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1111092

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a commitment to support abortion rights throughout the world.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	243340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK leads the world in our long-term support for comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights, including safe abortion. Research shows that restricting access to abortion services does not make abortions less common – it only serves to make them less safe, risking women’s and girls’ health and lives through dangerous, backstreet abortions. At least 8% of maternal deaths worldwide are caused by unsafe abortions. Millions more women and girls are left with injuries and disabilities as a result.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s position is that safe abortion reduces recourse to unsafe abortion and thus saves lives, and that women and adolescent girls must have the right to make their own decisions about their sexual and reproductive health and well-being. We will continue to uphold our evidence-based approach to women’s health services, including – as permitted within local laws – supporting safe abortion.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/04/2019 16:16:42 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1111103

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Libya: Minority Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial assistance her Department is providing to people from the Tawerga community that have been displaced outside Libya.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	243460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK’s provision of humanitarian support inside and outside Libya is based on the needs of affected populations rather than targeted at particular communities.</p><p> </p><p>The displaced Tawerga community is included within a range of UK interventions. Our contributions to the UN’s general budget help to fund the work of the UN High Commission for Refugees, which is supporting Tawergans who remain displaced. Through the European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, we are enabling the International Organisation for Migration to provide assistance to those able to return home. Through the Conflict Stability and Security Fund, the UK is supporting the Stabilisation Facility for Libya and projects on mine risk education, both of which are working with the Tawerga community.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/04/2019 16:17:24 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1110585

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2019 to Question 238674 on Department for International Development: Secondment, if she will make publish the detailed prioritisation exercise.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	242916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>DFID’s prioritisation work was undertaken internally at directorate level to review internal delivery plans alongside the core principle that DFID’s essential business (delivering the 0.7% commitment and providing lifesaving humanitarian response) must be protected. These plans are under constant review and as such are subject to change. There are no plans to share the detail of this work externally.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/04/2019 15:52:16 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1110587

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Poverty: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2019 to Question 238674 on Department for International Development: Secondment, whether the essential delivery objectives of her Department includes ending extreme poverty.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	242917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>All Government departments have been requested to restrict their work to essential business only, allowing all other staff to be available for EU exit related priorities. For DFID, the definition of essential work is spending 0.7% of GNI (Gross National Income) on international development in an effective and value for money way and providing lifesaving humanitarian response. Ending extreme poverty remains a departmental strategic priority.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/04/2019 16:14:43 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1110589

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2019 to Question 234782, how many of the 74 staff already deployed were from each team within her Department.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	242918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Roles and matches are provisional and subject to change as the needs of departments shift. Overall the broad split of matched and deployed DFID staff is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Directorate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Corporate Performance Group </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Economic Development and International</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Country Programmes</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Policy Research and Humanitarian </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indicative % of total matched and deployed staff</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>It should be noted that DFID regularly moves resources between directorate areas, therefore this may not be indicative of an actual reduction in staffing in any given area.</p><p>All potential matches are made following the core principle of protecting essential DFID business.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/04/2019 16:16:02 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1110284

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to allocate additional funding at the 6th replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	241987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is critical to the delivery of the UK’s objectives on the three diseases and has helped to save 27 million lives since 2002. The UK is fully committed to a successful Sixth Replenishment. We will announce our contribution in time for the October Replenishment Conference in Lyons.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/04/2019 11:26:21 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1110287

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	HIV Infection and Tuberculosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the global prevalence of TB, HIV and AIDS.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	241988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK is a global leader in efforts to end the AIDS epidemic and in tackling TB. The UK is currently the second largest investor in the Global Fund, providing £1.2 billion in the 5<sup>th</sup> replenishment (2017 – 2019). In 2017 the Global Fund provided 17.5 million people with treatment for HIV and treated 5 million people for TB. The UK has significant investments through health multilaterals such as the World Health Organisation (WHO), which provides technical leadership on tackling TB, HIV and AIDS and on strengthening health systems. We also invest in Unitaid, which is supporting the introduction of new medications for drug-resistant TB and support to them has given the world great advancements in HIV testing and treatment, at affordable costs.</p><p> </p><p>We also fund research and product development into more effective diagnosis and treatment and we support countries to strengthen health systems so that they can deliver quality HIV and TB care.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government also pushes for global action on TB, HIV and AIDS through the G7 and G20 and our work with the WHO, Global Fund and other key institutions.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/04/2019 11:28:25 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1110303

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	HIV Infection: 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 her Department has spent on bilateral funding for HIV a programmes in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	241991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>DFID is one of the largest funders of the global HIV response, spending over £1.5bn between 2010/11 and 2016/17. The majority of our investments to the HIV response are directed through organisations such as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, Unitaid and UNAIDS, given their greater reach and scale.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2009, DFID has spent a total of £640m on bilateral funding for HIV programmes.</p><p> </p><p>2009 / 2010 - £146 million</p><p>2010 / 2011 - £172 million</p><p>2011 / 2012 - £96 million</p><p>2012 / 2013 - £90 million</p><p>2013 / 2014 - £48 million</p><p>2014 / 2015 - £34 million</p><p>2015 / 2016 - £27 million</p><p>2016 / 2017 – £27 million</p><p> </p><p>2017 / 18 spend will be published later in 2019.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/04/2019 15:53:35 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1110398

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Iran: Floods
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 humanitarian situation in Iran since the recent floods in that country; and what steps her Department are taking to support humanitarian relief efforts in response to those floods.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	242256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Iran has been struck by devastating flooding causing death, injury and significant displacement. My sympathies are with those who have been affected.</p><p>Iran has demonstrated that it is well placed to respond and is delivering an effective response. The UN is coordinating the international humanitarian response to the devastating floods.</p><p>The UK supports the UN to enable its agencies to respond to crises, such as these floods, in an emergency.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/04/2019 11:43:57 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1110399

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Libya: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Libya since the upsurge in violence in that country and the resultant displacement of civilians; and what plans she has to support the humanitarian effort in that country.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	242257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Following the announcement by General Haftar of his Libyan National Army’s advance on Tripoli on 4 April, the UK has been working hard with our international partners to avert further bloodshed in the capital and to get the parties back to the negotiating table with UN Envoy Salamé as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to closely monitor the security situation across the whole of Libya to assess where aid can be delivered to alleviate the humanitarian situation.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently supporting the humanitarian effort in Libya through a £3.29 million programme which provides assistance to vulnerable people, improves access to primary health care, builds capacity of health care workers and bolsters humanitarian coordination and capability. We have also allocated up to £5 million to humanitarian assistance and protection for migrants and refugees in Libya, including targeted healthcare.</p><p> </p><p>The UK government has allocated £16m for Libya this financial year through the Conflict, Security and Stability Fund (CSSF) to boost political participation and economic development, and support the delivery of greater security, stability and resilience, including the fight against extremism.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, through our contribution to the EU Trust Fund, the UK has supported the EU and Africa Union joint commitment to significantly increase voluntary returns of those who want to leave Libya (as agreed at the EU-AU Summit in November 2017). Since then, more than 34,000 people have benefitted from Voluntary Humanitarian Return Assistance and been supported to return home.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/04/2019 11:44:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden