the West Bank including computers, and food processing and Laboratory equipment. Through the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, DFID funded the rehabilitation of a well in the West Bank including the provision of electrical equipment.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/07/2017 16:14:11 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

714852

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	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: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to the UN's Step It Up for Gender Equality initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	909554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>We support UN Women as an important partner for the UK. As the campaign asks, we have put gender equality and the empowerment of women at the heart of our development policy and programming, and are achieving impressive results for women and girls at scale.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 29/03/2017 15:40:16 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

654899

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2016
	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 projects her Department has agreed to fund in the 2017-18 financial year; and what the budget is for such funding for that year.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	56727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>Details of DFID’s approved projects, including those which will operate in financial year 2017-18, are available on the Development Tracker. Indicative allocations broken down by DFID programme are available in Annex B of DFID’s Annual Report and Accounts 2015-16.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 13/12/2016 18:08:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

783233

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Palestinians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what meetings she has had in the West Bank with Palestinian Authority officials since June 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	111344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department holds no information about meetings between my Rt Hon Friend the member for Witham in the West Bank with Palestinian Authority officials since June 2017.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/11/2017 16:49:57 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

783232

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what meetings she has had in Israel with which officials since June 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	111343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the member for Witham (Ms Patel) resigned as Secretary of State for International Development on 8 November. I refer the Hon Lady to the exchange of letters between my Rt Hon Friend and my Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister on her resignation; and to the statement issued by my Rt Hon Friend on 6 November:<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-from-international-development-secretary-priti-patel</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/11/2017 16:48:40 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

657204

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2016
	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 her strategic objectives are in relation to women and girls in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	56961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>DFID’s <strong>Strategic Vision</strong> for Girls and Women, published in 2011, sets out four, interlinked game-changing ‘pillars’ critical for empowering girls and women:</p><p>1. Girls’ completion of primary and secondary education</p><p>2. Economic empowerment</p><p>3. Ability to live free from violence</p><p>4. Universal sexual and reproductive health and rights.</p><p>DFID is committed to delivering the Prime Minister’s promise on tackling modern slavery and the 2015 government manifesto. ‘We will promote girls’ education, encourage equal access to property rights and work to achieve access to family planning for everyone who wants it. We will continue to lead efforts to tackle violence against women and girls, end FGM and combat early and forced marriage, both at home and abroad’.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 15/12/2016 13:43:20 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff