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date	16/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sudan: South Sudan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Northover on 4 March (HL Deb, col 215), what steps they are taking with their international partners to prevent the government of Sudan from further destabilising the situation in South Sudan through cross-border interference and interventions; on what evidence they base their assertion that "the government of Sudan themselves are playing a non-obstructive role generally speaking"; and to which non-governmental humanitarian organisations and charities the government of Sudan allows access to provide humanitarian assistance in South Kordofan, Blue Nile and Darfur.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>We have consistently been clear in our private engagements with countries in the region, including Sudan, that they need to support all efforts to bring peace to the people of South Sudan. The Government of Sudan has played a non-obstructive role in the peace process led by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), which it has supported, including through being part of IGAD’s core mediation team.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>According to data relating to UK funding of the Common Humanitarian Fund in 2014 we can confirm that the Government of Sudan has allowed access to both national and international non-governmental humanitarian organisations in Darfur and government-controlled parts of Blue Nile and South Kordofan.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 25/03/2015 17:35:25 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

175124

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sudan: South Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make representations to the World Food Programme requesting it to consult South Sudanese members of AJOC and Dinka Ngok residents in Abyei about its report entitled, Abyei Integrated Rapid Food Security and Nutrition Assessment, and to revise the report and its recommendations in the light of their responses.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	221583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text <p>In July 2014, the World Food Programme (WFP) carried out a rapid food security assessment in North Abyei. It found a relatively stable food security and nutrition situation, although vulnerable households were found to have reduced the number of meals consumed on a daily basis throughout the lean season (June – September). WFP South Sudan is currently undertaking a similar assessment in Southern Abyei.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>WFP Sudan and WFP South Sudan are developing a common strategy for their Abyei response for 2015 and beyond. This aims to ensure a harmonized approach based on assessed needs for both the southern and northern areas of Abyei.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK does not currently support WFP food operations in Abyei.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 28/01/2015 16:48:05 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

175125

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sudan: South Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has funded any aid or development programmes in (a) Al Dayiri, (b) El Tashween, (c) Makenis, (d) Al Askar, (e) Um Kanshel, (f) El Ishlag, (g) Um Kheir, (h) El Magboul, (i) Faroug, (j) Dumboloya, (k) Antila and (l) Mukhtar locations in northern Abyei carried out or scheduled since July 2014.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	221633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK has made contributions to the Common Humanitarian Fund. In 2014 in Abyei, including in some of the areas flagged, the Common Humanitarian Fund supported humanitarian agencies implementing life saving support in the form of health, water and sanitation, nutrition and child protection projects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 28/01/2015 16:49:17 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

175126

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sudan: South Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether armed Misseriya or Twic militias have benefited from her Department's aid programmes targeted at northern areas of Abyei where Dinka Ngok are not present.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	221632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text <p>We do not currently support long-term development projects in northern areas of Abyei. The Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF) to which the UK contributes has provided support to humanitarian aid projects which provide life saving support in the form of health, water and sanitation, nutrition and child protection projects in northern parts of Abyei.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 28/01/2015 16:48:49 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith