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390601

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Africa: Tuberculosis
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the proportion of HIV-related deaths in (1) Kenya, (2) Malawi, (3) Mozambique, (4) Nigeria and (5) Rwanda that are due to tuberculosis.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Nye
	uin	HL1541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2015 answer text <p>World Health Organisation (WHO) data shows that, in 2013, the proportion of deaths amongst people with HIV that were due to TB was as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Proportion of deaths amongst people with HIV that were due to TB in 2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mozambique</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rwanda</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/07/2015 14:01:15 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4180 label Biography information for Baroness Nye

452290

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Africa: Infectious Diseases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	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.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	uin	HL6191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2016 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> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 18/02/2016 16:58:20 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

458663

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Armed Conflict: Rape
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress is being made in providing safe abortion for women who are raped in conflict situations.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL6815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Women and girls raped in conflict situations need access to a comprehensive range of sexual and reproductive health services. The UK funds partners to deliver such services. For example, we are working with agencies such as UNFPA to provide essential sexual and reproductive health care within our humanitarian responses, including in Ukraine and Syria. We encourage other donors and partner agencies to increase provision of sexual and reproductive health services including full implementation of the Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP). These may include access to safe abortion services as set out in our policy paper on safe and unsafe abortion.</p><p>The Secretary of State made a commitment at the UN General Assembly in 2015 that in humanitarian crises, DFID calls for proposals will require the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls to be considered. We are working with our partners to operationalise this commitment.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 21/03/2016 15:39:28 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

445789

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2016
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any proposals for diverting a proportion of the EU's external aid to assist member states in receiving and caring for the current increased numbers of refugees, and to job-creating investment in the Middle East and North Africa.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL5199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>With pressure from the United Kingdom and other Member States, the European Union (EU) has mobilised considerable funding to support the international response to the refugee crisis – including within Europe, and to tackle the root causes of migration and displacement in the Middle East and North Africa.</p><p>Within Europe, the UK is working to ensure that all tools are being used to support the humanitarian response to the refugee crisis, and that the donor effort is well coordinated through the Civil Protection Mechanism. Alongside this, the UK's support for refugees and migrants during the Mediterranean migration crisis has reached nearly £55million. This money is focused on providing life-saving assistance and protection to vulnerable people rescued at sea or in transit.</p><p>In the Middle East and the North Africa, the EU is a leading donor in the response to the Syria crisis with over €5 billion of total budget mobilised by the European Commission and Member States collectively in humanitarian, development, economic and stabilisation assistance. The UK has been at the forefront of this, pledging over £1.1 billion, our largest ever humanitarian response to a single crisis. In addition, the EU Trust Fund for Africa – a €1.8billion fund – will allocate money to projects in the Sahel, Horn and North Africa to tackle the root causes of migration.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 27/01/2016 17:44:22 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

424820

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	International Assistance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of international aid agencies' efforts to support and protect their staff from sexual abuse.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
	uin	HL3163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>Whilst we do not have a contractual obligation to have a duty of care for the staff of international aid agencies that are funded by DFID, all DFID funding is subject to DFID’s Due Diligence procedures which assess an organisation’s governance and control structure and those of their downstream partners.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 05/11/2015 16:48:39 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

511896

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Darfur: Internally Displaced People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the evidence that following the clashes between rebel and government forces in the Jebel Marra area of Darfur the number of civilians who have fled the fighting has led to the displacement of 130,000 people.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
	uin	HL7654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>Whilst exact displacement figures from Jebel Marra are difficult to establish due to access restrictions and challenges with registration, we regard the UN figure of approximately 130,000 people displaced as the best possible estimate. This is of course deeply troubling, and we have raised our concerns with the Government of Sudan. We continue to press both bilaterally and at the UN Security Council for full humanitarian access to be granted to the affected areas.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 25/04/2016 14:38:13 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

388468

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Syria: Refugees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the case for changing the emphasis in aid for Syrian refugees from relief towards empowerment and sustainable human and economic development.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL1243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>While humanitarian aid is still needed to respond to the Syria crisis, the protracted nature of the Syria crisis means that this must be complemented by longer term support for the empowerment and human and economic development of Syrian refugees. The UK is leading by example by shifting the emphasis of UK aid from short term emergency relief to longer term approaches, including by providing multi-year funding commitments to our partners, and encouraging other donors to do the same. A good example of this is UK support for education under the No Lost Generation Initiative.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 16/07/2015 16:17:16 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

444462

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Nepal: Earthquakes
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of (1) the present situation in Nepal, especially in outlying villages that cannot be reached by road, and (2) the aid that was sent to Nepal following the recent earthquakes; how much such aid they sent, and what assessment they have made of how much was sent by British citizens; and how much of that aid fulfilled the purposes for which it was sent.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL5013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>While emergency aid has reached most areas, we still estimate one million people will be living in temporary shelters at altitudes above 1,500 metres over the winter and are in need of urgent cold weather support. DFID, through its partners, is providing winter support to approximately 42,000 families (over 200,000 people) both via in kind assistance (blankets, mattresses, clothes, shelter insulation, solar lamps and cook stoves), as well as through a number of activities that contribute to an enabling environment for an effective and responsive humanitarian support. For example we are supporting helicopter operations to provide lifesaving humanitarian assistance to communities in areas inaccessible by land. Winter distributions are over 60 % complete and are expected to be fully complete by the end of January.</p><p>Information on total aid sent to Nepal in the aftermath of the earthquake can be found online through UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair’s (OCHA) Financial Tracking System which is updated periodically. DFID’s response to the devastating earthquake now stands at £70 million following further commitments made at the International Conference on Nepal’s Reconstruction. Funds raised by the British public for the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) appeal have already reached over £85 million, which includes £5 million in matched funding provided by DFID. More information on Nepal DEC work including a review of the response is available online. The UK is committed to ensuring that our assistance is made available to those most in need. We work with trusted partner NGO’s and UN agencies to deliver the UK humanitarian effort. These groups provide real time feedback of the situation on the ground to ensure DFID funds are used effectively.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 27/01/2016 17:31:33 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

533463

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Médecins Sans Frontières: EU Aid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of Médecins Sans Frontières' rejection of EU funding in Sudan in response to the EU's policies on migrants attempting to reach Europe.
	tabling member printed	Lord Chidgey
	uin	HL1046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>We were disappointed to learn about Médecins Sans Frontières' rejection of EU funding in Sudan. Sudan is a major source, host and transit country for migration. As such we remain committed to tackling the full range of migration issues in Sudan, including addressing the conflicts and the human rights situation, and supporting regional co-operation and efforts to stop people trafficking and smuggling through the ‘Khartoum Process’. Through DFID, we will deliver support that addresses the root causes of migration, and strengthen the basis for inclusive economic development and increased employment opportunities to encourage Sudanese people to better see their future in Sudan.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 12/07/2016 16:34:04 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	50 label Biography information for Lord Chidgey

513447

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Bangladesh: Marriage
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of Bangladesh about child marriage, and whether it is their policy that the revised Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929 should retain the minimum age of marriage for women at 18 years age without exceptions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
	uin	HL7704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>We welcome the commitments made by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Girl Summit last year and in New York in September to end marriage under the age 15 by 2021 and under 18 by 2041. We expect the age of marriage to be maintained at 18.</p><p>Alongside other Donor Partners and NGOs we continue to discuss with the Government of Bangladesh our concerns regarding the legislation, including the possibility of an exception clause that might allow marriage below 18 in certain circumstances, with the aim of ensuring that the public commitments at the UK Girl Summit are maintained. Meanwhile, we are working with other parts of HMG and donor partners to press for improved implementation of policies that protect and promote the status of women and girls. Activities to tackle inequality and promote empowerment are embedded across all of our wider programmes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 03/05/2016 15:00:20 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead