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78550

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Burma
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports she has received of an increase in death rates in camps for the Rohingya following the expulsion of MSF and other agencies from Rakhine State, Burma.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	206293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There have been a number of deaths in Rohingya camps since March. We have not received any reports of an increase in the rate during this period but the situation remains of urgent concern. The Ministry of Health and NGOs have been providing some primary healthcare in the IDP camps, but there continue to be barriers to access, particularly to hospital level care for Rohingya, and this remains a key concern for us. We continue to advocate with all levels of government on this issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 21/07/2014 12:22:16 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

227913

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many ethnic Rohingya in camps in Rakhine State, Burma, have died in the last year; and what the main causes of deaths in those camps are.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	227887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Burmese Ministry of Health and the UN did not collect this data last year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 24/03/2015 16:02:01 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

61941

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	International Conference on Population and Development
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what actions they will take to help implement the Stockholm Statement of Commitment developed at the April 2014 International Conference on Population and Development.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Craigavon
	uin	HL359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK Government is fully committed to the principles of the International Conference on Population and Development's (ICPD) Programme of Action and will continue to uphold these principles in its development work. We consider 2014, as the twentieth anniversary and review year of the ICPD, as an important moment to recognise progress and to address remaining gaps and emerging challenges.</p><p> </p><p>We have been fully engaged in the intergovernmental process for the review of the ICPD, including actively participating in the regional and thematic conferences, the 47<sup>th</sup> Commission on Population and Development which took place in April of this year, as well as preparations for the upcoming special session at the United Nations General Assembly in September. The Stockholm Statement of Commitment was the outcome document agreed by participants attending the Sixth International Parliamentarians' Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action, which also took place in April. Official representatives from the UK Government did not participate in the Stockholm parliamentarians' meeting. However, the Stockholm Statement does endorse a number of the elements we have been supporting throughout our engagement in the ICPD review process and will continue to support, including that sexual and reproductive health and rights become a reality for all, without distinction of any kind.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 23/06/2014 16:46:58 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	3384 label Biography information for Viscount Craigavon

62970

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 her Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	201443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>DFID uses one 0845 number for UK calls to the Public Enquiry Point. We do not record the number of calls made to the 0845 number. There is no alternative BT local rate number offered as the 0845 number in use is already charged to callers at the local rate.</p><p> </p><p>DFID has no telephone lines with the prefix 0844 or 0843.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 24/06/2014 14:59:44 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

90180

	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	Burma
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of the survivors of rape by the Burmese Army whose cases have been documented by the Women's League of Burma have received humanitarian and specialist support from her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	207564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID provides support for women affected by sexual violence and rape, including referrals to specialist centres, but it is part of a wider package of assistance which is not recorded in this way.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 05/09/2014 13:33:41 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

89775

	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	Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, under what timetable her Department plans to phase out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	207287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID will phase out 0845 numbers next month. A 0300 number will be available from mid-September 2014, the 0845 number will be decommissioned by end of 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 05/09/2014 13:34:59 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

147603

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many buildings her Department sold in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	213987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>DFID has not sold any properties from 2010 to date.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 17/11/2014 17:36:19 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

168064

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Burma
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has provided to support women's organisations in Burma who document the sexual violence by the Burmese Army and assist survivors.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	217169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>Tackling violence against women is a high priority for the UK in Burma. In Kachin state, DFID is providing humanitarian assistance for over 40,000 internally displaced people, of whom 21,000 are female. This assistance includes shelter, food and in certain areas specific support for victims of conflict, including for women affected by sexual violence. In the Burmese refugee camps in Thailand we are providing support to victims of gender-based violence including outward referrals to specialist centres.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have agreed to provide funding to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for two specialists to further strengthen the response to gender-based violence in the conflict-affected areas of Rakhine and Kachin states. We continue to emphasise to the Burmese Government the need to protect all citizens and respect human rights, particularly for women, and the UK has agreed two new projects to tackle this problem in Burma, under the Foreign Secretary's Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In November DFID officials from the DFID Burma office met with the Women’s League of Burma (WLB) to discuss the UK’s work and listen to concerns raised by the WLB.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/12/2014 15:34:15 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

64374

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Energy
	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 her Department's consumption in kWh of (a) gas and (b) electricity in each month since June 2010; and what the cost of such consumption has been in each such month.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	202708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>DFID has UK Headquarter offices in Whitehall, London and East Kilbride, Glasgow. The weblink below sets out our actual gas and electricity monthly consumption in each office since June 2010.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about/our-energy-use" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about/our-energy-use</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 03/07/2014 15:56:45 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

175290

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2015
	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 steps her Department is taking to support refugee camps in (a) Jordan, (b) Lebanon, (c) Turkey, (d) Egypt and (e) Iraq.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	221695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK has pledged £700 million in response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the region, of which £360 million has been allocated to support refugees in Syria’s neighbouring countries. This has provided food, access to water, shelter, sanitation and hygiene services, medical consultations and other relief items, and education to hundreds of thousands of refugees, many of whom live in camps, in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 27/01/2015 11:26:19 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron