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91504

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Families
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 Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of her Department have been so assessed to date.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	208856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>DFID leads the UK’s work to end extreme poverty internationally. It does not have a lead responsibility for domestic policies and has not made any assessments using the family test.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 13/10/2014 14:58:55 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

91188

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the increase in UK aid to Gaza (a) directly and (b) through contributions to UK non-governmental organisations and to international organisations has been since the start of Operation Protective Edge.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	208660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK is one of the biggest donors to the Gaza crisis, providing more than £17 million of emergency assistance. All of our support is being channelled through UN agencies, international organisations and UK non-governmental organisations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 13/10/2014 16:42:00 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

91189

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to the Israeli government on reparations for the damage caused by Operation Protective Edge to UN and civilian facilities in Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	208661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>DFID, along with key partner agencies like UNRWA, is still assessing the level of damage to facilities in Gaza. The current priority is to ensure there is progress in the talks in Cairo.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 13/10/2014 16:43:03 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

91190

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what projects funded by her Department in Gaza have been (a) damaged and (b) destroyed as a result of Israeli military action during Operation Protective Edge.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	208653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>Initial reports from the UN Relief and Works Agency indicate that four schools built using DFID funding sustained damage during the conflict. The office of one of our implementing partners was also damaged. Assessments are continuing to establish the extent and the exact cause of the damage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 13/10/2014 16:37:33 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

91191

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contribution her Department will offer at the donors' conference on the reconstruction of Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	208654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK pledged to contribute £20 million. We are clear, however, that reconstruction in Gaza will require a durable ceasefire, an agreed approach on security, predictable and sustained access for people and goods in and out of Gaza, and good governance arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 13/10/2014 16:38:22 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

91192

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians
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 importance to a sustainable economy in Gaza of the re-opening of (a) Gaza airport and (b) the sea-port.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	208655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>An airport or seaport could help to facilitate trade but the extent of their importance would depend on the lifting of restrictions on exports and transfers to Gaza’s natural markets of Israel and the West Bank. We have consistently called on the Government of Israel to improve movement and access into and out of Gaza, and will continue to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 13/10/2014 16:39:37 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

91193

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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, how much her Department has spent on projects solely for the benefit of (a) males and (b) females in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	208716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The particular information requested is not collected centrally and is not available without incurring disproportionate costs. The UK Government is committed to increasing focus on girls and women across all our investments to ‘stop poverty before it starts’ by creating environments that unlock their voices, choices and control, and that empowers them economically.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since May 2014, under the International Development (Gender Equality) Act 2014, DFID is required to give regard to the contribution its assistance is likely to make to reducing gender inequality, or to gender-related differences in needs, before assistance is provided.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 13/10/2014 15:03:33 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

91311

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department’s funding is spent on providing adequate housing; and how much such funding is available to be spent in Sierra Leone.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sir Tony Cunningham
uin	208747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>We do not collect the information in the form requested however DFID promotes affordable housing centrally through the Community-Led Infrastructure Finance Facility (CLIFF) that works across 14 countries in Africa and Asia. By December 2015, CLIFF will have constructed 28,000 new core housing units and improved access to water and sanitation services for up to 445,000 people. CLIFF does not currently work in Sierra Leone.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 13/10/2014 15:06:11 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1469 label Biography information for Sir Tony Cunningham

91313

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2014, UIN 206962, on Afghanistan, what memoranda of understanding have been signed between her Department and the Afghan Investment Support Agency in regards to the Bost Agri and Bost Airfield projects covering the period 2009 to present; and if she will place in the Library copies of such memoranda.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	208787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>An MOU was signed in April 2012 which is no longer in operation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 13/10/2014 16:19:21 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

91314

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department provides to ethnic Chin refugees in India who are victims of sexual violence.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	208756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>DFID does not provide specific funding for ethnic Chin refugees in India who are victims of sexual violence. Improving the lives of women and girls is, however, a significant aspect of DFID’s programme in India which includes developing an evidence-based strategy to prevent Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 14/10/2014 14:33:56 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott