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419730

	registered interest
	date	05/10/2015
	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: LGBT+ People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which Minister in the Department for International Development has responsibility for ensuring that the particular vulnerabilities of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people are addressed through international development.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
	uin	HL2433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>I am the Minister in DFID who has responsibility for ensuring that the particular vulnerabilities of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people are addressed through international development.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 14/10/2015 16:00:25 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

419731

	registered interest
	date	05/10/2015
	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: LGBT+ People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Department for International Development has published a LGBTI Strategy; and if so, where and when.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
	uin	HL2434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>A note describing “DFID’s approach on LGBT rights” will be published on the UK Government website by the end of 2015.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma grouped question UIN HL2435 question first answered 14/10/2015 16:13:07 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

419732

	registered interest
	date	05/10/2015
	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: LGBT+ People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the statement by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 17 September that the Department for International Development has a "refreshed approach to LGBTI matters" (HL Deb, col 2045), whether they will publish details of that new approach.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
	uin	HL2435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>A note describing “DFID’s approach on LGBT rights” will be published on the UK Government website by the end of 2015.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma grouped question UIN HL2434 question first answered 14/10/2015 16:13:07 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

436574

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2015
	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: Females
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of global demographic change in which almost 24 per cent of women globally are aged 50 and over, what steps they are taking to ensure that sustainable development goal indicators on violence against women specifically include women over the age of 49, and to ensure that those women are not excluded from reporting mechanisms in the future.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
	uin	HL4408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>Supporting robust indicators for Sustainable Development Goal 5.2 on violence against women and girls is critical. DFID is working with international partners including the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data to support the development of strong indicators and the development of rigorous, available national data that will enable measurement of progress to end violence against women and girls of all ages.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 18/12/2015 13:03:01 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

446465

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	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: Sanitation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of the Department for International Development’s spending currently goes towards water, sanitation and hygiene programmes.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
	uin	HL5237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>Expenditure by sector is reported in Statistics on International Development which I have attached for your convenience.</p><p>In 2014, UK bilateral expenditure on water supply and sanitation was £180.8 million. This was 2.6% of the UK’s total bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA).</p><p>When DFID or other UK government departments provide core contributions in support of multilateral organisations, we do not break down by sector. However, there are a number of multilateral organisations that are focussed on water and sanitation. Details of the contributions from DFID to each multilateral organisation can be found at Table A8 of the attachment.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 01/02/2016 12:30:08 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma attachment 1 file name SID2015c.pdf title Statistics on Intenrational Development
	tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

446466

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	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: Sanitation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures the Department for International Development is taking to reach rural communities with water, sanitation and hygiene programmes, as well as urban ones.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
	uin	HL5238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>DFID reached over 62 million people with water, sanitation and/or hygiene in the five years to 2014/15. Approximately 90% of these results were delivered in rural communities.</p><p>DFID supports large programmes focussed on basic rural water and sanitation services for the poor. These include programmes with the governments of Ethiopia and Mozambique and a programme implemented by the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) and WaterAid in Nigeria.</p><p>Through partnerships with organisations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP), DFID is supporting the water and sanitation sector in developing better and faster ways of delivering improved urban water and sanitation services in unserved slums and low income communities in towns and cities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 01/02/2016 12:31:08 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

447499

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2016
	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: Refugees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action the Department for International Development is taking to use its influence with countries hosting Syrian refugees in the region to allow NGOs to provide non-formal education opportunities for out-of-school children.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
	uin	HL5401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>At the Conference on Supporting Syria and the Region being held in London on 4<sup>th</sup> February , we want the international community to agree a new goal that all Syrian refugee children and affected host country children are in education, formal school or non-formal, by the end of 2016/17. Equally, for inside Syria, it is our aim to increase access to good quality schooling or other learning opportunities such as self-learning and non-formal education. In neighbouring countries we will also increase access to vocational or skills training and higher education for children and youth.</p><p>At the Conference our ambition is that international donors, governments from countries in the region hosting refugees, non-governmental organisations and the private sector come together to agree a set of reciprocal financial and policy commitments. The UK and co-hosts are working with donors and other partners to secure increased funding for education under the UN-led appeals for 2016 and longer term, multi-year education funding commitments to ensure sustainability. We are also working with refugee hosting governments in particular to agree the policy commitments necessary to turn increased funding into delivery on the ground.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 02/02/2016 12:11:09 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

450487

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2016
	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: Sanitation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Verma on 1 February (HL5238), what proportion of UK aid spending on water, sanitation and hygiene is targeted at the maintenance and upkeep of existing facilities.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
	uin	HL5849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Our WASH programmes take an integrated approach to both provision and maintenance of existing facilities, involving building national, local and community capacity and systems to ensure that services continue to function over time. In 2014, total UK bilateral ODA spending on water supply and sanitation was £181 million. UK aid expenditure is reported in Statistics on International Development report at table A6a which I have attached for your convenience.</p><p>We do not collect data separately on the amount of funds allocated to installation of facilities and their subsequent maintenance. In most countries responsibility for financing operation and maintenance is passed to the community where services have been installed, after appropriate training has been provided.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 11/02/2016 17:27:13 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma attachment 1 file name SID2015c.pdf title SID
	tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

450644

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2016
	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: Malaria
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the £536 million spent by the Department for International Development on malaria in 2013–14 was disbursed, and how much of the total committed to malaria in 2014–15 has not yet been spent.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
	uin	HL5945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2016 answer text <p>The methodology used to monitor UK malaria spend between 2008/09 and 2014/15 was published in the 2010 Framework for Results for Malaria. In 2013/14 the UK provided £536 million to help reduce malaria deaths. The UK is helping to tackle malaria through bilateral and multilateral channels. The UK’s bilateral support includes: malaria-specific bilateral programmes (36% of total malaria spend in 2013/14); support to strengthening health systems (20% of malaria spend in 2013/14); and other bilateral support including the delivery of interventions to reduce malaria in pregnancy and supporting malaria related research (10% of 2013/14 malaria spend).</p><p>The main contribution to tackling malaria through multilateral channels is the UK support to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (31% of total malaria spend in 2013/14).All of the Department’s 2014/15 spend on malaria has been disbursed. The UK’s investment on malaria has contributed to saving more than six million lives over the past 15 years.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 18/02/2016 16:59:27 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

456367

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Humanitarian Aid: Females
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that women from affected communities are in positions of leadership and involved in planning and decision-making during a humanitarian emergency response.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
	uin	HL6599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>To ensure that humanitarian responses meet the unique needs of women and girls, women should be provided with opportunities to engage in humanitarian response systems, decision-making processes, and accountability mechanisms. DFID works with partners, including United Nations agencies and non-governmental organisations to promote the inclusion of women and women’s groups in planning and decision-making around preparedness, response, and early recovery. This approach reflects the International Development (Gender Equality) Act 2014 that states that before provision of humanitarian assistance, the Secretary of State shall have regard to how it will take account of gender-related differences in needs.</p><p> </p><p>Ensuring the World Humanitarian Summit in May 2016 delivers outcomes for women and girls is a priority for the Government. This includes support towards proposals for system-wide accountability for gender equality and women and girls’ empowerment in crises and increased participation of women’s groups in humanitarian responses.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 14/03/2016 16:26:39 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover