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757766

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Forests: Conservation
	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 forest conservation projects overseas in the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	8960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>DFID delivers bilateral forest programmes focused on tackling illegal logging and related corruption, encouraging sustainable trade based on legal and sustainable supplies of timber and agricultural commodities, and improving the livelihoods of indigenous people and local communities which depend on forests for their livelihoods. DFID also funds multilateral programmes which promote forest conservation and management, including through the Green Climate Fund, Global Environment Facility and the Forest Investment Programme.</p><p>DFID funding for forest conservation and management was £38m in FY12-13, £44m in FY13-14, £170m in FY14-15, £75m in FY15-16 and £69m in FY16-17, including bilateral programmes and multilateral contributions.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/09/2017 17:00:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

757767

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Marine Environment: Conservation
	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 marine conservation projects overseas in the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	8961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department supports marine conservation activities overseas through our funding to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF). For example FAO hosts the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing. The GEF has funded marine protected areas across the world that are more than twice the size of Alaska.</p><p>The UK’s core support to FAO in the past five years was a total of £92 million, comprising £42 million in 2012/13, £32 million in 2014/15 and £18 million in 2016/17. DFID’s contribution to the Global Environment Facility in the past five years was £262.5 million, comprising £52.5 million per year for each of the financial years from 2012 to 2016 inclusive. Neither FAO nor the GEF publish a breakdown of spending specifically on marine conservation.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/09/2017 17:01:30 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

692753

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	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: Famine
	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 Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
	tabling member printed	Wendy Morton
	uin	908741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>Yemen is on the brink of famine. According to the UN, more than 10 million people require immediate humanitarian aid to survive, including half a million children under 5 who are severely malnourished.</p><p> </p><p>The UN has launched the largest ever humanitarian appeal for Yemen, requesting $2.1 billion to provide life-saving assistance to 12 million people in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015 and 2016, the UK helped over 1 million Yemenis with food, medical assistance and clean water. We are encouraging others in the international community to step up their response in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/02/2017 14:49:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton

637173

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Burma: Armed Forces
	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 how much of the funding provided by her Department for projects in Burma is administered by companies which are owned by the Burmese Army.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	53018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>DFID does not fund any organisations whose projects are administered by the Burmese Army or by military holding companies.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/11/2016 15:57:03 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

637174

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Burma: Internally Displaced People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in Burma on the suicide rates of internally displaced people in camps in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	53017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>DFID discusses issues affecting internally displaced people (IDPs) in Burma with the Burmese authorities on a regular basis. The issue of suicides has not been raised with us as a concern in camps in Burma although we take the welfare of IDPs extremely seriously.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/11/2016 16:56:16 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

637178

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Burma: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's allocated aid for Burma will be administered by the Department for International Trade (a) in this financial year and (b) in the next three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	53138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>No DFID funding for Burma will be administered by the Department for Trade in this financial year and there are no current plans to do so.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/11/2016 17:46:02 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

710613

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what proportion of people employed by her Department are from other EU countries.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	67465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>All Government Departments are bound by legal requirements concerning the right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules.</p><p>Evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Civil Service as part of wider pre-employment checks, but there is no requirement on departments to retain this information beyond the point at which it has served its purpose.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/03/2017 16:50:25 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

714183

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 7 July 2015 to Question 4985, what funding her Department has provided for services in Afghanistan providing legal advice to women who are victims of domestic violence in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	69331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK is committed to supporting women who are victims of all forms of violence in Afghanistan. From 2014-2016 the UK funded a £3.1m programme which helps women who have been victims of violence to get the justice they deserve. The programme trained hundreds of government officials, community members, police, judiciary, religious leaders, and law students on the Ending Violence Against Women law. It also established a hotline that provided counselling and legal support to survivors of violence which took over 25000 calls from over two years from women who had been victims of domestic and other forms of violence.</p><p>Between 2016 and 2018, the UK is providing £3.1m to UNFPA to establish Family Protection Centres in hospitals that provide health, counselling, legal services and referrals to women who have been victims of violence in Afghanistan.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 31/03/2017 14:01:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

714184

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Syria: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has provided to (a) Turkey, (b) Lebanon, (c) Jordan and (d) to assist with the effect of the refugee situation in Syria in those countries in each year since 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	69325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>Between April 2014 and December 2016 DFID spent over £596 million on projects in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. All of DFID’s bilateral funding to these countries is to assist with the effects of the refugee situation. A breakdown of this funding by country and financial year is provided below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/2016 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/2017 </strong> <strong>(up to Dec 2016)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total spend</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Turkey</strong></p></td><td><p>£9.8m</p></td><td><p>£7.8m</p></td><td><p>£86.1m</p></td><td><p>£103.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lebanon</strong></p></td><td><p>£62m</p></td><td><p>£95.9m</p></td><td><p>£94.8m</p></td><td><p>£252.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jordan</strong></p></td><td><p>£50.7m</p></td><td><p>£48.4m</p></td><td><p>£140.9m</p></td><td><p>£240m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£122.5m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£152.1m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£321.9m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£596.5m</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 30/03/2017 14:41:46 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

714525

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Syria: Politics and Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 18 December 2015 to Question 19719, on Syria, what progress her Department has made in delivering basic governance in Syria since 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	69511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>In Syria, we deliver basic governance by supporting local councils in moderate opposition areas to deliver basic services in response to needs identified by their communities. In 2016, UK support helped local councils provide over 2.3 million Syrians with improved infrastructure; including new roads, electricity grids and waste collection services.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/04/2017 15:38:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq