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934341

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Disaster Relief
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the criteria are which are used to trigger the deployment of the UK Emergency Medical Team to a humanitarian crisis overseas.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	160361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>After a humanitarian disaster, the affected government will send a request to the World Health Organisation (WHO) who, in turn, will send out a call for assistance to all qualified and functioning Emergency Medical Teams. The decision to respond to each request is made after considering needs, safety concerns and the capacity of the team.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/07/2018 16:13:46 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

933777

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Ports
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 improve the effectiveness of the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism for Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	159649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK is providing £1.3 million to help the UN’s Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) facilitate commercial imports of food and fuel through the Red Sea ports of Hodeidah and Saleef by giving the Saudi-led Coalition confidence that weapons are not coming into Yemen on commercial ships.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this financial support, we have also deployed UK experts to support the inspections of ships in Djibouti, increasing the proportion of physical inspections ten-fold.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/07/2018 15:07:04 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

933825

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
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: Women's Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that projects that her Department co-designs and co-funds with the Department for International Trade promote women’s rights in UK trade with developing countries after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	159618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK is committed to promoting the economic empowerment of all women and recognises trade as an important lever for equality. DFID has been at the forefront of supporting the Department for International Trade to deliver on the UK’s commitment to a gender-responsive approach to trade once we leave the EU. The Prime Minister recently announced the SheTrades Commonwealth programme, which will enhance the competitiveness of women entrepreneurs in a number of Commonwealth developing countries, connecting them to markets and opportunities in the UK and the rest of the world.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/07/2018 15:02:35 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

933858

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Prosthetics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has allocated to programmes providing prosthetic limbs to people in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	159605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>DFID does not fund any programme specifically providing prosthetic limbs to people in Yemen. However, between 2010 and 2018, DFID has funded the Yemen Social Fund for Development (SFD) with over £108 million. This includes support to SFD’s disability programme, which has supported more than 2,500 children with disabilities, trained over 300 community-based rehabilitation workers, and equipped more than 80 community-based rehabilitation facilities for children with disabilities.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/07/2018 15:08:29 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

933962

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Kenya: Malaria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has allocated to Malaria (a) prevention and (b) treatment programmes in Kenya.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	159694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>DFID’s support for malaria prevention and treatment in Kenya is delivered through the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the ‘Global Fund’). The Global Fund has, to date, allocated more than USD $300m to malaria grants in Kenya. 10% of this (USD $30m) can be attributed to DFID based on our share of global contributions to the Global Fund.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 09/07/2018 14:57:45 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

932760

registered interest
date	29/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Internally Displaced People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate she has made of the number of internally displaced people in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	158950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>According to the latest International Organisation for Migration (IOM) estimates, there are currently 2 million internally displaced people in Yemen.</p><p> </p><p>DFID is providing up to £36 million to assist displaced people and migrants in Yemen between 2017 and 2020. Approximately £14 million of this is intended to support internally displaced people.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/07/2018 15:04:11 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

932761

registered interest
date	29/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Internally Displaced People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to support internally displaced people in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	158951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>DFID is providing up to £36 million to assist displaced people and migrants in Yemen between 2017 and 2020. Approximately £14 million of this is intended to support internally displaced people.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/07/2018 15:04:41 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

930937

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Children
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 long-term psychological effects of physical and mental trauma for children living in Gaza and the West Bank.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL8937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>According to UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs April 2018 estimates, over 1,100 people may have severe mental health problems and some 4,500 may have mild to moderate problems requiring mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in Gaza. In April MHPSS partners identified at least 599 children needing psychosocial support in Gaza. DFID does not currently hold data on psychological needs in the West Bank.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/07/2018 15:16:50 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge