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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

995539

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Yemen: Cholera
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has allocated to tackle the cholera outbreak in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	184378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK contributed 25% of the costs of the first ever cholera vaccination campaigns in Yemen early this year, through our funding to the Global Vaccines Alliance. This has helped to protect nearly a million men, women and children.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, we provided over £8 million in targeted cholera support to UNICEF and the International Organization for Migration. This support aimed to provide medical supplies to half a million people, safe access to chlorinated water to 300,000 people, and rehabilitate medical facilities used by 250,000 people.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the UK’s overall £170 million in aid to Yemen this financial year (2018/19) is tackling the underlying causes of cholera by helping provide emergency food, nutrition support, and clean water and sanitation to millions of people.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 01/11/2018 14:03:40 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

999127

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	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 recent steps her Department has taken to ensure that (a) food, (b) fuel and (c) medical supplies reach hard to access parts of Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	186297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK has played a leading role in helping secure vital access for food, fuel, and medicine into and throughout Yemen. Last year when Red Sea port access was restricted after a Houthi ballistic missile attack on Riyadh’s civilian airport, UK diplomacy including a visit from the Secretary of State for Development to Riyadh led to the ports being fully reopened. As a part of this effort, the UK provides £1.3 million to the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism to give the Coalition confidence that weapons are not coming in to Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen on commercial ships. Red Sea ports remain fully operational and continue to import most of the food and fuel on which Yemenis rely.</p><p> </p><p>As we have consistently made clear, the Houthis must facilitate access throughout areas they control which is where most of the population live. As penholder on Yemen in the UN Security Council, the UK continues to call on all parties to comply with the UNSC Presidential Statements of June 2017 and March 2018, which insist that all parties facilitate safe, rapid, and unhindered access for both the humanitarian response and commercial supplies.</p><p> </p><p>On 3 April, the UK announced an additional £170 million in response to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen for this financial year (2018/2019). This funding will meet immediate food needs for 2.5 million Yemenis - as well as providing fuel and medical supplies across the country - and brings the total UK bilateral support to Yemen to over £570 million since 2015.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/11/2018 15:35:44 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1038065

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Departmental Responsibilities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What her Department's priorities are for 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Will Quince
	uin	908425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>DFID will continue to lead the UK’s work to end extreme poverty, deliver the Sustainable Development Goals and tackle the global challenges in line with the UK government’s Aid Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>As the UK leaves the European Union, strengthening our global presence will be vital, and I am determined that DFID will play a full part in this – maintaining and enhancing the UK’s position as a global development superpower.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/01/2019 15:14:43 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

778260

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2017
	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: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to increase its investment in education for women and girls in Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	109969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK continues to invest in education for women and girls affected by the crisis in Syria. We helped launch UNICEF’s No Lost Generation Initiative, which provides education, protection, and mental health support for children in Syria and neighbouring countries. In 2016/2017 alone, DFID helped provide over 350,000 children in Syria with access to formal primary education, half of whom were girls. In addition, over 80,000 children, including girls, were provided with access to non-formal education. DFID also helped to provide over 3,500 people in Syria with technical and vocational training, including women.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 02/11/2017 18:13:35 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

778835

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2017
	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: Education
	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 contribute to achieving UN Sustainable Development Goal 4, on inclusive and quality education for all and promoting lifelong learning with regard to women and girls in Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	110069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK continues to invest in education for women and girls affected by the crisis in Syria. We helped launch UNICEF’s No Lost Generation Initiative, which provides education, protection, and mental health support for children in Syria and neighbouring countries. In 2016/2017 alone, DFID helped provide over 350,000 children in Syria with access to formal primary education, half of whom were girls. In addition, over 80,000 children, including girls, were provided with access to non-formal education. DFID also helped to provide over 3,500 people in Syria with technical and vocational training, including women.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 03/11/2017 17:48:28 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1007806

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	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 her Department is taking to get (a) food and (b) fuel imports into Yemen during the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
	tabling member constituency	Banbury
	tabling member printed	Victoria Prentis
	uin	191942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK government continues to raise concerns with the Saudi led-Coalition about the potential impact of any assault on the port and city of Hodeidah and is in regular contact with the Coalition about the need to ensure that any further military operations do not disrupt commercial and humanitarian flows both through the port and onwards across the country. To date, Red Sea ports remain operational and continue to import most of the food and fuel on which Yemenis rely.</p><p>As we have consistently made clear, the Houthis must facilitate access throughout areas they control which is where most of the population live.</p><p>As part of our effort to secure vital access for food, fuel, and medicine into and throughout Yemen, the UK is also providing £1.3 million to the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism to give the Saudi-led Coalition confidence that weapons are not coming in to Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen on large commercial ships.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/11/2018 15:51:14 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis

796680

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid: Charities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to enable small charities in the UK to access funding allocated by her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Banbury
	tabling member printed	Victoria Prentis
	uin	902629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Small Charities Challenge Fund was launched in July this year. This fund is specifically for UK registered non-for-profit organisations with an annual income of less than £250,000. The fund is continuously open for applications and the first review of applications is currently underway.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 29/11/2017 13:42:39 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis

971507

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information her Department holds on the socio-economic background of people appointed to senior positions in her Department in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	172616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Development collects data on the four key socio-economic metrics set across Government on a voluntary basis. These are listed below along with the percentage of senior civil servants who had recorded this information at 30 June 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The table below confirms these measures and the percentage of Senior Civil Servants in DFID who have recorded this information to date.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Measure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of DFID SCS who have provided information</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type of school attended between the age of 11 and 16</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eligibility for free school meals (if a person left school after 1980);</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highest qualification achieved by a person’s parents by the time they were 18</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The work the main earner in the household did when the person was 14</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/09/2018 12:02:41 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft