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984632

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to ensure that private contractors in receipt of aid spending are held to the same safeguarding standards as charity and non-governmental organisation contractors.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
uin	906957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2018 answer text <p>DFID holds all partners to the same high safeguarding standards. Private sector organisations must follow our Supply Partner Code of Conduct. It sets high, legally enforceable standards for ethical behaviour and compliance with human rights, including specific clauses on sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/10/2018 13:31:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

984633

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What processes are in place to monitor UK aid spending in the Palestinian Territories.
tabling member constituency	Filton and Bradley Stoke
tabling member printed	Jack Lopresti
uin	906958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2018 answer text <p>DFID continuously monitors UK aid spending in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. We rigorously manage delivery partners according to the Supply Partner Code of Conduct, map the flow of funds through the delivery chain, and all our programmes are subject to independent audits. We evaluate and improve our programmes regularly through annual reviews.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 10/10/2018 13:31:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3989 label Biography information for Jack Lopresti

984634

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Rohingya: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If her Department will provide additional funding to Rohingya refugees in preparation for the cyclone season.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	906959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK has invested £12.6 million specifically in emergency preparedness before the cyclone season. The Bangladeshi government is experienced in responding to extreme weather events. We are working with the government and other partners to keep emergency preparedness a priority, to enhance coordination and to ensure the overall response builds resilience.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 10/10/2018 13:32:24 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

984635

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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: Rule of Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment she has made of the effect of the application of the rule of law on levels of prosperity in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	906960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2018 answer text <p>We believe the rule of law underpins open and fair societies and economies, where citizens, businesses and civil society can prosper. We undertook our own assessments in 2013 and 2015; and also use the 2017 World Bank Global Investment Competitiveness report to assess the evidence.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 10/10/2018 13:33:13 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

984821

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Yemen; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	177580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK remains deeply concerned by the humanitarian crisis in Yemen - the largest in the world. Over 22 million people - 75% of the population - are in need of humanitarian assistance, with 8.4 million people at risk of starvation across the country. Yemen relies on imports to meet 90% of its basic needs like food and fuel. As such, it is critical that all parties facilitate the flow of food and fuel into and throughout the country.</p><p>We are also extremely concerned by the rapid depreciation of the Yemeni Riyal – which has lost over 40% of its value since July. This is driving increased humanitarian need as families are less able to afford to buy available food.</p><p>The UK has consistently been one of the largest donors to the crisis, committing £570 million in response since the conflict began in 2015. We will continue to push for a political solution to the conflict - the only way to bring long-term stability to Yemen and end the humanitarian crisis.</p><p>I recently hosted an event on malnutrition in Yemen at the UN General Assembly on 25 September with UN agencies, donors and NGOs. Together we launched a Call to Action including a three year plan of commitments to tackle malnutrition in Yemen.</p><p>The UK continues to respond to humanitarian crisis in Yemen and will keep the situation under close review.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/10/2018 16:26:49 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

984925

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to publish her Department's preparations for no deal.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	177718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>DFID published guidance on 23 August for UK organisations delivering EU humanitarian aid programmes if there is no Brexit deal so that they can make informed plans and preparations for that unlikely scenario. The guidance set out our offer of financial assurance for UK organisations to allow them to continue bidding for funding from the core budget of European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) without undertaking unmanageable financial and programmatic risk.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 17/10/2018 15:05:49 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

984946

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what change there has been in staffing levels in her Department since June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	177735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>Figures on employment levels in all Civil Service organisations are collected each quarter by ONS as part of its Quarterly Public Sector Employment Survey (QPSES).</p><p> </p><p>Please see below table providing DFID’s staff numbers since June 2016. September figures will be published 2 November.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Numbers</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>Numbers</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>Numbers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>2120</p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>2495</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>2158</p></td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>2513</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>2046</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>2181</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>2526</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>2062</p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>2190</p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>2545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>2071</p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>2217</p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>2551</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>2090</p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>2256</p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>2569</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>2099</p></td><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>2299</p></td><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>2605</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>2329</p></td><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>2632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>2351</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>2389</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>2443</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>2459</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 17/10/2018 15:07:26 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

984984

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the UK’s bilateral aid programme is directed towards the rebuilding of Pakistan’s colony shanty towns in which families from the country’s minorities live; what assessment they have made of the number of people, in total, living in those colonies and their access to running water, electricity or education; and when officials from the Department for International Development and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office last visited those colonies to assess the conditions of people living there.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL10527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Our work targets poor people in Pakistan regardless of race, religion, social background, or nationality. Some of the UK’s work has targeted people living in shanty towns and informal settlements. This includes emergency responses to floods, and schools for children from marginalised communities in Karachi, including minorities. We do not hold information on what percentage of the UK’s bilateral aid programme is directed towards rebuilding Pakistan’s colony shanty towns, and there have been no recent staff visits to these areas.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/10/2018 16:20:20 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

984309

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Tanzania: Family Planning
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made or plan to make to the government of Tanzania following the banning in that country of family planning adverts by FHI 360; and what assessment they have made of reports that the President described family planning as being for those “too lazy to take care of their children”.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL10517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Representatives of the British High Commission in Dar es Salaam remain closely engaged with the Government of Tanzania, who have provided assurances that there is no change in government policy which supports family planning. They have been told by the Tanzanian Ministry of Health that a review of mass media communication is underway and they hope to recommence airing of advertisements within the next few months.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/10/2018 16:20:38 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

984312

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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: Humanitarian Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action, if any, they plan to take to send more humanitarian aid to the people of Yemen.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL10520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK has been at the forefront of the humanitarian response in Yemen, helping secure vital access for food, fuel and medicine to enter the country and consistently being one of the largest donors to the crisis.</p><p>On 3 April, the UK announced an additional £170 million in response to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen for this financial year (2018/2019). This funding will meet immediate food needs for 2.5 million Yemenis and will bring the total UK bilateral support to Yemen to over £570 million since 2015.</p><p>To date, donors have pledged a total of US$ 2.01 billion towards the United Nations 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan in Yemen.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/10/2018 16:21:03 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge