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178978

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Ukraine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian aid is being provided to civilians in Ukraine caught up in the conflict in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	224041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>In response to the deteriorating humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine the UK Government has so far committed £16.4 million of bilateral humanitarian support in Ukraine. In addition, the UK’s share of multilateral contributions through the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) and the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)<del class="ministerial">.</del><ins class="ministerial"> stands at £4.35 million.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 24/02/2015 16:56:50 question first ministerially corrected 24/02/2015 17:51:42 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening previous answer version 46285 answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1121876

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	South Africa: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Official Development Assistance her Department has allocated to South Africa in each of the last two years; and how much (ODA) her Department plans to allocate to that country in the next two years.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	245730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>DFID’s bilateral development programme in South Africa ended in 2015. Since that time DFID has focused on providing some limited technical assistance and establishing a regional and global development partnership with South Africa. The development programmes focus on peace and security and climate change.</p><p>DFID spent £3.6 million and £4.8 million on such support in 2017 and 2018 respectively, with £5.4 million allocated for 2019/20. Plans for 2020/21 have not been finalised.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 29/04/2019 16:46:41 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1121878

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which countries her Department has stopped allocating Official Development Assistance to in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	245732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>UK aid aims to achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and the Government's objectives as set out in the 2015 UK Aid Strategy. The latest published statistics for UK aid spend (<em>Statistics on International Development: Final UK Aid spend 2017</em>) show the Department for International Development did not cease to spend Official Development Assistance (ODA) in 2017 in any country which received ODA in the previous year (2016). Country-specific data for 2018 will be published in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 29/04/2019 16:52:54 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1128375

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Palestinians: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to ensure that Official Development Assistance provided to the Palestinian Authority does not end up funding terrorist activities.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	257489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>DFID has robust measures in place to ensure UK Aid reaches its intended beneficiaries. UK aid to the Palestinian Authority’s (PA’s) health and education sectors is channelled through the EU Palestinian-European Socio-Economic Management Assistance Mechanism (PEGASE). Our money goes into a special, dedicated bank account before being paid to individuals who have been vetted in advance. The bank account is only used for UK aid. Independent auditors check that the money paid out from the special bank account only went to the vetted individuals after every disbursement.</p><p> </p><p>UK’s financial aid to support the PA’s water and energy sectors will be channelled through The World Bank Partnership for Infrastructure Development in the West Bank and Gaza Multi Donor Trust Fund. UK aid will flow from the trust fund to dedicated accounts that will be managed by the PA in accordance with rules established by the World Bank, and be subject to the review of external financial auditors to provide assurance that the expenditure of funds was only on agreed programme activities.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 07/06/2019 12:38:39 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1218655

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Christianity: Oppression
	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 (a) support and (b) help ensure provision of (i) medicines and (ii) other supplies to persecuted Christian communities during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	65970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2020 answer text <p>The UK is using our foreign aid budget and British expertise to stop the spread of the global coronavirus outbreak, find a vaccine and save lives around the world, including in the UK. So far £764 million of UK aid has been pledged to help end this pandemic as quickly as possible.</p><p>As a leading donor to the COVID-19 global response and one of the biggest humanitarian donors globally, we are working with our partners to ensure essential commodities and services are provided to those who need it the most, in line with international humanitarian principles. Through our support to the UN Global Humanitarian Response Plan, we have particularly advocated to ensure assistance reaches the most marginalised and vulnerable people, including religious minorities, who will be the worst affected by this crisis.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 08/07/2020 15:49:53 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

453338

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	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	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 assist vulnerable Syrian minorities register with the UNHCR who have not done so due to fear of persecution.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	27409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>At the &quot;Supporting Syria and the Region London 2016&quot; Conference on 4 February more than US$11 billion was pledged to support people in Syria and the region affected by the conflict. This is the largest amount raised in one day for a humanitarian crisis. The UK remains at the forefront of the response to the crisis in Syria and the region. We have doubled our commitment and have now pledged a total more than £2.3 billion, our largest ever response to a single humanitarian crisis.</p><p>The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is mandated to lead and coordinate international action to protect refugees. Any person claiming refugee status is able to avail themselves of UNHCR’s global protection mandate where UNHCR has a presence. They can directly approach UNHCR and register with them, or be referred to UNHCR by a third organisation, or UNHCR can ask them to register. The UK has allocated £115 million to UNHCR’s operations in Syria and the surrounding region, of which a proportion is used for registration.</p><p>Over time, many previously unregistered refugees have sought UNHCR’s assistance and protection services as their resources have dwindled and coping mechanisms become stretched. Some minority groups may not see a need to register either due to their own resources or due to reliance on community/social networks.</p><p>DFID continues to work with the UN and the international community to ensure all minorities’ rights are protected and our aid reaches those in greatest need.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 25/02/2016 13:46:49 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

791036

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Iraq: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department is giving to provide accommodation to replace homes that have been destroyed in Iraq.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	113642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>UK support is helping to make areas affected by conflict safe, repair basic infrastructure and rebuild homes so that families who have been displaced by violence can return home safely and restart their lives.</p><p>The UK provides funding to repair housing damaged during the conflict in Iraq through the UN’s Fund for Stabilization (FFS) mechanism. As well as focussing on housing, the FFS funds projects to rehabilitate critical infrastructure, restore basic services such as water and electricity and provide livelihood opportunities in recently liberated areas. The UK has provided £5.68 million to the FFS so far this year; this includes the £1.68 million announced by my department in September which has been specifically earmarked for the repair of over 1,000 homes in West Mosul.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/11/2017 17:56:48 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

804306

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Iraq: Poverty
	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 has taken to improve economic opportunities and reduce poverty in Iraq.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	118527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Since 2014 DFID has provided £229.5 million in humanitarian assistance to help reduce poverty in Iraq, including by providing food assistance to over a quarter million people, emergency cash transfers to over 110,000 people and safe drinking water, toilet and shower facilities to more than 800,000 people. We have provided technical assistance through the World Bank to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs to create a new welfare database and to pilot conditional cash transfers to improve access to health and education. We have also funded the UNDP managed Funding Facility for Stabilisation to support light infrastructure reconstruction and job and livelihoods creation in areas liberated from Daesh. Furthermore we provided a loan guarantee unlocking over $370 million of World Bank lending to the Government of Iraq, which has contributed to immediate economic stability while supporting reforms delivering more sustainable economic development.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/12/2017 15:52:14 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

804308

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Cultural Relations: Islam
	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 improve the image of the UK in countries with predominantly Muslim populations.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	118530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Development works in many countries with predominantly Muslim populations such as Syria, Yemen, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Wherever possible we highlight that this assistance is from the UK. When people see UK aid supplies arriving in their village or refugee camp – proudly marked with the Union flag – they know that Britain leads the way in tackling extreme poverty.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/12/2017 17:45:36 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

804310

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Voluntary Service Overseas
	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 provides to the charity Voluntary Service Overseas.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	118537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>For the current financial year (2017/18), Voluntary Service Overseas is set to receive a total income of £47,846,000 from DFID for implementing programme work. The two largest programmes that VSO deliver are International Citizen Service (ICS) (£26,570,000) and Volunteering for Development (V4D) (£17,000,000). ICS enables around 6,000 young people per year to contribute to poverty reduction through 12 week projects overseas, which builds their awareness of poverty issues and their personal skills, enabling them to contribute as active citizens when they return to the UK. V4D mobilises around 1,300 mid to late career professionals per year from the health, education and business sectors to volunteer overseas on long term placements. This work improves poor people’s access to basic services and builds new partnerships for a Global Britain.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/12/2017 14:12:33 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski