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391718

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	World Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the UK contribution was to the World Bank in (a) paid in capital and (b) callable capital in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	8134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the UK contributions to the World Bank (specifically to IBRD, the non-concessional lending arm of the World Bank) in paid in capital and callable capital in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that the UK did not pay in additional capital to IBRD or contribute additional callable capital in 2010. Additional contributions to multilateral development bank’s capital are infrequent and only happen through General or Selective Capital Increases (known as GCIs and SCIs). The most recent of these for IBRD became effective in 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The paid in amount is fixed in US dollar terms. As such the Sterling amount varies slightly each year depending on the exchange rate. The callable element increases on a pro-rata basis as each paid in contribution is made and is reported in US Dollars in IBRD’s accounts.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Paid- in capital - Sterling paid equivalent </strong><strong>to US $31,114,059</strong></p><p><strong> (paid in December of each stated year)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Callable capital (as stated in IBRD audited </strong><strong>accounts at June 30th of following year)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>$7,832.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><br> £19,957,703</p></td><td><p>$8,319.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>£19,451,149</p></td><td><p>$8,807.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>£19,047,480</p></td><td><p>$9,294.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>£19,915,547</p></td><td><p>$9,781.9m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 07/09/2015 14:57:52 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

391866

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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: Biodiversity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total value was of projects funded by her Department to improve or conserve biodiversity in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and what such spending is expected to be in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	8337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>DFID funding focused on biodiversity was £29.1 million in 2010-11, £20.6 million in 2011-12, £18.3 million in 2012-13 and £35.1 million in 2013-14. This includes our relevant contributions to the Global Environment Facility. Data for 2014/15 and 2015/16 will be published once available.</p><p> </p><p>DFID has also transferred £5.5 million per annum since 2011 to DEFRA for the Darwin Initiative. This is not accounted for in the above numbers.</p><p> </p><p>Future funding levels for biodiversity will be determined as part of the current Spending Review process</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps grouped question UIN 8338 question first answered 07/09/2015 15:05:21 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

391867

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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: Biodiversity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's total spending on projects to improve or conserve biodiversity was in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and what such spending is expected to be in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	8338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>DFID funding focused on biodiversity was £29.1 million in 2010-11, £20.6 million in 2011-12, £18.3 million in 2012-13 and £35.1 million in 2013-14. This includes our relevant contributions to the Global Environment Facility. Data for 2014/15 and 2015/16 will be published once available.</p><p> </p><p>DFID has also transferred £5.5 million per annum since 2011 to DEFRA for the Darwin Initiative. This is not accounted for in the above numbers.</p><p> </p><p>Future funding levels for biodiversity will be determined as part of the current Spending Review process</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps grouped question UIN 8337 question first answered 07/09/2015 15:05:21 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

391868

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's total spending was on climate change adaptation in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and what that spending is expected to be in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	8336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>DFID support to help people adapt to the impacts of climate is delivered in an integrated way through a range of programmes. Since the International Climate Fund was established in 2011/12 approximate funding is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2011/12 - £136m</p><p>2012/13 – £212m</p><p>2013/14 –<ins class="ministerial"> £228m</ins> <del class="ministerial">£304m </del></p><p> </p><p>Data for 2014/15 and 2015/16 will be published once available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Future funding levels for spend on climate change will be determined as part of the current Spending Review process.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 07/09/2015 15:03:45 question first ministerially corrected 09/09/2015 17:24:55 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps previous answer version 19786 answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

391869

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Iraq: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government is providing any financial support to the Iraqi Government (a) in loans, (b) through the international development budget and (c) through other international bodies to support reconstruction of areas recaptured from ISIL.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	8246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department for International Development does not provide any financial support to the Government of Iraq, in loans, through the international development budget, or through other international bodies to support reconstruction of areas recaptured from ISIL.</p><p> </p><p>Since summer 2014, DFID has committed £59.5 million to help address the needs of the 8.6 million people across Iraq that require some form of humanitarian assistance. This funding is delivered via UN agencies and humanitarian organisations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 07/09/2015 15:02:09 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

391870

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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, what the total value was of projects funded by her Department on climate change adaptation in each year since 2010-11; and how much is planned to be spent in each year up to 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	8284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>DFID support to help people adapt to the impacts of climate is delivered in an integrated way through a range of programmes. Since the International Climate Fund was established in 2011/12 approximate funding is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2011/12 - £136m</p><p>2012/13 – £212m</p><p>2013/14 –<ins class="ministerial"> £228m</ins> <del class="ministerial">£304m</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data for 2014/15 and 2015/16 will be published once available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Future funding levels for spend on climate change will be determined as part of the current Spending Review process.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 07/09/2015 15:03:45 question first ministerially corrected 09/09/2015 17:25:19 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps previous answer version 19758 answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

391871

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports she has received on the levels of malnutrition in camps for internally displaced Rohingya in Rakhine State, Burma; and what aid the UK Government is providing to those camps.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	8213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>According to Save the Children, the level of acute and chronic malnutrition in the camps is poor. The most recent reports state that acute malnutrition was between 8.5% and 11.8% in the different camp areas, and stunting up to 52%.</p><p> </p><p>DFID is providing funding for treatment of severe acute and chronic malnutrition, as well as funding for water and sanitation work that helps to prevent malnutrition. Over 126,000 internally displaced and conflict affected people in Rakhine benefit from our support to water and sanitation and nutrition.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID is one of the largest bilateral humanitarian donors in Rakhine, and has provided over £18 million since 2012.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 07/09/2015 15:01:00 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

391872

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the £32 million of aid pledged by the UK at the Cairo Donor Conference in 2014 to cover disposal of unexploded ordnance, rubble clearing and reconstructive surgery has been disbursed to date; and how much more such aid is planned to be sent in future.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	8210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK pledged £20 million in early recovery assistance at the Gaza reconstruction conference in Cairo last year. We have disbursed all of this pledge and will disburse further funds for Gaza throughout the financial year.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 07/09/2015 14:58:42 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

391264

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	North Korea: 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 2014 annual report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimated that the number of North Korean children being treated for severe acute malnutrition increased by 38 per cent in 2014; what assessment they have made of the reasons for this; what assessment they have made of the percentage of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea’s budget used for the health and wellbeing of children; and what information they have about how the government of North Korea is addressing the issue.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2015 answer text <p>The UN’s Needs and Priorities report for 2015 states that approximately 70 per cent of the DPRK population are food insecure and highly vulnerable to shortages in food production, which “is hampered by a lack of agricultural inputs, such as soybean seeds, fertilizer and plastic sheets”. It lists the chronic malnutrition (stunting) rate amongst children under-five as 27.9 per cent (about 540,000) and the acutely malnourished (wasting) rate as four per cent of children under-five (about 90,000).</p><p> </p><p>During the Third Session of the 13th Supreme People’s Assembly held on 9 April 2015, the DPRK announced an overall increase in state budget of 5.5% (from 2014 figures), although no specific details regarding budget allocation were given.</p><p> </p><p>The UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has provided funding to sustain emergency aid operations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. In 2014 CERF allocated US$ 6.5 million funding to the DPRK, of which the UK contributed 24%. This included support for nutrition and food security.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 03/08/2015 16:21:59 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma attachment 1 file name DPR Korea 2015 Needs and Priorities.pdf title DPR Korea 2015 Needs and Priorities
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

391295

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their latest estimate of the number of Syrians displaced (1) within Syria, and (2) abroad.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL1652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2015 answer text <p>There are an estimated 7.6 million internally displaced persons within Syria, and there are now over four million refugees from Syria in neighbouring countries. According to the UN, there have been over 278,000 Syrian asylum applications in Europe between April 2011 and May 2015.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/07/2015 14:10:59 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian