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61789

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she plans to increase the UK's humanitarian contribution to Iraq.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	200571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As I announced on Saturday, the UK is providing an initial £3 million of emergency humanitarian assistance to help civilians fleeing the ISIL advance in Northern Iraq. Following an assessment of needs on the ground by DFID humanitarian experts who deployed to Erbil last Thursday, this includes:</p><p> </p><p>(i) – Activation of the UK's Rapid Response Facility (RRF), which provides emergency support via pre-approved organisations in the event of a humanitarian crisis overseas. This initial package of UK support comprises clean water and sanitation, essential medicine, women-friendly hygiene kits and basic household items, which will be provided from £2 million of RRF funding to NGOs in the region.</p><p> </p><p>(ii) - Protection for vulnerable girls and women through the deployment of dedicated UN safety and welfare teams in key internally displaced person and refugee camp sites and areas, secured through £1 million of funding to the UNHCR.</p><p>The UK will continue to monitor the situation closely and we are considering urgently what other assistance we could provide.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 18/06/2014 15:40:37 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

710875

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Christianity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial assistance her Department gives to Christians in developing countries; and what assistance can be given to individual Christians within the criteria set by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	67711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>All UK-funded aid is distributed on the basis of need irrespective of race, religion or ethnicity. A very wide range of individuals, across all faiths, benefit from this assistance.</p><p>All faith groups can access and receive funding through DFID’s major civil society funding mechanisms: UK Aid Direct and UK Aid Match. Those already in receipt of this funding include: CAFOD, Christian Aid, Samaritans Purse and Habitat for Humanity.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/03/2017 18:05:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

824327

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
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: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps she has taken to ensure value for money for overseas projects funded by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	903331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>DFID has recently introduced tough new reforms for its aid spending to deliver value for money, including clamping down on the risk of unethical practices by suppliers and increasing efficiency savings. All projects are measured against a robust monitoring framework to ensure they remain cost effective.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 17/01/2018 14:00:02 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

604145

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	St Helena: Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she had with the Governor of St Helena on the future of St Helena airport.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	48838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>DFID is in regular contact with the Governor of St Helena about the future of St Helena Airport.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/10/2016 16:44:49 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

747624

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	St Helena: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has requested reports from the Governor of St Helena on the outcomes of the air service tender.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	2515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>DFID is regular contact with both the Governor of St Helena and her team working on the air services procurement.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/07/2017 16:34:53 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

747626

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	SA Airlink
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) discussions and (b) meetings her officials have had with SA Airlink on the future of the air service in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	2517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>DFID officials are in regular contact with the St Helena Government which leads the tender process for provision of a scheduled air service to St Helena. That process is ongoing and therefore meetings and discussions which have formed part of this process are subject to commercial confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/07/2017 16:34:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

604144

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	St Helena: Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she had with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on the future of St Helena airport.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	48837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>DFID officials, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State and DFID Ministers, are in regular contact with FCO officials about the future of St Helena Airport.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/10/2016 16:44:17 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1123217

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Weather: Disaster Relief
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Official Development Assistance has been allocated to humanitarian aid projects as a result of extreme weather events since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	247590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>DFID’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend, including on humanitarian aid, is published in our Statistics on International Development annual reports and can be found on the GOV.UK website: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Forganisations%2Fdepartment-for-international-development%2Fabout%2Fstatistics&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cr-wilkie%40dfid.gsx.gov.uk%7C0995f5a8ebba42508d9a08d6ce0a4477%7Ccdf709af1a184c74bd936d14a64d73b3%7C0%7C0%7C636922940818642702&amp;sdata=ZiEliOY2oOFrJSLzkkSxdO3kyhUhivXgE%2BcSKRqcf1k%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about/statistics</a>.</p><p>The figures are not disaggregated into spend specifically on extreme weather events given the interrelated factors driving humanitarian need in many contexts, including climatic conditions, instability, insecurity and vulnerability.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 02/05/2019 15:48:05 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

710621

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
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 steps her Department is taking to ensure that UK international development aid is not spent on the promotion of terrorism.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	67699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>DFID’s development work complements and reinforces the UK’s efforts to counter terrorism and extremism. DFID helps to build stronger, stable and more democratic states and societies that are better able to respond to the threat from terrorism. Development programmes can do this by addressing poor governance, corruption, inequality, marginalisation and a lack of economic opportunity which create the enabling environment which extremists exploit. We have enhanced our operational framework and internal guidance to ensure that DFID effectively manages the risk of aid diversion to terrorist groups in line with our obligations under the 2000 Terrorism Act. A dedicated Counter Terrorist Financing Officer has also been appointed. DFID controls include a comprehensive management framework which requires risks to be identified at design stage and reassessed regularly during the project. Further measures include understanding the country context; where terrorist organisations are operating; and the impact of our programmes, to monitor unintended consequences. Every project is subject to an annual performance review and a project completion review, to ensure that the desired objectives have been achieved, and that aid has been delivered to the intended beneficiaries.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/03/2017 17:16:07 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

604142

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	St Helena: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her officials have had with the St Helena government on an interim air service solution.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	48835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>Discussions are ongoing between my officials and the St Helena Government on the prospects for an interim air service using the southern approach to the runway, where the prevailing winds require aircraft to land with a tailwind. All aircraft have performance limits for the maximum tailwind in which they can operate; technical work is underway to assess the frequencies tailwind speeds at the airport exceed these performance limits.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/10/2016 16:43:20 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans