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438196

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which 10 countries will receive the greatest amount of UK overseas aid in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	20106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The Department is currently undertaking a Bilateral Aid Review, which will determine the countries to which we will provide bilateral assistance over the Spending Review period, and the levels of that assistance.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/12/2015 09:43:44 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

438207

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
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 9 November 2015 to Question 14345, what steps her Department takes to ensure that aid graduation is sustainable where the Government's contribution is provided through a multilateral institution.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	19963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The Department is currently undertaking a Multilateral Aid Review which will inform our funding decisions and our reform priorities for the multilateral agencies that we work with.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/12/2015 09:44:16 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

438208

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
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 9 November 2015 to Question 14345, if her Department will publish a position proper on the criteria it uses to ensure aid graduation is sustainable.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	19888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The Department is currently undertaking a Bilateral Aid Review which will determine the countries that we will provide direct bilateral assistance to over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/12/2015 09:43:22 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

437378

registered interest
date	11/12/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has provided to (a) Turkey, (b) Lebanon and (c) assist with the effect of the refugee crisis in Syria in those countries in each year since 2011-12.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	19712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>The UK has been at the forefront of the response to the crisis in Syria and the region. We have pledged over £1.12 billion to date, our largest ever response to a single humanitarian crisis. In total, we have allocated £304 million to projects in Lebanon and £34 million to projects in Turkey since the start of our response in February 2012. These figures include funding spent by partners since financial year 2011/2012 and allocations made for financial year 2015/2016 and beyond.</p><br /><p>The UK prioritises its assistance according to where needs are greatest and most unmet, and the capacity of the host country to absorb refugees. The UK, like other donors, has therefore prioritised support to Lebanon and Jordan, where the number of refugees is much higher as a percentage of the population than in Turkey and Egypt. For example, Syrian refugees in Lebanon constitute a quarter of the pre-crisis population.</p><br /><p>By the end of June 2015, UK support in the region (Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt) had provided over 4.8 million food rations, each of which feeds one person for one month; access to clean water for over 980,000 people (peak month); medical consultations for over 471,000 people; and support to over 127,000 people through agriculture and livelihoods interventions.</p><br /><p>The table below provides a breakdown of the funding spent by partners as part of projects in Lebanon and Turkey since 2011/2012.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>DFID Funding for Humanitarian/Development Activities in Lebanon and Turkey (Excluding funding to the Conflict Security and Stabilisation Fund) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lebanon</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Turkey</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/2012</strong></p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/2013</strong></p></td><td><p>£11,667,000</p></td><td><p>£3,252,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/2014</strong></p></td><td><p>£72,127,000</p></td><td><p>£11,051,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/2015</strong></p></td><td><p>£61,992,000</p></td><td><p>£9,800,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>In financial year 2015/16, DFID has an operational plan budget of £94 million for projects in Lebanon and £10 million for projects in Turkey (excluding funding to the Conflict, Security and Stabilisation Fund).</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 16/12/2015 17:55:27 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

437202

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	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 assessment she has made of the potential contribution of aid to Syria to strengthening the moderate opposition's capacity to provide governance and basic services.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	19563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The UK has been at the forefront of the response to the crisis in Syria and the region. We have pledged over £1.1 billion to date, our largest ever response to a single humanitarian crisis. This makes us the second largest bilateral donor. Of this total, the UK has allocated £561 million to support vulnerable people inside Syria to date.</p><p>By the end of June 2015, UK support inside Syria had provided over 15.1 million food rations; access to clean water for over 1.6 million people (peak month); 2 million medical consultations; more than 4 million relief packages; and there have been over 6.9 million instances when people benefited from sanitation and hygiene activities. We are also helping those who feel safe to do so to stay in Syria by building their ability to cope, helping the moderate opposition to provide governance and essential services, and supporting the provision of education and jobs.</p><br /><p>The UK will continue to punch above its weight in supporting the reconstruction of Syria. That is why, on 26 November, the Prime Minister signalled that the UK will commit at least £1 billion to Syria’s reconstruction in the longer term.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 15/12/2015 16:37:04 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

437203

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Eritrea: Droughts
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 (a) the effect of the drought in the Horn of Africa on Eritrea and (b) the response of the Eritrean government and the international community to that drought.
tabling member constituency	Holborn and St Pancras
tabling member printed	Keir Starmer
uin	19567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Official food security and nutrition data for Eritrea for this year has not yet been released, but the late onset of rains, relatively low volume of rainfall, and significant soil moisture deficits are likely to have had a negative impact on both farming and pastoral communities. The country and regional offices of the World Food Programme and UNICEF are monitoring the situation closely.</p><br /><p>DFID is funding nutrition support activities in areas affected by El Nino in the Horn of Africa through UNICEF’s regional programme, which covers Eritrea</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 15/12/2015 16:42:09 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4514 label Biography information for Keir Starmer

438816

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding and other resources her Department has provided for Syrian refugee camps.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	902756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>The UK has pledged over £1.1 billion in response to the Syria crisis, of which £559 million has been allocated to support refugees in the region and vulnerable host communities. The vast majority of refugees in the region live in host communities rather than camps.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 16/12/2015 13:40:23 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

438817

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Refugees
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 humanitarian assistance in (a) Syria and (b) neighbouring countries receiving Syrian refugees in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Byron Davies
uin	902755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>In the financial year 2014/15, the UK spent just under £150 million in humanitarian assistance inside Syria and around £125 million in the surrounding region. This has provided lifesaving support and helped ensure Syrian children can remain in education.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 16/12/2015 13:28:02 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower

438818

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of Overseas Development Aid her Department used to tackle the refugee crisis in the last 12 months; and how much her Department plans to allocate in future years to tackling that situation.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	902758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>My department has contributed nearly £16 million for the refugee crisis in Europe this year to date. In the long term we are focussed on using the UK’s aid budget to support refugees to have a viable option to stay where they are by tackling the root causes of migration.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 16/12/2015 17:05:05 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

438819

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has allocated to support resettlement of Syrian refugees.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Will Quince
uin	902761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>DFID has agreed to fund the ODA-eligible costs of the Syria refugee resettlement scheme for this financial year - discussions are ongoing to determine the precise amount necessary. From next year ODA funding for the scheme will be transferred directly from Treasury to the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 16/12/2015 13:48:31 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince