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683069

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2017
	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: Ports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to support the rebuilding of cranes in Hodeidah port in Yemen in order to ensure that food supplies can be imported into that country.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	62802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government is discussing short-term options to improve port infrastructure, including mobile cranes, with Gulf countries, the US and the UN. The conflict makes any long-term investment in infrastructure difficult so we are also calling on all parties to the conflict to protect civilian infrastructure, including Hodeidah port, from further damage; and to restart political talks in order to end the conflict.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 06/02/2017 17:11:05 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

683064

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2017
	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: Nutrition
	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 monitor and report on the effect of its nutrition investment programmes in low and middle income countries.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	62702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>DFID monitors and publishes reviews on all its nutrition programmes in low and middle income countries on an annual basis. For example, DFID’s programme in northern Nigeria aims to reduce stunting and wasting by at least 4% over 7 years and includes investment with partners to monitor impact. DFID is also building the capacity of governments to collect and use nutrition data effectively. DFID supports the Global Nutrition Report which tracks progress to reduce undernutrition globally.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 08/02/2017 17:31:17 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

683065

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2017
	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: Nutrition
	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 has taken to encourage other donors to scale up nutrition investment programmes to tackle malnutrition in high-burden countries.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	62703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>DFID is encouraging donors to prioritise nutrition, through the G7, the Scaling Up Nutrition movement, and through bilateral channels. We are encouraging both increased nutrition specific work as well as a greater nutrition focus in donors’ broader development work. We are also tracking Nutrition for Growth commitments through the Global Nutrition Report.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 08/02/2017 17:31:46 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

683068

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2017
	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: Family Planning
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to contribute to the fund set up by the Government of the Netherlands in response to the changes to foreign aid for family planning announced by the new US Administration.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	62673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK will continue to show global health leadership by promoting and supporting evidence-based sexual and reproductive health and rights. The full implications of the reinstated and expanded Mexico City policy are not yet clear, but we are closely following developments.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 06/02/2017 17:39:29 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

683066

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2017
	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: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, who aid partner reference GB-1-205059 is whom her Department funds to provide food and winter items in Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	62697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>In 2016/17 DFID is funding 17 organisations delivering life-saving humanitarian support in Syria. These include UN agencies, international non-governmental organisations and the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement. We have agreed with the specified partner not to disclose publicly their identity because doing so could put their staff at risk.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 08/02/2017 17:40:28 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

683067

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2017
	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: HIV Infection
	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 effect of withdrawing aid to middle-income countries on achieving the sustainable development goal to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.
	tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
	tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
	uin	62679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK relies on reports and data produced by UNAIDS and other partners such as the World Health Organisation to assess progress on ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.</p><p>The UK is increasingly working with multilateral partners such as the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, that have the capacity to deliver the large-scale, low-cost programmes needed in HIV burdened regions in the most effective way and at the best value to the taxpayer. Middle Income Countries are due to receive nearly 50% of all Global Fund resources from 2017-2019, to which the UK has made a significant investment of £1.1 billion.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 08/02/2017 17:30:01 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron