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483061

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	EU Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which humanitarian aid operations the Government has been involved in that (a) have involved other EU member states and (b) have been EU-led.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	31843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>To increase transparency and accountability, EU Member States are required to input details of all humanitarian aid allocations on to the European Emergency and Disaster Response Information System (EDRIS). Information on all humanitarian assistance provided by EU Member States globally can be found on EDRIS.</p><p>Response to Humanitarian Emergency is led and co-ordinated by the affected country. This is the case for humanitarian emergencies that occur in EU Member States and globally. We would not expect any humanitarian response to be EU-led.</p><p> </p><p>Individual EU Member States lead on humanitarian operations within their sovereign territories but can seek EU assistance through the EU's Civil Protection Mechanism and international assistance through the UN.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 30/03/2016 14:35:53 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

483038

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	EU Aid: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the EU is taking to tackle poverty in (a) the Middle East, (b) South Asia and (c) Africa; and what the Government's contribution is to those steps.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	31853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>The European Union (EU), including its Member States, is the world’s largest aid donor. In 2014, the EU and its Member States spent nearly £50bn of Official Development Assistance (ODA), which represents around half of global ODA. The UK has a powerful voice on development through its EU Membership and has achieved real changes to the EU development programme in line with UK priorities.</p><p> </p><p>More detail on the EU development programme can be found at <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/sites/devco/files/2015-annual-report-web_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/sites/devco/files/2015-annual-report-web_en.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 30/03/2016 14:22:46 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

484340

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	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 overseas development assistance was spent by departments other than her Department in each of the last six years; and what estimate her Department has made of that proportion for each year until 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	32101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested for the years 2009-2014 is published in ‘Statistics on International Development 2015’, which is available from our website <a href="http://www.dfid.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.dfid.gov.uk</a>. Table 3 gives the breakdown of the percentage of Official Development Assistance (ODA) provided by DFID and departments other than DFID. My Department will publish provisional UK ODA figures for 2015 on the 1st April.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2016/17 and 2019/20: DFID will spend an estimated 72% of UK ODA; other departments and funds will spend an estimated 22% of UK ODA; and the remaining 6% will be non-departmental spend such as debt relief and gift aid. This information is based on ODA budget allocations by the government in order to meet its commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI) on ODA in each calendar year. Adjustments will be made to the ODA budget to reflect the latest economic forecasts throughout the spending review period.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 30/03/2016 10:07:45 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

483193

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sanitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans the Government has to support efforts to achieve goal 6 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development on water and sanitation.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	31973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>In the manifesto in April 2015 and in the UK Aid Strategy published in November 2015, we committed to help 60 million people get access to clean water and sanitation in support of goal 6 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.</p><p> </p><p>We will achieve this target through projects managed by our Country Offices, through projects managed from the UK and through our contributions to multilateral organisations such as the World Bank. We will continue to invest in country and regional programmes to improve water resources management, water efficiency and improve water quality, as well as drive value for money.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 30/03/2016 14:25:14 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

483062

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	EU Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what international humanitarian aid exercises her Department has been involved in that have (a) involved EU member states and (b) been EU-led.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	31847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>The UK participated in the Triplex 2013 Exercise which was led by the International Humanitarian Partnership and co-funded by the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>The Triplex Exercise brings together EU Civil Protection Teams and Modules with the United Nations, International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) and military, to strengthen preparedness and coordination of an effective response in the first phase of a large-scale humanitarian emergency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 30/03/2016 14:51:18 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

483060

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Malaria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, to what her Department allocated spending on malaria in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15; and how that spending was disbursed between multilateral and bilateral channels.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	31854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>In 2013-14 DFID malaria spend was approximately £536 million, of which 66 per cent was provided bilaterally and 34 per cent multilaterally. In 2014-15 DFID malaria spend was approximately £428 million, of which 75 per cent was provided bilaterally and 25% multilaterally.</p><p> </p><p>The methodology is detailed in the Malaria Framework of Results. This can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/67642/malaria-framework-for-results.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/67642/malaria-framework-for-results.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 30/03/2016 14:30:57 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

484473

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Libya: Humanitarian Aid
	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 21 March 2016 to Question 31131, how much financial assistance her Department plans to provide UNOCHA for its work in Libya during the next financial year.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
	uin	32081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>In the next financial year, DFID will fund a secondment to OCHA to support coordination of the humanitarian response. Exact figures are to be finalised, though we expect it to be of the order of £50,000. We are keeping the humanitarian situation in Libya under review including funding requirements in the next financial year and stand by ready to adapt our response in order to meet humanitarian needs.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 30/03/2016 13:59:45 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins