DFID is planning to invest an additional £7.4 million between 2015 and 2020 in the asset recovery work currently carried out by the Proceeds of Corruption Unit in the Metropolitan Police. This is part of a £21 million extension and scale up of support to UK law enforcement to tackle bribery and corruption in developing countries.<\/p>
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DFID\u2019s investment in the PIDG has supported 35 projects, including in energy, agricultural infrastructure, industrial infrastructure, transport, ports and roads. These projects have created nearly 200,000 jobs and driven £6.8 billion of private investment into some of the world\u2019s poorest countries. In 2013 alone, eight PIDG projects started operations, bringing new or improved services to 8.6 million people.<\/p>
<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2539", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Northover"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Northover"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-03-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-03-17T12:15:18.837Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "20"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-03-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Private Infrastructure Development Group"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Northover on 19 February (HL 4577), what were the uses to which the £360 million deposited in the Private Development Group Account were put; and what results those have produced so far.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2018", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Hylton"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Hylton"} ], "uin" : "HL5344"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/224243", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Development"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/224243/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
In response to the deteriorating humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine the UK Government has committed £16.4 million of bilateral humanitarian support in Ukraine. In addition, the UK\u2019s share of multilateral contributions through the European Commission\u2019s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) and the UN\u2019s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) stands at £4.35m.<\/p>
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Over the next two years, DFID\u2019s Humanitarian Innovation and Evidence Programme is providing £2million to develop The Moving Energy Initiative. Initial research and evidence will guide subsequent pilots which will provide renewable and/or sustainable energy for displaced populations. A country in the Middle East will be one of the pilots.<\/p>
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The initiative will consider the applicability of a range of technologies in addition to solar photovoltaic and solar thermal systems, including clean or fuel efficient cookstoves, anaerobic digestion, appropriate energy efficient buildings, and wind power amongst others. One of the objectives of the research will be to identify the \u2018best-fit\u2019 renewable/sustainable energy option(s) for each specific location.<\/p>
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The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) recently undertook an assessment of fire and safety standards in their collective centres, where over 10,000 people are still sheltering. Following this assessment, UNRWA have taken a series of actions including preventing families from using electricity through external cables, launching a safety awareness campaign and providing training with civil defence on the standard operating procedures if a fire occurs.<\/p>
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The UK provided £9million to the UNRWA Gaza Flash Appeal following the conflict last summer, and remains the third largest donor to the UNRWA General Fund.<\/p>
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