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1200606

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/06/2020
	date	04/06/2020
	date tabled	04/06/2020
	ddp created	04/06/2020 17:33:01
	answering body	Department for International Development
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	ddp modified	09/06/2020 10:37:16 09/06/2020 16:07:05
	hansard heading	Diseases: Children
	house id	1
	identifier	55051
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	09/06/2020 15:35:55
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of progress on her Department's development objectives in relation to building resilience against common diseases to tackle preventable child deaths.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 55051
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	55051
	version	4
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The direct and indirect impacts of COVID-19 will affect countries’ health systems and threaten past progress in tackling the common diseases that contribute to the preventable deaths of children. In October 2019, the UK Government committed to work with others to end preventable deaths of mothers, newborns and children by 2030. This will help countries mitigate the indirect impacts of COVID-19 and support their recovery and future preparedness. This includes maintaining essential health services through our bilateral country programmes and multilateral investments and working to strengthen health systems in the poorest countries.</p><p>The UK hosted the Global Vaccine Summit on 4 June and raised $8.8 billion for GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance’s, next five years (2021-2025) of work, which includes the UK’s pledge of £1.65 billion. Using these vital funds, GAVI will immunise a further 300 million children and save up to 8 million lives against vaccine preventable diseases.</p>
	creator	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1203661

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2020
	date	15/06/2020
	date tabled	15/06/2020
	ddp created	15/06/2020 23:59:51
	answering body	Department for International Development
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	ddp modified	16/06/2020 00:08:58 18/06/2020 17:01:12
	hansard heading	Sierra Leone: Power Stations
	house id	1
	identifier	59622
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	18/06/2020 16:27:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what losses have been incurred by CDC and Globeleq on the CECA SL Heavy Fuel Oil power plant in Sierra Leone.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 59622
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	59622
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The CECA SL energy project in Sierra Leone was not progressed past the preparatory stage. As a result, CDC made no investment and has not incurred any investment losses on the project. Globeleq did incur project development costs, which were written off in 2018.</p>
	creator	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1204298

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/06/2020
	date	16/06/2020
	date tabled	16/06/2020
	ddp created	17/06/2020 04:18:44
	answering body	Department for International Development
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	ddp modified	17/06/2020 04:35:35 22/06/2020 17:27:10
	hansard heading	Bangladesh: Migrant Camps
	house id	1
	identifier	59720
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	22/06/2020 16:54:38
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what additional funding her Department has allocated to programmes in Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh to (a) support the covid-19 response and (b) maintain and expand gender-based violence services in response to the prevalence of that violence in those camps.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 59720
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	59720
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK has provided an initial £11 million to support COVID-19 preparedness and response efforts in the Rohingya camps and surrounding host communities. This has been allocated to existing UN and Non-Governmental Organisation UK partners. It is also maintaining essential humanitarian services in the camps, such as shelter, food, registration and civil documentation, healthcare, water and sanitation, and hygiene.</p><p>Part of this funding is focused on ensuring critical gender-based violence and child protection services keep operating for all those who need them. For example, the UK has provided additional funding to UNFPA for gender-based violence (GBV) services, including activities disseminating anti-GBV messaging and anti-GBV role modelling activities with adolescent boys and girls.</p><p>The Rohingya Refugee response in Cox’s Bazar district has been reduced to only critical services since 8 April. While women and girls’ safe spaces are not functioning as normal (to prevent the spread of the virus), all protection services including GBV services have continued throughout. DFID officials are collaborating with UN agencies on the provision and continuity of GBV services. UN agencies have worked closely with the Bangladesh government to prepare and respond to COVID-19 in the refugee camps and ensure vital and lifesaving operations are not jeopardised.</p>
	creator	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1204299

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/06/2020
	date	16/06/2020
	date tabled	16/06/2020
	ddp created	17/06/2020 04:18:46
	answering body	Department for International Development
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	ddp modified	17/06/2020 04:35:37 22/06/2020 17:27:08
	hansard heading	Bangladesh: Migrant Camps
	house id	1
	identifier	59721
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	22/06/2020 16:54:38
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to UN agencies and the Government of Bangladesh to ensure that gender-based violence (GBV) services are designated as essential in order to allow for continuity of GBV service provision in Cox’s Bazar during the covid-19 response.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 59721
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	59721
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK has provided an initial £11 million to support COVID-19 preparedness and response efforts in the Rohingya camps and surrounding host communities. This has been allocated to existing UN and Non-Governmental Organisation UK partners. It is also maintaining essential humanitarian services in the camps, such as shelter, food, registration and civil documentation, healthcare, water and sanitation, and hygiene.</p><p>Part of this funding is focused on ensuring critical gender-based violence and child protection services keep operating for all those who need them. For example, the UK has provided additional funding to UNFPA for gender-based violence (GBV) services, including activities disseminating anti-GBV messaging and anti-GBV role modelling activities with adolescent boys and girls.</p><p>The Rohingya Refugee response in Cox’s Bazar district has been reduced to only critical services since 8 April. While women and girls’ safe spaces are not functioning as normal (to prevent the spread of the virus), all protection services including GBV services have continued throughout. DFID officials are collaborating with UN agencies on the provision and continuity of GBV services. UN agencies have worked closely with the Bangladesh government to prepare and respond to COVID-19 in the refugee camps and ensure vital and lifesaving operations are not jeopardised.</p>
	creator	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1204300

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/06/2020
	date	16/06/2020
	date tabled	16/06/2020
	ddp created	17/06/2020 04:18:49
	answering body	Department for International Development
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	ddp modified	17/06/2020 04:35:39 22/06/2020 17:27:07
	hansard heading	Bangladesh: Migrant Camps
	house id	1
	identifier	59722
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	22/06/2020 16:55:32
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the level of gender-based violence in Cox’s Bazar (a) before and (b) during the covid-19 pandemic; and what plans her Department has to maintain and expand provision of services to tackle gender-based violence in response to the recent International Rescue Committee research indicating at least one in four women and girls they screen have experienced GBV.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 59722
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	59722
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Gender-based violence (GBV) continues to be a constant threat in refugee camps, especially to women and girls. The scale of GBV in the Rohingya camps is too high, though still not fully known. As GBV is generally underreported due to stigma and fear, the recorded cases are likely to represent only a small fraction of the overall number. However, an information management system is ensuring vital data is collected and analysed from recorded cases.</p><p>We agree with the International Rescue Committee that the international community need to expand GBV programming to address unmet needs, including prevention activities; and that these needs are likely to be exacerbated by COVID-19. The UK is the second largest donor to the Rohingya response, contributing £256 million to-date, and we play a leadership role in ensuring anti-GBV efforts are prioritised. DFID has continuously supported efforts to reduce GBV in Rohingya and also in host communities. UK aid-supported GBV activities are being implemented across 34 camps, in 35 women friendly spaces/integrated women centres, and have helped more than 12,000 individuals receive GBV case management support since 2017.</p><p>The UK has provided £11 million to support COVID-19 preparedness and response efforts in the Rohingya camps and surrounding host communities. Part of this funding is focused on ensuring critical gender-based violence and child protection services keep operating for all those who need them. For example, the UK has provided an additional £400,000 to UNFPA for GBV services, including disseminating anti-GBV messaging and anti-GBV activities with adolescent boys and girls during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>
	creator	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1204301

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/06/2020
	date	16/06/2020
	date tabled	16/06/2020
	ddp created	17/06/2020 04:18:54
	answering body	Department for International Development
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	ddp modified	17/06/2020 04:35:42 22/06/2020 17:27:05
	hansard heading	Bangladesh: Migrant Camps
	house id	1
	identifier	59723
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	22/06/2020 16:55:32
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the International Rescue Committee’s report entitled The Shadow Pandemic: Gender-Based Violence amongst Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar; and what steps she is taking to ensure funding for gender-based violence services is (a) maintained and (b) increased in Cox’s Bazar.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 59723
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	59723
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Gender-based violence (GBV) continues to be a constant threat in refugee camps, especially to women and girls. The scale of GBV in the Rohingya camps is too high, though still not fully known. As GBV is generally underreported due to stigma and fear, the recorded cases are likely to represent only a small fraction of the overall number. However, an information management system is ensuring vital data is collected and analysed from recorded cases.</p><p>We agree with the International Rescue Committee that the international community need to expand GBV programming to address unmet needs, including prevention activities; and that these needs are likely to be exacerbated by COVID-19. The UK is the second largest donor to the Rohingya response, contributing £256 million to-date, and we play a leadership role in ensuring anti-GBV efforts are prioritised. DFID has continuously supported efforts to reduce GBV in Rohingya and also in host communities. UK aid-supported GBV activities are being implemented across 34 camps, in 35 women friendly spaces/integrated women centres, and have helped more than 12,000 individuals receive GBV case management support since 2017.</p><p>The UK has provided £11 million to support COVID-19 preparedness and response efforts in the Rohingya camps and surrounding host communities. Part of this funding is focused on ensuring critical gender-based violence and child protection services keep operating for all those who need them. For example, the UK has provided an additional £400,000 to UNFPA for GBV services, including disseminating anti-GBV messaging and anti-GBV activities with adolescent boys and girls during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>
	creator	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1204302

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2020
	date	16/06/2020
	date tabled	16/06/2020
	ddp created	17/06/2020 04:18:57
	answering body	Department for International Development
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	ddp modified	17/06/2020 04:35:44 23/06/2020 15:30:08
	hansard heading	Development Aid: Females
	house id	1
	identifier	59724
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	23/06/2020 14:59:01
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2020 to Question 41953 on Overseas Aid: Females, whether the (a) Strategic Vision and (b) implementation plan have been amended as a result of that NAO report to enable (i) overall progress and (ii) value for money to be better assessed.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 59724
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	59724
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>As acknowledged by the NAO, DFID’s Strategic Vision for Gender Equality is ambitious, wide-ranging and well-researched. The review also set out that our partners would value a long-term, high-level plan that includes the key milestones for DFID’s actions on gender equality between now and 2030.</p><p>We are continually challenging ourselves on how we can increase our impact and deliver even better value for money for the UK taxpayer. We will therefore take forward this recommendation on this important agenda by consulting on and publishing a high-level plan in early 2021. It is critical that we understand the emerging challenges that COVID-19 poses for women and girls globally, across all areas of our Strategic Vision, and address this in the design of the plan.</p><p>The plan will set out measurable milestones that can be tracked. We will also ensure that it is flexible enough to accommodate new priorities, challenges and opportunities at the global and country level.</p><p> </p>
	creator	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1204303

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2020
	date	16/06/2020
	date tabled	16/06/2020
	ddp created	17/06/2020 04:19:00
	answering body	Department for International Development
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	ddp modified	17/06/2020 18:05:21 23/06/2020 15:38:07
	hansard heading	Bangladesh: Migrant Camps
	house id	1
	identifier	59725
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	23/06/2020 15:06:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2020 to Question 38888 on Bangladesh: Migrant Camps, what recent representations he has made to his Bangladeshi counterpart on changes to the telecommunications restrictions in refugee camps in Bangladesh.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 59725
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	59725
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK continues to raise this issue with the Government of Bangladesh and has requested full lifting of the telecommunications restrictions. The Minister for South Asia, Lord Ahmad, has been raising the issue of internet access in the Cox's Bazar Rohingya refugee camps with the Government of Bangladesh, including with the Bangladeshi High Commissioner in London.  The British High Commissioner in Dhaka has raised the issue on multiple occasions, including with the Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser.</p>
	creator	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1204304

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2020
	date	16/06/2020
	date tabled	16/06/2020
	ddp created	17/06/2020 04:19:02
	answering body	Department for International Development
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	ddp modified	17/06/2020 04:35:49 23/06/2020 15:34:20
	hansard heading	Bangladesh: Migrant Camps
	house id	1
	identifier	59726
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	23/06/2020 15:02:21
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the recommendations on page 13 of the report entitled, The Shadow Pandemic: Gender-Based Violence among Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, published in May 2020; and if she will hold discussions with (a) the Government of Bangladesh and (b) NGOs on improving the site-management of refugee camps.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 59726
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	59726
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The International Rescue Committee’s report clearly highlights that despite the tireless efforts of the Government of Bangladesh and international response to scale up humanitarian assistance, women and girls continue to live with the threat of gender-based violence (GBV). We share the report’s assessment that these risks are likely to be compounded by the spread of COVID-19 and steps taken to mitigate the virus. GBV remains a major concern that requires a multi-pronged approach. This is reflected in the priorities and funding appeal of the UN-led Joint Response Plan 2020, and the complementary COVID-19 response planning.</p><p>DFID regularly engages with the Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commission, humanitarian NGO partners and the Site Management and Development sector group to discuss how site management can be improved. This includes supporting decision-making based on community feedback and particularly the views of women and girls. This has included spotting and rectifying problems such as non-functional street lights. DFID has funded the installation of more than 29,500 street lights in the camps and host communities since 2017. Protection focal points are also embedded in the Site Management and Development sector to ensure protection issues such as GBV are taken into account.</p>
	creator	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1204359

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2020
	date	16/06/2020
	date tabled	16/06/2020
	ddp created	17/06/2020 05:13:56
	answering body	Department for International Development
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	ddp modified	17/06/2020 05:26:02 23/06/2020 15:33:11
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Equality
	house id	1
	identifier	59727
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	23/06/2020 15:01:27
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of public-private sector partnerships for improving gender equality in developing countries.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 59727
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	59727
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Working with the private sector can crowd additional finance to benefit women and girls including through more productive jobs. DFID’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/work-and-opportunities-for-women" target="_blank">Work and Opportunities for Women</a> is advising British multinational companies to secure better paid and secure work for 400,000 women in global supply chains. Our co-financing of the G20 <a href="https://we-fi.org/" target="_blank">Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative </a> will help reach 115,000 women entrepreneurs in developing countries and mobilise additional public and private sector resources of $2.6 billion. CDC has co-led a collective commitment by the G7 Development Finance Institutions to mobilise $3 billion of public and private investments advancing gender equality in developing countries.</p>
	creator	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi