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1110689

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Tunisia: Prosperity Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 25 March (HL14416), why the Prosperity Fund does not have any projects in Tunisia.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL15153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK is working alongside our international partners in Tunisia to support economic reforms to tackle the long term challenges facing the country, including youth unemployment.</p><p> </p><p>We have been increasing our support for these issues through the North Africa Good Governance Fund, through which we will spend over £12m in 2019/20 – more than doubling our support since 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p>The Prosperity Fund is a Fund with 27 multiyear programmes. With £1.2 billion to spend over 7 years the Fund had to prioritise countries and sectors where there is the most potential for inclusive growth and poverty impact; and where UK expertise could make a difference. Tunisia was not considered a priority country for the Fund.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 25/04/2019 15:28:21 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1086387

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Tunisia: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the security, economic and educational situation in Tunisia; and how the UK foreign aid budget together with the Prosperity Fund can further assist that country.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL14416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Tunisia’s security, economy and education sector are priority areas of co-operation for the UK. The Tunisian economy is growing, although this growth remains fragile and the country needs further support to ensure economic benefits reach all Tunisians. Levels of educational attainment have increased over recent years, but there remains a mismatch between skills and the needs of the private sector which the UK is working to help address. Security in Tunisia has markedly improved since the terrorist attacks of 2015: in particular, the ability of Tunisian authorities to mitigate the threat from terrorism, and to better protect foreign visitors has improved.</p><p> </p><p>We are working directly and through development partners to help Tunisia deal with security threats and to address long-term challenges like youth unemployment. Bilateral spend is mainly channelled through the North Africa Good Governance Fund, with up to £14m allocated for Tunisia in 2019/20 to support economic development, education, and marginalised regions. In 2017, the last year for which figures are available, the UK’s share of multilateral organisations’ total spend in Tunisia was over £30m. The Prosperity Fund does not currently have any projects in Tunisia.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 25/03/2019 16:05:21 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1007510

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Ethiopia: Ethnic Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 2 November (HL10899), whether they are cooperating with other countries in their support of the Manjo people in Southern Ethiopia; and whether they intend to raise the social, political and economic marginalisation of the Manjo people at the United Nations.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL11509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>Further to my reply of 2 November, I can confirm that the Civil Society Support Programme through which the UK supported marginalised communities in Ethiopia, including the Manjo, was a multi-donor programme. Contributors alongside DFID for the first phase of the programme were Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Canada and Denmark. The current phase of the programme which will continue to have a focus on marginalised communities including the Manjo will be supported by Ireland, Sweden and Norway.</p><p> </p><p>At this time we believe the Ethiopian government is taking steps to address the challenges which the Manjo and other marginalised groups face, and that continued engagement in-country alongside our international partners is the best course of action. We do not plan to raise the issue in the United Nations at present.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/11/2018 14:24:58 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

993371

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Ethiopia: Ethnic Groups
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 (1) aid available to, and (2) religious freedoms of, the Manjo peoples living in the Sheka zone of the Southern region of Ethiopia.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL10899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>The Manjo people in Southern Ethiopia have faced long standing social, political and economic marginalisation. Consequently, they have not benefitted equally from Ethiopia’s development gains. Neither have they been able to fully exercise their human rights, including that of religious freedom.</p><p> </p><p>DFID made an assessment of the situation of the Manjo through the first phase of the Civil Society Support Programme (2011-16), to which the UK contributed £14m. The programme supported interventions by local civil society organisations to address the underlying factors that maintain social and religious marginalisation. Community dialogue events sought to change cultural attitudes towards the Manjo. The second phase of the programme will continue to have a focus on marginalised communities, including the Manjo, through grants and strategic government engagement.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/11/2018 14:18:00 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

759154

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Turkey: Historic Buildings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what help they can offer to Turkey to assist in the cultural preservation of damaged historical buildings in the Suriçi neighbourhood.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government has committed £30 million to help protect and restore cultural heritage in twelve target countries in the Middle East and North Africa, including Turkey, through the establishment of the Cultural Protection Fund. The British Council is funding two projects in Diyarbakir province which includes Suriçi. The projects will cover surveys, documentation and condition assessments of buildings in order to allow for appropriate conservation planning in the future.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 18/09/2017 11:36:21 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

671112

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much UK aid was sent to Myanmar in the latest year for which figures are available; and whether any of that aid was earmarked to help the Rohingya Muslims living in the west, or Roman Catholics living in the east, of that country.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL4515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>In financial year 2015-16, the UK spent £105.3m of overseas development assistance in Burma through its bilateral country programme. No financial aid was provided to the Government of Burma. DFID allocates aid on the basis of need and according to principles that ensure that no-one is discriminated against on the grounds of race, religion or ethnicity. DFID has long been one of the biggest bilateral humanitarian donors in Burma, notably Rakhine State and the east of the country. DFID is currently managing to get humanitarian support to over 100,000 people in Rakhine, including providing assistance in internally displaced people camps outside of northern Rakhine and some limited support in northern Rakhine. We have a large programme funding humanitarian assistance to displaced and conflict-affected people in government and non-government controlled areas of Kachin, northern Shan and south east Burma.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/01/2017 17:16:09 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten