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1050098

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Aid Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the number of international aid workers operating in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	213217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID does not collect or verify data on the number of international aid workers in each country.</p><p> </p><p>The current ceiling on international UN Country Team workers in Yemen, however, is between 180 and 190 staff members. This ceiling is set by the UN’s Department of Safety and Security.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/02/2019 17:13:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1050099

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Aid Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the number of international aid workers killed while operating in Yemen in each year since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	213218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The Aid Worker Security Database (ASWD) collects data on major incidents of violence against humanitarian operations throughout the world and is commonly cited by UN agencies and NGOs.</p><p> </p><p>It has not yet released data for 2018, but records six incidents of ‘major violence against humanitarian operations’ in Yemen in 2017 and seven in 2016. In April 2018 Hana Lahoud, a Lebanese national in charge of the ICRC’s detention programme in Yemen was tragically killed in Taiz.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/02/2019 17:14:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1050408

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Brazil: Humanitarian 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 provided humanitarian assistance to Brazil as a result of the collapse of the damn in Minas Gerais.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	213969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID has been monitoring the situation and always stands ready to assist. No requests for assistance from HMG have been received. Our embassy is in contact with local authorities who are doing all that they can to help those affected. Our consulate in Belo Horizonte is in contact with British stakeholders that could provide assistance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/02/2019 17:09:44 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1050500

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Assistance: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many Overseas Security and Justice Assistance assessments required Ministerial approval by her Department in the financial years (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	214085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>We have no record of any Overseas Security and Justice Assistance assessments requiring Ministerial approval by DFID in the financial years (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 04/02/2019 17:23:27 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1050765

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Pakistan about employment discrimination, with particular regard to advertisements published by that government which reserve low level jobs, such as street sweeping, for religious minorities; whether UK aid supports employment opportunities in the public sector closed to religious minorities; and whether they support programmes which help illiterate members of religious minorities in that country to improve their employment prospects.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL13192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>Our aid relationship with any government is based on an assessment of their commitment to our Partnership Principles, including to promote and safeguard human rights. Our development assistance targets the poor, regardless of race, religion, social background or nationality. We promote the Partnership Principles in our dealings with the Pakistan Government, and this extends to economic development and employment. The Partnership Principles Assessment (PPA) is regularly discussed with the Economic Affairs Division, Government of Pakistan, at the federal level and we discussed it formally last year at the Bilateral Assistance Talks in March. We also have specific programmes to help the poorest become more equipped for work. DFID Pakistan’s Skills Development Programme will provide 330,000 poor and vulnerable people, including those from minority communities, with technical and vocational training to improve their employment prospects.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID and the FCO continue to raise the issue of human rights of minorities at the highest levels of Government, including in our annual Bilateral Assistance Talks, advocating greater tolerance and action against abuses when they occur.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/02/2019 16:05:51 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1050816

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Abortion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what methods they use to measure how many unsafe abortions have been averted through the programmes that they fund internationally.
tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
uin	HL13238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID uses modelling to estimate the number of unsafe abortions prevented by some programming. It is possible to model, for illustrative purposes, the number of abortions prevented by improved access to family planning specifically. Between April 2017 and March 2018, we estimate UK aid reached at least 14 million women and girls with family planning services, preventing an estimated 1.2 million unsafe abortions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Our methodology is explained in the first footnote to the Family Planning page at: <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fdfid-results-sector-pages-2017-to-2018-single-department-plan&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7Cee7f166e5e4d4106beb608d68852cc0f%7Ccdf709af1a184c74bd936d14a64d73b3%7C0%7C0%7C636846286514994978&amp;sdata=ILpw390pwiosUz%2F%2FIee46AP3n60Z5IF7QhFVj1iqnZI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-results-sector-pages-2017-to-2018-single-department-plan</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/02/2019 16:07:52 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Family-Planning1.pdf title Family Planning - results by sector
tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

1050817

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Abortion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many safe abortions they provided funding for through the Prevention of Maternal Death from Unwanted Pregnancy project.
tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
uin	HL13239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Prevention of Maternal Death from Unwanted Pregnancy programme aimed to help women and girls avoid recourse to unsafe abortion and to increase access to voluntary family planning.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The programme supported integrated sexual and reproductive health services designed around women’s needs, for example providing a woman with holistic care for HIV, counselling, post-abortion care and information on family planning. Because these services are integrated, it is not possible to disaggregate figures solely relating to safe abortion procedures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Modelling estimates are that the project helped to avert 7.1 million unsafe abortions through such approaches over the lifetime of the programme. This is the estimated impact of holistic approaches including contraception, information and provision of safe alternatives; all of which help women avoid having to go through the trauma and life-threatening health risks of unsafe abortions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/02/2019 16:08:26 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

1050818

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Abortion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unsafe abortions were avoided as a result of the Prevention of Maternal Death from Unwanted Pregnancy project, which came to an end in June 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
uin	HL13240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>Modelling estimates indicate that the Prevention of Maternal Death from Unwanted Pregnancy project helped to avert approximately 7.1 million unsafe abortions through integrated sexual and reproductive health services over the lifetime of the programme.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/02/2019 16:08:44 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

1050819

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Family Planning
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the £225 million in funding per annum the Department for International Development committed to spend on family planning from 2017 until 2021 they estimate (1) has been, and (2) will be, spent on (a) the provision of contraceptives, (b) the provision of safe abortions, and (c) the training of health personnel to conduct safe abortions.
tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
uin	HL13241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>In 2012 the UK committed to spend an average of £180m a year on family planning (FP) to 2020<strong>. </strong>This commitment then increased to £225m per year after the 2017 Family Planning Summit. Since 2012, using internationally agreed methodology to capture spending on family planning, we have spent an average of £184 million each year on family planning programmes between 2012/13 – 2016/17. We take an integrated approach to family planning and the training of health workers, covering a range of services, and therefore it is not possible to disaggregate spend on specific elements such as safe abortion provision.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/02/2019 16:09:01 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

1050836

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Brazil: Floods
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance, if any, they have provided to the victims of the recent mud flow in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL13256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>No requests for assistance from HMG have been received. Our embassy is in contact with local authorities who are doing all that they can to help those affected. Our consulate in Belo Horizonte is in contact with British stakeholders that could provide assistance.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 06/02/2019 17:37:03 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno