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1083670

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Syria: Internally Displaced People
	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 support internally displaced persons in (a) Rubkan camp and (b) Northern Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	229602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK remains at the forefront of the humanitarian response to the Syria crisis. To date, the UK has pledged £2.81 billion, including £1.03 billion for humanitarian support inside Syria. UK aid is providing life-saving support to millions of displaced civilians, including those in acute need across northern Syria and in Rukban camp.</p><p> </p><p>In financial year 2018/19, DFID has allocated over £40 million for Northeast Syria. We will also expect to provide approximately £87 million for activities in Northwest Syria. Our support in Idlib governorate alone has meant that approximately 572,000 people were provided with access to safe water and 500,000 people received medical consultations between January and June 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Between December 2016 and November 2018, DFID provided £4.14 million for essential humanitarian assistance, including water and health services, to those in acute need in Rukban camp. Despite the regime’s continued and deliberate obstruction of lifesaving aid, DFID funded partners provided safe water and hygiene kits to 50,000 people and vaccines to 5,000 children under the age of 5 in 2018.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/03/2019 17:49:29 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1061076

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Venezuela: 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 assessment the Government has made of the humanitarian situation in Venezuela and its effect on Latin America.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	221546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government is extremely concerned about the situation in Venezuela, with the UN estimating that over four million people are suffering from malnourishment. As the situation has deteriorated, over three million Venezuelans have fled to neighbouring countries.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will be providing a package of £6.5 million in aid to respond to the most severe health and nutrition needs in Venezuela and the region. DFID staff have been deployed in the region since last year and this package builds on our core support to the UN and Red Cross, operating since the early stages of the crisis. The UK Government continues to call for all actors to allow unhindered access for humanitarian assistance to meet the urgent needs of the Venezuelan people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/02/2019 14:29:06 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1037144

	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: Nutrition
	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 23 November 2018 to Question 201561, what support her Department provides to the private sector to help make safe nutritious foods more affordable and accessible to (a) women, (b) adolescent girls, (c) children under five and (d) other poor people.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	205801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>DFID supports private sector innovation and investment in value chains and markets for nutritious foods. This is done both by offering businesses technical assistance and access to finance for investments, and by working to remove inefficiencies in agri-food value chains. Alongside this, DFID funds research and development of nutritious crops and agricultural technologies and supports their commercial scale-up. DFID also works to strengthen the enabling environment to make it more conducive for companies to invest in nutritious foods and associated inputs, technologies and services.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, DFID supports accountability mechanisms like the Access to Nutrition Index and the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network to further incentivise more responsible business action on nutrition. DFID’s work in this area gives priority to improving nutrition outcomes for women, adolescents, children under five and other poor people, as set out in the Nutrition Position paper <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652122/nutrition-paper-2017a.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652122/nutrition-paper-2017a.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/01/2019 17:38:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1024736

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Burma: Human Trafficking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to address human trafficking from northern Myanmar.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	202025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK is leading the fight against modern slavery internationally. In Burma DFID is providing $9 million (£7 million) to raise awareness on trafficking and support safer and more productive migration across all states.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/12/2018 15:55:17 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1023976

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Nutrition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her Department’s Economic Development Strategy 2017, what steps she is taking to integrate nutrition with her Department’s economic development policies.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	201561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>DFID has developed a strategic approach to integrating nutrition into relevant areas of its economic development work. This includes supporting private sector investment within different parts of the food system in order to make safe nutritious foods more affordable and accessible to poor people, in particular women, adolescent girls and children under five.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/12/2018 15:54:41 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

994506

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many citizens of non-UK EU countries work in (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	183815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>As at 30 September DFID has 115 Home Civil Servants (HCS), and no agency or non-departmental public bodies, that have declared their nationality as non-UK EU.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 01/11/2018 14:04:54 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

988683

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether gagging clauses have been used in contracts drawn up between her Department and any charities, voluntary sector organisations, social enterprises or companies with the intention of stopping any criticism of Ministers of her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	180068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Development has no “gagging” clauses in its Standard Terms and Conditions. DFID uses a number of Calldown contracts from Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Frameworks. The Terms and Condition of these frameworks are managed and owned by Crown Commercial Service, who should be contacted direct regarding their Terms and Conditions.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/10/2018 14:15:19 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

972298

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	UNRWA: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government plans to maintain the current level of funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency in the next departmental spending review for her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	173937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK remains firmly committed to supporting the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, for whom we have been a consistent top 5 donor. The process for agreeing Spending Review commitments is a Treasury lead. Once this has been set out, DFID will review departmental priorities to agree the best use of its Official Development Assistance in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the wider Middle East region.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/10/2018 11:26:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

931397

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Pakistan: Teachers
	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 on teacher training in Pakistan; and whether that training covers human rights and religious freedoms.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	157615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>DFID’s technical assistance teams have revised teacher training programmes for induction and continuous professional development in two provinces in Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab. The new training covers human rights and religious freedom. In KP the induction programme includes a module to promote teacher tolerance in diverse classrooms and a sub-module that specifically focuses on creating an inclusive learning environment for students from religious minorities. Similarly, the Punjab Education Sector Support Programme has supported the development of induction content on diversity and inclusion and a module on diversity and inclusion in the continuous professional development programmes for all teachers in Punjab.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 03/07/2018 16:42:44 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

923265

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the UK aid budget has been spent on fragile states in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	153164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The proportion of UK official development assistance (ODA) spent by DFID in fragile states and regions is shown in the table below, in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>Table: DFID’s UK ODA spend in fragile states and regions<sup>1 </sup>as a proportion of total DFID ODA, 2012-2016<sup>2</sup></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li>DFID refreshed its list of fragile states in 2015, to reflect our commitment to spend 50% of our budget in fragile states and regions. We update the list every two years.</li><li>The table above uses the list of countries that applies to the relevant year of ODA data; 2016 figures use the updated 2017 list, 2015 figures use the original 2015 list, and figures before 2015 use the list before 2015.</li></ol> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/06/2018 13:03:56 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake