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	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Venezuela: Overseas Aid
	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 EU and UN counterparts on providing humanitarian relief to Venezuelans in that country and in neighbouring countries.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	188712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>DFID has deployed two humanitarian experts and funded additional roles for UN agencies in the region. The UK is also supporting the international response through core funding to the UN, humanitarian agencies, the European Commission and Red Cross movements.</p><p> </p><p>The UK continues to urge the Venezuelan Government to accept humanitarian aid and DFID is supporting the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s efforts to urge Venezuela to meet their population’s needs.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 188711 question first answered 12/11/2018 15:41:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

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	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Venezuela: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government has provided aid to the Government of Venezuela in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
	uin	169314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government has not provided any bilateral official development assistance (ODA) direct to the Government of Venezuela in the last 12 months. ODA eligible programmes have taken place in Venezuela but spend has been delivered through local and international non-governmental organisations and multilateral organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is very concerned by the growing humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and we are exploring how best we may compliment international humanitarian aid efforts within Venezuela and the wider region. We urge the Venezuelan government to facilitate access to humanitarian assistance for the Venezuelan population.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/09/2018 16:11:47 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

911061

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Venezuela: Overseas Aid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to support Venezuelan women and children during the current shortages of food and medicine and the child malnutrition crisis identified earlier this year by UNICEF; and what oversight they have over the end use of British aid money in Venezuela.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL8224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government has been encouraging the Venezuelan Government to address the most urgent needs of the population, including permitting external cooperation. However the Venezuelan government continues to refuse to acknowledge that there is a humanitarian crisis.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government, through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, has a budget of approximately £500,000 this financial year to support Venezuelan democracy, human rights, economic reform, and regional stability and security. No funds are paid directly to the Government of Venezuela, or entities close to the government.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/06/2018 16:10:22 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

541065

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Venezuela: 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 her Department is taking to assist those suffering from hunger in Venezuela.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	43568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The current political, social and economic problems in Venezuela, in particular shortages of food and medicine are concerning. DFID is supporting Venezuela through our core contributions to United Nations’ (UN) agencies, the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department and the Red Cross, all of whom are currently working to support food and medicine distribution systems to the most vulnerable people in Venezuela.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/09/2016 16:19:47 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

731113

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Venezuela: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid the UK has provided for the citizens of Venezuela in the past five years.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>Details of all UK ODA can be found in the annual Statistics on International Development.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 26/06/2017 15:54:10 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard