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	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Iraq and Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the UK has allocated to be spent in 2014-15 on humanitarian aid to the victims of conflict in (a) Syria and (b) Iraq; what steps her Department is taking to deliver humanitarian aid to victims in Iraq; what further steps she is planning to assist (i) people in Iraq and (ii) Iraqi refugees in neighbouring countries; what plans she has to increase UK humanitarian aid to Iraqi victims of conflict; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	207665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In response to the Syria crisis the UK has allocated £600 million to date for humanitarian aid to victims of the conflict. Total allocations for 2014/15 will depend on decisions to be taken on the basis of evolving needs. In Iraq, the UK has allocated £23m of humanitarian aid for 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p>In Iraq, DFID support has included airdrops of assistance onto Mount Sinjar and in the Iraqi town of Amerli. The UK has also chartered cargo flights in order to deliver aid supplies for displaced people in the Dahuk region. £12.5 million of DFID’s funding is being delivered through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and NGO partners to provide basic life-saving assistance, including food, shelter, water, sanitation and medical care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 04/09/2014 15:03:55 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

89776

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	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
	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 humanitarian situation in Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	207135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The humanitarian crisis in Syria has reached catastrophic proportions. The UN estimates that 10.8 million people are in dire need of humanitarian aid within Syria. At least 6.5 million people in Syria have been forced to flee their homes to other areas of the country and there are now 3 million refugees in the region. The UN reports that July 2014 was the deadliest month in Syria since the start of the conflict in March 2011, with over 1000 reported civilian deaths.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 04/09/2014 15:31:07 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

89781

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	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: Sustainable Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in the negotiations towards achieving a post-2015 set of millennium development goals; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	207140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The United Nations Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (OWG), issued its final Report on 28 July 2014. The Report proposed 17 goals and 169 targets. It reflects many of the UK priorities for the Post-2015 agenda including on poverty eradication, gender, sustainable development and open societies and open economies.</p><p> </p><p>The next step will be for the United Nations Secretary General to deliver his Synthesis Report in the Autumn in preparation for intergovernmental negotiations in January 2015. The final post-2015 agenda will be agreed upon at a summit in September 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 04/09/2014 15:34:46 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

89782

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Philippines
	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 help the Philippines recover and build resilience after Typhoon Haiyan.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	207138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Following the devastation wrought by Typhoon Haiyan last November, DFID committed funding of £77 million for the humanitarian response and early recovery activities. The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI), the UK independent aid watchdog, reviewed DFID’s response and found it exemplary.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the UK is making a £5 million investment through a multi-donor trust fund with the Asian Development Bank to build urban resilience in 25 cities in 6 countries including the Philippines. This will allow them to plan for and invest in measures, such as flood protection and drainage systems, to help in the event of future extreme weather events.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 04/09/2014 15:32:54 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

89783

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	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 steps the UK is taking to end aid dependency in countries which receive UK aid; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	207088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK government is working to eradicate poverty and end aid dependency through faster economic development, which helps poorer countries achieve a secure, self-financed and timely exit from poverty through creating jobs for individuals and generating taxes for governments to invest in key sectors such as health and education. To achieve this vision, we are putting in place a coherent framework to address the key constraints to economic development and support the main drivers of inclusive and sustained economic growth.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 04/09/2014 15:15:30 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

89785

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Ukraine
	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 provide humanitarian assistance in Eastern Ukraine; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	207090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK has committed £1.4 million of humanitarian assistance to Ukraine this Financial Year, which includes £1 million following the recently launched UN Preliminary Response Plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 04/09/2014 15:29:36 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby