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date	01/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinian Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 12 October 2016, to Question 46979 on Palestinian Authority, if she will place in the Library a copies of her Department's formal assessments of the Palestinian Authority's commitment to the Partnership Principles.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	126066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>DFID does not routinely publish Partnership Principles assessments. The most recent assessment concluded that the Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to deliver on the Partnership Principles. HMG officials will complete their next assessment of the PA’s compliance with the Partnership Principles before the next annual Memorandum of Understanding dialogue with the PA. The date of the next dialogue has not yet been confirmed, but is likely to be completed by the first half of 2018.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/02/2018 11:31:21 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

834628

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
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: Newspaper Press and Television
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and her Department, what discussions her Department has had with the PA on the description by the newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida and official PA television on 8 January 2017 of the perpetrator of a terrorist attack as a martyr who died for Allah.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	126076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government deplores any act of incitement to violence; the Secretary of State and I raised the issue of incitement during our respective bilateral meetings with senior Palestinian counterparts in January 2018. Our partnership with the Palestinian Authority (PA) includes a commitment from the Palestinian leadership to adhere to the principle of non-violence and to tackle language and avoid actions that could incite violence or hatred. The UK continues to urge the Palestinian leadership to uphold this principle.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/02/2018 11:25:08 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

834647

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the report entitled Valuing Human Waste as an Energy Resource, published by United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health in 2015, what funding her Department has provided for the development of energy from human waste in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	126095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>DFID recognises the potential for use of human waste in energy generation. DFID is supporting a programme to pilot the use of faecal sludge and organic waste from homes, public toilets and factories in producing biogas energy, soil conditioner and animal feeds. The programme supports small and medium sized enterprises to develop new products. This programme is in partnership with companies such as Unilever, multi-laterals such as the Asian Development Bank and Non-Governmental Organisations such as WaterAid. It works in Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and India.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/02/2018 13:01:43 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

834742

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sustainable Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which least-developed and post-conflict countries have requested assistance from the UK for information-gathering and monitoring of their Sustainable Development Goals; what support has been provided to those countries; and through which programmes.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL5337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>In line with the UK’s commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), DFID provides support for information-gathering and monitoring of the SDGs at the global and country levels.</p><p> </p><p>While information on individual requests for SDG monitoring support is not held centrally, programmes and initiatives through which we support least-developed and post-conflict countries include:</p><ul><li>The UN Statistics Division - DFID is supporting 20 developing countries to disseminate SDG data through National Reporting Platforms. These countries include Ethiopia, DRC, and Nepal.</li><li>The Inclusive Data Charter, which will play an important role in measuring whether SDG progress is equitable.</li><li>The Health Data Collaborative, which aims to improve the availability, quality and use of health data for local decision-making and for tracking progress towards Goal 3 on health.</li><li>The IMF and UN-ESCAP, where we are supporting 50 countries to strengthen their economic statistics, on which to make economic policy decisions.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Countries we support through these programmes and initiatives in monitoring their SDGs include:</p><p>Burundi, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Lao, Myanmar, Nepal, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Tajikistan and Vietnam.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/02/2018 13:26:16 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

834744

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Nepal: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what their development priorities are for Nepal over the next five years; and what support they intend to provide for reforestation and sustainable forestry.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL5338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK government’s three main development priorities are:</p><p><br> 1) Supporting Nepal’s transition to an effective federal democracy;<br> 2) Accelerating the rate of inclusive growth to generate jobs; and <br> 3) Ensuring that the most vulnerable are better protected from shocks.</p><p> </p><p>Forestry support will be provided through our market development programmes that will work with forestry enterprises to create jobs and our climate programmes which will support afforestation to reduce emissions and protect watersheds. In addition the UK government is a core supporter of the World Bank, Forestry Investment Programme that is developing a £18.5m forestry programme in Nepal.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/02/2018 16:54:41 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

834745

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Nepal: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much humanitarian aid, including earthquake relief and reconstruction, they have provided to Nepal in each of the last five years; and what impact, if any, this has had on the amount of healthcare and sustainable development funding that has been provided.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL5339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2018 answer text <p>As reported in “Statistics on International Development 2017” (available at www.gov.uk) the UK’s humanitarian support to Nepal was £5 million in 2012, nothing in 2013 and 2014, £35.9 million in 2015 and £13.2 million in 2016. In 2016, the UK committed a further £83 million for Post-Earthquake Reconstruction (2016 – 2022). Although disrupted by the 2015 earthquake, we have maintained our commitment to healthcare and sustainable development over the period.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/02/2018 16:55:10 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich