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1022848

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make representations to his counterpart in the Democratic Republic of Congo on the recent Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	200569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government of DRC, with support from the World Health Organisation (WHO), is leading the response to the current Ebola outbreak in extremely challenging circumstances. The UK Government is in regular contact with the DRC Minister of Health, his officials and the WHO to understand how the UK can best support an effective response.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 13/12/2018 16:22:04 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1020777

registered interest
date	07/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
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 the effect of UK Official development Assistance on low income countries in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	200091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>For each of the last five years the impact of DFID’s work has been set out in the Departmental Annual Reports and Accounts. The <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750989/DFID-Annual-Report-Accounts-2017-18-amended-Oct18.pdf" target="_blank">DFID Annual Report and Accounts 2017-2018</a> also shows the results achieved during the period April 2015 to March 2018. In that period, UK Official Development Assistance reached 26.8 million people with humanitarian assistance and supported 40.3 million people to access clean water and/or better sanitation. Between January 2015 and December 2017, it supported the immunisation of approximately 37.4 million children, saving an estimated 610,000 lives. We are committed to improving the effectiveness and transparency of UK aid to ensure we are attaining maximum impact from our aid budget. The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) has the remit to provide independent scrutiny of the impact and value for money of all UK Government aid spending and reports its finding to Parliament’s International Development Committee.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 12/12/2018 17:20:56 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1010174

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the cost in cash terms of maintaining Official Development Assistance at 0.7 per cent of gross national income in the next financial year.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	192770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The government’s commitment to spend 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) on Official Development Assistance is measured on a calendar year basis. To meet this commitment, ODA budgets are routinely adjusted at fiscal events in response to changing forecasts. The most recent GNI forecasts are available in the Office for Budgetary Responsibility’s October 2018 Economic and Fiscal Outlook and can be found in the Economy supplementary tables.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/11/2018 12:31:54 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1008451

registered interest
date	16/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Polio
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 whether the global polio eradication initiative will be completed by September 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	192100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK is a strong supporter of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) and we work closely with the partnership. The GPEI has reduced cases of polio by 99.9% since 1988. Notwithstanding its success, transmission of the poliovirus has not been interrupted. This means the world cannot yet be certified polio free and as such GPEI are developing a new strategy taking them past 2019.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/11/2018 15:44:09 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1006871

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	Sub-Saharan Africa: Water
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Millennium Development Goal targets for clean water in sub-Saharan Africa will be met by 2020.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	191316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Millennium Development Goal targets for clean water in sub-Saharan Africa were not met by the 2015 deadline. Between 2015 and 2018, DFID supported 17.5 million people in Africa to access clean water and/or better sanitation. For example, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, over 2.7 million people gained access to clean water with DFID’s support between 2015 and 2018. In Ethiopia, DFID supported 1.9 million people to access clean water and/or better sanitation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 19/11/2018 17:26:16 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1006872

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	Foreign Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information she holds on the proportion of gross national income that other G8 member states allocate to official development assistance.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	191317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) publish statistics on official development assistance (ODA) and ODA as a proportion of gross national income from DAC donor countries. The latest preliminary data for 2017 can be accessed with this link: <a href="http://www.oecd.org/development/financing-sustainable-development/development-finance-data/ODA-2017-detailed-summary.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.oecd.org/development/financing-sustainable-development/development-finance-data/ODA-2017-detailed-summary.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/11/2018 17:04:31 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

997169

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether irregularities in UK official development assistance spending were discovered during programme audits and field visits to Gaza in each of the last two years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	184898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK is part of the international effort to provide critical humanitarian and development support to the civilian population in Gaza. DFID is aware of a small number of minor irregularities in UK official development assistance spending on bilateral programmes in Gaza in the last two years. There are inherent risks to delivering aid in Gaza, which is why the UK has stringent controls in place to prevent the diversion of aid and only works with organisations that have a strong track record of delivering humanitarian aid in difficult places. We take immediate and strong action when any irregularities are reported and work closely with partners to prevent future cases. We do not disclose individual case details to protect the integrity of investigations, anonymity of informants and help ensure that we can get the best deal for the UK taxpayer through recovery of funds.</p><p> </p><p>In Gaza, our rigorous controls include: monitoring spending closely; mapping the flow of funds through each organisation involved in delivery; regular audits of programme spending; and field visits. These all enable us to deliver critical assistance to people in need whilst protecting UK taxpayers’ money. Additionally, DFID aid complies with UK and international counter terrorism legislation and our funding agreements commit partners to understand and comply with international counter terrorism legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 01/11/2018 14:00:37 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

992668

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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: Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, What recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in African Governments on legislation to end Female Genital Mutilation.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	182095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK is proud to support the Africa-led movement to end FGM. We are a global leader on this issue, having made the largest ever donor commitment to ending FGM and galvanised others to take action of their own through our international Girl Summit.</p><p> </p><p>The UK regularly discusses ending FGM at a range of fora; most recently via our Special Envoy for Gender Equality at a high level meeting at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2013, DFID-funded programmes have supported The Gambia and Nigeria to make the practice illegal, and have supported Egypt, Mauritania and Uganda to strengthen their laws. 24 out of 29 FGM-affected countries now have national or subnational laws that prohibit FGM.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 25/10/2018 16:06:01 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

990291

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the cost in cash terms of maintaining Official Development Assistance at 0.7 per cent of gross national income in the next financial year.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	181196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The government’s commitment to spend 0.7% of Gross National Income on Official Development Assistance is measured on a calendar year rather than a financial year basis, according to the standards set by the OECD Development Assistance Committee. The cost of meeting the 0.7% commitment in the next calendar year will be dependent upon GNI forecasts, which will be published by the Office for Budget Responsibility at the Autumn Budget.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/10/2018 14:11:35 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

905466

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Iraq: 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 support her Department provides to internally displaced Christians who wish to return to the Nineveh Plains area of Iraq.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	144840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>Humanitarian, stabilisation and reconstruction needs in Iraq are amongst the most severe in the world, with many millions of people requiring support. The UK prioritises carefully to ensure our funding benefits the most vulnerable people. UK funding is distributed on the basis of need, to ensure civilians are not discriminated against on the grounds of race, religion, or ethnicity. This approach is enabling Christians in Iraq to benefit from UK aid.</p><p> </p><p>For example, the UK has contributed £14.45 million to the UN’s Funding Facility for Stabilisation (FFS), which helps the Government of Iraq re-establish basic services in areas liberated from Daesh, helping displaced Iraqis return to their places of origin. The FFS is heavily focussed on the Ninewa plains, and is implementing over 200 projects in areas where Christian communities reside. These projects are diverse in scope, and all are targeted at the most acute stabilisation needs, for example the rehabilitation of housing and infrastructure and the reopening of hospitals and schools.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/05/2018 16:39:07 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell