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228713

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Northover on 13 March (HL5305), whether they will publish the figures on United Kingdom expenditure on Official Development Assistance for the five years 2009 to 2013, broken down between (1) humanitarian and emergency assistance, and (2) ongoing assistance for development programmes.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL5895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The table below provides details of total UK bilateral Official Development Assistance for the five years 2009 – 2013 broken down between (1) humanitarian and emergency assistance and (2) all other types of development assistance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>£'m</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humanitarian aid (including emergency response)</p></td><td><p>£484</p></td><td><p>£369</p></td><td><p>£422</p></td><td><p>£425</p></td><td><p>£826</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Other UK Bilateral Aid</p></td><td><p>£4,320</p></td><td><p>£4,821</p></td><td><p>£4,837</p></td><td><p>£5,134</p></td><td><p>£5,919</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 25/03/2015 17:38:08 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

228715

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Egypt
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assistance has been provided by the Department for International Development to Egypt in each of the last five years; and what is planned for the current year and two following years.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL5897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Since 2011 DFID has provided assistance to Egypt through the regional £125 million Arab Partnership Economic Facility (APEF), which supports economic reform and development in Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Morocco and Libya. Examples of DFID support in Egypt include technical assistance for the passing of a new micro-finance law and the development of a new poverty database; the provision of capacity building support and access to finance for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises; and a rights and skills programme for female-headed households.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Many of the regional APEF projects will continue in 2015/16 and support will also be provided through the cross-government Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF). The programme of CSSF assistance for Egypt in 2015/16 is currently being developed; future funding is still to be considered.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 25/03/2015 17:35:02 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

228366

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Zimbabwe
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the United Kingdom contributes to European Union bilateral aid to Zimbabwe.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL5836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The European Union (EU) funds development work in Zimbabwe through the DCI, the EIDHR, the IFS and ECHO and the EDF. No EU aid goes through Government of Zimbabwe systems. The UK’s share of the EU’s expenditure in these instruments is approximately 15 percent.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 25/03/2015 17:33:39 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

227964

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the number of (1) villages destroyed in Darfur in 2014, (2) people who were newly displaced that year, (3) displaced people in Darfur in total, and (4) Darfurians currently in refugee camps in Eastern Chad.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>According to the latest UN Panel of Experts report of 15<sup>th</sup> January 2015, 3,324 villages were destroyed between December 2013 and April 2014. The United Nations (UN) Sudan 2015 Humanitarian Response Plan estimates that in Darfur 430,000 people were displaced in 2014 resulting in a total number of 2.5 million people displaced. The United Nation High Commission for Refugees has a record of 367,229 Sudanese refugees in Chad of the 28 February 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 25/03/2015 17:36:25 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

227966

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Sudanese people they assess to have been displaced or to have fled from Blue Nile or South Kordofan to Ethiopia or South Sudan.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has a record, as of 28 February 2015, of 233,000 refugees from Sudan in South Sudan.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are a further 36,000 refugees from Sudan in Ethiopia.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 23/03/2015 15:16:37 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

227970

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sierra Leone
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what long-term plans they have for health infrastructure developed as part of the response to ebola in Sierra Leone.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Ebola crisis has demonstrated that it is critical to invest in national health systems in epidemic prevention, preparedness and response in order significantly to reduce the risk of a global epidemic. The UK will work with the Government of Sierra Leone and partners to improve systems and structures that will contribute to better future service delivery and infrastructure. This will ensure that should Sierra Leone be faced with a subsequent outbreak of Ebola or an epidemic of another disease, it is better able to respond effectively.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 25/03/2015 17:38:27 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

227974

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Africa: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what amount, and proportion, of United Kingdom aid to the African continent has been spent enhancing the education of African children in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL5789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows UK bilateral Official Development Assistance expenditure for education in Africa for each of the last ten years for which figures are available. Information for multilateral expenditure and expenditure through centrally managed programmes is not available in the form requested:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2005 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK ODA Education Sector Spend to Africa</p><p>(GBP millions)</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>221</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>351</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK ODA Education Spend</p><p>to Africa as a proportion of UK ODA</p><p>Total Spent in Africa (%)</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td><td><p>14.4</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td><td><p>12.2</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td><td><p>11.5</p></td><td><p>13.3</p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Statistics in Development dataset</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 25/03/2015 17:34:42 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

227424

registered interest
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

227046

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Conference on Financing for Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who will represent them at the forthcoming International Conference on Financing for Development to be held on 13 to 16 July 2015, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The Financing for Development Conference will provide an important contribution to the post-2015 development agenda, thus supporting its implementation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of who will be attending this conference on behalf of Her Majesty’s Government will be finalised in the next parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 19/03/2015 15:58:23 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

227058

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Military Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which NATO countries reimburse costs from their overseas aid budget to their defence budget when their military are deployed internationally on humanitarian exercises.
tabling member printed	Baroness Browning
uin	HL5697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>In the UK, Humanitarian and disaster-relief operations are the only activity area in support of international development where the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is formally reimbursed from the overseas aid budget. We do not hold information on transfers between overseas aid and defence budgets in other NATO countries. Reporting on how NATO countries spend Official Development Assistance (ODA) is done by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC). The OECD-DAC publish project level information on spend by all donor members, including NATO countries, on their website (wwww.oecd.org/dac/stats/). This includes data on humanitarian assistance spending, which may or may not be partially reimbursed from defence budgets.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 25/03/2015 17:43:21 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	236 label Biography information for Baroness Browning