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732558

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
hansard heading	Andargachew Tsege
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she discussed the case of Andargachew Tsege with the Foreign Secretary prior to the announcement of a £30 million aid package for Ethiopia.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Development regularly meets with the Foreign Secretary and has been briefed by him on Andargachew Tsege’s consular case. The case was discussed with Ethiopian counterparts during the visits of both the Secretary of State and the Foreign Secretary to Ethiopia earlier this year. In addition, the Prime Minister raised Mr Tsege’s case with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister on 11 May.</p><p>The UK’s recently announced support for the drought in Ethiopia will provide emergency food support for 1.5 million people, life-saving nutritional support to more than 154,000 starving children and pregnant and breastfeeding women, safe drinking water for 100,000 people and livestock support for 500,000 people.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 1145 1146 question first answered 03/07/2017 10:15:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

732575

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
hansard heading	Fairtrade Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Government's policy is on Fairtrade certification.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	1227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The UK government is a strong supporter of Fairtrade. From 2010 to 2016, DFID provided £18 million to Fairtrade International to support their work and strengthen the global Fairtrade system. This includes Fairtrade producer and worker organizations that contribute to inclusive economic, environmental and social development in their communities around the world. DFID continues to actively engage with Fairtrade on a variety of projects and campaigns, such as supporting the pilot of Fairtrace, a technology based supply chain mapping programme run with Fairtrade’s supply chain assurance partner, FLOCERT.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 29/06/2017 14:44:33 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

732647

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
hansard heading	Andargachew Tsege
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she discussed the case of Andargachew Tsege with her Ethiopian counterparts prior to the announcement of a £30 million aid package for that country.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Development regularly meets with the Foreign Secretary and has been briefed by him on Andargachew Tsege’s consular case. The case was discussed with Ethiopian counterparts during the visits of both the Secretary of State and the Foreign Secretary to Ethiopia earlier this year. In addition, the Prime Minister raised Mr Tsege’s case with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister on 11 May.</p><p>The UK’s recently announced support for the drought in Ethiopia will provide emergency food support for 1.5 million people, life-saving nutritional support to more than 154,000 starving children and pregnant and breastfeeding women, safe drinking water for 100,000 people and livestock support for 500,000 people.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 1144 1146 question first answered 03/07/2017 10:15:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

732648

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
hansard heading	Andargachew Tsege
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she raised the case of Andargachew Tsege during her recent visit to Ethiopia.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Development regularly meets with the Foreign Secretary and has been briefed by him on Andargachew Tsege’s consular case. The case was discussed with Ethiopian counterparts during the visits of both the Secretary of State and the Foreign Secretary to Ethiopia earlier this year. In addition, the Prime Minister raised Mr Tsege’s case with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister on 11 May.</p><p>The UK’s recently announced support for the drought in Ethiopia will provide emergency food support for 1.5 million people, life-saving nutritional support to more than 154,000 starving children and pregnant and breastfeeding women, safe drinking water for 100,000 people and livestock support for 500,000 people.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 1144 1145 question first answered 03/07/2017 10:15:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

732653

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
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
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 proportion of UK overseas aid funding which met the internationally-recognised Development Assistance Criteria in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	1115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>All UK aid meets the internationally agreed OECD Development Assistance Committee definition of Official Development Assistance (ODA).</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on UK ODA spend is published in the national statistics publication Statistics on International Development, which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/07/2017 10:13:47 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

732708

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
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Ministers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of time joint Department for International Development-Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers will spend at her Department.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	1046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>Mr Burt and Mr Stewart will split their time between the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development. They will of course prioritise based on events and issues as they arise</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/06/2017 16:57:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

732743

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 what plans they, and international organisations, have to benefit the estimated 13 million children in the Middle East who according to UNICEF's 2015 report Eduction Under Fire lack access to schools; and what new educational provision is being made through radio and TV.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government is playing a leading role in reaching out-of-school children affected by conflict in the Middle East. At the London Syria Conference in 2016, the international community committed to providing quality education to all 1.4 million refugee and vulnerable host community children by the end of the 2016/7 school year. By April 2017, 1 million children were benefitting.</p><p>In Lebanon, DFID’s four-year education programme will help 147,000 children enrol in formal education and 100,000 in non-formal education, and improve teaching and learning standards for all children in school. In Jordan, DFID’s four-year education programme helps provide formal education for 193,000 Syrian children. The UK also contributes to the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey, which has provided access to education for almost half a million Syrian children. In the wider Middle East, the UK funds UNICEF to provide education as part of humanitarian appeals.</p><p>The UK has also supported the establishment of a new Education Cannot Wait fund to improve education in crises, with Yemen and Syria each benefitting.</p><p>DFID does not fund education provision through radio and TV in the Middle East.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 04/07/2017 14:42:37 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton