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1083683

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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	Yemen: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the £4.5 million of arms exports to Saudi Arabia authorised between July and September last year were intended for use in the war in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	229688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>In respect of the period of July to September last year, the value of military and non-military licences issued for equipment to Saudi Arabia was £4.5 million. The value of military licences issued was £1.6 million. All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria. Details of export licences issued to Saudi Arabia are available in the official statistics published by the Department for International Trade on <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data</a></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/03/2019 16:53:33 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1083684

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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	Yemen: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Saudi Arabian and Emirati counterparts on their reported recruitment and deployment of children from Sudan to take part in ground combat operations in the conflict in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	229689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Lady to the answers I gave to questions 228118 and 228119. We are firmly committed to ending the recruitment and use of child soldiers and to protecting all children affected by armed conflict.</p><p>We raise allegations of human rights abuses, including the use of child soldiers, with all parties to the conflict in Yemen. We have been clear that all parties must comply with International Humanitarian Law. We do not hold any specific information relating to the number of child soldiers of Sudanese origins who have been involved in the conflict.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 229690 229692 question first answered 13/03/2019 17:06:48 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1083685

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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	Yemen: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children from Sudan that have been recruited by Saudi Arabian and Emirati forces and deployed in combat operations in the conflict in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	229690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Lady to the answers I gave to questions 228118 and 228119. We are firmly committed to ending the recruitment and use of child soldiers and to protecting all children affected by armed conflict.</p><p>We raise allegations of human rights abuses, including the use of child soldiers, with all parties to the conflict in Yemen. We have been clear that all parties must comply with International Humanitarian Law. We do not hold any specific information relating to the number of child soldiers of Sudanese origins who have been involved in the conflict.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 229689 229692 question first answered 13/03/2019 17:06:48 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1083694

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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	Yemen: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the telecommunications equipment reportedly used by Saudi Arabian and Emirati forces to direct the operations of Sudanese child soldiers deployed in combat operations in the conflict in Yemen was (a) supplied by UK companies and (b) authorised for export by the UK government.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	229692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Lady to the answers I gave to questions 228118 and 228119. We are firmly committed to ending the recruitment and use of child soldiers and to protecting all children affected by armed conflict.</p><p>We raise allegations of human rights abuses, including the use of child soldiers, with all parties to the conflict in Yemen. We have been clear that all parties must comply with International Humanitarian Law. We do not hold any specific information relating to the number of child soldiers of Sudanese origins who have been involved in the conflict.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 229689 229690 question first answered 13/03/2019 17:06:48 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1081845

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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	Yemen: Armed Conflict
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 he has had with his Saudi Arabian counterparts on the use of Sudanese child soldiers within the Yemeni civil war during his recent visit to the Gulf.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	228118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>We raise allegations of human rights issues, including child soldiers, with all parties to the conflict in Yemen. We have been clear that all parties must comply with IHL. We do not hold any specific information relating to the number of child soldiers of Sudanese origin involved in the conflict.</p><p>We are firmly committed to ending the recruitment and use of child soldiers and to protecting all children affected by armed conflict.</p><p>The UK is an active member of the UN Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), which leads the international response to the issue of child soldiers and child protection. This includes pressing those parties to conflict listed in the UN Secretary-General's annual report on CAAC, including Yemen, to enter into concrete action plans with the UN to verify and release child soldiers.</p><p>The UK is also the largest single financial contributor to the office of the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for CAAC, contributing £800,000 in the last five years. We have shown our support for the SRSG's recently launched Global Coalition for Reintegration (GCR) by joining the 'Friends of Reintegration' group, a forum to generate new ideas for supporting reintegration programmes and for the prevention of re-recruitment of children formerly associated with armed groups. The UK has confirmed it will be increasing its funding to the office of the SRSG for CAAC to £450,000 for the FY19/20 to continue assisting the SRSG with her current mandate, and will be giving an additional £50,000 to fund extended activities pertaining to the GCR.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 07/03/2019 18:07:32 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt previous answer version 106420 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1081846

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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	Yemen: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Departments holds on the number of child soldiers of Sudanese origin who have been involved in the Yemeni civil war.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	228119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>We raise allegations of human rights issues, including child soldiers, with all parties to the conflict in Yemen. We have been clear that all parties must comply with IHL. We do not hold any specific information relating to the number of child soldiers of Sudanese origin involved in the conflict.</p><p>We are firmly committed to ending the recruitment and use of child soldiers and to protecting all children affected by armed conflict.</p><p>The UK is an active member of the UN Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), which leads the international response to the issue of child soldiers and child protection. This includes pressing those parties to conflict listed in the UN Secretary-General's annual report on CAAC, including Yemen, to enter into concrete action plans with the UN to verify and release child soldiers.</p><p>The UK is also the largest single financial contributor to the office of the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for CAAC, contributing £800,000 in the last five years. We have shown our support for the SRSG's recently launched Global Coalition for Reintegration (GCR) by joining the 'Friends of Reintegration' group, a forum to generate new ideas for supporting reintegration programmes and for the prevention of re-recruitment of children formerly associated with armed groups. The UK has confirmed it will be increasing its funding to the office of the SRSG for CAAC to £450,000 for the FY19/20 to continue assisting the SRSG with her current mandate, and will be giving an additional £50,000 to fund extended activities pertaining to the GCR.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 07/03/2019 18:09:56 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt previous answer version 106424 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1059774

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	Yemen: Armed Conflict
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 he has had with his Moroccan counterparts on the conflict in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	220071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK has taken the lead in urging the international community to support the efforts to achieve an inclusive political settlement in Yemen. However, I have not spoken directly about this issue with my Moroccan counterparts.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/02/2019 15:34:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1059776

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	Yemen: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assurances he has sought from the United Arab Emirates Government that UK-produced weapons have not reached rebel factions in the conflict in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	220072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Export licence applications to all countries, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE), are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, including Criterion 7 – the risk that exports might be diverted. We engage regularly with UAE authorities on the conflict in Yemen and we will keep the situation under constant review.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/02/2019 15:39:48 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1057059

registered interest
date	08/02/2019
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: Armed Conflict
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 effect of the conflict in Yemen on the (a) health and (b) protection from violence of women and girls in that country.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	218783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>Yemen remains the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with nearly 80% of the population, 24 million people, now in need of humanitarian assistance. This includes 1.1 million acutely malnourished pregnant or lactating women.</p><p> </p><p>The conflict in Yemen has only served to exacerbate the specific vulnerabilities and the limitations faced by women and girls across the country, with the number of incidents of gender-based violence reportedly rising by 70% since the start of the conflict.</p><p> </p><p>The country ranks last out of 144 countries on the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index; women and girls continue to face entrenched gender inequalities that limit their access to services, livelihoods and other opportunities.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/02/2019 17:06:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1057060

registered interest
date	08/02/2019
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: Armed Conflict
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 the adequacy of (a) reproductive health and (b) gender based violence prevention services in its response to the situation in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	218784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>As part of its £96.5 million of funding to UNICEF in Yemen over the coming three years, the UK will support 800,000 people with reproductive health services. This includes support for over 300,000 people with family planning advice, 292,000 women with antenatal check-ups and 117,000 women during childbirth.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK is also supporting measures to prevent violence against women and girls in Yemen as part of its £13 million of funding this financial year (2018/2019) for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and International Office for Migration.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These measures include medical support, legal services and psychosocial counselling to over 1,700 female sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) survivors in Yemen, as well as the establishment of twelve gender specific community-based committees to work on SGBV prevention.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/02/2019 17:08:58 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray