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1049600

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Jerusalem: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they taking, if any, in relation to the cancellation of permits for the operation of UNWRA-run schools for Palestinians in East Jerusalem and their replacement by schools operated by the municipality of Jerusalem.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL13184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>UK Officials have contacted UNRWA following media reports surrounding the future of UNRWA schools in East Jerusalem. UNRWA stated that they have not received any official indication that there will be any change to their operation in East Jerusalem.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 11/02/2019 17:44:32 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1049601

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	UNRWA: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to protect the rights of those Palestinians in East Jerusalem whose refugee status has been threatened by the withdrawal of funding to UNRWA by the government of the United States.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL13185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>We are concerned about the impact on UNRWA’s activities whenever unexpected reductions occur. Last year the UK led international efforts to help ensure UNRWA’s essential services were maintained, by almost doubling our original core support of £33.5 million to £65.5 million in total, including £5 million for Gaza, and lobbying other donors to step up to ensure the funding burden is shared more evenly across the international community. Both the UK and UNRWA recognise the need for UNRWA to reform to ensure its sustainability and ability to provide essential services to refugees. UNRWA has undertaken significant cost-cutting measures to respond to budget cuts and growing need. We welcome UNRWA’s efforts to broaden its donor base and are encouraging partners to step up with more funding and more predictable disbursements. The UK has a multi-year commitment to support UNRWA and we remain firmly committed to supporting UNRWA and Palestinian refugees.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 11/02/2019 17:45:06 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1049602

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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: Hospitals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that hospitals in Gaza have been closed due to power shortages; and what steps they are taking to ensure that hospitals are able to function.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL13186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK continually monitors the humanitarian situation in Gaza and is ready to respond to spikes in humanitarian need. DFID is aware that hospitals in Gaza continue to face power shortages, although the most recent WHO report suggests that hospitals remain open for now.</p><p> </p><p>To help ensure hospitals in Gaza can continue to provide essential services we provided £1.5 million for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) OPTs Appeal in 2018. This funding has helped treat patients in 11 hospitals which are under extreme pressure in Gaza by restocking vital medical supplies including surgical equipment, bandages and medicines, and helping provide physical rehabilitation services for around 4,000 people. We will keep our response under review.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 11/02/2019 17:45:44 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1050216

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress she has made in laying statutory instruments related to EU exit preparedness; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Anne-Marie Trevelyan
uin	213436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department for International Development (DFID) has not laid any statutory instruments relating to EU Exit preparedness and is not planning on laying any statutory instruments related to EU Exit preparedness. These are not required for our departmental preparations which remain on track.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 31/01/2019 17:43:37 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

1050275

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has plans to send emergency aid to Zimbabwe as a result of violence in that country.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	213268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>Our programme partners have been at the forefront of supporting victims of the recent violence through medical, counselling and legal assistance. My Department had already committed an additional £5 million in response to the emerging humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe. We will carefully consider whether further emergency aid is required as a result of the recent violence.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 04/02/2019 17:22:24 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1050296

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Trade Associations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which regulatory functions imposed by legislation for which her Department has responsibility are currently undertaken by trade associations; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	213184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID has no regulatory functions, and so none undertaken by trade associations.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/02/2019 17:21:28 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1047991

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
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: Drinking Water
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 increase access to clean drinking water for (a) internally displaced persons in Syria and (b) refugees from Syria in neighbouring countries.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	212590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>In the last financial year alone, our support meant that over 4.1 million people within Syria were provided with clean drinking water. In the Northwest, for example, DFID’s support is providing access to water and sanitation services for highly vulnerable Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), including one programme that is using trucks to deliver water services, reaching over 67,000 people in need across over 100 IDP sites in the area. Elsewhere, DFID has funded UNICEF to provide life-saving water to the approximately 40,000 people in Rukban IDP camp.</p><p> </p><p>We are also committed to supporting neighbouring countries who are hosting Syrian refugees. For example, since the start of the crisis, the UK has provided funding to support sustainable access to clean water or sanitation facilities in Lebanon for over 1.1 million people in need from Syria and Lebanon. In Jordan, the UK is providing £14.1 million to UNICEF between December 2016 and November 2019 to provide refugees with access to clean drinking water, through installing water systems in refugee camps and delivering water to vulnerable households in host communities. DFID also provided £8 million to UNICEF in the last financial year to enhance access to water and sanitation infrastructure for the most vulnerable communities in Iraq, including to camps which host Syrian refugees.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 30/01/2019 17:35:32 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1047999

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Climate Change
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 identify (a) people and (b) communities that are vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	212627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>DFID’s general programme management guidance encourages all Business Cases to consider the Climate and Environment impacts of our activities on poor people. This includes ensuring that our interventions do not increase communities’ vulnerabilities to climate shocks and trends; as well as improving their sustainability and climate resilience.</p><p>DFID has also undertaken specific country growth diagnostics which include assessment of climate vulnerability and resilience. Bespoke regional climate analyses with national summaries of climate risks for every DFID priority country have been prepared to help this process and the programming of resources at country level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 30/01/2019 18:09:00 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1048000

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Migrant Camps: Disabled
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 support disabled people in refugee camps.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	212628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>DFID published its first Disability Inclusion Strategy in 2018, committing to strive for equitable access to essential humanitarian services for all people with disabilities, including refugees and the forcibly displaced. Our support ranges from rehabilitation services, wheelchairs and prosthetic limbs for refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, through to community help desks, accessible latrines and supported food distribution in camps in Tanzania and in Uganda. We provide mental health and psychosocial support, including matching donations to War Child to support 400 children traumatised by war in the Central African Republic. We are also pressing the UN’s Refugee Agency to ensure protection and assistance programmes are accessible to all vulnerable groups, including those with disabilities.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 30/01/2019 17:36:41 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1048001

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Migrant Camps: Education
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 allocated to new programmes providing education for children in refugee camps.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	212629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK has been at the forefront of pushing for quality education for refugee children. UK support for UNICEF’s No Lost Generation Initiative helped provide education and support to more than half a million displaced Syrian children. We have committed more than £400 million extra to the Girls’ Education Challenge, to ensure up to 1.5 million marginalised girls are supported to access a quality education and learning - including 20,000 girls in refugee camps in Kenya. We are a founding member and one of the largest donors to Education Cannot Wait, aiming to reach 8 million children in emergencies by 2021. And we also provide direct support, whether through teacher training programmes to camps in Ethiopia or in the key role we played in developing Uganda’s first ever education response plan, which aims to support more than 550,000 refugee and host community children.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 30/01/2019 17:38:19 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law