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717219

registered interest
date	03/04/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	United Nations: Public Appointments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many appointments to UN committees and agencies are held by representatives or citizens of the UK; and what are those positions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL6520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2017 answer text <p>The UN only publishes broad statistical data about the nationality of its employees. As of 31 December 2016, there were 866 UK citizens employed by the UN Secretariat. The last published data covering the UN system including the Secretariat plus UN funds, programmes and specialised agencies dates back to 31 December 2012 and shows a total of 2454 UK citizens employed at the time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 13/04/2017 13:31:07 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

675193

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to ensure that projects and programmes funded from the cross-government Prosperity Fund will create jobs for women in developing countries; and if so, how, and to what extent.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL4758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>All cross-government Prosperity Fund Official Development Assistance spending will comply with the International Development Act and Gender Equality Act. The UK's aid strategy prioritises the needs of women.</p><p>The Gender Equality Act requires implementing Departments to be confident that any opportunities to engage and enhance the status of women and promote gender equality have been identified and considered.</p><p>Major programmes that will be supported through the Prosperity Fund are still being developed and the precise details for promoting jobs and gender equality will depend on each context.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 30/01/2017 12:29:38 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

520614

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Wheelchairs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to support the establishment of independent international monitoring mechanisms in Yemen to investigate human rights violations on all sides of the conflict.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK supported a UN Human Rights Council resolution in October 2015, which called on the UN to provide technical assistance to the Government of Yemen, assist the Yemeni National Independent Commission of Inquiry, and report back to the next session of the Human Rights Council. The UK welcomes Yemen’s commitment to cooperate with the UN on protection of human rights. It is important to continue to support this process until the Commission has reported back to the Human Rights Council in September 2016 where the discussions about the need for any alternative measures can be properly informed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 06/06/2016 11:45:52 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

520615

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Higher Education: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are providing support to the central bank of Yemen to avert financial collapse.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) is a key Yemeni institution. We have made sure that the economy and the state of the CBY are not ignored during the peace talks in Kuwait. We continue to lobby the Government of Yemen and the Houthis and Pro-Saleh General People's Congress at the highest levels to emphasise the seriousness of the economic situation, including pressing for all Yemeni parties to cooperate, take ownership of the issues, and ensure key institutions such as the CBY are protected.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 02/06/2016 15:45:44 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

455147

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	UN Commission on the Status of Women
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will promote their Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative at the Commission on the Status of Women meeting in March.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL6452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>At the current time, four UK Ministers (from the Department for International Development, the Ministry of Defence and the Department for Education) are planning to attend the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and promote UK objectives, including the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI). Tackling violence against women and girls is a key UK objective. We will be actively participating in the Review Theme and a significant number of side events focused on tackling all forms of violence against women and girls including sexual violence. We will use the opportunity of these different discussions to promote PSVI.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 02/03/2016 15:47:10 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

453554

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	UN Commission on the Status of Women
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to hold an event on their Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative at the sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women in March.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL6256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>At the current time, four UK Ministers (from the Department for International Development, the Ministry of Defence and the Department for Education) are planning to attend the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and promote UK objectives. The UK is not planning to host a specific event on the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) during the CSW. Ministers will be actively participating in the Review Theme and a number of side events focussed on tackling all forms of violence against women and girls, including sexual violence. As the Prime Minister's Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, I am actively exploring future opportunities to engage with UN partners in 2016 to promote PSVI objectives on tackling stigma, supporting survivors and increasing accountability.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 02/03/2016 15:36:59 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

439668

registered interest
date	21/12/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Somalia: 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 the percentage of the funds pledged by all nations through the 2013 Somali Compact that has been spent.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL4744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2016 answer text Somalia’s Aid Coordination Unit (ACU), supported by the World Bank and UN Development Programme, has reported that donors are meeting and sometimes exceeding their pledges. The 2013 pledge to implement the New Deal was 2.4 billion US dollars. ACU estimate that donors spent 3.2 billion US dollars across 2014 and 2015, exceeding the pledge by 33 per cent. According to ACU, donors have consistently delivered 1 billion US dollars annually in Overseas Development Assistance, accompanied by significant resources for peacekeeping and military aid. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 06/01/2016 15:23:40 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

429486

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Islamic State
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many representatives were present at the recent meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIL in London.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL3736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>On 28-29 October, the UK hosted the fourth meeting of the Global Coalition’s Communications Working Group, along with our Coalition Co-Chairs, the United Arab Emirates and the US. Ministers and senior officials from 32 Coalition countries participated. 149 delegates were involved in the meeting over the two days, of whom 43 were women.</p><p>The meeting focused on digital communications and what more coalition governments could do, in partnership with civil society and digital industry, to promote positive voices and to ensure those promoting extremism and violent extremism online were not left unchallenged.</p><p>The meeting agreed that highlighting women’s voices was a key part of the Coalition’s response to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s propaganda.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns grouped question UIN HL3737 HL3738 question first answered 30/11/2015 15:50:12 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

429487

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Islamic State
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many women were present as representatives at the recent meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIL in London.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL3737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>On 28-29 October, the UK hosted the fourth meeting of the Global Coalition’s Communications Working Group, along with our Coalition Co-Chairs, the United Arab Emirates and the US. Ministers and senior officials from 32 Coalition countries participated. 149 delegates were involved in the meeting over the two days, of whom 43 were women.</p><p>The meeting focused on digital communications and what more coalition governments could do, in partnership with civil society and digital industry, to promote positive voices and to ensure those promoting extremism and violent extremism online were not left unchallenged.</p><p>The meeting agreed that highlighting women’s voices was a key part of the Coalition’s response to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s propaganda.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns grouped question UIN HL3736 HL3738 question first answered 30/11/2015 15:50:12 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

429488

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Islamic State
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they took to ensure that women’s voices were included at the recent meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIL in London.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL3738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>On 28-29 October, the UK hosted the fourth meeting of the Global Coalition’s Communications Working Group, along with our Coalition Co-Chairs, the United Arab Emirates and the US. Ministers and senior officials from 32 Coalition countries participated. 149 delegates were involved in the meeting over the two days, of whom 43 were women.</p><p>The meeting focused on digital communications and what more coalition governments could do, in partnership with civil society and digital industry, to promote positive voices and to ensure those promoting extremism and violent extremism online were not left unchallenged.</p><p>The meeting agreed that highlighting women’s voices was a key part of the Coalition’s response to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s propaganda.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns grouped question UIN HL3736 HL3737 question first answered 30/11/2015 15:50:12 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger