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date	14/05/2019
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 steps his Department has taken to provide a rapid humanitarian response to victims of violent incidents in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	254128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) we are supporting those who have been injured by violent incidents through physical rehabilitation centres, as well as those who have been displaced from their homes with food, health care, psychosocial support and legal assistance.</p><p> </p><p>We routinely pre-position supplies through our partners including World Food Programme and UNICEF, as well as through the UN Rapid Response Mechanism where it is judged conflict might affect populations. In 2018 for example, the UK flew more than 30,000 tents, blankets, kitchen sets and other household items into Yemen which were urgently needed by families displaced from Hodeidah.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 21/05/2019 14:53:36 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1109470

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	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 progress her Department has made on the distribution of the £200 million pledged in Geneva on 26 February 2019 by the Government for the alleviation of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	240495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>On 24 February, the Prime Minister announced that the UK would provide an additional £200 million in response to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen for the coming 2019/20 financial year.</p><p> </p><p>This support brings the total UK commitment to Yemen to £770 million since the conflict began in 2015 and will provide vital food assistance right across the country to those most at risk of dying from starvation and disease, meeting the immediate food needs of more than 1 million Yemenis each month over the year, treating 30,000 children for malnutrition and providing over 1 million people with improved water supply and basic sanitation.</p><p> </p><p>Now that the 2019/20 financial year has begun we will make our first disbursements of this funding over the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 10/04/2019 10:35:40 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1107802

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
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 (a) financial and (b) non-financial support her Department has provided to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to support women and girls in Yemen, in each year since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	238600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The conflict in Yemen has exacerbated the specific vulnerabilities faced by women and girls across the country, with the number of incidents of gender-based violence reportedly rising by more than 60% since the start of the conflict in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The UK continues to support women and girls through UN agencies which does not include the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) at this time. Since 2017 we have supported 1,700 survivors of gender-based violence across Yemen as part of our £13 million funding to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and International Office for Migration, and as part of the UK’s more than £75 million in funding to UNICEF over the next three years, we expect to support 240,000 women each year with reproductive health services, including support during childbirth.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is also providing £39 million from 2015 to 2020 to a UNICEF/UNFPA Global Programme taking action against Child Marriage in twelve priority countries, including Yemen. The programme has reached nearly 6,000 Yemen girls, providing important services such as psychosocial support.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 05/04/2019 13:01:03 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz