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1079327

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Africa: EU Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding from the public purse the UK has provided to the Trust Fund for Africa in each year since its establishment.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	227143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF) was established at the Valletta Summit in November 2015. To date, the UK Government has made direct contributions to the EUTF of €0.6m (approximately £515,000) in 2016/17, a further €0.6m in 2017/18, and €1.6m (approximately £1,375,000) in 2018/19.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, circa 15% of the €3.7bn (£3.18bn) in funds provided to the EUTF from the EU budget and the European Development Fund is attributable to UK Official Development Assistance, an amount of approximately €555m (£477m) in total.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 05/03/2019 16:56:12 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1078553

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Human Trafficking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK aid protecting women from trafficking in Burma – and helping them into jobs published on 18 February 2019, how UK aid has been used to help disadvantaged and conflict-affected people.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	226729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>DFID Burma is bringing disadvantaged and conflict affected people into the heart of all its development programme. Our aim is to ensure that people who have been affected by poverty, marginalisation and exclusion get access to quality services and can retain and build their human capital, whatever the circumstances they find themselves in. This means making sure groups, like the long-term displaced in parts of Burma and on the Thai-border can get a good education, good health and nutrition and the skills they can use to generate income or benefit from future jobs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/03/2019 14:55:15 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1078554

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Human Trafficking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK aid protecting women from trafficking in Burma – and helping them into jobs published on 18 February 2019, whether the Government has received assurances that UK aid provided to Sittwe General Hospital will not be used to underpin reported apartheid practices at that hospital.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	226730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK is working with the Ministry of Health in Burma to upgrade Sittwe General Hospital to provide better health services for all communities in Rakhine State. The refurbishment will go in hand with work to ensure that hospital access and referral networks ensure that it serves all communities. The UK specifically supports the women and children health ward and modernising the building to make it safer for patients. This is in line with Recommendations 40 and 42 of the Kofi Annan-led Rakhine Advisory Commission.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through the Access to Health Fund, the UK is also providing funding to NGOs working at the community level to improve health care in Rakhine for all communities and expanding to areas which are hard to reach.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/03/2019 14:56:33 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1077553

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which (a) for-profit private companies and (b) private contractors received official development assistance for the (i) delivery of education and (ii) facilitation of education programmes in (A) Liberia, (B) Sierra Leone, (C) Mozambique, (D) Sudan and (E) Zambia in each year from 2015 to 2018.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	226206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The table below sets out centrally let contracts with (a) for-profit private companies and (b) private contractors in the last four years (2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 YTD) for education programmes in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Sudan and Zambia. During this same period, we have also had spend with not-for-profit organisations for education programmes in the countries cited above.<strong><br> <br> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Supplier Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Liberia (LR)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sudan (SD)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mozambique (MZ)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sierra Leone (SL)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Zambia (ZM)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OXFORD POLICY MANAGEMENT</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£75,274</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OXFORD POLICY MANAGEMENT</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£325,323</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OXFORD POLICY MANAGEMENT</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£1,217,611</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MOTT MACDONALD LTD</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£4,323,891</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRITISH COUNCIL</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£2,876,402</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COFFEY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LTD</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£145,369</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>McKinsey &amp; Co, Inc UK</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£1,678,960</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MOTT MACDONALD LTD</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£17,605,968</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£964,655</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>£0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£5,686,871</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£20,324,857</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£3,201,725</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 04/03/2019 14:53:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1077623

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid: Libya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much UK funding is allocated to the Department for Combating Illegal Migration in Libya; from which UK Department that budget is drawn; and how much of that funding qualifies as official development assistance.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	226191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>No UK funding is allocated to the Libyan Department for Combating Illegal Migration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/03/2019 14:52:35 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1077626

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in her Department have been seconded to support projects related to the UK leaving the EU (a) within her Department and (b) to other Departments.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	226082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>As at 28 February, DFID has deployed 39 employees on short term loan to other government departments and fewer than 10 staff internally to support projects related to the UK leaving the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 04/03/2019 14:51:54 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1077168

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Prosperity Fund
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 funding allocated from the Cross-Government Prosperity Fund complies with her Department’s duty on poverty reduction.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	225609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The primary purpose of the Prosperity Fund is reducing poverty through sustainable and inclusive economic growth. Each Prosperity Fund spending department is responsible for ensuring that its Official Development Assistance programmes meet the requirements of the International Development Act. DFID leads the UK’s work to end extreme poverty and deliver the Global Goals, and is responsible to Parliament for the overall delivery of the UK’s 0.7 commitment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/02/2019 16:27:08 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1077171

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Human Rights
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 protect human rights defenders throughout the world.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	225610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The FCO and DFID strongly support the vital role played by human rights defenders and civil society organisations in supporting sustainable and inclusive development.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID programmes support the protection and promotion of human rights across a range of areas such as health, education, peace and security, and the rights of girls and women. One example is the Jo Cox Memorial Grants that will support civil society at the grassroots to empower women to claim their political and economic rights and prevent identity-based violence in DFID priority countries. On International Human Rights Day in December the Secretary of State spoke at an Amnesty International UK event to highlight the work of five inspiring female human rights defenders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/02/2019 16:28:16 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1077211

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
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: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total cost to the public purse has been of humanitarian aid sent to Yemen since the start of the civil war in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	225378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The humanitarian crisis in Yemen remains the largest in the world with nearly 80% of the population, over 24 million people, in need of humanitarian assistance. The UK has shown ongoing leadership in responding to the crisis, and by the end of the 2018/2019 financial year will have contributed £570 million in support to Yemen since the conflict began in 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 24 February 2019, the Prime Minister announced that the UK will provide an additional £200 million for the Yemen response in the next financial year (2019/2020). This support will provide vital food assistance across Yemen to those most at risk of dying from starvation and disease, meeting the immediate food needs of over 3.8 million Yemenis for a month, treating 20,000 children for malnutrition and providing 2 million people with improved water supply and basic sanitation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 28/02/2019 16:52:15 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1064757

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Alan Guttmacher Institute
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her Department's paper entitled, Single Departmental Plan - Results Achieved by Sector in 2012-2018, Family Planning, what steps her Department has taken to verify the numbers of illegal backstreet abortions provided by the Guttmacher Institute; and whether her Department has conducted a separate estimate of those abortions.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	224485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID’s single departmental plan reports on the increase in family planning use from our programmes. From this, estimates are made, based on the best international expertise, on wider impact. The Guttmacher Institute’s reputation for producing high quality scientific research and data for evidence-based policy making on Sexual &amp; Reproductive Health and Rights means we have confidence in these independent estimates.</p><p> </p><p>Other studies support the key Guttmacher Institute finding that unsafe abortion is a significant killer of women and restricting safe abortion does not make abortion less common, it just makes it less safe.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/02/2019 17:05:50 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce