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890566

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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: Coal Fired Power Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2018 to Question 128376, on Developing Countries: Coal Fired Power Stations, what support her Department provides to developing countries fully deploying abated coal-fired power projects.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	137457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>DFID does not provide any bilateral assistance to developing countries for abated coal-fired projects. The UK encourages multilateral organisations to help developing countries make the investment decisions that will best deliver reliable, sustainable and affordable energy which is essential for economic growth and development. The Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy is supporting research and demonstration, including through the World Bank and Asian Development Bank, into Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage technology.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 137458 question first answered 27/04/2018 11:33:16 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

890567

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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: Coal Fired Power Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February to Question 128376, on Developing Countries: Coal Fired Power Stations,what steps her Department is taking to encourage multilateral organisations to provide financing for projects fully deploying abated coal-fired power; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	137458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>DFID does not provide any bilateral assistance to developing countries for abated coal-fired projects. The UK encourages multilateral organisations to help developing countries make the investment decisions that will best deliver reliable, sustainable and affordable energy which is essential for economic growth and development. The Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy is supporting research and demonstration, including through the World Bank and Asian Development Bank, into Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage technology.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 137457 question first answered 27/04/2018 11:33:16 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

889937

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Commonwealth: 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 and what proportion of her Department's aid budget has been allocated to Commonwealth countries in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	136989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows DFID’s bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Commonwealth countries in each of the last 10 years, and as a proportion of total DFID ODA going to countries. The allocation of UK aid has changed over the past decade. We currently work in countries across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, many of which are fragile or at risk from fragile neighbours including Jordan and Lebanon. We also have regional programmes in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean, and development relationships with aid-dependent Overseas Territories. DFID has increased its focus on the poorest and most fragile states, and decreased traditional aid to countries that can finance their own development, such as India and South Africa, where we have transitioned to new forms of partnership based on mutual interest.</p><p>£ million</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total DFID ODA allocable to specific countries<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p><em>of which</em>: DFID allocable ODA to Commonwealth countries</p></td><td><p>Commonwealth countries of total DFID allocable ODA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>2,039</p></td><td><p>1,217</p></td><td><p><em>60%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2,398</p></td><td><p>1,354</p></td><td><p><em>56%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2,699</p></td><td><p>1,444</p></td><td><p><em>54%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2,663</p></td><td><p>1,542</p></td><td><p><em>58%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>3,024</p></td><td><p>1,635</p></td><td><p><em>54%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2,964</p></td><td><p>1,552</p></td><td><p><em>52%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3,648</p></td><td><p>1,942</p></td><td><p><em>53%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3,609</p></td><td><p>1,807</p></td><td><p><em>50%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3,925</p></td><td><p>1,941</p></td><td><p><em>49%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>4,017</p></td><td><p>1,831</p></td><td><p><em>46%</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li>Excludes bilateral ODA for regional, global and centrally managed programmes benefitting multiple countries, which is unassigned to specific countries</li></ol><p>Source: Statistics on International Development</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/04/2018 14:03:06 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

890066

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Idlib, Syria; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	137116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The humanitarian situation in Idlib is dire. Sites hosting internally displaced people and towns are severely overcrowded, and food, shelter and water are in short supply. We are deeply concerned by reports that the intensification of hostilities has displaced over 300,000 people within Idlib governorate since December 2017. An additional 50,000 people have arrived from Eastern Ghouta since mid-March, stretching scarce resources further.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/04/2018 14:04:33 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

890068

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April to Question 134885, on Israel: Palestinians, which local civil society organisations her officials consulted.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	137118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>We held conversations directly with a number of organisations and indirectly via trusted donors and NGO groupings to draw on their experience and knowledge of the sector. Publishing the names of these organisations could harm their ability to do effective people-to-people work in the region due to the inherent sensitivities.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/04/2018 14:04:56 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

890128

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	Somaliland: Diplomatic Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing enhanced consular services in Hargeisa, Somaliland.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	137178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office's travel advice is clear that the British Embassy in Mogadishu is unable to provide consular assistance in Somalia, including in Hargeisa <a href="http://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/somalia" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/somalia</a>. However, we keep this decision under review.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/04/2018 16:32:50 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

890129

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Somaliland: 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 aid her Department provided aid to Somaliland which was delivered by multilateral agencies in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	137179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>DFID does not compile formal aid spend statistics broken down at sub-national level. However, information on UK Government spend in Somalia through multilateral agencies, which includes spend in Somaliland, is shown in the table below for the last 3 calendar years, 2014 to 2016.</p><p><strong>UK Official Development Assistance to Somalia, 2014 – 2016</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014 (£ thousand)</p></td><td><p>2015 (£ thousand)</p></td><td><p>2016 (£ thousand)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bilateral funding</p></td><td><p>123,791</p></td><td><p>121,828</p></td><td><p>151,715</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Of which was channelled through multilateral agencies</em></p></td><td><p>56,769</p></td><td><p>41,788</p></td><td><p>57,614</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estimated core multilateral funding<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>18,474</p></td><td><p>23,610</p></td><td><p>21,061</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1. UK funding to the core budgets of multilateral organisations cannot be directly attributed to countries, instead estimates are calculated on the basis of the spend of the multilaterals in countries and the UK’s share of core funding to multilateral organisations.</p><p>Source: Statistics on International Development</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/04/2018 14:06:24 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

887907

registered interest
date	20/04/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Caribbean: 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 money has been spent to support countries in the Caribbean in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	136902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>From 2010 to 2016, the UK has provided over £420m in bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Caribbean countries. In 2015, the DFID Caribbean programme increased by £330m, including through the establishment of the £300m UK Caribbean Infrastructure Fund (UKCIF).</p><p> </p><p>Following the devastation of Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, the UK also provided over £185m in humanitarian and reconstruction support, mainly to the affected islands of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos and Anguilla.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>figures in £ thousands</em></p></td><td><p><strong>£</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Antigua and Barbuda</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barbados</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belize</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>322</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>1,664</p></td><td><p>973</p></td><td><p>1,145</p></td><td><p>423</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominica</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>492</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grenada</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guyana</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,047</p></td><td><p>367</p></td><td><p>563</p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td><p>1,042</p></td><td><p>2,229</p></td><td><p>658</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haiti</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>16,944</p></td><td><p>9,714</p></td><td><p>3,264</p></td><td><p>9,585</p></td><td><p>4,685</p></td><td><p>3,850</p></td><td><p>5,996</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2,540</p></td><td><p>6,446</p></td><td><p>8,979</p></td><td><p>12,434</p></td><td><p>6,177</p></td><td><p>7,709</p></td><td><p>6,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montserrat</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>10,736</p></td><td><p>27,744</p></td><td><p>21,265</p></td><td><p>31,222</p></td><td><p>20,302</p></td><td><p>33,108</p></td><td><p>28,534</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>St. Kitts-Nevis</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>2,354</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St. Lucia</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>St.Vincent &amp; Grenadines</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suriname</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Trinidad &amp; Tobago</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>West Indies, regional</p></td><td><p>16,133</p></td><td><p>13,363</p></td><td><p>11,190</p></td><td><p>10,766</p></td><td><p>6,548</p></td><td><p>7,772</p></td><td><p>61,366</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Totals</p></td><td><p>.</p></td><td><p>47,881</p></td><td><p>58,235</p></td><td><p>48,015</p></td><td><p>66,319</p></td><td><p>39,920</p></td><td><p>56,673</p></td><td><p>103,525</p></td><td><p>420,568</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Statistics for International Development.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/04/2018 14:08:54 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

887054

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Nigeria: Boko Haram
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 help ensure the safety of schools in northern Nigeria from attack from Boko Haram.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	136622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>All children have the right to learn in safe environments. The Government remains committed to supporting Nigeria to respond to humanitarian needs, and address the root causes of the conflict in the north-east of the country. Education is a crucial part of working towards a brighter future for the region.</p><p> </p><p>The UK and Nigeria have both endorsed the Safe Schools Declaration, which deters the military from use of schools and prevents schools becoming targets in conflict-affected areas. DFID is supporting the Government of Nigeria to implement the Declaration, including in the north-east.</p><p> </p><p>DFID supported the Safe School Initiative. Technical assistance provided has focused on supporting the Safe School Initiative secretariat through development of tools for reporting and monitoring of activities including training to school based management committees.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/04/2018 14:10:01 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

887186

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
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: Renewable Energy
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 the World Bank on investing in local, clean and renewable energy for poor communities.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	136750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has had no specific discussions with the World Bank about investing in local, clean and renewable energy for poor communities.</p><p> </p><p>However, the UK is using its influence as a major shareholder to encourage the World Bank to step up its support for developing countries to invest in renewable energy. We do so in high level meetings, through our interventions in board discussions of the Climate Change Action Plan as well as in discussions on specific project plans to target cases where this is the most cost effective option for countries to expand their energy supply. The UK contributes to the World Bank’s work in this area through its core funding, as well as partnerships including the Energy Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP), the Climate Investment Funds and the Global Environment Facility. The UK strongly supports the World Bank’s work to increase access to cleaner, more efficient cooking and heating solutions, which now stretches across 15 countries with regional programmes in Asia, Africa and Central America.</p><p> </p><p>The World Bank committed to 28% of its financial support being climate related by 2020 and to achieving a number of goals, including on renewable energy, in its Climate Change Action Plan 2016 – 2020. We are currently in discussions with the World Bank on setting even more ambitious targets for the period beyond 2020.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/04/2018 14:02:10 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield