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date	05/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Rohingya people from Burma who have fled to Bangladesh since 2012; and what assistance the Government is providing to those people.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	226550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>Whilst there is no officially agreed number of the Rohingya population, most international agencies estimate that there is up to 500,000 Rohingya people in Bangladesh.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID provides core contributions to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which manages the official camps for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, as well as through other partners such as the European Commission. This support includes providing shelter, access to water and sanitation, vocational training and food supplies to malnourished refugees.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 10/03/2015 17:24:04 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

224764

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Syringes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to promote the use of smart syringes through the UK's aid programmes.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	226016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK actively promotes the use of ‘smart’ or safe syringes in the global immunisation programmes that the UK supports. These programmes are principally Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). The UK is providing approximately £1.3 billion to Gavi from 2011 to 2015 (which will immunise over 70 million children) and £300 million for polio eradication from 2013 to 2018 (which will include the global roll out of the injectable Inactivated Polio Virus).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK supports both Gavi and GPEI in implementing the World Health Organisation (WHO) policy regarding the use of safe auto-disabled syringes, alongside safe boxes for their disposal. The UK also encourages Gavi and GPEI to introduce new technologies such as ‘smart’ syringes where they are cost-effective and WHO-approved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 10/03/2015 17:21:22 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

224883

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what proportion of (a) staff of her Department and (b) staff working for companies contracted by her Department in Ambercrombie House in Glasgow are paid less than the living wage.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	226210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for International Development (DFID) has no members of staff paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.</p><p>None of our contracted workers are paid less than the Living Wage.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 10/03/2015 17:24:55 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy