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451137

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/02/2016
	date	08/02/2016
	date tabled	08/02/2016
	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
	hansard heading	Syria: Humanitarian Aid
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6003
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	22/02/2016 15:47:30
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether means have yet been found, through UN agencies or otherwise, for purchasing the large supplies of grain recently available in the Jazira Canton of Syria.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 HL6003
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6003
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer 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. Commitments made at the Conference will help create 1.1 million jobs and provide education to an additional 1 million children. 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> </p><p>The UN reports that the potential to purchase grain from the Jazira Canton of Syria is unchanged compared with their analysis of June 2015. The Jazira Canton, covering the wheat producing areas of Al Hassakeh and Ar Raqqa, remains under the control of the Syrian regime, the Kurdish authorities and Daesh. Humanitarian access to these areas is therefore, restricted by continued violence, insecurity and wilful obstruction. Control of access routes in the Jazira Canton by armed groups means that the UN are unable to access wheat producing areas, assess the quality of the wheat produced, or transport it to other regions. In addition, the milling capacity within Al Hassakeh governorate is insufficient to meet the operational needs of the UN. According to the UN, bread availability in Al Hasakeh and Ar Raqqa is currently adequate, thus reducing the need for the UN to buy wheat grain for local distribution.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is the second largest bilateral donor to the UN World Food Programme , committing £227 million to provide food support in Syria and the region since the start of the crisis. By the end of June 2015, UK support inside Syria had provided over 15.1 million food rations, each of which feeds one person for one month; access to clean water for over 1.6 million people; and more than 4 million relief packages.</p>
	creator	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

452290

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/02/2016
	date	11/02/2016
	date tabled	11/02/2016
	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
	hansard heading	Africa: Infectious Diseases
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6191
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	18/02/2016 16:58:20
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of which infectious diseases are among the leading causes of death for girls and women aged 10 to 19 in Africa, and what steps they are taking, working with individual countries bilaterally, to tackle those diseases.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 HL6191
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6191
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>World Health Organisation (WHO) data show that the leading causes of death from infectious diseases amongst adolescent girls and women in Africa are HIV/AIDS, diarrhoeal diseases, respiratory infections, meningitis and malaria. HIV/AIDS is not only the leading cause of death itself, but is also responsible for deaths from many other infectious diseases. The UK is the second largest funder of HIV prevention, care and treatment, and has pledged up to £1 billion for the 2014-16 replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. Half of Global Fund resources are used to tackle HIV and almost 60% are invested in programmes that reach women and children.</p><p>The UK puts the empowerment of girls and women at the heart of everything we do. Through our multilateral and bilateral investments we are tackling the barriers that limit their access to services, strengthening health systems, and tackling the stigma and gender-based violence and inequality they face.</p>
	creator	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

452157

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/02/2016
	date	10/02/2016
	date tabled	10/02/2016
	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
	hansard heading	Prosperity Fund
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6104
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	24/02/2016 12:25:05
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether their new prosperity fund will give priority to countries with large refugee and migrant populations, lack of own resources, or tourism reduced by wars, such as Lebanon, Jordan and Tunisia.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 HL6104
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6104
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government has not yet approved any country allocations from the Prosperity Fund.</p>
	creator	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

451135

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/02/2016
	date	08/02/2016
	date tabled	08/02/2016
	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
	hansard heading	Syria: Humanitarian Aid
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6001
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	22/02/2016 15:44:20
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to use the UN Security Council Resolutions on Syria to organise air-drops of food by the World Food Program to besieged areas, and to provide air cover for such drops with the US air force.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 HL6001
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6001
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer 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, the largest amount raised in one day for a humanitarian crisis. Commitments made at the Conference will help to create 1.1 million jobs and provide education to an additional 1 million children. 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> </p><p>The most effective way to get food and other essential aid to people who are starving and in desperate need is for Assad and all parties to the conflict to adhere to international law. Across Syria, Assad and other parties to the conflict are wilfully impeding humanitarian access on a day-by-day basis. It is an outrageous, unacceptable and illegal mechanism to use starvation as a weapon of war. That is why the UK will continue to call on the Assad regime and all parties to the conflict to allow immediate and unfettered access to all areas of Syria.</p><p> </p><p>Right now, aid delivered by road, by UN agencies and by others who know the situation on the ground and who can ensure it gets to those who need it most is the best way of getting help through. But we always consider the most effective way to get assistance to the people in need, and we do not rule anything out.</p><p> </p>
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	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

451133

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/02/2016
	date	08/02/2016
	date tabled	08/02/2016
	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
	hansard heading	Syria: Armed Conflict
	house id	2
	identifier	HL5999
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	18/02/2016 17:03:17
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why no safe areas have been established in Syria, in particular in Idlib, Darra, Jazira, and Afrin.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 HL5999
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5999
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>At the Syria conference in London on 4 February, the Prime Minister announced that the UK will more than double our support in response to the Syria crisis from £1.12 billion to over £2.3 billion, our largest ever humanitarian response to a single crisis. We will consider any option compliant with international law that might save lives in Syria. However, experience suggests that so-called ‘safe’ areas can prove difficult to demilitarise and protect against all threats. In fact, there is a risk that they can become targets.</p><p>For a safe area to work, all parties to the conflict and relevant regional authorities would need to agree to its establishment. In the absence of such consent, this would require foreign military intervention, authorised by a UN Security Council Resolution. Any party seeking to establish a safe area would need to ensure sufficient military capability to guarantee safety from both aerial and ground attack, including by unconventional means. Credible measures would also be needed to prevent human rights abuses and to provide humanitarian assistance within the protected area. In addition, the existence of a ‘safe’ area near an international border should not be used to repatriate refugees against their will, or to deny access to asylum.</p><p>The UK plays a key role in ensuring humanitarian access to Syria. By 31 January 2016, at least 257 shipments of cross-border aid had been delivered as a direct result of the UK co-sponsored UN Security Council Resolutions 2165, 2191 and 2258 which enables the UN to deliver aid into Syria without the consent of the regime. We continue to call on all sides to the conflict to respect International Humanitarian Law and ensure free, unimpeded access for humanitarian agencies.</p>
	creator	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

452075

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/02/2016
	date	10/02/2016
	date tabled	10/02/2016
	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
	hansard heading	Development Aid: Climate Change
	house id	1
	identifier	26724
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	22/02/2016 13:27:13
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department is working with the Department for Energy and Climate Change to ensure that official development assistance funding provided for international climate projects is prioritised in policies aimed at reducing poverty.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 26724
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26724
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK’s International Climate Fund is jointly managed by DFID, DECC and Defra and has already directly supported 15 million people to cope with effects of climate change and given 2.6 million people improved access to clean energy.</p><p>The new UK Aid Strategy brings together the Government’s poverty reduction objectives with a commitment to tackle some of today’s biggest global challenges, including climate change. Tackling climate change and promoting sustainable development are two sides of the same coin – we cannot achieve one without the other.</p>
	creator	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

451521

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/02/2016
	date	09/02/2016
	date tabled	09/02/2016
	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
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Secondment
	house id	1
	identifier	26539
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	22/02/2016 14:59:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many civil servants were loaned or seconded from the (a) Department for International Development to the Ministry of Defence, (b) Ministry of Defence to the Department for International Development, (c) Department for International Development to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (d) Foreign and Commonwealth Office to the Department for International Development, (e) Department for International Development to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, (f) Department of Energy and Climate Change to the Department for International Development, (g) Cabinet Office to the Department for International Development and (h) Department for International Development to the Cabinet Office in each of the last six years.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 26539
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26539
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The data below shows the numbers of civil servants on loan or secondment during each of the periods indicated. Civil servants may have been on loan or secondment for part or all of the periods indicated. Some civil servants may have been on secondment/loan for more than one year. DFID HR system does not hold historical loan/secondment data, this information has therefore been manually collated.</p><p> </p><ol><li><p><strong>DFID to MoD </strong></p><p> </p><p>1/1/2011-31/12/2011 0</p><p>1/1/2012-31/12/2012 0</p><p>1/1/2013-31/12/2013 0</p><p>1/1/2014-31/12/2014 1</p><p>1/1/2015-31/12/2015 0</p><p>1/1/2016-31/12/2016 1</p><p> </p></li><li><p><strong>MoD to DFID</strong></p><p> </p><p>1/1/2011-31/12/2011 0</p><p>1/1/2012-31/12/2012 0</p><p>1/1/2013-31/12/2013 1</p><p>1/1/2014-31/12/2014 1</p><p>1/1/2015-31/12/2015 2</p><p>1/1/2016-31/12/2016 2</p><p> </p></li><li><p><strong>DFID to FCO</strong></p><p> </p><p>1/1/2011-31/12/2011 9</p><p>1/1/2012-31/12/2012 14</p><p>1/1/2013-31/12/2013 16</p><p>1/1/2014-31/12/2014 32</p><p>1/1/2015-31/12/2015 52</p><p>1/1/2016-31/12/2016 44</p><p> </p></li><li><p><strong>FCO to DFID</strong></p></li></ol><p> </p><p>1/1/2011-31/12/2011 0</p><p>1/1/2012-31/12/2012 3</p><p>1/1/2013-31/12/2013 11</p><p>1/1/2014-31/12/2014 17</p><p>1/1/2015-31/12/2015 19</p><p>1/1/2016-31/12/2016 12</p><p> </p><ol><li><p><strong>DFID to DECC</strong></p><p> </p></li></ol><p>1/1/2011-31/12/2011 0</p><p>1/1/2012-31/12/2012 0</p><p>1/1/2013-31/12/2013 0</p><p>1/1/2014-31/12/2014 0</p><p>1/1/2015-31/12/2015 0</p><p>1/1/2016-31/12/2016 0</p><p> </p><ol><li><p><strong>DECC to DFID</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>1/1/2011-31/12/2011 0</p><p>1/1/2012-31/12/2012 2</p><p>1/1/2013-31/12/2013 3</p><p>1/1/2014-31/12/2014 5</p><p>1/1/2015-31/12/2015 8</p><p>1/1/2016-31/12/2016 3</p><p> </p></li><li><p><strong>CABINET OFFICE TO DFID</strong></p><p> </p><p>1/1/2011-31/12/2011 0</p><p>1/1/2012-31/12/2012 1</p><p>1/1/2013-31/12/2013 1</p><p>1/1/2014-31/12/2014 2</p><p>1/1/2015-31/12/2015 3</p><p>1/1/2016-31/12/2016 3</p><p> </p></li><li><p><strong>DFID TO CABINET OFFICE</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>1/1/2011-31/12/2011 1</p><p>1/1/2012-31/12/2012 2</p><p>1/1/2013-31/12/2013 3</p><p>1/1/2014-31/12/2014 3</p><p>1/1/2015-31/12/2015 3</p><p>1/1/2016-31/12/2016 2</p><p><strong> </strong></p></li></ol>
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	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

452076

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/02/2016
	date	10/02/2016
	date tabled	10/02/2016
	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
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Fringe Benefits
	house id	1
	identifier	26821
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	22/02/2016 14:59:01
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in her Department and its non-departmental public bodies receive (a) home to work travel allowance, (b) a car allowance and (c) subsidised health insurance.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 26821
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26821
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>DFID, and related non-departmental public bodies, do not offer home to work travel allowance, car allowance or subsidised health insurance to staff</p>
	creator	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

451351

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/02/2016
	date	08/02/2016
	date tabled	08/02/2016
	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
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	identifier	26200
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	15/02/2016 14:48:02
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid the UK gave to Afghanistan in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Burnley
	tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 26200
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26200
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>DFID’s bilateral aid expenditure in Afghanistan for 2010-11 was £99.3m and in 2011-12 was £153.9m.</p>
	creator	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

451653

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/02/2016
	date	09/02/2016
	date tabled	09/02/2016
	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
	hansard heading	New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition
	house id	1
	identifier	26416
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	16/02/2016 15:03:17
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will issue a response to EDM 337, G7 New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 26416
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	26416
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The purpose of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition is to promote inclusive and responsible investment. This is required to sustainably link smallholder farmers into markets, reducing poverty and to ensure that all people have access to high quality and affordable food. The £600 million pledged to the New Alliance by DFID will fund bilateral projects in six original New Alliance partner countries aimed at improving agricultural incomes, food security and nutrition of the extreme poor, including through agroecological practices.</p><p>DFID is effectively supporting a wide range of programmes with agroecological components, from soil and water conservation and land use management to climate resilience and conservation agriculture. For example, we fund the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) for the Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) to support 6 million farmers to be more resilient to climate change through a broad set of agroecological and sustainable practices.</p>
	creator	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady