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1051312

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has plans to undertake a review the Government's target to spend 0.7 per cent of GDP on Official Development Assistance.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	214618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State has no plans to review the UK commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income on aid.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/02/2019 17:15:57 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1041446

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	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: Public Bodies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff at the (a) Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK, (b) Independent Commission for Aid Impact and (c) Government Equalities Office that work (i) inside and (ii) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	208411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>There are no staff employed by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK, the Independent Commission for Aid Impact and the Government Equalities Office who are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/01/2019 17:22:51 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1041447

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	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: Public Bodies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff at the (a) Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK, (b) Independent Commission for Aid Impact and (c) Government Equalities Office that work (i) inside and (ii) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the Real Living Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	208412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>There are no staff employed by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK, the Independent Commission for Aid Impact and the Government Equalities Office who are paid at a rate below the Real Living Wage.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/01/2019 17:23:39 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1006944

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	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: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of levels of (a) stunting and (b) malnutrition in (i) Palestinian children in Gaza and (ii) Bedouin children in Area C of the West Bank.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	191447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to alleviating the suffering of children globally, including in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. In Gaza, where an estimated 40,000 children suffer from micronutrient deficiencies, we recently provided a further £2 million for UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) which will help to address some of the underlying causes of malnutrition by helping to improve the quality of water available to the entire population of Gaza.</p><p> </p><p>To help address needs in Area C, the UK has allocated £1.1 million to support essential infrastructure for vulnerable Palestinians. We are supporting 4 communities comprising of nearly 500 Palestinian families living in Area C to remain on their land through improved infrastructure and access to community services, including education and health.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/11/2018 16:56:37 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

935053

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Burma: Internally Displaced People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's (a) 2017-2018 and (b) 2018-2019 Burma budgets has been allocated to support internally displaced people in Kachin and Shan states.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	161231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>DFID Burma allocated 4.8% of its 2017/18 bilateral programme budget and 8.1% of its 2018/2019 bilateral programme budget to support internally displaced people in Kachin and Shan States.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/07/2018 14:43:17 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

927840

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Burma: Humanitarian Situation
	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 western Burma.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	155893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>The humanitarian situation in Rakhine State is the issue of greatest concern in western Burma. Access for humanitarian organisations in northern Rakhine, where the needs are considerable, remains severely restricted. We welcome the Burmese government’s recent agreement to work with the UN in Rakhine and we will continue to push for full and unfettered access for all humanitarian and development actors.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 28/06/2018 16:05:28 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

915128

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Middle East: 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 aid projects in Israel and Palestine since it was established.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	148988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Historical data going as far back as 1997 on donor spend is held by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC). To investigate the data further please see their Query Wizard for International Development Statistics (QWIDS): <a href="http://stats.oecd.org/qwids/" target="_blank">http://stats.oecd.org/qwids/</a>. A summary of the data is provided below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>OECD DAC figures (USD millions) for United Kingdom Official Development Assistance (ODA) disbursements in the West Bank and Gaza 1997 - 2016</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>1997</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1998</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1999</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2001</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2002</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2003</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2004</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$10.16</p></td><td><p>$8.85</p></td><td><p>$10.68</p></td><td><p>$14.69</p></td><td><p>$17.01</p></td><td><p>$23.77</p></td><td><p>$31.11</p></td><td><p>$29.45</p></td><td><p>$23.52</p></td><td><p>$35.09</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>$22.45</p></td><td><p>$68.18</p></td><td><p>$94.88</p></td><td><p>$97.63</p></td><td><p>$121.11</p></td><td><p>$67.96</p></td><td><p>$108.63</p></td><td><p>$137.24</p></td><td><p>$78.58</p></td><td><p>$30.67</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: OECD Query Wizard for International Development Statistics</em></p><p> </p><p>Due to the way in which the OECD collects data, these figures do not include UK funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and include funding from all Government Departments, not just DFID. Additionally, the OECD figures above are based only on ODA disbursements whereas figures published by DFID are reported as net ODA which takes into account any ODA refunds/repayments.</p><p> </p><p>DFID’s programmes fall under the regulations of ODA; projects solely based in Israel are not eligible for, and do not receive ODA.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/06/2018 16:42:57 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

904705

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Gaza: Health Services
	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 adequacy of medical provision in Gaza as a result of the casualties among Palestinian protesters.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	144371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK is deeply concerned by the current medical provision in Gaza following the recent protests. My officials are working closely with our international partners to ensure a coordinated and effective response. The International Committee of the Red Cross noted on May 14<sup>th</sup> that the health system is close to collapse, with the casualties from the protests exacerbating an already acutely overstretched system. There are longstanding shortages of medical supplies, electricity and fuel. In response, I am reviewing how the UK can best support the health system in Gaza at this time. I will keep the House informed of my decision.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/05/2018 16:48:30 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

904706

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Gaza: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to allocate addition funding for medical services in Gaza.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	144372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK is working closely with our international partners to monitor the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and ensure a coordinated and effective response to urgent medical needs. The UK provides clean water and rehabilitates sanitation facilities to stop the spread of disease for up to 1 million Gazans through the United Nations Children’s Fund. UK financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority helps to pay the salaries of vetted health public servants in the West Bank. Last year this support provided up to 3,700 immunisations for children and around 185,000 medical consultations annually. In addition, the UK is a long-term supporter of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which provides basic services, including basic healthcare, to over 800,000 Palestinian refugees in the West Bank and 1.3 million Palestinian refugees in Gaza. I am reviewing how the UK can best support the health system in Gaza at this time. I will keep the House informed of my decision.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/05/2018 16:50:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

864369

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Cleaning Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	132853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Development has a contract with Interserve Facilities Management to provide all facilities management services including cleaning. The contract is part of a larger affiliates contract led by the Cabinet Office.</p><p>The cleaners employed under this contract are paid the national living wage in the East Kilbride office and the London Living Wage in the Whitehall office. This is uplifted every year in line with the Living Wage Foundation.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 22/03/2018 15:08:01 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West