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517860

registered interest
date	05/05/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Bangladesh: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the UK has provided in development aid to Bangladesh in each year since 2000; and what information her Department holds on what proportion of total development aid to Bangladesh UK aid represents in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	36703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2001</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2002</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2003</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2004</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UK ODA </strong>(USD Millions)</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>253</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>139</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><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><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>246</p></td><td><p>253</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>228</p></td><td><p>369</p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p>425</p></td><td><p>343</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Total ODA from all donors to Bangladesh can be found here: <strong><a href="https://stats.oecd.org/qwids/" target="_blank">https://stats.oecd.org/qwids/</a></strong></p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 10/05/2016 15:14:14 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

449473

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department is taking part in cross-departmental work to promote stability and good governance in fragile and conflict affected states.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	25086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>Yes. DFID plays a key role in delivering the UK’s national security objective to build stability overseas, including in fragile states and regions. Our approach is set out in the Government’s National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review, which is publicly available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-security-strategy-and-strategic-defence-and-security-review-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-security-strategy-and-strategic-defence-and-security-review-2015</a></p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 04/02/2016 14:13:41 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

517269

registered interest
date	28/04/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	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 her Department is taking to assist humanitarian relief in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	904855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>Yemen is now one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. The UK is the fourth largest donor having more than doubled our commitment to £85m in 2015-16. We have so far helped more than 1.3m Yemenis, providing food, medical supplies, water and emergency shelter to those most in need.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 04/05/2016 15:17:17 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

389878

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's policy is on using the word Rohingya when discussing the Rohingya with the government of Burma.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	6960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>While the Department for International Development has no formal policy on this point, we believe in the right of minorities to choose the name by which they are identified. I and other UK Ministers are on record using the word Rohingya, and we continue to use the word in communications with the government of Burma.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 20/07/2015 16:35:36 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

431399

registered interest
date	20/11/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Multilateral Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will prioritise funding to multilateral agencies that focus their aid programmes and investments in Least Developed Countries.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	17122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>We prioritise funding to multilateral agencies depending on how well they meet UK and international development objectives. The agencies that we fund are currently being assessed by our Multilateral Aid Review which will report in the spring.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 26/11/2015 16:23:48 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

517224

registered interest
date	03/05/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Overseas Aid
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 an assessment of the implications for her Department's policies on funding the UN Relief and Works Agency of the use of funding from that agency by a Palestinian NGO to organise a tree-planting ceremony honouring people including Palestinian terrorists.
tabling member constituency	Norwich North
tabling member printed	Chloe Smith
uin	36353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>We have raised this allegation with the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) who have confirmed that UNRWA has no present relationship with the NGO in question, Union of Agriculture Workers Committees (UAWC). In monitoring DFID support for UNRWA, we pay stringent attention to their neutrality policy and values of peace. We maintain a close dialogue with UNRWA on neutrality issues, and we take allegations of incitement very seriously indeed, raising them whenever appropriate.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 10/05/2016 15:15:23 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith

391027

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
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: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information her Department holds on how many people have been displaced by the coalition bombing of Saada province in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	7890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>We do not hold information on how many people have been displaced by coalition bombing of Sa’ada province. As of the 6 July, the UN estimates that there are just over 23,000 people displaced in Sa’ada Governorate and nearly 1.3 million people have been displaced within Yemen overall since the crisis began in March.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 23/07/2015 14:08:31 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

511433

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Middle East: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much UK aid has been spent on programmes to support (a) children who have been conscripted as child soldiers by Daesh, (b) other children who have been held in captivity by Daesh and (c) women and girls who have been held in sexual slavery by Daesh.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	33574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>We are very concerned about appalling crimes committed by Daesh in Iraq and Syria, including against women and young children. We strongly condemn their use of sexual slavery, sexual violence, rape and kidnapping. Likewise, we have seen reports of children in Daesh-held areas being forced into military training after the militant group closed down their schools - leaving an estimated total of over 670,000 children without the opportunity of a proper education.</p><p>In Syria and Iraq, DFID continues to work with the UN and the international community to ensure all civilians’ rights are protected. However, we do not earmark our aid as being solely for Daesh victims or victims of other groups. The UK is committed to supporting the most vulnerable people wherever they are, in accordance with international humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, independence and impartiality. Consequently all UK funded humanitarian assistance is distributed on the basis of need, and need alone, regardless of politics, religion, ethnicity or place of origin.</p><p>The UK has pledged over £2.3 billion for the response to the Syria crisis. Some of this funding is enabling partner agencies to provide specialist assistance to those affected by sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), including safe spaces, psychosocial support, cash assistance and reproductive healthcare. By June 2015, UK assistance had provided SGBV focussed interventions to over 197,000 individuals in Syria and the region. In addition, more than 673,000 children have been reached with child protection initiatives across Syria and the region.</p><p>Ultimately, the best way of safeguarding these children is by defeating Daesh and establishing a lasting peace in both Syria and Iraq. The UK Government is committed to this aim: we have a comprehensive strategy for defeating Daesh and continue to work with our international partners and the UN towards a political settlement in Syria.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 19/04/2016 15:31:42 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

443468

registered interest
date	08/01/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment has been made of the humanitarian situation in (a) Madaya and (b) other Syrian cities under attack by armed forces of the government of President Assad.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	21608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>We are seriously concerned about the acute humanitarian situation in Madaya, Rural Damascus. Madaya has been surrounded by regime and allied forces since July 2015, leading to sharply deteriorating conditions for an estimated 40,000 people, most of whom are women and children. Around 20,000 residents currently face life-threatening deprivation of the basics for survival. Prior to 11 January 2016, humanitarian assistance was last delivered on 18 October, as part of a joint UN/ Syrian Arab Red Crescent/ICRC convoy, that provided assistance to Madaya, Zabadani, Foah and Kefraya under the terms of a ceasefire agreement.</p><br /><p>The UK is deeply concerned that nearly 400,000 people live in besieged areas and roughly 4.5 million in hard-to-reach areas in Syria. Due to constrained humanitarian access, we are unable to provide a systematic and updated picture of humanitarian needs across besieged and hard-to-reach areas. The appalling numbers of people living in besieged areas is indicative of the continued flouting of International Humanitarian Law and disregard for civilian lives by the regime, Daesh and armed groups inside Syria.</p><br /><p>The UK has been at the forefront of the response to the crisis in Syria and the region. We have pledged over £1.1 billion, making us the second largest bilateral donor after the US. We have provided support to the UN and international NGOs (INGOs) since the start of the conflict to deliver aid in hard to reach and besieged areas of Syria, including Madaya. We are working to bring about an inclusive political solution to end the conflict in Syria through our engagement in the International Syria Support Group, with the UN Special Envoy for Syria, and with the Syrian Opposition.</p><br /><p>In February 2016, the UK will invite world leaders to London for a Conference to support immediate needs and identify longer-term solutions to address the needs of those affected by the crisis.</p><br /> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 14/01/2016 14:44:40 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

515415

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2016 to Question 34222, on the humanitarian situation in Madaya, for what reasons approval was not given for aid convoys to access five of the eleven besieged locations.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	35213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>We are relieved that, as a result of the work of the International Syria Support Group, humanitarian convoys have reached over 220,000 - 45% - of the 487,000 people living in besieged areas since February 2016. However, progress is too slow. In particular, the Syrian Regime has still not granted approval for convoys to the besieged areas of Duma, East Harasta and Darayya, all of which are in dire need and mere minutes’ drive away from UN warehouses in Damascus.</p><p>Reasons cited by the regime for not authorising access include the lack of civilians in these areas as well as their inability to guarantee security for humanitarian actors. However, reports from humanitarian actors, including the UN, demonstrate the significant presence of civilians in areas to which access has been denied. For example, on a recent mission to besieged Darayya on 16 April, the UN reported the presence of thousands of civilians including women and children. In addition, whilst we recognise the importance of security concerns, experience in other besieged areas demonstrates that these populations can be reached safely.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 03/05/2016 12:33:46 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland