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date	08/05/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Bank: Water
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to discuss with the Palestinian Hydrology Group an equitable basis for sharing the available water in the West Bank.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL7618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>DFID works with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to support up to 1 million Gazans by providing clean water and rehabilitating sanitation facilities. DFID is also developing a new economic development programme which will help to address the lack of safe water in the Occupied Palestinian Territories through a range of activities, including by: enhancing the domestic desalination capacity; increasing capacity to import more water; and reforms and institutional capacity building to Palestinian water agencies. There are no plans at present to discuss an equitable basis for sharing the available water in the West Bank with the Palestinian Hydrology Group.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 17/05/2018 16:38:15 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

899964

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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: Corruption
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which countries have received anti-corruption support funded by the UK since 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord McInnes of Kilwinning
uin	HL7627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>Countries that have received UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) for anti-corruption support<sup>1</sup> in 2015 and 2016 are listed below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK ODA contributor involved</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK ODA contributor involved</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK ODA contributor involved</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Afghanistan</strong></p></td><td><p>CSSF, DFID and FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>India</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID, FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Peru</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Albania</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Indonesia</strong></p></td><td><p>BEIS, DFID, Prosperity Fund and FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Philippines</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Algeria</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Iraq</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Rwanda</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID and HMRC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Angola</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Jamaica</strong></p></td><td><p>CSSF, DFID and FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Senegal</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Argentina</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Jordan</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID, FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Serbia</strong></p></td><td><p>CSSF and FCO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Armenia</strong></p></td><td><p>CSSF and FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Kenya</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID, FCO and HMRC</p></td><td><p><strong>Seychelles</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bangladesh</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td><td><p><strong>Korea, Dem. Rep.</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Sierra Leone</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID, FCO and HMRC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Belize</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Kosovo</strong></p></td><td><p>CSSF and FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Somalia</strong></p></td><td><p>CSSF and DFID</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bolivia</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Kyrgyz Republic</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID and FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>South Africa</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID, FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bosnia-Herzegovina</strong></p></td><td><p>CSSF and FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Laos</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>South Sudan</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Brazil</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Lebanon</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td><td><p><strong>Sri Lanka</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Burma</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID, FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Lesotho</strong></p></td><td><p>HMRC</p></td><td><p><strong>St. Helena</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cameroon</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Liberia</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td><td><p><strong>Sudan</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID and FCO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Chile</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Madagascar</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Syria</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>China</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Malawi</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID, HMRC and Scot Gov</p></td><td><p><strong>Tajikistan</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Colombia</strong></p></td><td><p>CSSF, FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Malaysia</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Tanzania</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID and HMRC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Congo, Dem. Rep.</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td><td><p><strong>Mauritius</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Thailand</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Costa Rica</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Mexico</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Tunisia</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cote d'Ivoire</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Moldova</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID and FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Turkey</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dominican Republic</strong></p></td><td><p>CSSF</p></td><td><p><strong>Mongolia</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Uganda</strong></p></td><td><p>Defra, DFID and HMRC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Egypt</strong></p></td><td><p>BEIS, DFID and FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Montenegro</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Ukraine</strong></p></td><td><p>CSSF, DFID, FCO and HMRC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ethiopia</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID, FCO and HMRC</p></td><td><p><strong>Montserrat</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID and FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Uruguay</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Morocco</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Uzbekistan</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gambia</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Mozambique</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td><td><p><strong>Vietnam</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID, FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ghana</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID, FCO and HMRC</p></td><td><p><strong>Namibia</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>West Bank &amp; Gaza Strip</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Guatemala</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Nepal</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td><td><p><strong>Yemen</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Guinea</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Nigeria</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID, FCO and Prosperity Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>Zambia</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Guyana</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID and FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Pakistan</strong></p></td><td><p>CSSF, DFID, FCO and HMRC</p></td><td><p><strong>Zimbabwe</strong></p></td><td><p>DFID</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Honduras</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p><strong>Panama</strong></p></td><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>1. Anti-corruption activities cover support to anti-corruption organisations and institutions, public finance management, public sector policy and management, tax and administrative support, mining policy and administrative management, and sub-national government. Some projects cover multiple countries; ODA data categorises these as “Developing Country, unspecified” or as regional spend.</p><p>UK ODA data for calendar year 2017 will be published in autumn 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 17/05/2018 16:41:18 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4576 label Biography information for Lord McInnes of Kilwinning

900171

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Port of Cairnryan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has identified the port of Cairnryan as a route for human trafficking; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Mr Alister Jack
uin	141880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>Tackling human trafficking and modern slavery, both in the UK and overseas, is a priority for the government.</p><p>The tackling of human trafficking is a devolved matter for the Scottish Government. At the border, intelligence-led operations to disrupt traffickers and protect victims is the key to Border Force’s response to the threat of Modern Slavery. Through the Modern Slavery Threat Group, Border Force work alongside UKVI, IE and other law enforcement agencies to identify and disrupt modern slavery offenders.</p><p>It is not Border Force Policy to release port specific information as it could compromise operational and National Security.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/05/2018 16:30:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack

900241

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average payment has been to the top (a) one, (b) five and (c) 10 per cent of benefit claimants by amount received in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	141727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>Annual estimates for the UK are presented in the table below (in nominal terms):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>(a) The average annual payment to the top one per cent of benefit claimants</p></td><td><p>(b) The average annual payment to the top five per cent of benefit claimants</p></td><td><p>(c) The average annual payment to the top ten per cent of benefit claimants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£30,000</p></td><td><p>£23,000</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£31,000</p></td><td><p>£23,000</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures have been estimated using data collected by the DWP’s Family Resources Survey (FRS). The FRS is a continuous household survey which collects information on the income and circumstances of a representative sample of 20,000 private households in the United Kingdom each year. 2016/17 is the latest year for which FRS data is currently available.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates have been adjusted for non-response using grossing factors that control for tenure type, Council Tax Band and a number of demographic variables. However, as with all surveys, FRS estimates are subject to sampling error and remaining non-sampling bias.</p><p> </p><p>Compared to administrative records, the FRS is known to under-report benefit receipt.</p><p> </p><p>This analysis considers total income from benefits and tax credits for a benefit unit, rather than at an individual level. This is because entitlement to many forms of state support is assessed at a benefit unit level. A benefit unit is defined as a single adult or a married or cohabiting couple, as well as any dependent children. An adult is defined as those individuals aged 16 or over, unless defined as a dependent child. An individual may be defined as a child if aged 16-19 years old, and not married nor in a Civil Partnership nor living with a partner; and living with parents; and in full-time non-advanced education or in unwaged government training.</p><p> </p><p>Analysis includes all income from DWP and HMRC benefits and tax credits, plus council tax benefit. This includes statutory sick pay, statutory maternity pay, statutory paternity pay and statutory adoption pay. Estimates are gross of High Income Child Benefit charge.</p><p> </p><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and have not been adjusted for inflation. The median rather than the mean average has been used, as the distributions requested are non-normal.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 17/05/2018 12:03:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin