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1168550

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	UK-Africa Investment Summit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their priorities for the UK–Africa Investment Summit being hosted by the UK in January 2020.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	uin	HL8
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>The UK-Africa Investment Summit will create new lasting partnerships that will deliver more investment, jobs and growth. This will benefit people and businesses across Africa and in the UK. The IMF estimates that Africa is home to eight of the world’s 15 fastest growing economies. By 2050, over 2 billion people will live in Africa and 1 in 4 global consumers will be African. But African countries receive less than 4% of foreign direct investment and around 20 million jobs a year must be created to keep pace with population growth. Hosted by the Prime Minister, the Summit will bring together UK and African business representatives, African leaders and delegations from 21 countries, international institutions and young entrepreneurs. As we strengthen our place in the world, we want the UK to be the investment partner of choice for African nations. We have world-leading expertise on tech and innovation, the City of London is the number one global exchange for African businesses, and we are committed to green growth.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 07/01/2020 17:44:59 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

1168551

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	UK-Africa Investment Summit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which (1) governments, (2) international organisations, and (3) businesses, have been invited to attend the UK–Africa Investment Summit being hosted by the UK in January 2020.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	uin	HL9
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>The Summit will bring together African leaders and delegations from 21 countries who have been invited: Algeria, Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, DRC, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tunisia, Uganda.</p><p>6 multilateral organisations and international financial institutions have also been invited: African Development Bank, African Union, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, World Bank.</p><p>We have invited hundreds of UK and African business representatives and representatives from Civil Society Organisations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 07/01/2020 12:35:33 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

1189716

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Older People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that their international response to COVID-19 explicitly supports the health needs of older people in low- and middle-income countries.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	uin	HL3233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>We recognise that that older people are disproportionately impacted and at more risk of severe complications and death due to COVID-19.</p><p>As well as the primary impacts of COVID-19, marginalised groups also experience secondary impacts of virus. This includes reduced access to healthcare, food and medications, due to increased pressure on healthcare systems, markets and supply chains, made worse by pre-existing accessibility challenges and barriers. We also understand that older people live in a variety of settings where social distancing advice may be challenging to enact, such as humanitarian settings or where older people are living in residential care. We are working hard to ensure that our help reaches those most in need, including older people, through close collaboration with our partners.</p><p>Our funding is supporting a range of initiatives and partners to ensure that it can reach those in need and strengthen fragile health services in the world’s poorest countries where there is a high risk of the disease spreading rapidly. This includes supporting the United Nation’s Global Humanitarian Response Plan to tackle COVID-19 and help to the most vulnerable across the globe. The plan explicitly identifies older people given their susceptibility to the virus and their broader vulnerability. Our latest UK aid announcement on 12 April of £200 million, is supporting humanitarian organisations to help reduce mass infections in developing countries that often lack the healthcare systems to track and halt the virus. This includes £130 million to UN agencies in response to their COVID-19 humanitarian appeals.</p><p>In addition, we are redirecting existing support and programmes ensure responses to COVID-19 are fully inclusive, including supporting the needs of older people.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 04/05/2020 09:39:09 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

1189717

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2020
	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 Day for Street Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they took to mark the International Day for Street Children on 12 April and its campaign for Safe Spaces for Children in order to raise awareness about the problems faced by street-connected children.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	uin	HL3234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>DFID is committed to protecting the most vulnerable children around the world including children who live and work on the streets. We provide significant support to protect children from violence in conflict and humanitarian crises and to reduce their risks of violence, exploitation, abuse, and neglect.</p><p>DFID’s Education support focuses on the needs of the most marginalised children. In August 2019 at the G7 Summit, the UK Prime Minister announced £90 million of new UK support for education in emergencies and crises across the world, this will support 600,000 children living in conflict areas and areas of protracted crises. This investment is key to the PM’s plan to ensure more girls benefit from 12 years of education. This funding will provide safe spaces and psycho-social support to some of the most vulnerable children in the world.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 04/05/2020 12:11:15 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

1189718

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that Department for International Development funded non-government organisations and international non-governmental organisation include street-connected children and homeless youth in emergency funding during the COVID-19 pandemic.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	uin	HL3235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>DFID is committed to protecting the most vulnerable children in the world. We are working with international partners to ensure that child protection is integrated into a comprehensive response to COVID-19 that supports those groups who will be hit the hardest and are often with limited or no state protection. We are also working to ensure that existing UK programming is responsive to the challenge of supporting those in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 04/05/2020 09:50:53 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

1191404

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what work the Department for International Development is funding to ensure that safe spaces are designated for women and girls where they can report abuse without alerting perpetrators during the COVID-19 pandemic.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	uin	HL3584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The UK is deeply concerned about the surge in violence against women and girls (VAWG) during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is more important than ever to support safe spaces and services for survivors of violence. These are essential and life-saving.</p><p>The UK is already the largest donor to the UN Population Fund and we have committed an additional £10 million to their COVID-19 response, which will provide services to women and girls through safe spaces. We have provided £20 million to support the UN Children’s Fund COVID-19 response, strengthening and establishing response and referral mechanisms for survivors. We are urgently reorienting existing bilateral programmes to ensure women and girls can continue to access support during the lockdown, including safe spaces. For example, in Nepal, DFID is financing safe spaces for women in nine shelters and 42 COVID-19 quarantine sites. In Uganda, DFID is supporting the Government's response to the spikes in VAWG by funding 13 shelters across the country and supporting revisions of standard operating procedures to ensure safety of frontline staff and survivors.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 12/05/2020 10:49:47 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

1191941

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	World Trade Organisation: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the World Health Organisation about the impact of the suspension of funding by the United States on its ability to lead partners in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	uin	HL3738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2020 answer text <p>We are in regular contact with the World Health Organization (WHO) about its response to the COVID-19 pandemic and how it is working with multiple agencies and partners. The impact of the United States pause on funding, subject to review, is something we are closely monitoring. WHO continues to play a key leadership role in the overall response which we support, including on global coordination and planning for country level preparedness and response.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 14/05/2020 15:40:23 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

1191942

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	World Trade Organisation: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase UK funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a consequence of the suspension of funding to the WHO by the United States.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	uin	HL3739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2020 answer text <p>The UK’s funding for WHO is based on our assessment of the organisation’s needs and we continue to keep this under review. We are a key donor to WHO and have already contributed £75 million to help the organisation lead international efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 and end the pandemic.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 14/05/2020 15:40:58 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

1036942

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in setting up, funding and leading the Inclusive Education Initiative as proposed at the Global Disability Summit in July 2018; and whether it will become operational in 2019.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	uin	HL12584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK is committed to supporting the Inclusive Education Initiative which will become operational in 2019. Since the Global Disability Summit in July, we have been working closely with partners the World Bank and Norway to establish the Initiative, finalising operational and design arrangements. DFID’s year one contribution was announced at the launch of the Disability Inclusion Strategy in December and will be £1.5 million commencing in April 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/01/2019 17:39:00 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

969295

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	USA: UN Population Fund
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, if any, with the government of the United States about its decision to withdraw funding from the UN Population Fund; and what were the results of any such discussions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	uin	HL10125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>Discussions between UK and US officials take place regularly on a range of matters related to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. The UK remains the world’s largest donor to the UN Population Fund, enabling it to carry out its lifesaving work supporting some of the poorest and most marginalised people around the world.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 18/09/2018 11:38:38 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns