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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	West Africa: Health Services
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 improve the resilience of healthcare provision in West Africa.
tabling member constituency	Sleaford and North Hykeham
tabling member printed	Stephen Phillips
uin	15628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>In countries affected by the Ebola virus, DFID is committed to building resilient health systems and to ensuring we learn the lessons from the crisis.</p><p>The World Health Organisation declared Sierra Leone ‘Ebola free’ on 7 November 2015. The UK’s objective is to maintain the vigilance necessary to prevent any future outbreaks from growing into epidemics. The UK has announced a two-year £240 million package of support to Sierra Leone’s long term recovery, which includes boosting capability to respond to future Ebola outbreaks, and improving basic services including, vitally, healthcare. DFID will also support Liberia’s Health Pooled fund with £6 million to help ensure that health system is resilient to future shocks.</p><p>Beyond Sierra Leone and Liberia, DFID is providing £17 million through its Regional Preparedness Programme, which aims to prevent the transmission and spread of the Ebola in at-risk countries in West Africa; and to strengthen national capacities to accelerate preparedness measures and improve readiness to detect and act to contain disease outbreaks.</p><p>In doing this, as well as through wider health programmes across West Africa, we are helping countries to have better health systems for normal times – as well as in case of emergency.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 19/11/2015 13:15:59 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4054 label Biography information for Stephen Phillips

427228

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	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Ministry of Defence expenditure her Department considered to be spending on international development in each year from 2006 to 2014.
tabling member constituency	Sleaford and North Hykeham
tabling member printed	Stephen Phillips
uin	15625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence did not spend any Official Development Assistance during the years 2006-2010. Figures for 2011-2014 are shown in the table below.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>MoD Spend on ODA (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> <br> <br> <br></p><p>*2014 data is provisional. Final figures for 2014 will be published on the DFID website on Thursday 3<sup>rd</sup> December 2015.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 19/11/2015 13:25:26 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4054 label Biography information for Stephen Phillips

427229

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	Nigeria: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will assess the effect on the Nigerian (a) economy and (b) society of (i) Boko Haram and (ii) other terrorist groups.
tabling member constituency	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
tabling member printed	Tom Elliott
uin	15632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>Terrorist activities from Boko Haram and other groups have killed more than 15,000 people and caused a major humanitarian crisis. There are an estimated 2.2 million internally displaced people, most of them in host communities, putting an additional pressure on what is already a fragile social environment. Around 6.4 million people are in need of humanitarian support due to disruption of food supply, limitation of livelihood activities, and destruction of basic service facilities like health centres or schools. An estimated 600,000 children are out of school.</p><br /><p>Boko Haram violent extremism has destroyed the economy in the North East. Local chambers of commerce in the North East report that business activity has dropped by 80% over the past three years. The national economy is also affected. Major trade routes for the Nigerian market and with neighbouring countries have been disrupted. And the need for the Government of Nigeria to spend significant additional resources on emergency response and defence has reduced funds available for economic and social investments.</p><br /><p>In response to this crisis, DFID is providing a substantial package of security, development and humanitarian support to Nigeria including a £6.5 million in humanitarian programme and a £5.4 million development portfolio in Yobe state. This is complemented by a £12.1 million funding through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) for programmes implemented by DFID and other departments to mitigate conflict and enhance security forces capability. During my visit to Nigeria in October, I saw first-hand the interfaith peace clubs supported by DFID to build community cohesion and the excellent work the UK military is doing in training the Nigerian army in the fight against Boko Haram.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 19/11/2015 16:47:34 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4367 label Biography information for Tom Elliott

427230

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	Developing Countries: Sanitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's budget was spent on supporting water, sanitation and hygiene services in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Meriden
tabling member printed	Mrs Caroline Spelman
uin	15677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>Expenditure by sector is reported in Statistics on International Development (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2014</a>).</p><br /><p>The table below shows the proportion of DFID bilateral aid spent on water, sanitation and hygiene for the last 5 years for which data are available.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Water and Sanitation Expenditure (£ million)</strong></p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Proportion of Total DFID Bilateral Programme </strong></p></td><td><p>2.7%</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td><td><p>3.4%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td><td><p>3.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>When DFID or other UK government departments provide core contributions in support of multilateral organisations, we do not break down by sector. However, there are a number of multilateral organisations that are focussed on water and sanitation. Details of the contributions from DFID to each multilateral organisation can be found at Table A8, online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2014</a>.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 19/11/2015 13:22:20 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman