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733077

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	East Africa: Food Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) funding and (b) assistance the Government is providing to ease hunger and prevent famine in Sudan and Somalia.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	1456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK is providing a range of assistance in response to humanitarian needs across Sudan and Somalia, as well as pushing others to step up support.</p><p>DFID has committed £4.5 million to the World Food Programme in Sudan to provide cash and vouchers to 486,000 vulnerable people in Darfur between June and October 2017 and £4.5 million to the Sudan Humanitarian Fund, which is expected to reach at least 404,000 people across Sudan with food security and livelihoods assistance by the end of 2017.</p><p>On 17 June the Secretary of State visited Somalia to announce a £60m uplift in UK support to drought relief operations, on top of a contribution of £110m announced in February. Since February our support has provided emergency food assistance for 986,000 people and access to safe drinking water to 1,033,000 alongside a broader package of support to tackle malnutrition and disease and provide livestock vaccinations.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 04/07/2017 14:29:00 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

733214

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they would support future regionalisation of the Pillars of the Cotonou Agreement.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK government has supported calls for a differentiated and more regionalised approach during EU discussions on the successor to the Cotonou agreement. While the future agreement will come into force after our exit from the EU, we remain interested in what will be a major element of the global development architecture and will continue to participate in the discussions while we remain an EU Member State.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 03/07/2017 12:17:56 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

732729

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how they expect the EU Refugee Facility for Turkey 2016–17, which helps refugees and internally displaced persons, will be spent; and what proportion of those funds will be allocated to education and training.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The European Union Facility for Refugees in Turkey helps build schools, provide health services and makes social welfare payments for the most vulnerable refugees, and provides vital municipal infrastructure such as waste management and water treatment facilities to alleviate pressure on Turkish communities hosting refugees.</p><p>As of May 2017, 42% of the facility has been spent on education. Almost half a million Syrian refugee children have access to education and 20,000 Syrian volunteer teachers have received training in improved teaching techniques.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 03/07/2017 12:18:31 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

732310

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Overseas Aid
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 is taking to ensure that food and medical supplies are reaching internally displaced persons in Syria; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>The UK has supported the UN and international NGOs since the start of the conflict to deliver food, medical and other supplies to those in need, including internally displaced people. The UK has provided 19.7 million food rations, 6.7 million health consultations, and over 2 million vaccines to people in need across Syria. The UK continues to use its position in the UN Security Council and the International Syria Support Group to press the Assad regime and its backers to allow aid to reach those who need it, while maintaining the pressure for a political settlement to bring the suffering of the Syrian people to an end.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 30/06/2017 12:47:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

723137

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Humanitarian Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	71547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Development, the Rt Hon Priti Patel visited South Sudan on 10 April 2017. Severe food insecurity levels and malnutrition rates, including pockets of famine, continue to worsen alongside an unprecedented dry season and cholera outbreak. The operational environment is significantly constrained with severe access issues and diminishing humanitarian space. Fighting continues across the country, causing widespread displacement and driving the humanitarian crisis. There are 7.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance and over 3 million people displaced.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 26/04/2017 15:36:43 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

723193

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any of her Department's funding for abortion services in developing countries has been allocated to countries where abortion is illegal.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	71665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>DFID’s position on what we can and cannot support is set out in our policy paper on safe and unsafe abortion available online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safe-and-unsafe-abortion-uks-policy-position-on-safe-and-unsafe-abortion-in-developing-countries" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safe-and-unsafe-abortion-uks-policy-position-on-safe-and-unsafe-abortion-in-developing-countries</a></p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 26/04/2017 15:38:18 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

722524

registered interest
date	19/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Famine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the UN report stating that 60 per cent of Yemenis are in crisis or emergency food situations, published on 15 March 2017, what steps her Department is taking to prevent famine in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	71294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The UK provided £112 million in aid to Yemen in 2016/17, which supported over 462,000 people with food or food vouchers, and over 889,000 women and children with nutrition interventions. Given the scale of the current crisis in Yemen, yesterday we further increased UK aid for 2017/18 to £139 million, to provide lifesaving aid to hundreds of thousands of desperate people. I would refer the Right Honourable Gentleman to the Written Ministerial Statement HCWS606 for further information.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/04/2017 16:53:50 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

720333

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Iraq: Kurds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to make British medical aid available to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	70506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The UK funds the delivery of life-saving medical services in Iraq, including in the Kurdistan Region. This support is delivered through a number of partners including the Iraq Humanitarian Pooled Fund and the International Organisation for Migration. Through our response to the conflict in Mosul we are helping to alleviate the pressure on the Kurdistan Region’s medical services.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/04/2017 16:57:47 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

720675

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to paragraphs 1.296 and 1.297 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, what progress her Department has made by estimated capacity of land sold since March 2016 in identifying and disposing of land to meet the Government's commitment.
tabling member constituency	Hertford and Stortford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Prisk
uin	70681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>DFID does not own any land beyond its headquarters buildings in London and East Kilbride.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/04/2017 16:53:20 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1424 label Biography information for Mr Mark Prisk

720681

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff are seconded to her Department; and from which companies and organisations those staff are seconded.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	70953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>As at 31 March 2017, 9 staff are seconded to DFID from organisations as shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge University</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Federal Ministry of Economic &amp; Development, Germany</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds Teaching Hospitals</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London School of Hygiene &amp; Tropical Medicine</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Metropolitan Police</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Health England</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley Police</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/04/2017 16:59:49 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin