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732729

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how they expect the EU Refugee Facility for Turkey 2016–17, which helps refugees and internally displaced persons, will be spent; and what proportion of those funds will be allocated to education and training.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The European Union Facility for Refugees in Turkey helps build schools, provide health services and makes social welfare payments for the most vulnerable refugees, and provides vital municipal infrastructure such as waste management and water treatment facilities to alleviate pressure on Turkish communities hosting refugees.</p><p>As of May 2017, 42% of the facility has been spent on education. Almost half a million Syrian refugee children have access to education and 20,000 Syrian volunteer teachers have received training in improved teaching techniques.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 03/07/2017 12:18:31 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

732743

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they, and international organisations, have to benefit the estimated 13 million children in the Middle East who according to UNICEF's 2015 report Eduction Under Fire lack access to schools; and what new educational provision is being made through radio and TV.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government is playing a leading role in reaching out-of-school children affected by conflict in the Middle East. At the London Syria Conference in 2016, the international community committed to providing quality education to all 1.4 million refugee and vulnerable host community children by the end of the 2016/7 school year. By April 2017, 1 million children were benefitting.</p><p>In Lebanon, DFID’s four-year education programme will help 147,000 children enrol in formal education and 100,000 in non-formal education, and improve teaching and learning standards for all children in school. In Jordan, DFID’s four-year education programme helps provide formal education for 193,000 Syrian children. The UK also contributes to the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey, which has provided access to education for almost half a million Syrian children. In the wider Middle East, the UK funds UNICEF to provide education as part of humanitarian appeals.</p><p>The UK has also supported the establishment of a new Education Cannot Wait fund to improve education in crises, with Yemen and Syria each benefitting.</p><p>DFID does not fund education provision through radio and TV in the Middle East.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 04/07/2017 14:42:37 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

747391

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what provision exists for foreign young people, particularly in the Middle East and including refugees, to avail themselves of technical education and apprenticeships in the UK; and whether they consider the cost of this to be a proper use of development funds.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>DFID does not fund young people from overseas to undertake technical education or apprenticeships in the UK.</p><p>DFID supports young people from developing countries of the Commonwealth to study in the UK through the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan. Additionally, the FCO runs the Chevening scholarship scheme. Chevening is the UK government's international awards scheme aimed at developing global leaders, including young people from the Middle East.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 11/07/2017 16:52:44 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

747982

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to ask the government of Turkey to provide access for humanitarian and re-construction supplies from Turkey into north-east Syria; and if not, why not.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>DFID-funded humanitarian partners are on the ground in north-east Syria delivering food, water, medical supplies and shelter to those in need. We discuss regularly the question of access to these areas from Turkey with the Government of Turkey.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 11/07/2017 16:43:44 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

932353

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	West Bank: Infrastructure
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the £1.1 million they allocated for essential infrastructure for vulnerable Palestinians in Area C of the West Bank has yet to be spent.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL9065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>In 2016 DFID fully disbursed £900,000 for its project to support Palestinian development in Area C. An additional £200,000 provided by the FCO has recently been approved for a separate project that also aims to support the infrastructure of vulnerable Palestinians in Area C. This funding will be disbursed in due course. This combined £1.1 million of UK financial assistance supports communities in Area C to remain on their land through improved infrastructure and access to community services, including education and health.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/07/2018 15:28:53 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

806739

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Syria: Infectious Diseases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to prevent further deaths from communicable diseases in Eastern Ghouta; and whether they intend to facilitate evacuation, if necessary by air, for acute medical diseases.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL4199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2017 answer text <p>DFID’s humanitarian partners are on the ground in Eastern Ghouta (as well as other hard-to-reach and besieged areas) providing life-saving food, protection, and healthcare including routine immunisation services against infectious diseases such as polio and measles. However, humanitarian access remains severely constrained.</p><p>The UK continues to demand full and sustained humanitarian access to Eastern Ghouta at the UN and at every opportunity, and we have called on all parties to take all feasible measures to protect civilians, and allow emergency medical evacuations.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 27/12/2017 13:55:15 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

47778

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent deaths in the Yarmouk section of Damascus, reported by Amnesty International in its report Squeezing the life out of Yarmouk: War crimes against besieged civilians, and, in particular, of that organisation's attribution of the deaths to starvation and lack of medical care.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL6726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID is deeply concerned by reports of Palestinian refugees in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus suffering and dying as a result of malnutrition and lack of medical care. Yarmouk has been under siege for some time and we are calling for unfettered access to all affected communities and for all sides to lift sieges to end this suffering.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 25/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

845428

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Syria: Refugees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the conclusions of the report by various organisations Dangerous Ground: Syria's refugees face an uncertain future published on 5 February.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL5628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>DFID welcomes the analysis in this report. The UK is committed to ensuring that any refugee returns to Syria take place voluntarily in safety and dignity, in line with international law, when conditions allow. We do not support forced returns, and will not support any returns before Syria or parts of Syria are declared safe by the UN.</p><p>In the meantime, we are supporting the governments of Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey to cope with a protracted refugee presence, and enable Syrian refugees to remain in the region until they can return safely to Syria.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 06/03/2018 13:39:48 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1006682

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Libya: Migrants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the conditions for migrants held in Libyan detention centres; and, further to any such assessment, whether they will review any UK funding for the (1) Libyan Coastguard, and (2) detention centres in Libya.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL11462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK remains concerned by the conditions faced by migrants in Libyan detention centres. We have consistently raised this issue with the Government of National Accord, including during a recent visit by the International Development Secretary. The UK continues to provide humanitarian support to vulnerable refugees and migrants in Libya, including through over £5m of funding for UN agencies and non-governmental organisations. UK assistance to the Libyan Coastguard has been delivered through financial contributions and the provision of two military training teams to Operation Sophia’s (the EU Naval Operation set up in response to the Mediterranean Migration Crisis) Coastguard Training Task. This training aims to equip the Libyan Coastguard with the skills required to manage search and rescue and conduct counter smuggling/trafficking activities properly, whilst respecting human rights. The training also includes sessions on seamanship. These efforts are part of a comprehensive approach to migration that includes supporting assisted voluntary returns, tackling people smuggling and encouraging economic development in source countries.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 27/11/2018 17:45:30 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

832861

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the difficulties preventing Palestinian and Israeli young people meeting each other; whether they intend to discuss the matter with leaders on both sides; and what consideration they have given to adapting their aid and development programmes to meet this need, in the interests of long-term peace.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL5170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>UK officials made clear to both the Israeli and Palestinian leadership at the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee meeting on the 31 January 2018 that concrete actions from all sides are required to build trust and improve the situation on the ground for ordinary citizens. HMG officials have assessed that there is a range of difficulties in achieving engagement between Palestinian and Israeli youth, including movement and access restrictions for both communities, and entrenched social norms. The UK Government consistently calls on the Israeli Government to ease movement and access restrictions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). The UK is providing support to fund a people-to-people programme to help Israelis and Palestinians work together to achieve tangible improvements in their lives, foster inter-community understanding and help build constituencies for a just and peaceful political solution. This three year programme – People for Peaceful Change – will include work with young leaders.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 06/02/2018 17:24:00 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton