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731113

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date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Venezuela: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid the UK has provided for the citizens of Venezuela in the past five years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>Details of all UK ODA can be found in the annual Statistics on International Development.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 26/06/2017 15:54:10 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

731123

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Zimbabwe: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with officials of the Republic of Zimbabwe on human rights.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	91
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>​The British Government is deeply concerned about the human rights situation in Zimbabwe, particularly the continuing harassment and detention of political activists ahead of Presidential elections in 2018. We frequently raise our concerns with the Zimbabwean government, urging it to end abuses and restore internationally accepted standards. Our Ambassador in Harare most recently raised these concerns with the Zimbabwean Foreign Ministry on 17 June and officials in London raised them with the Zimbabwean Embassy on 19 June.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/06/2017 12:34:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

731124

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Zimbabwe: Inflation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with officials of the Republic of Zimbabwe on that country's rate of inflation.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	92
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>​We regularly discuss Zimbabwe's serious economic problems with its government, including rising inflation fuelled by monetary financing of the budget deficit. We agree with the May 2017 IMF recommendations for the government to take urgent action to curtail public expenditure and refrain from further central bank financing. Zimbabwe urgently needs to embark upon a comprehensive package of reforms through full re-engagement with the International Financial Institutions. We have been clear that this will require genuine commitment to reform in both the economic and governance spheres. Our Ambassador in Harare raised this with the Minister of Finance in April.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/06/2017 12:36:27 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

731125

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Zimbabwe: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with counterparts in the EU on free and fair elections in the Republic of Zimbabwe in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	93
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>​The Government remains in close contact with EU counterparts on the 2018 Presidential elections in Zimbabwe. We share a concern about the risks of the elections not being free and fair, especially because of voter registration, human rights violations and restrictions on political activity. The EU is funding a UNDP programme to support the elections in 2018, which we regularly review and discuss with EU counterparts.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/06/2017 12:38:02 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

731136

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Zimbabwe: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with counterparts in the African Union on free and fair elections in the Republic of Zimbabwe in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The UK has engaged counterparts in the African Union– particularly the Southern African Development Community – on the 2018 Presidential elections in Zimbabwe. We have highlighted that a democratic, prosperous and stable Zimbabwe is in the interests of the whole region and urged them to do what they can to encourage free and fair elections.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/06/2017 12:39:36 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

724191

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many Yemeni local and national non-governmental organisations received humanitarian aid from her Department in each of the last five years; and what proportion of her Department's overall aid for Yemen that represented in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	71976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>DFID has provided £85.5 million to the Yemen Humanitarian Pooled Fund (YHPF) over the last five years from the total DFID bilateral funding listed in the table below. In 2016, the YHPF provided £94.5 million of support to 7.8 million people, including food security, water and sanitation and health interventions. Approximately £13 million of this funding was delivered by local and national NGOs.</p><p>In addition, in 2017/18 we will provide £24 million to our Multi-Sector Humanitarian Response programme, approximately £1.5m of which will directly support local and national NGOs.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>DFID bilateral programme outturn (in £s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>89.6 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>65.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>81.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>59.1 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/04/2017 06:55:48 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

724192

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the (a) number of children of school age in Afghanistan, (b) proportion of such children who were not in education and (c) proportion of those not in education who were girls in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	71991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>In 2017, official figures show that UK support has helped more than 6.4m children attend school in Afghanistan, 38% of whom are girls. This is up from around 4 million children in 2009/2010, over a third of whom were girls. Figures on the number of children out of school are hard to verify, but the UN estimates the figures to be between 6-7 million over the past few years. A breakdown by gender is not available.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/04/2017 07:01:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

724193

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which five countries have been the greatest recipients of UK foreign aid in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	71987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>The five largest recipients of UK bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) spent by either DFID or other government departments is given in the Table below:</p><p> </p><p>Table: Top 5 country recipients of UK bilateral ODA, 2013-2015</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>.</p></td><td><p>.</p></td><td><p>.</p></td><td><p>.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>338</p></td><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>322</p></td><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>374</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>329</p></td><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>339</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>266</p></td><td><p>Afghanistan</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>Sierra Leone</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>263</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>249</p></td><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>Syria</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Statistics on International Development 2016</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/04/2017 07:00:38 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

724194

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has allocated in aid to Afghanistan in each of the last three years; and on what that funding has been spent.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	71947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>For the last three years (2014/15, 2015/16, and 2016/17) DFID’s bilateral allocation in Afghanistan was £178m per year, in line with the then UK Prime Minister’s pledge at the Tokyo Conference in 2012. This has been invested in economic development, meeting humanitarian needs, building the capacity of the Afghan Government, and delivering services such as health and education.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/04/2017 06:54:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

724197

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government plans to use drones to drop emergency aid in Syria; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Alex Salmond
uin	71934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Aid delivered by road, by trusted humanitarian partners who ensure it gets to those who need it most, is the most effective way to meet needs in Syria. We are pushing the Assad regime to allow this, while working tirelessly with our partners to examine all other options for getting aid into besieged areas.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/04/2017 06:53:07 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	577 label Biography information for Alex Salmond