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794276

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Refugees: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to UN refugee camps for disabled refugees.
	tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
	tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
	uin	115249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Neither DFID, nor the UN Refugee Agency has exact figures on the number of child refugees with disabilities in UN refugee camps. The UK is also pressing the UN Refugee Agency to ensure that all protection and assistance programmes are accessible to all vulnerable groups, including people with disabilities so that no one is left behind. The UK has two dedicated programmes supporting refugee children in Jordan and provides support to people with disabilities in the region.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 115250 question first answered 30/11/2017 14:30:37 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

795253

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Lake Chad Basin: Humanitarian Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to support (a) humanitarian and (b) stabilisation programmes in the Lake Chad region.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	115674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The crisis in the Lake Chad Basin that affects Nigeria, Northern Cameroon, Niger and Chad is a priority for my Department. In 2017, we are providing £100 million in humanitarian assistance to northern Nigeria and over £14 million to other regions bordering Lake Chad, which will for example provide food assistance to more than 1.5 million people and reach 120,000 children with life-saving treatment for severe acute malnutrition. The UK is also providing over £8 million for stabilisation in the Lake Chad Basin region, including helping communities better respond to and manage the effects of violent conflict.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 30/11/2017 13:55:26 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

794424

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Sudan: Droughts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to assist people affected by drought and extreme hunger in the Nuba mountains region of Sudan.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	115397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Through the Department for International Development, the UK is the largest contributor to the Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SHF), providing £16.5 million in 2017. The SHF provides lifesaving food, health, water, and other assistance to internally displaced people and vulnerable communities in Sudan, including Government controlled areas of the Nuba mountains region in South Kordofan.</p><p>The UK Government has welcomed the Government of Sudan’s acceptance of the US proposal to provide humanitarian aid to the Two Areas (South Kordofan and Blue Nile). We have continued to urge the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – North (SPLM-N) to immediately agree to the US proposal, in order to enable humanitarian aid to reach those in rebel controlled locations in the Two Areas.</p><p>The implementation of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) Roadmap Agreement is the only sustainable path to peace in the Two Areas, and we urge all sides to lose no further time in returning to the negotiating table.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 30/11/2017 14:24:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

794346

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to promote trade between the UK and least developed countries.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	115319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK is a proud advocate of supporting developing countries trade their way out of poverty. The Government has introduced the Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Bill which will enable us to create a UK trade preference scheme to maintain existing tariff free access to the UK for Least Developed Countries as we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 30/11/2017 14:34:09 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

794010

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	UN Women
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department plans to take to support UN Women following the publication of the Multilateral Development Review 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	115098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>Since the publication of the Multilateral Development Review (MDR) in 2016, DFID has supported UN Women through Executive Boards, regular bilateral engagement and discussions on UN development system reform to strengthen areas for improvement identified by the MDR, such as value for money, organisational effectiveness and corporate assurance.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 29/11/2017 16:58:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

797662

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs humanitarian funding appeal to support people in Gaza.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	116625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK is supporting approximately 1 million Gazans by addressing critical water, sanitation and hygiene needs, as identified in the UN Gaza Urgent Funding Appeal, through a £1.9m grant to the United Nations Children’s Fund. In addition the UK is a long-term supporter of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) which provides basic services to 1.3 million people in Gaza including basic health care, and we are supporting humanitarian access, enabling reconstruction efforts and investing in job creation in Gaza.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/12/2017 15:44:32 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

794285

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Bangladesh: Rohingya
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure Rohingya refugee children are being educated in newly established refugee camps.
	tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
	tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
	uin	115258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK is the largest contributor to the Education Cannot Wait initiative, investing £30m between 2016 and 2018. Education Cannot Wait has committed US$3 million (£2.2 million) for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Education Cannot Wait’s response will help cover more than 70 percent of the emergency educational needs of Rohingya refugee children until the end of 2017.</p><p>DFID is developing an ambitious new education policy to get some of the most marginalised children learning now. We are also reviewing options for further funding as part of its longer term response to the Rohingya refugee crisis. We are helping education experts and organisations to work with the Ministries of Education in Bangladesh and Burma, to agree on a curriculum and certification process for Rohingya children in Cox’s Bazar.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 30/11/2017 14:29:08 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

795368

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Côte d'Ivoire: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of UK foreign aid goes to Ivory Coast; and what assessment she has made of the effect of that aid.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	115789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, 6 million or 0.007% of the UK’s bilateral ODA contributions went to Cote d’Ivoire. In addition, Cote D’Ivoire will have benefitted from funding from the United Nations, World Bank, IMF and African Development Bank, to which the UK provides core funding. UK aid has increased the efficiency and capacity of a major power plant near Abidjan which now provides 15% of the country’s electricity, and has also funded delivery of over 2 million treatments for schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminths which will help prevent anaemia, stunting and developmental problems in children.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 04/12/2017 17:30:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

797643

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Legatum Institute
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what meetings Ministers of her Department have had with representatives of the Legatum Institute in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
	uin	116606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial Meetings will be published in the Department's Quarterly Transparency Returns, which will be made publicly available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 04/12/2017 17:27:25 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

794277

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information her Department holds on the number of disabled child refugees in UN refugee camps.
	tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
	tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
	uin	115250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Neither DFID, nor the UN Refugee Agency has exact figures on the number of child refugees with disabilities in UN refugee camps. The UK is also pressing the UN Refugee Agency to ensure that all protection and assistance programmes are accessible to all vulnerable groups, including people with disabilities so that no one is left behind. The UK has two dedicated programmes supporting refugee children in Jordan and provides support to people with disabilities in the region.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 115249 question first answered 30/11/2017 14:30:37 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron