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911090

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Reconstruction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to recent legislation passed by the US administration on funding for the reconstruction of Syria, what assessment he has made of the merits of bringing forward similar legislative proposals.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	147802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>While the conflict is ongoing, our priority is to deliver life-saving humanitarian aid to those affected. We will not provide support for reconstruction until a credible, genuine and inclusive political transition is firmly underway. This is in agreement with other countries, including the US. We continue to champion this position internationally.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/06/2018 12:47:11 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

911156

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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: International Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will support the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs' humanitarian funding appeal for Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	147780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>I recently visited Gaza and saw the dire situation that Gazans face on a daily basis. We are providing new humanitarian support of £1.5 million through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which is not covered by the UN Appeal. ICRC activities include support to patients in 11 hospitals under pressure in Gaza, by restocking vital medical supplies following the recent surge in violence.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, the UK provided £1.9 million to support the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Gaza urgent funding appeal. This is delivered through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to support critical water and sanitation facilities to stop the spread of disease. This support will continue until September 2018.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/06/2018 12:49:31 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

911157

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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 and Sanitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support the Government has provided for healthcare and sanitation in Gaza in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	147781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>In 2018/19, the UK is providing £1.5 million to support the International Committee of the Red Cross appeal. This support will help to treat patients in 11 hospitals under pressure in Gaza, by restocking vital medical supplies following the recent surge in violence.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18 the UK provided £1.9 million to support the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Gaza urgent funding appeal. This is delivered through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to support critical water and sanitation facilities to stop the spread of disease. This support will continue until September 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In each of the last three years the UK helped to provide basic health services to 1.3 million people in Gaza through our long-term support of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA).</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/06/2018 12:53:44 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

911271

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Somaliland: Storms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing (a) bilaterally and (b) multilaterally to relief efforts following Cyclone Sagar in Somaliland; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	147904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>We are very concerned about the plight of the many thousands of people affected by the recent tropical storm in Somaliland in particular and flooding in Somalia more generally. The UK’s early commitment of £45m for the humanitarian response so far in Somalia in 2018 is enabling our bilateral and multilateral partners, such as World Food Programme, UNICEF, Food and Agriculture Organization, OCHA, Islamic Relief, the Somali Red Crescent Society and Save the Children, to be flexible and adapt to urgent needs as they arise. In response to Tropical Storm Sagar, existing NGO and UN partners are drawing on pre-positioned relief supplies and redirecting resources to provide urgently needed water treatment kits, tents, and health and nutrition supplies sufficient to meet the needs of more than 400,000 people in Somaliland and other affected places. The relief effort is continuing, along with assessment work to identify longer term recovery needs.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 04/06/2018 15:49:06 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

911272

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Somaliland: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to support Parliamentary elections in Somaliland in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	147905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK plans to support the delivery of local and parliamentary elections in Somaliland in 2019 by contributing to an audit and update of the voter registration system, providing essential technical expertise for the national election commission, and supporting people with disability to engage in Somaliland’s democratic processes.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 04/06/2018 15:01:05 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

909425

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to (a) programmes collecting evidence of gender-based violence by the government of Burma and (b) support victims of that violence.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	146750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK is clear about the need for the Burmese authorities to end all violence, including sexual violence in Rakhine. Experts from the UK’s Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative are supporting partner organisations to ensure that evidence gathering meets international standards. Through our humanitarian response to the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh, DFID is supporting victims of gender-based violence with provision of medical services, counselling and psychological support.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/06/2018 15:51:54 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

909473

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	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, how much her Department spent on supporting birth control programmes in developing countries in (a) total and (b) each year for the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	146914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK leads the world in our long-term support for comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) including for family planning.</p><p>In 2012 the UK committed to spend an average of £180m a year on family planning (FP) to 2020. Using internationally-agreed methodology (FP2020, Family Planning global partnership), since then DFID has spent a total of at least £910 million on Family Planning programmes between 2012/13 – 2016/17, which is an average of approximately £184 million each year. This includes both bilateral and core multilateral contributions to organisations such as UNFPA, WHO, World Bank &amp; Global Fund for Aids, Tuberculosis Malaria. DFID are currently the second largest global bilateral donor for family planning in developing countries and have met the 2012 commitment.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/06/2018 15:53:40 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

909493

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Africa: Plastics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to help DFID's partner countries in Africa increase reuse and recycling of plastics.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	146718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, DFID committed to using UK aid to help tackle the problem of marine plastic pollution, including in our partner countries in Africa. DFID is currently developing programmes to provide up to £28 million to tackle plastics pollution, with a focus on solid waste management and sustainable manufacturing.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 04/06/2018 15:54:46 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew