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874770

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: Reconstruction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her Israeli counterpart on economic revitalisation in Gaza.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	135071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Development has not recently held any discussions with her Israeli counterparts on economic revitalisation in Gaza. The UK remains gravely concerned about the humanitarian and economic situation in Gaza. In August 2017, Minister Burt met with Israeli officials to discuss various issues including the dire need to improve the humanitarian and economic situation in Gaza. We welcome all practical steps to improve conditions as a matter of urgency. HMG officials regularly discuss economic revitalisation in Gaza with their Israeli and Palestinian counterparts. For example, on 13 March, senior HMG officials attended a United States hosted conference on the humanitarian and economic situation in Gaza alongside representatives from 20 countries, including Israel.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/04/2018 14:37:12 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

873588

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Internally Displaced People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking directly through local organisations based in Syria to support civilians evacuating from Eastern Ghouta to Idlib; and what funding her Department (a) has made and (b) plans to make available to those organisations.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	134702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>To date we have committed £897 million to support people in Syria, including in Eastern Ghouta. DFID’s funding in Syria is allocated flexibly in order to allow our humanitarian partners to respond to emerging spikes in need.</p><p> </p><p>We do not allocate funding directly to Syrian NGOs, but many of our partners work with such groups on the ground.</p><p> </p><p>DFID-funded partners are supporting people displaced from Eastern Ghouta in both Rural Damascus and Idlib. This includes the provision of food, shelter and basic hygiene products.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/04/2018 14:38:50 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

873767

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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: International Assistance
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 effectiveness of the delivery and distribution of aid, including food, to Yemen through the ports in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	134881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Yemen relies on imports to meet 90% of its basic needs like food and fuel. Humanitarian aid provides only 5-15% of the total need: commercial imports supply the rest.</p><p> </p><p>The effectiveness of the delivery of both commercial and humanitarian goods through Yemeni ports remains significantly below the level needed. In March, only 45% of the estimated monthly food needs and 51% of the monthly fuel needs have been met through imports via all sea ports.</p><p> </p><p>One way we are supporting commercial imports into Red Sea ports is through our support to the UN Verification Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM). We are providing £1.3 million to UNVIM this financial year (2017/18) and have provided UK experts on the ground in Djibouti. This extra capacity has enabled UNVIM to increase its physical inspections of commercial ships fivefold. This provides assurances to the Saudi-led Coalition that shipments are legitimate and not a threat to their national security.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/04/2018 14:44:00 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

873781

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Bangladesh: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate she has made of the number of Rohingya refugees crossing the Bangladesh-Burma border; and what assessment she has made of the capacity of refugee camps in Bangladesh to cope with the number of refugees entering that country.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	134895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The UN estimates that 1,000 people a week are still crossing the border from Burma to Bangladesh. Existing refugee camps are already overcrowded. In light of the imminent monsoon and cyclone season we are encouraging the Government of Bangladesh to reduce the population density of the existing camps by allocating additional land that is at lower risk of flooding and landslides, and to put evacuation plans in place including to safe places such as cyclone shelters.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/04/2018 14:40:40 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

872763

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of UK aid to Pakistan that has been lost to corruption in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	134576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government takes a zero tolerance approach to corruption or misuse of tax payers’ funds in any form. We take all allegations of fraud against aid funds very seriously. These are fully investigated by our Counter Fraud Section. We have robust systems to safeguard aid money and DFID has been recognised as a world-leader in aid transparency.</p><p>It is right that we use the aid budget to help tackle corruption in developing countries. DFID publishes all confirmed fraud on its external website (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about</a>), where details of substantiated fraud losses, before and after recovery actions, are shown. DFID takes a robust approach to the recovery of UK taxpayers’ funds and has achieved high recovery rates over recent years.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 03/04/2018 15:54:04 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

873009

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial support they have given in the last three years to voluntary and civil society organisations in Israel and Palestine to support dialogue and political agreement.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Development has allocated £3 million for a three year (2017-2020) programme to help Israelis and Palestinians work together for a just and peaceful political solution. The programme will facilitate dialogue between youth leaders and religious communities; and strengthen co-operation in the health sector. In addition the British Embassy in Tel Aviv provided around £271,000 in 2016-17 to facilitate young Israeli religious leaders’ participation in cross-community workshops to develop and promote community-led policy recommendations for peace.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/04/2018 13:37:00 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

873038

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: International Assistance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to international donors to increase the payment rate as a proportion of pledged donations to the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan for Syria.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
uin	HL6718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2018 answer text <p>We are working closely with other donors to ensure that where money has been pledged to the Regional Crisis and Resilience Plan, and its equivalent inside Syria, these pledges are fulfilled.</p><p> </p><p>The European Union leads on tracking and public reporting of money pledged for the Syria Crisis. The UK continues to participate fully in feeding into these reports and encourages other donors to do so as well.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/04/2018 13:31:22 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

873039

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: International Assistance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government at what level the UK will be represented at the second Brussels Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region on 24 and 25 April; and whether they intend to press participating states and non-governmental bodies to agree a mechanism for timely and transparent receipt, disbursement, and accounting of money pledged.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
uin	HL6719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s representation at the upcoming Brussels Conference: Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region is currently under consideration.</p><p>The European Union leads on tracking and public reporting of money pledged for the Syria Crisis. The UK continues to participate fully in feeding into these reports and encourages other donors to do so as well.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/04/2018 13:30:16 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

873040

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to ensure that there is no reduction in the level of UK funding to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Syria, and (2) to aid the relief effort in neighbouring countries in 2018–19.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
uin	HL6720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2018 answer text <p>DFID country allocations for 2018 and 2019 are yet to be determined. However, we remain at the forefront in delivering on pledges. In 2017, the UK met its pledge for the regional Syria Crisis Response, disbursing £508 million, or 102% of our pledge against the commitment of £500 million made at the April 2017 Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region conference.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also continue to provide assistance to support Syrian refugees in the neighbouring countries of Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/04/2018 13:29:03 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

872291

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Official Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any element of the visit of Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the UK was funded by her Department.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	134205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>No element of the Crown Prince’s visit to the UK was funded by the UK’s Official Development Assistance, and DFID did not fund any of the visit.</p><p>During the visit, the two countries agreed to continued close cooperation on humanitarian issues, and signed three separate agreements to strengthen our shared response to global humanitarian and development challenges.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 134206 question first answered 29/03/2018 15:48:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson