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895228

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Palestinians: Refugees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the statement by UNRWA on 26 April, what action they will take to protect and provide for Palestinian refugees in the Palestine refugee camp of Yarmouk in Damascus and surrounding areas.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL7488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>Yarmouk camp has been besieged for several years. Humanitarian access remains restricted due to ongoing military activity and the presence of Daesh. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), supported by DFID, has had no direct access to the camp since April 2015.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to call on all parties to protect civilians, and to allow humanitarian agencies unfettered access to provide aid to those most in need, including at the UN Security Council and the International Syria Support Group. The Secretary of State for International Development and Minister of State for the Middle East focused on these messages at the ‘Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region’ Conference in Brussels on 24 and 25 April.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 14/05/2018 14:27:11 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

895217

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Yemen: Hospitals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help ensure hospitals in Yemen have access to medical supplies, including antibiotics.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Sheehan
	uin	HL7477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK recently announced £170 million of funding to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen for the financial year 2018/19. This funding will provide life-saving food, medicine (including antibiotics), clean water and sanitation to millions of people facing disease and hunger in Yemen. Our funding to UNICEF, the UN’s Yemen Humanitarian Pooled Fund and to our NGO partners through our Yemen Multisector Humanitarian Response Programme all contribute to improving the quality and availability of healthcare and medical supplies. We have also taken a leading role in calling on all parties to allow unhindered humanitarian and commercial access, including for medical supplies, as well as food and fuel, across Yemen.</p><p>Last financial year, we provided over £8 million in targeted cholera funding to UNICEF and the International Organization for Migration. This support aimed to provide medical supplies to half a million people, safe access to chlorinated water to 300,000 people, and rehabilitate medical facilities used by 250,000 people.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 10/05/2018 14:30:22 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4548 label Biography information for Baroness Sheehan

895216

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Yemen: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help children at risk of starvation in Yemen.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Sheehan
	uin	HL7476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK recently announced £170 million in support to Yemen for the financial year 2018/19, which will meet immediate food needs for 2.5 million Yemenis, including children at risk of starvation. Last financial year, we provided £60 million to the World Food Programme to provide millions of people with food, as well as £25 million to UNICEF, which included support to treat children with severe acute malnutrition. We also provided £24 million to our NGO partners through our Yemen Multisector Humanitarian Response Programme, which included support to tackle food insecurity and malnutrition.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has also taken a leading role in calling on all parties to allow unhindered humanitarian and commercial access across the country, including for vital food and fuel.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 10/05/2018 14:29:09 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4548 label Biography information for Baroness Sheehan

895218

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Yemen: Water
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help ensure people in Yemen have access to clean water.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Sheehan
	uin	HL7478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>Our funding of £170 million to Yemen this financial year (2018/19) includes support to UNICEF to provide access to a safe water supply, sanitation, and hygiene; as well as to other programmes that deliver a range of activities to improve water access alongside other priorities, including our Yemen Multisector Humanitarian Response Programme, the Yemen Humanitarian Pooled Fund, and Yemen's Social Fund for Development.</p><p> </p><p>Our support of £205 million to Yemen in the financial year 2017/18 included funding aimed at providing clean water and sanitation for approximately 1.2 million people. UK funding also provided fuel across the country to keep water systems working in major cities.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 10/05/2018 14:30:49 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4548 label Biography information for Baroness Sheehan

895193

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Internet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cloud services contracts that were previously delivered by British cloud services providers for the Department for International Development are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers; what is the value of those contracts; and what are the names of the previous providers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
	uin	HL7453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>DFID does not hold this information centrally for all internal departments and overseas offices and could only be collated at disproportionate cost. We can however provide information on cloud services contracts which are managed by our IT department. Of the cloud services contracts managed by our IT Department, there are zero which were delivered by British cloud services providers which are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/05/2018 16:42:04 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey