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769017

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Vaccination: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the number of children that will be vaccinated through the GAVI vaccine alliance by the end of 2020.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	107266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, aims to vaccinate 300 million children between 2016 and 2020, saving between 5 and 6 million lives. This represents 60% of the world’s children. Gavi is ahead of schedule having immunised 62 million children in 2016 against a target of 50 million, and I estimate that Gavi will exceed its 300 million children target by the end of 2020.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/10/2017 17:00:01 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

769019

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Malaria: Disease Control
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 global progress towards the 2020 targets of reducing malaria cases and deaths by a further 40 per cent by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	107159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Malaria cases have reduced from 271 million in 2000 to 212 million in 2015, and death rates declined from 864,000 in 2000 to 429,000 in 2015. The 2016 WHO World Malaria Report showed that, while there is continued progress on reducing malaria cases and deaths, this needs to accelerate to meet the global milestone set for 2020. DFID is the second largest international funder to the global malaria response, supporting the global targets behind the Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016-2030.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/10/2017 17:02:34 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

767523

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Commonwealth: Mental 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 the Government has taken to help ensure that access to mental health services is prioritised as a basic human right in all Commonwealth countries.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	106590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK is committed to supporting work to improve global mental health in International Development through DFID’s Disability Framework, the Global Goals and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.</p><p>DFID supports work to ensure access to mental health services in Commonwealth countries, such as in Ghana where we are helping to establish a Mental Health Authority, and providing mental health training to healthcare workers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/10/2017 17:04:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

767633

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Occupied Territories: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she plans to publish the review of her Department's aid programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	106502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has concluded a full examination of DFID’s programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). The outcomes of the examination are reflected in DFID’s published country profile for the Occupied Palestinian Territories which can be found online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-occupied-palestinian-territories-profile-july-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-occupied-palestinian-territories-profile-july-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 12/10/2017 12:03:54 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

767634

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: 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 aid the Government provided to Gaza in financial year (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15, (c) 2015-16 and (d) 2016-17; and what proportion of the sum her Department plans to provide to the Occupied Palestinian Territories for financial year 2017-18 will be used to support the people of Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	106488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Data for all DFID’s spend is available on the Statistics for International Development (SID) website at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-international-development" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-international-development</a>. SID does not differentiate between DFID’s spend in the West Bank and Gaza.</p><p>The UK provided more than £17 million in immediate humanitarian assistance for those affected by the Gaza conflict in the summer of 2014. In October 2014, the UK pledged a further £20 million in early recovery assistance at the Gaza Reconstruction Conference in Cairo, including support for cash assistance to Palestinian refugees, mine removal and medical treatment. The UK has disbursed this pledge in its entirety. Since then the UK has provided additional support to Gaza, including supporting basic service delivery, such as health and education, through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), supporting humanitarian access, enabling reconstruction efforts and investing in job creation.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/10/2017 17:03:25 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

767635

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what effect the electricity crisis has had on recipients of support from the UK's Palestinian Market Development Programme in Gaza; and whether those recipients have experienced a decrease in the viability and productivity of their businesses due to that crisis.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	106489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Through the Palestinian Market Development Programme (PMDP) DFID has supported 264 businesses in Gaza to recover from the 2014 Gaza war. As a result of electricity shortages some PMDP beneficiaries have had to cease operations and others have responded by taking actions such as adjusting working hours, operating below capacity and using more expensive sources of electricity such as generators. We urge all the parties to find a sustainable solution to increase electricity supply.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/10/2017 17:04:03 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

767636

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: Electricity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the (a) effect of the ongoing electricity crisis on food security in the Gaza Strip and (b) long-term implications of the electricity crisis of agricultural production in the Gaza Strip.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	106490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>According to the Food Security Sector (FSS) in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs), direct damages to agricultural produce as a result of electricity shortages are estimated at approximately 78,000 tons of vegetables, equivalent to 78 million New Israeli Shekels (£16.25 million) of lost revenues to agricultural workers. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has indicated that electricity shortages are creating increasingly unsustainable conditions for most of the agricultural production sector with significant loss of revenues for agricultural workers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/10/2017 17:01:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

767639

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Iran: 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 funding her Department has provided to Iran to assist with human rights projects in each year since 2010-11; and how much such funding she plans to allocate in future years.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	106595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Development (DFID) has not provided any funding to Iran to assist with human rights projects since 2010, and has no plans to do so in future. Between 2011 and 2015, the UK held no diplomatic relations with Iran.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/10/2017 17:05:06 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

767644

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: Sanitation
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 provide funding and support to improve the ageing water and sanitation infrastructure of the Gaza strip.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	106728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Urgent improvements to infrastructure in Gaza are essential to improve living conditions. DFID has provided technical assistance for feasibility studies for the Gaza desalinisation plant which will improve water security, and has supported the development of Gazan irrigation systems through the rehabilitation of water infrastructure. The UK is a shareholder in a number of major international financial institutions, such as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Investment Bank, which support infrastructure projects across the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). The UK regularly raises the issue of water in the OPTs with the Israeli authorities to ensure fair distribution of water across the OPTs.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/10/2017 15:10:43 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

765323

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Citizen Service: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answers of 18 July 2017 to Questions 4979 and 4980, for what reasons there was a reduction in ICS (a) expenditure in financial year 2016-17 and (b) participants in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	105621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>DFID contracts Voluntary Service Overseas to manage the International Citizen Service, deploying 20,000 volunteers from the UK and developing countries between September 2015 and February 2019. Fluctuations in volunteer numbers and expenditure from year to year are a normal feature of the programme.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/10/2017 14:03:09 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe