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392066

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Civilian Stabilisation Group
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many members of the Civilian Stabilisation Group have been deployed in other countries in each of the last five years; and how many are currently deployed.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	uin	HL1821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2015 answer text <p>The Stabilisation Unit has deployed:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of CSG deployed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>On 23 July 2015, 55 members of the Civilian Stabilisation Group were on deployment.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/07/2015 14:15:46 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

452289

	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	World Humanitarian Summit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who will represent them Government at the World Humanitarian Summit in May.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	uin	HL6190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>Decisions on who will be in the delegation will be taken nearer the time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 25/02/2016 16:49:27 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

519610

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2016
	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: Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to become a founding donor of the Education Cannot Wait fund for education in emergencies at its launch at the World Humanitarian Summit, and how much they intend to donate in 2016.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	uin	HL175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2016 answer text <p>The UK has played a leading role in the development of the Education Cannot Wait fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, which was launched at the World Humanitarian Summit on 23rd May. The UK has committed to provide £30 million in support over two years to the new fund as a founding donor, which was announced by the International Development Secretary at the fund’s launch event at the World Humanitarian Summit.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 31/05/2016 13:01:24 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

166645

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Guinea-Bissau
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have provided any humanitarian assistance to the people of Guinea Bissau in each of the last three years.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	uin	HL3236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The UK Government has not provided direct humanitarian assistance to the people of Guinea Bissau in any of the last three years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK Government provides humanitarian core funding to a number of UN agencies, who in turn have provided funding to Guinea Bissau. For example, between 2011 and 2013 the UK Government provided over $300m to the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), which in turn allocated over $3m to Guinea Bissau.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 03/12/2014 15:02:22 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

392069

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Civilian Stabilisation Group
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any of the Civilian Stabilisation Group have experience of devolved administration within the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	uin	HL1824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2015 answer text <p>The Stabilisation Unit’s Civilian Stabilisation Group database does not provide the functionality to search for specific areas of an individual’s career history that does not directly correlate to stabilisation. A manual search of each individual’s profile would be required in order to provide this information and, as such, it would not be possible to obtain the information required without incurring a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/07/2015 13:30:27 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

166843

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Females: Equality
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will next publish a report on progress in implementing the commitments agreed and announced by United Kingdom Ministers at the Girl Summit held in London in July.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	uin	HL3261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The first annual progress report on commitments made at Girl Summit 2014 – including those announced by United Kingdom Ministers – will be issued in July 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 15/12/2014 14:10:20 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

519611

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2016
	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: Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to ensure that the Education Cannot Wait fund for education in emergencies will meet the objectives set by the Sustainable Development Goals of leaving no-one behind, and will focus on the most marginalised children, including girls, minority communities and children with disabilities.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	uin	HL176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK is committed to all children benefitting from a quality education by 2030, in line with the Sustainable Development Goal 4 and over-arching principle to leave no-one behind. For these reasons, the UK has played a leading role in the development of Education Cannot Wait.</p><p>A key focus for Education Cannot Wait will be on ensuring that marginalised children and young people are able to access a quality education. This includes refugees and internally displaced children, as well as children facing barriers to their education because of their gender, disability or other factors. This focus is reflected in the Fund’s indicative headline results, which commits to providing “Inclusive education [that] reaches the most marginalised children and young people in crises” with a target of “100% of supported education opportunities demonstrate increase in education for girls, disabled and those in remote locations”.</p><p>The UK will continue to engage closely during Education Cannot Wait’s inception phase, to ensure that this commitment is fully reflected in its final design and results frameworks.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 03/06/2016 10:50:58 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

225748

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent discussions they have had with the donor co-ordination group for the Democratic Republic of the Congo with regard to providing funding for the forthcoming local, provincial and general elections in 2015 and 2016 in that country.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	uin	HL5518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>DFID has been in close and continuous discussion with the donor co-ordination group on the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We have discussed specifically how to coordinate support to civic education and local observation. Alongside other partners we are also engaged in an on-going discussion with the United Nations Development Programme who have prepared a new programme to support the electoral cycle. We have also participated actively in the MONUSCO-led discussions on support to elections.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 19/03/2015 15:59:47 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

392068

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Civilian Stabilisation Group
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the Civilian Stabilisation Group in the light of emerging priorities and the anticipated agreement of the Sustainable Development Goals by the United Nations in September 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	uin	HL1823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2015 answer text <p>The Stabilisation Unit is conducting an internal review of the Civilian Stabilisation Group skillsets to ensure it meets HMG priorities, both now and in the future. To inform this work, wider multilateral and international aims for UK capability will be considered.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/07/2015 14:12:30 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

225321

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Malawi
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what organisation or body they have established to assist with the rebuilding of homes, infrastructure and agricultural development following the recent floods in Malawi.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	uin	HL5446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK has not established any new organisation or body to support floods recovery. DFID Malawi has committed to provide up to £4.1 million in response to the floods, which includes supporting communities to rebuild their homes and their livelihoods through existing programmes and through multilateral partners.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 13/03/2015 14:52:35 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale