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824329

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid: Cost Effectiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to promote value for money in aid.
	tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
	tabling member printed	Mr Bob Seely
	uin	903334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>In my department every project is rigorously appraised before approval to ensure value for money. All projects are also measured against a robust monitoring framework to ensure they remain cost effective. DFID supports other aid spending departments, who are responsible for ensuring value for money of their aid spend.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 17/01/2018 14:01:18 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4681 label Biography information for Bob Seely

824330

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	South Sudan: Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps her Department is taking to help tackle gender-based violence in South Sudan.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	903335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>South Sudan experiences horrific gender-based violence. Last year, a DFID-funded programme reached nearly 300,000 people with interventions, including responses for survivors of gender-based violence and longer-term prevention. We have also conducted ground breaking research to improve our understanding of and response to gender-based violence in South Sudan.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 17/01/2018 14:02:11 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

824327

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid: Cost Effectiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent steps she has taken to ensure value for money for overseas projects funded by her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	903331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>DFID has recently introduced tough new reforms for its aid spending to deliver value for money, including clamping down on the risk of unethical practices by suppliers and increasing efficiency savings. All projects are measured against a robust monitoring framework to ensure they remain cost effective.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 17/01/2018 14:00:02 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

823563

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	South Sudan: Literacy
	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 increase literacy in South Sudan.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	123028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK is the leading donor in education services to the people of South Sudan. Through the Girls’ Education South Sudan Programme, the UK supports over 3,500 schools to deliver basic education, including literacy, and is helping to keep up to a quarter of a million girls in class. Ensuring the continuity of education for the children of South Sudan will build the essential foundations for future peace and ensure that education is not lost to an entire generation.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 22/01/2018 18:07:23 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

823572

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	South Sudan: Public Health
	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 assist with (a) disease reduction and (b) other public health measures in South Sudan.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	123036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK is a leading contributor to the health sector in South Sudan, helping to deliver almost 8 million patient consultations last year. The UK is the lead donor to the Health Pooled Fund (HPF), through which we are supporting over 1,000 frontline health centres across South Sudan to improve access to quality health services, including preventing the spread of disease through routine immunisations for children. Last year, the HPF provided almost 5.4 million health consultations to children under 5. Other public health measures include UK funding for the Integrated Community Case Management programme to better identify and treat the main causes of child mortality in local communities.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 22/01/2018 18:08:38 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

824450

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Africa: Female Genital Mutilation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made on eliminating female genital mutilation (FGM) since the Africa-led movement on FGM was established.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	123251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK is proud to support the Africa-led movement to end FGM, which has been instrumental in achieving the significant decline of the practice seen in recent decades – in 1985, 51% of girls around the world aged 15-19 had undergone FGM; today the figure is 37%. We are a global leader on this issue, having made the largest ever donor commitment to ending FGM, and we have galvanised others to take action of their own through our international Girl Summit.</p><p>We continue to support and accelerate the Africa-led movement, and encourage others to step up too, because if current trends in population growth continue the number of girls undergoing FGM will rise significantly over the next 15 years. Support from the UK has been critical to progress so far; in the last three years alone over 18 million people across 16 countries have publically pledged to abandon the practice, two more countries (Nigeria and the Gambia) have made the practice illegal and the largest ever collective of African organisations tackling FGM (600+) has come together to accelerate the Africa-led movement to end the practice.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 22/01/2018 18:06:20 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

824400

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	South Sudan: Peace Negotiations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the current status is of peace talks between the different parties in South Sudan; and if he will make an estimate of the current level of civilian casualties as a result of the conflict.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	123201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Following the first round of the High Level Revitalisation Forum (RVF), on 21 December all parties to the conflict in South Sudan agreed a Cessation of Hostilities. However, violations have since taken place in many areas, causing civilian as well as combatant casualties. The second round of the RVF is scheduled to commence in February, and the British Government is continuing to encourage all parties to commit to the process with a genuine commitment to peace.</p><p>The conflict is estimated to have led to more than 100,000 deaths since it began in December 2013, but the fragile security situation means that accurate estimates are difficult to produce, and the real number of civilian casualties is likely to be significantly higher. Over 4 million people, a third of the population, have fled their homes, including 2 million who have fled to neighbouring countries. In early 2018, 1.5 million people are expected to be on the brink of famine, more than twice as many as in January 2017.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 22/01/2018 15:36:37 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

823580

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	South Sudan: Peace Negotiations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support he is giving to the High Level Revitalisation Forum in South Sudan.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	123044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK is working closely with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the United States and Norway, and the wider international community, to give the High Level Revitalisation Forum the best chance of success. The UK Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan participated in the first round of talks and is supporting preparations for the second round of talks, scheduled to take place in February. We are calling on all parties to end violations of the Cessation of Hostilities and to enter into the next round of talks with a genuine commitment to making progress.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 24/01/2018 14:29:40 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

823578

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	South Sudan: Economic Situation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the economic situation in South Sudan.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	123042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The continuing collapse of the South Sudanese economy is exacerbating the already dire humanitarian and security situation. The World Bank expects the economy to contract by nearly 7 percent in 2017-18 due to ongoing conflict and disruption to oil production. The currency continues to depreciate and inflation remains stubbornly high at over 100 percent a year. Average household incomes have fallen by 80 percent since 2013 and 1.5 million people are on the brink of famine, more than twice as many as in January 2017. The solution to the economic and humanitarian crises is peace. The UK is playing an active role in peace talks and encourages all parties to enter the next round of the High Level Revitalisation Forum with a genuine commitment to peace.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 24/01/2018 14:26:36 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew