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732310

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2017
	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, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that food and medical supplies are reaching internally displaced persons in Syria; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>The UK has supported the UN and international NGOs since the start of the conflict to deliver food, medical and other supplies to those in need, including internally displaced people. The UK has provided 19.7 million food rations, 6.7 million health consultations, and over 2 million vaccines to people in need across Syria. The UK continues to use its position in the UN Security Council and the International Syria Support Group to press the Assad regime and its backers to allow aid to reach those who need it, while maintaining the pressure for a political settlement to bring the suffering of the Syrian people to an end.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 30/06/2017 12:47:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

732314

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2017
	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: 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 needs of the refugees in the Berm no-man's land between Syria and Jordan; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	1004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>A comprehensive needs assessment has not been conducted at the Berm recently as security constraints have restricted access. However, our partners tell us that current priorities are to improve security and access to food and medical care. We welcome the progress made to enable the UN to restart deliveries of essential supplies. However, we remain concerned by delays to recent aid distributions and the low number of attendees at the UN health clinic.</p><p>We will not be making a further statement at this time.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 30/06/2017 12:48:19 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

797372

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	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: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what guidance her Department provides to architects and contractors on the construction of health facilities which her Department funds or supports.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	116335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>Where health facilities are constructed with DFID support, we expect implementing partners to work with architects and the Ministry of Health to ensure that basic quality standards set by local regulatory authorities are met. For example, in our Access to Health Care programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo, our implementing partners developed standard designs with the Ministry of Health and with the technical input of architects. This programme also systematically provides WASH infrastructure at health facilities, including toilets, water cisterns, and incinerators. DFID supports adherence to standards through technical advice and programme implementation, and through investments to strengthen health systems that will increase national and local capacity to improve and monitor the quality of health facilities.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/12/2017 16:00:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

914708

	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	Yemen: Ports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps her Department has taken to help ensure humanitarian and commercial access to all sea and air ports in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	148870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK has continuously led the call for unhindered humanitarian and commercial access throughout Yemen, including through the UK-coordinated Security Council Statement of 15 March, the Secretary of State’s visit to Riyadh in December and lobbying from the Prime Minister. The UK is also providing expertise and funding to the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) to facilitate import flows into northern Yemen. We are lobbying other donors to support UNVIM to facilitate imports of vital goods into the country.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/06/2018 15:33:34 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

933777

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	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 her Department is taking to improve the effectiveness of the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism for Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	159649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK is providing £1.3 million to help the UN’s Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) facilitate commercial imports of food and fuel through the Red Sea ports of Hodeidah and Saleef by giving the Saudi-led Coalition confidence that weapons are not coming into Yemen on commercial ships.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this financial support, we have also deployed UK experts to support the inspections of ships in Djibouti, increasing the proportion of physical inspections ten-fold.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/07/2018 15:07:04 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1143632

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Angola: Droughts
	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 is taking to support people affected by recent droughts in Angola.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	285107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>DFID is concerned about the effects of drought and food insecurity on people across Southern Africa and in Angola. Over one million Angolans are affected. Angola is a lower middle-income country, in sub-Saharan Africa it has the third largest economy and is the second largest oil producer. DFID does not have a bilateral programme in Angola, but we do support the people of Angola through centrally managed programmes and contributions to multilateral agencies. For example, in 2018 the UK provided over £300 million in core humanitarian funding to United Nations specialised agencies, the Red Cross movement and NGOs. As a result, the UK’s contribution is approximately 20 percent of the UN Central Emergency Response Fund that has been activated this year in Angola.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is fully committed to tackling climate change and is playing a leading role in driving change around the world. Our regional programmes have supported the identification and planning of water infrastructure and livelihoods programmes to reduce vulnerability to drought including the preliminary design of water supply and sanitation projects that would build water security for more than 20,000 rural people in the Angolan Calai District.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 09/09/2019 15:23:21 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1170948

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Angola: Droughts
	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 is taking to support people affected by recent droughts in Angola.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	3783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>Southern Africa is facing an urgent humanitarian crisis due to drought and other climate-related and economic factors. In southern Angola over 500,000 people are experiencing crisis-level food insecurity.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is pushing to put this crisis on the international agenda. DFID is supporting the regional response through our contributions to multilaterals, notably the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). The UK is the largest overall contributor to the CERF since its inception. The CERF has so far allocated approximately £4.8 million to the response in Angola.</p><p> </p><p>Through Regional Vulnerability Analysis and Assessment (RVAA) programme, led by the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), the UK is supporting assessments to inform humanitarian and resilience responses, including in Angola.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 22/01/2020 16:35:14 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1174195

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Angola: Droughts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions his Department has had with the Angolan Government on the recent droughts in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	9717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Southern Africa is facing an urgent humanitarian crisis due to drought and other climate-related and economic factors. In southern Angola over 500,000 people are experiencing crisis-level food insecurity. The UK is pushing to put this crisis on the international agenda. On a recent visit to the country, I met with Angola’s Minister for Environment and discussed the drought and more broadly the humanitarian situation facing the wider region.</p><p>DFID is supporting the regional response through our contributions to multilaterals, notably the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). The CERF has so far allocated just over £4.8 million to the response in Angola. Through Regional Vulnerability Analysis and Assessment (RVAA) programme, led by the Southern Africa Development Community, the UK is supporting assessments to inform humanitarian and resilience responses, including in Angola.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 03/02/2020 16:13:47 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

427792

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	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: Malnutrition
	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 eradication of malnutrition.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	16005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government has made a commitment to improve the nutrition of 50 million people by 2020. Those being helped include children under five, breastfeeding women, women of childbearing age and adolescent girls. This builds on an earlier commitment to help children under five and pregnant and breastfeeding women, through which 28.5 million people had been reached by mid-2015.</p><br /><p>DFID support is focused on the following objectives: greater coverage of nutrition-specific programmes; leverage more nutrition outcomes from other programmes like agriculture, social protection, education, health and water and sanitation; contribute to new solutions to undernutrition; and a more effective international response.</p><br /> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 19/11/2015 13:07:59 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

419557

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2015
	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	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 (a) improve the lives of women and girls around the world and (b) eradicate gender inequality.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	10576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Tackling gender equality is a top priority for my Department. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298253/Strategic_Vision_for_Girls_and_Women_Narrative_-_November_2013-4.pdf" target="_blank">Our Strategic Vision for Girls and Women</a> puts voice, choice and control for girls and women at the centre of our international development efforts.</p><p>We fought hard in international negotiations on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), for a strong stand-alone goal on gender equality and empowerment of women and girls, as well as gender-sensitive targets throughout the SDG framework. An SDG framework incorporating strong gender goals and targets was adopted by the UN General Assembly last month and will be critical to achieving transformational change to the lives of girls and women across the globe. We will now work to support international action on implementing and monitoring the SDGs.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/10/2015 12:12:24 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire