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date	21/10/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the humanitarian situation in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	12782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>We remain deeply concerned by the dire humanitarian situation in South Sudan. In October 2015, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) assessed that 3.9 million South Sudanese people were severely food insecure in September, an 80% increase compared to last year at the same time and unprecedented in the country. The IPC found 30,000 people in Unity state experiencing catastrophic food insecurity. The risk of famine in the absence of urgent and immediate unrestricted humanitarian access is very real.</p><p><em></em></p><p>The UK is second largest bilateral donor to the humanitarian response in South Sudan £172m has been committed since the start of the crisis in December 2013, along with an additional £88.9m to the regional response for South Sudanese refugees.</p><br /><p>The South Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan has sought $1.63 billion to meet the most urgent needs until the end of 2015 and it is so far 55% funded. The low level of funding is concerning. The UK Government continues to urge the international community to respond as we have and follow our lead.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 28/10/2015 15:47:43 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

423012

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date	21/10/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sustainable Development
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 coordinate development and environmental sustainability agendas.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	12846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The new Global Goals provide a strong new framework for sustainable growth and poverty reduction, explicitly linking the development and environmental sustainability agendas. DFID is integrating environmental sustainability through development policy, research and investment, including investment of Climate Finance via the UK’s International Climate Fund (ICF) which has helped 15 million poor and vulnerable people adapt to the effects of climate change and helped 2.6 million people to access to clean energy.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 28/10/2015 15:45:53 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

423014

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date	21/10/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Somalia: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of political and economic progress in Somalia.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	12848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>During my recent visit in July, I saw the complex challenges that Somalia faces after more than two decades of conflict. Despite this, real progress is being made in reaching a political settlement, tackling the threat posed by Al Shabaab, and rebuilding the economy and the state. Credible elections next year will be a further important step forward. As one of Somalia’s leading international partners, we are doing everything we can to support the completion of the federal map, the electoral process, and the economic development of the country.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 28/10/2015 15:41:19 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord