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578574

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Palestinians: Overseas Aid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the reports of a senior World Vision official in Gaza diverting funds to Hamas, what steps they are taking to ensure that UK aid given to projects in Gaza and the West Bank is not misappropriated.
	tabling member printed	Lord Polak
	uin	HL1718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>The recent allegations against the senior World Vision official in Gaza are deeply concerning. DFID does not fund World Vision operations in Gaza or the Occupied Palestinian Territories more widely. DFID’s programmes are subject to stringent safeguards.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 20/09/2016 12:12:02 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4547 label Biography information for Lord Polak

578572

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Palestinians: Overseas Aid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will provide the names of the receiver organisations currently reported as "Supplier Name Withheld" for the £5.49 million in disbursements given to the Norwegian Refugee Council for legal assistance in the West Bank and Gaza from September 2013 to May 2016.
	tabling member printed	Lord Polak
	uin	HL1716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>All disbursements listed on the Development Tracker for the programme entitled ‘Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC): Legal Assistance to prevent demolitions and displacement in the OPTs’ have been made directly to the NRC, which is the supplier for this programme. Due to a technical issue inherent in the Development Tracker management information system, some supplier names appear as withheld when in fact they should be published. Our central management information team is working on a solution to this problem.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 20/09/2016 12:02:10 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4547 label Biography information for Lord Polak

578573

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Palestinians: Overseas Aid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the total values of UK aid disbursements in the Palestinian territories given for the purpose of (1) legal assistance, and (2) promoting peaceful co-existence, in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Polak
	uin	HL1717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>In each of the last five years the UK has provided the following support for legal assistance in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Disbursement</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>£340,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>£2,011,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>£2,550,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>£2,655,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>£1,000,000*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£8,556,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*as this is the current financial year, this figure is subject to change.</p><p> </p><p>The DFID Secretary of State is currently considering options for co-existence programmes as part of a wider examination of DFID’s programme in the OPTs. The FCO has supported several co-existence projects in Israel.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 20/09/2016 12:09:34 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4547 label Biography information for Lord Polak

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

457901

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Nepal: Earthquakes
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of their recommendation that members of the public donate to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) appeal for Nepal following the earthquakes in 2015, what assessment they have made of (1) how much money was donated to that appeal, (2) how soon after the emergency those funds were spent, (3) individual donors’ levels of satisfaction with how their donations were spent, (4) how that money was shared between NGOs that are members of the DEC and Nepalese NGOs, and (5) what effect that spending had.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL6719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Funds raised by the British public for the DEC appeal have already reached over £85 million, which includes £5 million in matched funding provided by DFID. UK Government representatives in Nepal’s meet regularly with Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC) members to discuss the ongoing earthquake response, recovery and reconstruction efforts.</p><p>The DEC publishes regular updates on the Nepal response on their website and through social media. Information on how funds are being used is also shared directly to donors via email and post. The DEC has also commissioned and published an independent evaluation of the work, which I have attached for ease, of members in Nepal which particularly focuses on the emergency response phase.</p><p>The DEC is planning on producing a ‘one year on’ report which will be published on the anniversary of the earthquake. This will give details of how funds were raised, how they were disbursed to member agencies, how they have been spent and what has been achieved.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma grouped question UIN HL6717 HL6718 question first answered 21/03/2016 15:38:47 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma attachment 1 file name DEC HC Nepal response review - to attach to HL6718, 6719, 6717.pdf title DEC HC Nepal response review
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

606225

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Multilateral Aid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the scrutiny of the UK's bilateral aid programmes by the International Development Committee and the Independent Commission on Aid Impact, in addition to internal departmental audit and risk analysis, what level of scrutiny is applied to multilateral aid programmes.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
	uin	HL2464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>As with bilateral aid, multilateral aid is subject to robust scrutiny by the International Development Committee and the Independent Commission on Aid Impact (ICAI). For example, ICAI published a review on “How the Department for International Development (DFID) works with multilateral agencies to achieve impact”, in June 2015 and the International Development Committee published an interim report on “UK Aid - Allocation of resources”, in March 2016.</p><p>The Secretary of State has clearly stated her commitment to driving higher results and ensuring value for money and transparency from DFID’s multilateral partners. DFID has taken a strategic approach to scrutinising the impact of our investment in multilateral organisations through the Multilateral Aid Review, the latest review is due to be published soon. The UK is also an active member of the Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN), which brings together 18 donor countries with a common interest in assessing multilateral effectiveness. MOPAN will commission its own assessments of multilateral organisations.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 31/10/2016 16:57:45 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

174559

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Palestinians
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the reported death of a four month old infant from exposure in Gaza, what action they are taking to ensure that reconstruction is allowed to take place in Gaza.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL4259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>We are supporting the temporary Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism to facilitate the import of construction materials into Gaza. Almost 35,000 people have now been able to buy materials to repair their homes. There is still more to do, but this mechanism is a step in the right direction. However, a more comprehensive lifting of restrictions as part of a political agreement is the only long-term solution.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 02/02/2015 13:41:47 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

530735

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Capital Investment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the extension in service of the RMS St Helena, whether there are any plans for the ship to visit Tristan da Cunha.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The St Helena Line has no current plans for the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) St Helena to visit Tristan da Cunha.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 12/07/2016 16:34:25 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

518761

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Religious Freedom
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the delay in opening the new airport on St Helena, whether the ship RMS St Helena will continue to operate beyond the advertised finishing date of 15 July.
	tabling member printed	Lord Shutt of Greetland
	uin	HL55
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>DFID is currently in discussion with the St Helena Government to finalise arrangements for the extension of the RMS St Helena beyond July 2016.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 25/05/2016 14:34:50 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	2546 label Biography information for Lord Shutt of Greetland

513480

	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	Gaza: Power Stations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the closure of the Gaza power station in April, what assessment they have made of whether an electricity generating ship is still available as an alternative supplier to Gaza.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL7737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>We are concerned by the electricity shortage in Gaza and the serious impact it is having on the humanitarian situation. We are in regular dialogue with Israel, the Palestinian Authority and other development actors, specifically the European Union and UN, on the extension of the 161 power line and conversion of the Gaza power station to gas. The UK believes these are the immediate steps necessary to improving the situation in Gaza, however a more comprehensive lifting of restrictions as part of a political agreement is the only long-term solution.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 26/04/2016 14:49:42 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton