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	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Yemen: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department had allocated funding to the Oxfam-supported (a) water supply system and (b) cholera treatment centres in Yemen which were hit by Saudi coalition air strikes in (i) April and (ii) June 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	188066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>No. Oxfam were not funded by the UK for either project.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/11/2018 17:57:25 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

828034

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	UNRWA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was disbursed from the public purse in voluntary contributions excluding assessed or non-discretionary contributions to the UN Relief and Works Agency in each financial year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	123994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The amount of UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) funds to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in each calendar year since 2010 is given in the table below. This data is published each year in the Statistics for International Development (SID) publication. Figures for 2017 will be released next year.</p><p> </p><p>The UK remains firmly committed to supporting UNRWA and Palestinian refugees across the Middle East and we have so far provided around £50 million in 2017/18.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>(£ millions)</em></strong></p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bilateral ODA through Multilateral</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td><td><p>18.4</p></td><td><p>29.1</p></td><td><p>30.0</p></td><td><p>21.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Core Multilateral ODA</p></td><td><p>27.0</p></td><td><p>30.5</p></td><td><p>47.5</p></td><td><p>22.9</p></td><td><p>36.6</p></td><td><p>34.0</p></td><td><p>33.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total UK ODA to UNRWA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29.1 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35.0 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>53.3 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>41.4 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>65.7 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>64.0 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>54.4 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: </em><em>Statistics for International Development 2010 - 2017</em></p><p> </p><p>ODA figures are produced only on a calendar year basis in line with the Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation, Development Assistance Committee definitions.</p><p> </p><p>Bilateral ODA through multilateral is funding to multilateral organisations for specific programmes or for specific countries. Core multilateral ODA describes un-earmarked funds from national governments which are pooled with other donors’ funding and disbursed as part of the core budget of the multilateral organisation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 25/01/2018 16:14:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

984429

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Yemen: Malnutrition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for what reason the United Nations High-Level Panel meeting on 25 September 2018, Addressing Malnutrition in Yemen, was closed to the media, and if she will publish a copy of the presentation and briefing given to attendees at the event by UK representatives.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	177220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK hosted a side event at the 2018 UN General Assembly on ‘Addressing Malnutrition in Yemen’ on 25 September, which I chaired alongside UN Agencies. The meeting discussed the worsening malnutrition in Yemen, the challenges, as well a Call to Action to the UN, NGOs and donors to more comprehensively tackle malnutrition. The roundtable did not have media attendance due to the technical nature of the discussion. A statement was released following the event and a finalised Call to Action will be published imminently.</p><p> </p><p>I also attended an OCHA- led UN High-Level Panel on the ‘Humanitarian Response in Yemen’ on 24 September. The event highlighted the life-saving impact of humanitarian assistance in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/10/2018 14:35:00 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

914741

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	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: Humanitarian Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations she has made to her counterpart in South Sudan on the protection of aid workers from violence in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	148690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>South Sudan is one of the most dangerous operating environments in the world for humanitarian workers, with at least 100 killed since the conflict began in 2013.</p><p>Violence against those individuals delivering lifesaving assistance is completely unacceptable, and the UK has consistently made clear to South Sudan’s leaders that this must stop. We raise this issue regularly at Ministerial level.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 07/06/2018 14:50:47 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

78541

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	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: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many times her Department has referred cases of suspected bribery, fraud or money laundering concerning UK aid money to (a) the Serious Fraud Office and (b) the Crown Prosecution Service since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	206338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>It is not the policy of this Department to comment on Serious Fraud Office or Crown Prosecution Service matters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 21/07/2014 16:11:34 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

78542

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	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: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will place in the Library any correspondence her Department has received from the Serious Fraud Office on what steps it is taking to investigate reports referred to it by her Department that UK aid may have been channelled via CDC Group and Energy Capital Partners into companies linked to James Ibori; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	206339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to her by the Solicitor General on 15 July 2014, Official Report, column 592W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 21/07/2014 16:12:48 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

686205

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations she has made to the Governments of (a) Ukraine and (b) Russia on humanitarian access to eastern Ukraine; what assessment she has made of the effect of recent fighting on civilian infrastructure in that region; and what steps she is taking to assist civilians affected by the ongoing conflict in that region.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	63387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK has consistently called on all sides to grant humanitarian agencies full and unhindered access to vulnerable people affected by the conflict in eastern Ukraine.</p><p>Fighting around Avdiivka has resulted in a worrying deterioration in the humanitarian situation. Severe damage to civilian infrastructure and utilities means vulnerable people are forced to face sub-zero temperatures without reliable access to water, electricity or heating. On 31 January, the Foreign Secretary called for a full and sustained ceasefire, in line with the provisions of the Minsk agreements, to facilitate crucial repairs, restore vital utilities, and assist the vulnerable.</p><p>UK Aid is helping to save lives and support civilians affected by the ongoing conflict.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 14/02/2017 16:49:30 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry