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683069

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date	01/02/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	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 the Government is taking to support the rebuilding of cranes in Hodeidah port in Yemen in order to ensure that food supplies can be imported into that country.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	62802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government is discussing short-term options to improve port infrastructure, including mobile cranes, with Gulf countries, the US and the UN. The conflict makes any long-term investment in infrastructure difficult so we are also calling on all parties to the conflict to protect civilian infrastructure, including Hodeidah port, from further damage; and to restart political talks in order to end the conflict.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 06/02/2017 17:11:05 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

681227

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to cap the daily rate of consultants working (a) directly for and (b) for contractors working on projects funded by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	62150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State announced to the International Development Committee (IDC) on 19 December that DFID will conduct a fundamental review of supplier practices which will include looking at how to drive greater transparency of costs in our supply chain.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 02/02/2017 17:48:44 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

681228

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza and West Bank: Health Services
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 effect of Israel's border restrictions and permit system on urgent medical care for people resident in (a) the West Bank and (b) Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	62175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The availability of some medical supplies and services in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) can be restricted by Israeli security procedures. A recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report noted increasing restrictions, notably permit delays or denial, for patients who have been referred for further care outside Gaza and the West Bank. For Gaza this is particularly acute, and is compounded by frequent closure by Egypt of the Rafah crossing, preventing urgent medical cases from seeking treatment in Egypt.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 02/02/2017 17:44:49 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

681229

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much government funding is provided for climate action in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	62257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>Over the last five years, the UK Government has provided £3.87 billion for climate action in developing countries. This has, amongst other things, supported 21 million people to cope with the effects of climate change and helped 6.6 million people access clean energy.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 02/02/2017 17:49:17 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

681342

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: EU Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her press statement of 16 December 2016 on future UK support to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, that she intends to channel payments to the Palestinian Authority directly through the EU's PEGASE mechanism, if she will set out what her policy is on making such payments after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	62399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK’s ability to use the EU PEGASE mechanism will not be affected when we leave the EU. Non-EU countries are able to channel funding through this mechanism.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 02/02/2017 17:45:12 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

681343

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which contracts have been suspended by Ministers of her Department in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	62380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>No contracts over the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) threshold (currently £106,047) have been suspended by Ministers in the Department for International Development in the last three months.</p><p>A number of procurements and payments were paused following recent concerns about DFID suppliers. We have also recently examined DFID programmes in OPT’s.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 02/02/2017 17:52:12 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

681344

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Water
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to increase her Department's spending on water, sanitation and hygiene projects.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	62299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government has committed to help 60 million people to gain access to water and sanitation by 2020. The focus will be to deliver results with best value for money in order to control the total amount spent.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 02/02/2017 17:53:13 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

681345

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Refugees
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 her foreign counterparts on UNHCR's winter programme funding.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	62326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>DFID is in regular communication with UNHCR, other agencies, host states and donor countries. Through this we raise concerns about conditions facing displaced people in winter.</p><p>In October 2016 the UK contributed £9.8million to UNHCR’s Supplementary Appeal for Refugee Emergency Response in Europe. This will reach over 50,000 vulnerable refugees with core relief items and includes rapid winterisation of shelters in response to deteriorating weather conditions.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 06/02/2017 17:09:25 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

679754

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Marie Stopes International
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Government funding has been provided to Marie Stopes International for work in which countries outside the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	62000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>DFID provided direct funding to Marie Stopes International (MSI) to the value of £19.64 million in 2012; £19.05 million in 2013; £41.07 million in 2014; £38.80 million in 2015 and £44.45 million in 2016.</p><p>This funding was used to support DFID programmes in the following countries: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cambodia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Papa New Guinea, The Philippines, Timor-leste, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen.</p><p>DFID support to these programmes enables women and girls to complete their education, take up better economic opportunities and have control over their own lives, therefore transforming lives, and creating more prosperous and stable societies.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 03/02/2017 14:39:08 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

679755

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Marie Stopes International
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in which countries outside the UK Government funding has been provided to Marie Stopes International for work on family planning and abortion provision in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	62001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>Over the past 5 years, UK Government funding has provided central support to MSI’s developing country portfolio of 29 countries, and DFID specific programmes in Bangladesh, Kenya, Malawi, Pakistan and Sierra Leone.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 03/02/2017 14:39:41 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce