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772494

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
	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 the Foreign Secretary on support for the establishment of an international fund for Israeli-Palestinian peace.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	901233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>We are following the progress of establishment of the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace closely. DFID’s new 3-year people-to-people programme has similar aims and will bring together individuals from both sides of the conflict to build support for a just and peaceful political solution. As a joint minister I can confirm that DFID continues to work closely with the FCO on this.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/10/2017 15:52:08 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

772495

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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: Slavery
	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 tackle modern slavery in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
	tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
	uin	901234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>DFID leads the cross government effort to tackle the scourge of modern slavery. Our Work in Freedom programme has already reached over 380,000 women and girls in South Asia and the Middle East.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/10/2017 15:53:10 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart

772496

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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: Tropical Diseases
	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 help tackle neglected tropical diseases.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
	uin	901232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The number of people at risk from Neglected Tropical Diseases has decreased from 2 billion in 2010 to 1.6 billion in 2015, in large part due to the high quality, lifesaving programmes the UK supports in 27 countries. In April 2017 the UK announced we will protect over 200m people from the pain and disfigurement caused by NTDs.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/10/2017 15:48:13 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

772497

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to promote access by SME's to her Department's procurement programme.
	tabling member constituency	Yeovil
	tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Fysh
	uin	901240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>DFID’s SME Action Plan sets out a range of measures to promote access. These include increased use of social media, a specific email address and forums for SMEs, and breaking up suitable contracts into smaller lots for delivery by SMEs.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/10/2017 15:55:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh

772498

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to increase staff resources in her Department to implement the Government's reforms to private contractor relationships announced on 3 October 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	901235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to increase staff numbers in order to implement the Supplier Review. Implementation will be delivered within DFID’s existing budget with no additional cost to taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/10/2017 15:54:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

772499

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of UK aid to people displaced by the crisis in Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
	uin	901238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>UK aid is making a real difference in Syria, providing life-saving and life-changing support to millions of people displaced inside Syria, and millions more who have taken refuge in neighbouring countries.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2012, UK aid supplied over 26 million food rations that feed a person for a month, and 10.3 million medical consultations that can mean the difference between life and death.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/10/2017 15:50:55 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

769017

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Vaccination: Children
	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 the number of children that will be vaccinated through the GAVI vaccine alliance by the end of 2020.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	107266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, aims to vaccinate 300 million children between 2016 and 2020, saving between 5 and 6 million lives. This represents 60% of the world’s children. Gavi is ahead of schedule having immunised 62 million children in 2016 against a target of 50 million, and I estimate that Gavi will exceed its 300 million children target by the end of 2020.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/10/2017 17:00:01 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

769019

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Malaria: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of global progress towards the 2020 targets of reducing malaria cases and deaths by a further 40 per cent by 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	107159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Malaria cases have reduced from 271 million in 2000 to 212 million in 2015, and death rates declined from 864,000 in 2000 to 429,000 in 2015. The 2016 WHO World Malaria Report showed that, while there is continued progress on reducing malaria cases and deaths, this needs to accelerate to meet the global milestone set for 2020. DFID is the second largest international funder to the global malaria response, supporting the global targets behind the Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016-2030.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/10/2017 17:02:34 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

767890

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Development Aid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 25 September (HL 1590), whether the OECD's Development Assistance Committee has legally binding rules or only recommendations which no country is obliged to follow.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL1809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee, of which the UK is a member, sets the rules that determine what aid counts as Official Development Assistance (ODA). Only spending that complies with these rules is recognised as counting towards the United Nations’ 0.7% of gross national income target for ODA to which the UK is committed. That commitment is enshrined in the International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 17/10/2017 13:53:48 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

768169

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2017
	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 Trade: Brexit
	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 estimate is of the amount of EU legislation and regulation that can be incorporated into UK law without amendment.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	107006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>There is no EU Legislation within my Department’s responsibilities that will need to be incorporated into UK law.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/10/2017 16:57:05 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead