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427783

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Indonesia: Forests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her Department's summary of its work in Indonesia 2011-15, published in June 2013, how many hectares of natural forest have been saved since the programme to protect forests in that country started.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	15712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>Our programme with Indonesia helps it to achieve low carbon growth and reduce poverty by managing its forests, land and natural resources in a sustainable way, and assists the country to meet its emissions targets. As part of this the UK supported the development of a Provincial Spatial Plan in Papua which was agreed in 2013. The spatial plan commits to preserving 90% of forest cover by 2100. The UK is providing support to the Papua Provincial Government to ensure effective implementation and monitoring of the Spatial Plan. If this target of 90% is realised, the spatial plan will preserve around 28 million hectares of natural forest. As with all projects, performance against indicators is published on an annual basis. Multilateral forest programmes, which the UK supports through the World Bank, and a centrally-managed programme, which assists the Indonesian government to tackleillegal logging, also contribute towards efforts to halt deforestation in Indonesia.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 16/11/2015 16:46:17 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

427225

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Asian Development Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which funding proposals were approved (a) in general and (b) for Sri Lanka by the Asian Development Bank in each of the last three years; whether the Government voted in favour of any of those proposals; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	15682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>The Asian Development Bank considers many hundreds of funding proposals each year. The UK decides on its voting position taking account of development impact and value for money. We are ready to vote in favour of projects where they meet the required standards.</p><br /><p>To see a full list of approved Asian Development Bank projects and operations please follow this link: <a href="http://www.adb.org/projects" target="_blank">http://www.adb.org/projects</a>. The Asian Development Bank also publishes the minutes of board meetings where funding decisions are taken, which record the position of the Executive Directors. To see the minutes please follow this link:<a href="http://www.adb.org/about/board-minutes" target="_blank">http://www.adb.org/about/board-minutes</a>.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 16/11/2015 15:21:40 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

426787

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to (a) increase the provision of humanitarian aid in Yemen and (b) ensure that that aid gets to where it is most needed.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	15195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>Increasing the provision of humanitarian aid to Yemen and ensuring that aid gets to those most in need has been one of the UK’s top priorities for Yemen:</p><br /><ul><li>In July the Foreign and Development Secretaries wrote to international donors to raise the profile of Yemen’s humanitarian crisis and encourage more funding to the response.</li><li>On 28 September, the Development Secretary co-hosted a side event on Yemen’s humanitarian crisis at UNGA, at which donors (including the UK) pledged an additional $129 million to Yemen. The Co-Chairs statement from the meeting can be found here: <a href="http://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/co-chairs-statement-ministerial-yemen-meeting-monday-28-september-2015" target="_blank">http://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/co-chairs-statement-ministerial-yemen-meeting-monday-28-september-2015</a>.</li><li>The UK has also worked closely with the King Salman Humanitarian Centre and the UN to ensure Saudi Arabia’s generous $274 million pledge to the UN Flash Appeal was delivered by September this year.</li><li>The UK has also announced £75 million to respond to the crisis in Yemen.</li></ul><br /><p>We work with trusted and impartial actors who have a strong record of prioritising assistance to those most in need and delivering assistance in difficult and dangerous places. We continue to call on all parties to facilitate rapid, safe and unhindered access to all people in need in Yemen; to safeguard key infrastructure, including airports, sea ports, fuel distribution sites and major access routes into Yemen; and to respect the importance of ensuring humanitarian aid is not politicised and goes to the neediest. We will continue to support the UN and NGO partners’ efforts to deliver humanitarian assistance effectively.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 16/11/2015 16:44:56 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

426841

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she intends to answer the letter of the hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, dated 28 September 2015, on John Rooke.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	15235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>I responded to the Rt Hon Gentleman’s letter on 6 November 2015.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 11/11/2015 10:33:56 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

426844

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance and support her Department is providing to food sovereignty movements in developing countries; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	15267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>DFID supports strengthening household food security through improving agricultural productivity and improved incomes from agricultural production, building resilience against climate change and linking smallholder farmers to markets and supply chains. We help with a context-specific range of programmes, which all contribute to the inclusive and more sustainable economic growth that will lift poor people out of poverty.</p><p><br></p><p>The UK Government believes that a key element in strengthening food security is to encourage diverse sources of supply. We will not support approaches that undermine open markets and free trade, which allows consumer choice and options for a healthier diet, and so does not specifically support food sovereignty movements in developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 16/11/2015 15:18:57 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

426601

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which regulations her Department introduced as a result of EU legislation in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015 to date; which regulations her Department expects to implement as a result of EU legislation in (i) 2016 and (ii) 2017; and what estimate she has made of the cost of such regulation to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	15050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided by my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Minister of State for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 12/11/2015 16:02:33 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

426602

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Nepal: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department is providing to remote communities in Nepal affected by the earthquakes to prepare for and cope with winter.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	15122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>The UK’s response to the recent devastating earthquakes in Nepal now stands at £70 million, making it one of the largest bilateral donors to the humanitarian response. With the onset of winter DFID is stepping up its support, particularly for communities in high altitudes. We are providing over 200,000 people with clothes, blankets, shelter kits, cooking stoves and solar lamps; reaching an additional 60,000 people with temporary shelter; and helping over 58,000 internally displaced people currently living in makeshift camps. In addition, we are providing logistic support to help transport emergency relief overland, including with mules and porters, to the most remote areas. We are also supporting helicopter operations to reach out to remote high altitude regions.</p><br /><p>The UK support to the humanitarian response has already delivered important results including: 5,600,000 people benefitting from the restoration of healthcare services in their area; 200,000 benefitting from shelter support; and 80,000 people receiving cash transfers for restoration of houses and livelihoods.</p><br /> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 11/11/2015 11:07:33 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

426127

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	World Food Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the financial contribution made by (a) the UK and (b) other nations to the UN World Food Programme to meet demand on that programme (i) in 2015 and (ii) from January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	14770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>Total World Food Programme (WFP) operational requirements for 2015 are £5.23 billion. The UK is currently the second largest donor to the WFP, after the United States.As of 15 October 2015 WFP had received £2.47 billion in contributions, of which the UK provided £252.5 million.</p><br /><p>A full list of donor contributions can be found at <a href="http://www.wfp.org/funding/year/2015" target="_blank">http://www.wfp.org/funding/year/2015</a>.Very few contributions for 2016 will have been made yet, and figures for 2016 are therefore not yet available.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/11/2015 16:08:35 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

426128

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her objectives are for the World Humanitarian Summit in May 2016.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	14771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The World Humanitarian Summit will provide a major opportunity to set out an ambitious vision for humanitarian and development action to guide our work until 2030.</p><br /><p>The Secretary of State for International Development has four priorities for the Summit:</p><ul><li>Strengthen the protection of civilians in a crisis and improve compliance with International Humanitarian Law;</li><li>Deliver a step change in how the humanitarian community approaches resilience to natural disasters, moving from managing crises to managing risk and ensuring Governments and communities have the capacity to do this themselves;</li><li>Address the growing gap between need and available resources through smarter financing that delivers better outcomes at lower cost and is more accountable to people in need;</li><li>Focus on women and girls throughout the summit to ensure existing commitments are translated into action.</li></ul> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/11/2015 16:01:43 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

426129

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	World Food Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect on Syrian refugees of fluctuations in the value of food vouchers provided by the World Food Programme.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	14843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The UK is at the forefront of the response to the crisis in Syria and the region and has pledged over £1.1 billion to date, our largest ever response to a single humanitarian crisis. By the end of June 2015, our support in Syria and the region had delivered almost 20 million food rations, over 2.5 million medical consultations and relief items for 4.6 million people.</p><br /><p>Recent UN food security assessments have shown that fluctuations in assistance by the World Food Programme (WFP), as well as other agencies, has had an impact on refugee’s ability to provide for their basic needs. The UK is closely monitoring the situation across the region, alongside other key donors, to understand how this reduction in support will further impact the lives of Syrian refugees.</p><br /><p>UN appeals for Syria and the region remain severely underfunded. We continue to lobby other partners to step up to the plate and match our commitment.</p><br /> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/11/2015 16:05:09 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn