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391023

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
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: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of how many people are at risk of death arising from the current conflict in Yemen; and what steps she is taking to protect such people.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	7821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>As a result of the crisis, the UN estimate that 21 million Yemenis (more than 80% of the population) are in need of humanitarian assistance. Of those, over 6 million people are facing severe shortages of food and 1.6 million women and children are suffering from acute malnutrition.</p><p> </p><p>DFID has allocated £55 million to support humanitarian response in Yemen which will provide emergency shelter, healthcare, water and food assistance, as well as supporting UN work to co-ordinate the humanitarian response.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 23/07/2015 14:04:15 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

390841

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Central African Republic: Females
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 support women's rights and help victims of sexual and gender-based violence in the Central African Republic.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	7534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>DFID is committed to addressing the needs of vulnerable women and girls in CAR and has supported several agencies to provide comprehensive care as well as protection packages since the onset of the crisis in 2013. The overall UK response has included agencies who are able to provide specialised services to victims of gender-based violence. This includes in 2015 our programmes totalling £13.2million with the International Committee of the Red-Cross (ICRC), the Common Humanitarian Fund and three NGO consortia which provide: psycho-social care to survivors; activities to reduce the risk of gender-based violence; and access to healthcare.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 23/07/2015 14:00:25 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

390843

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Central African Republic: Economic Situation
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 effect of her Department's expenditure in the Central African Republic on that country's economic prospects.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	7538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>DFID officials have conducted quarterly visits to the Central African Republic throughout 2014 and 2015 to assess the impact of our programmes. Annual Reviews of progress are available on DFID’s Development Tracker at <a href="http://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/projects/GB-1-204426/documents" target="_blank">http://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/projects/GB-1-204426/documents</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID is committed to supporting economic recovery initiatives in CAR. The conflict that has affected CAR since 2013 has had a severe impact on agriculture, which represents almost 60% of the country’s economy. The UK has provided £27million since 2013 to the Food and Agriculture Organisation, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Common Humanitarian Fund and NGOs to provide urgent humanitarian aid as well as agricultural inputs and technical training to CAR farmers, and to facilitate cattle vaccination campaigns to support traditional herders. In 2015, UK funding will support the livelihoods of more than 170,000 people in CAR.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 23/07/2015 14:02:39 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

386190

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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: Diseases
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 efficacy of the research and development pipeline for diagnostics, drugs and vaccines for poverty-related and other neglected diseases.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	4502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>Historically there has been a lack of investment in the development of diagnostics, drugs and vaccines for poverty-related and other neglected diseases. In the last 15 years increasing investments in research have resulted in over 200 products at various stages of development. A large part of this increase has been due to the establishment of a number of public-private product development partnerships (PDPs) developing a range of technologies for a number of different diseases.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PDPs aim is to accelerate the development of new products and to date they have developed over twenty new products. It has been estimated that there is around a 10% return on investment per annum from medical research. There is insufficient funding available to support the development of all the promising products currently in PDP portfolios and DFID works in partnership with others to encourage greater investment.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 06/07/2015 16:04:36 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

381769

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
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: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information her Department holds on how many houses have been built in Gaza to replace those destroyed during Operation Protective Edge; and what proportion that number is of the number destroyed.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	2901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>According to the UN, over 60,000 houses were partially or completely destroyed during the Gaza crisis last summer. Over 88,000 beneficiaries have now been able to buy some or all materials for reconstruction through the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism to carry out house repairs. The UK provided £0.5m to support the Materials Monitoring Unit (MMU) which oversees and monitors the import, storage, supply and use of construction materials into Gaza.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 24/06/2015 14:28:55 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

381548

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what arrangements are in place to prevent companies involved in violations of international humanitarian law in the occupied Palestinian territories from benefitting from contracts funded by her Department for humanitarian relief in Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	2617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK does not directly fund contracts for humanitarian relief. The UK was one of the biggest donors to the crisis last summer, providing more than £17 million in immediate humanitarian assistance for those caught up in the conflict and pledging a further £20 million in early recovery assistance, of which we have disbursed over 80%. This funding includes £0.5 million to the Materials Monitoring Unit (MMU) which oversees and monitors the import, storage, supply and use of construction materials into Gaza under the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism (GRM).</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 23/06/2015 12:33:44 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

228628

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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, with reference to the demolition by Israeli authorities in October 2014 of a latrine unit, constructed using funding from her Department, in Khashem ad Daraj in the occupied Palestinian territory, what estimate she has made of the cost of replacing that unit.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	228343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The original cost of the two latrines, constructed between 2004 and 2006 and demolished in October 2014, was 3,300 New Israeli Shekels each, which is equivalent to approximately £550. The project was implemented by the non-governmental organisation Environmental Resource Management (ERM) with DFID funding between 2004-2006.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 228345 question first answered 24/03/2015 17:13:15 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

228629

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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, with reference to the demolition by Israeli authorities in October 2014 of a latrine unit, constructed using funding from her Department, in Khashem ad Daraj in the occupied Palestinian territory, what discussions she has had with her Israeli counterparts on the reasons for that demolition.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	228344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK raises concerns about demolitions and displacement with the Government of Israel on a regular basis and at the highest levels. Demolitions cause unnecessary suffering to ordinary Palestinians, are harmful to the peace process, and in all but most limited circumstances are contrary to international humanitarian law. The UK also works closely with the UN Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator which raised concerns about this and many other recent demolitions in a letter to the Israeli authorities in November 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 24/03/2015 16:54:37 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

228630

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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, with reference to the demolition by Israeli authorities in October 2014 of a latrine unit, constructed using funding from her Department, in Khashem ad Daraj in the occupied Palestinian territory, what the cost of that construction project was.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	228345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The original cost of the two latrines, constructed between 2004 and 2006 and demolished in October 2014, was 3,300 New Israeli Shekels each, which is equivalent to approximately £550. The project was implemented by the non-governmental organisation Environmental Resource Management (ERM) with DFID funding between 2004-2006.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 228343 question first answered 24/03/2015 17:13:15 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

228633

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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, with reference to the demolition by Israeli authorities in October 2014 of a latrine unit, constructed using funding from her Department, in Khashem ad Daraj in the occupied Palestinian territory, whether compensation has been requested from the Israeli authorities.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	228338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK has not asked the Government of Israel for compensation for the demolition of this project. We continue to raise concerns about demolitions with the Government of Israel at the highest levels.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 24/03/2015 16:54:10 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith