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823489

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	North Africa: Land Mines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department is taking steps to assist with the mapping and disposal of World War Two-era mines in the Tobruk and El-Alamein regions; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	122961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The package of UK support to Libya announced in August 2017 includes £1 million this year to fund demining training and education across the country and increase the capacity of Libyan authorities to deal with explosive hazards. The UK has supported demining in Egypt since 2006 through multilateral funding along with other donors including Germany, Japan, New Zealand and the US. The projects have funded clearance of 130,446 acres of land around El Alamein, provision of artificial limbs for 479 land mine victims, and three mine risk education campaigns benefiting 160,000 individuals. The UK has previously provided maps of minefield locations to the Egyptian authorities. The UK currently has no programmes specifically targeting WWII ordnance in the Tobruk or El-Alamein regions.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/01/2018 17:38:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

823697

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Beverage Containers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate has been made of the number of single use disposable cups that are (a) used each year and (b) sent for recycling by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	123148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>We do not keep or gather specific data related to used single use disposable cups or their recycling rates.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/01/2018 17:36:09 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

823718

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to support the maintenance of the operation of medical facilities during an electricity crisis in the Gaza strip.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	123166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s long term support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) assists UNRWA in their provision of basic services to 1.3 million people in Gaza, including basic healthcare. Additionally the UK is supporting approximately 1 million Gazans by providing clean water, rehabilitating sanitations facilities and promoting hygiene standards to stop the spread of disease through the United Nations Children’s Fund.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/01/2018 17:44:48 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

822879

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: 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 awarded any development contracts to the Ministry of Defence in 2016-17; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	122562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>No development contracts were awarded by DFID to the Ministry of Defence in 2016-17.</p><p>DFID do not issue contracts to other government departments but will use other aid instruments and forms of agreement when working together.</p><p>A breakdown of official UK spend on international development by government department can be found in the annual <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2017" target="_blank">Statistics on International Development</a> publication.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/01/2018 17:55:14 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

823076

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: Reconstruction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the processes in place to prevent the misuse of reconstruction material in Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	122759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The Materials Monitoring Unit (MMU) of the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism monitors the import, storage, supply and use of construction materials in Gaza to ensure they are used for their intended civilian purposes. DFID has provided £1.6 million of support to the MMU since October 2014. In 2016 DFID assessments found that the unit has performed well in operational delivery and effectiveness.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/01/2018 17:56:30 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

823113

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	USA: UNRWA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in other EU member states on the implications for their own contributions of reports that the US Administration will reduce its contribution to the UN Works and Relief Agency.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	122796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>My officials are working closely with the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and other European Union partners on how best to ensure continuity of essential services to Palestinian refugees at this time. We are concerned at the impact on UNRWA’s activities whenever unexpected reductions or delays in predicted donor disbursements occur. The UK remains firmly committed to supporting UNRWA and Palestinian refugees across the Middle East, providing around £50 million in 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/01/2018 17:37:14 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

823116

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Global Compact for Migration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she plans to publish her Department's position on the UN Global Compact for Migration.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	122799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The Prime Minister set out the UK’s objectives for the UN Global Compact for Migration in her address to the UN General Assembly in 2016 and reiterated them in 2017. The UK’s priority is to deliver a Compact that prioritises three fundamental principles for managing migration: 1) the international community must help ensure that refugees claim asylum in the first safe country that can offer protection; 2) Improve the ways we distinguish between refugees fleeing persecution and economic migrants; and 3) Maintain the right and obligation of all states to control their borders, and to accept the return of their nationals.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/01/2018 17:26:41 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

823117

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	USA: Global Compact for Migration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with officials in the US Administration on the decision of that Administration to withdraw from UN negotiations on the Global Compact for Migration.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	122800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>It is standard practice for the UK Government to stay in regular contact with the US administration on a range of issues, including the Migration and Refugee Compacts. The UK – alongside partners – remains committed to the UN process to develop both a Global Compact for Migration and a Global Compact for Refugees. The decision by the United States to withdraw from the former does not alter the UK Government’s commitment to engage fully and work towards the successful delivery of these compacts. We believe that the Global Compact on Migration should offer an effective international framework to ensure that migration is safe and orderly and that it should balance the rights and responsibilities of both states and migrants. This should include states committing to the full implementation of the existing legal frameworks that protect fundamental human rights of their own citizens and of migrants.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/01/2018 17:12:03 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

823118

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Food
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 help meet the United Nations Development Programme's Sustainable Development Goal 2 on zero hunger.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	122801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The new Single Departmental Plan of the Department for International Development (DFID) puts the Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2) at the centre of our work to eradicate extreme poverty, deliver inclusive economic development, including sustainable agricultural programmes and investments, and build resilience. Spend through our bilateral and multilateral agriculture programmes to reduce hunger and under-nutrition has increased, from £243million (2012) to £484 million (2015) and roughly £600 million in 2016. We are also working to shape the multilateral agenda. The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) harnesses both public and private investments for SDG2 and implements through a range of multilateral institutions. DFID is a global leader in addressing acute hunger through humanitarian and famine relief. DFID has also committed to improve the nutrition of 50 million people overseas by 2020 and published a Position Paper setting out our plans. Total spend on nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programmes has increased, from £304 million (2012) to £667 million (2015).</p><p> </p><p>We are also supporting robust monitoring of progress against the agreed indicators for SDG2 to be achieved by 2030.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/01/2018 17:35:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

823123

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	USA: UNRWA
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 the UN Relief and Works Agency to provide aid and services to Palestinian refugees following the announcement by the US Administration of a reduction in its contribution to that agency.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	122806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK remains firmly committed to supporting the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and Palestinian refugees across the Middle East. We will provide around £50 million in 2017/18 to assist UNRWA in their provision of basic education to around 500,000 children and health services for around 3 million Palestinian refugees as well as supporting Palestinian refugees from Syria with cash and in-kind food assistance. We are concerned at the impact on UNRWA’s activities whenever unexpected reductions or delays in predicted donor disbursements occur. My officials are working closely with UNRWA and other European Union partners on how best to ensure continuity of essential services to Palestinian refugees at this time.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/01/2018 17:37:19 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden