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1127541

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	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: Humanitarian Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking with with other donor countries help ensure the funding gap for the 2019 humanitarian response to the crisis in Yemen is closed.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	256344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>We are very concerned by the potential funding cliff edge the UN is facing in June. The UN’s 2019 humanitarian appeal for Yemen is the largest in the world at $4.2 billion. The Geneva Pledging Conference in February of this year saw $2.6 billion pledged, approximately 20% of which has been disbursed to date.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is actively engaging with other large donors to encourage the rapid disbursement of funding to the UN to enable it to cover urgent needs.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has also brought forward funding and we will have disbursed over half of our £200 million pledge for this financial year (2019/2020) by the beginning of June. This included funds for UNICEF to respond rapidly to a spike in cholera. As a result, cholera cases have declined for four weeks in a row and we hope a wider outbreak has been avoided.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/05/2019 09:56:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1127545

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	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: Humanitarian Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans the Government has to increase the amount of humanitarian aid for Yemen in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	256348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>On 24 February, the Prime Minister announced that the UK will provide an additional £200 million in response to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen for the next financial year (2019/2020). This was the third largest amount pledged at the UN 2019 Yemen Pledging conference and brings the total UK commitment to Yemen to £770 million since the conflict began in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>We are encouraging other large donors to disburse promptly and are confident that if this happens the UN and NGOs will be able to deliver a strong humanitarian response. The Geneva Pledging Conference in February of this year saw $2.6 billion pledged, approximately 20% of which has been disbursed to date.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has brought forward funding to cover urgent UN funding gaps and will have disbursed over half of our £200 million funding by the beginning of June. We will release our remaining funds promptly and in line with our partners’ funding requirements.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/05/2019 09:57:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1127173

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Development Aid: Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2019 to Question HL15044 on Developing Countries: Climate Change, how much of the £5.8 billion allocated to international climate finance between 2016-17 and 2020-21 will be spent on tackling loss and damage in climate-vulnerable countries.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	255379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Action to avert, minimize and address loss and damage associated with climate change is intricately bound up with action on mitigation, adaptation, disaster risk reduction and disaster preparedness and response. We therefore do not see that attempting to define a separate category of finance for loss and damage as useful or practical. Of the £5.8bn on climate finance we have committed to spend from 2016-2021 the UK aims to spend 50% on adaptation and 50% on mitigation.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/05/2019 16:48:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

810577

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	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: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which EU (a) Directives, (b) Regulations and (c) other legislation affecting her Department she is planning to propose the (i) revocation and (ii) amendment of after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	120922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill will retain EU law as it applies in the UK on exit day.</p><p>We expect between 800 and 1000 statutory instruments will be required across Government to correct this retained EU law to ensure the statute book functions appropriately outside the EU. All Departments are engaged in this process.</p><p>Once we leave the EU, we will make our own laws. As we leave the EU, the Government’s EU exit legislative programme is designed to cater for the full range of negotiated and non-negotiated outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 08/01/2018 14:05:01 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810635

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	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: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what processes her Department has put in place to (a) monitor, (b) collate cost information on, (c) review and (d) respond to requests to amend or revoke regulations introduced by her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	120980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>None. No regulations have been introduced by the Department for International Development.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 08/01/2018 11:27:52 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810550

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	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: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the title was of each set of regulations introduced by her Department in each month since May 2010; which of those regulations have been (a) subject to the (i) one in one out and (ii) one in two out procedure and (b) (i) revoked and (ii) amended; and what the net cost to (A) the public purse; and (B) business of those regulations is.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	120895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>No regulations have been introduced by the Department for International Development since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 08/01/2018 11:28:45 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810479

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	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: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the (a) amount of time and (b) resources that have been allocated to the production of impact assessments on the UK leaving the EU; and on what date work on those impact assessments started.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	120825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>EU Exit is an all-of-government operation. The Department for International Development is doing detailed work with departments to prepare for Exit by understanding the risks and opportunities of leaving the EU and coordinating planning. Staff within the Europe and Trade for Development teams lead on providing advice to Ministers on EU Exit and exit-related issues. Members of staff across the Department also provide advice and analysis on EU Exit issues as required. Given the interactions between EU exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it would not be possible to give an accurate estimate of the time and resources that have been allocated to the production of impact assessments on the UK leaving the EU.</p><p>Impact Assessments are typically related to specific new primary legislation before Parliament and are narrowly defined. Civil servants conduct any Impact Assessments related to legislation as business as usual. The Government laid an impact assessment alongside the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, which can be found on our website. Our broader analysis continues.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/01/2018 11:33:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

810101

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	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: Waste Management
	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 provides to developing countries to assist them in (a) producing waste management strategies, (b) tackling pollution and (c) reducing health risks associated with (i) toxic waste and (ii) other pollutants.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	120567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>UK support to these issues is primarily through the Global Environment Facility, to which the UK is contributing £210 million for the period 2014-2018. The GEF has allocated $554 million of support to developing countries for waste management, to tackle pollution and to reduce toxic waste in this period.</p><p>DFID is also providing some other limited assistance, including £7.6 million to the World Bank Pollution Management and Environmental Health programme, which assesses the health risks of pollution in developing countries and provides assistance to manage that pollution, and £8 million to the Global Alliance on Clean Cooking to reduce indoor air pollution.</p><p>DFID is currently working with other parts of government to consider how to extend the impact of our work in this area.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 08/01/2018 10:27:11 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

810230

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Pitcairn Islands: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money from the public purse has been spent on Pitcairn Island in each of the last five years; what projects that spending has been for; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure value for money is achieved.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	120696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>DFID provides financial aid on an annual basis to support the provision of public services to meet the reasonable assistance needs of the people of Pitcairn (including health, education and securing sea access). Funding through financial aid provides the correct balance between direct engagement with Pitcairn government and HMG oversight to ensure value for money.</p><p>Details of financial aid spend for the last five years are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£2.884m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£2.840m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£2.990m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£2.910m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£3.475m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Additionally the Foreign and Commonwealth Office will provide some financial support for the Marine Protection Area announced in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/01/2018 11:33:21 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

810266

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	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: Aviation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department’s policy is on the purchase of premium economy and business class flights by departmental senior executives; and if she will set out how much of the £24,065.94 total expenses incurred by senior executives set out in the publication DFID senior executives business expenses were due to expenditure on premium economy or business class flights.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	120732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>DFID policy is for employees always to use the most efficient and economic means of travel for duty visits. All journeys of up to 5 hours must be in economy/standard class. Journeys of over 5 hours must also be in economy/standard class unless there is legitimate business approval provided in advance for a higher standard of travel.</p><p>Details of Senior Executives’ expenses, which include a breakdown of expenditure on premium economy and business class flights, can be found at the following address <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/669802/travel-april-june-2017.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/669802/travel-april-june-2017.csv/preview</a></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 08/01/2018 10:32:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq