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767292

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date	09/10/2017
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, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 20 September (HL1252), what is the role of Tamkeen in delivering UK aid to support moderates in Syria; which local councils are receiving UK aid through Tamkeen; and whether individuals associated with proscribed organisations, such as Al Qaida, are or have been members of councils which have received UK aid.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL1710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The “Support to Emerging Local Governance in Syria (Tamkeen)” programme, which ended in 2016, and its successor, the “Strengthening Governance Structures (Tatweer)” programme, support Provincial and Local Councils in Syria by helping them to provide open and accountable local governance and services. Tatweer operates in 16 Syrian Local Councils identified as needing immediate basic services support across Idlib, Aleppo, Daraa and Rif Damascus governorates.</p><p> </p><p>DFID has extensive controls in place to ensure that UK aid reaches those who need it and that it does not benefit extremists or terror groups, including vetting processes to ensure such groups are not part of the Councils with which we work. We actively manage the risks of operating in Syria. We stop funding to any project or sub-project where we have any concern that it could benefit proscribed groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/10/2017 16:42:58 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

767297

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 20 September (HL1252), whether the UK aid given to Tamkeen has been spent in areas of northern Syria presently under the control of Hayat Tahrir Al Sham or Ahrar Al Sham; and if so, whether UK aid continues to be made available in those areas.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL1715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>Tamkeen and Tatweer, its successor programme, provide support to improve the capacity and processes of Provincial and Local Councils in northern Syria. DFID has extensive controls in place to ensure that UK aid reaches those who need it and that it does not benefit extremists or terror groups, such as Hayat Tahrir Al Sham, including vetting processes to ensure such groups are not part of the councils with which we work. We actively manage the risks of operating in Syria. We stop funding to any project or sub-project where we have any concern that it could benefit proscribed groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/10/2017 16:42:31 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

767523

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Commonwealth: Mental Health Services
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 has taken to help ensure that access to mental health services is prioritised as a basic human right in all Commonwealth countries.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	106590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK is committed to supporting work to improve global mental health in International Development through DFID’s Disability Framework, the Global Goals and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.</p><p>DFID supports work to ensure access to mental health services in Commonwealth countries, such as in Ghana where we are helping to establish a Mental Health Authority, and providing mental health training to healthcare workers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/10/2017 17:04:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

767561

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Malaria: Disease Control
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 international financing required to end malaria.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	106802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>DFID supports the achievement of the global malaria targets for 2030; these include aiming for at least a 90% reduction of malaria deaths from a 2015 baseline. The World Health Organisation estimates that this will require the total annual malaria spend to reach an estimated US$ 8.7 billion by 2030. DFID is the second largest international funder to the global malaria response.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/10/2017 17:06:49 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

767632

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has responded to the appeal from humanitarian agencies for a global fund of $25 million for humanitarian funding for life-saving interventions in the Gaza Strip.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	106501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK will provide £1.9 million to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Gaza to address critical water, sanitation and hygiene needs, benefitting approximately 1 million people. UNICEF performs a unique role in supporting vulnerable people in the most complex settings and is committed to taking forwards the UK’s ambitious UN reform agenda.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/10/2017 12:10:41 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

767633

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Occupied Territories: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she plans to publish the review of her Department's aid programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	106502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has concluded a full examination of DFID’s programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). The outcomes of the examination are reflected in DFID’s published country profile for the Occupied Palestinian Territories which can be found online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-occupied-palestinian-territories-profile-july-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-occupied-palestinian-territories-profile-july-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 12/10/2017 12:03:54 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

767634

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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: 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 aid the Government provided to Gaza in financial year (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15, (c) 2015-16 and (d) 2016-17; and what proportion of the sum her Department plans to provide to the Occupied Palestinian Territories for financial year 2017-18 will be used to support the people of Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	106488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Data for all DFID’s spend is available on the Statistics for International Development (SID) website at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-international-development" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-international-development</a>. SID does not differentiate between DFID’s spend in the West Bank and Gaza.</p><p>The UK provided more than £17 million in immediate humanitarian assistance for those affected by the Gaza conflict in the summer of 2014. In October 2014, the UK pledged a further £20 million in early recovery assistance at the Gaza Reconstruction Conference in Cairo, including support for cash assistance to Palestinian refugees, mine removal and medical treatment. The UK has disbursed this pledge in its entirety. Since then the UK has provided additional support to Gaza, including supporting basic service delivery, such as health and education, through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), supporting humanitarian access, enabling reconstruction efforts and investing in job creation.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/10/2017 17:03:25 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

767635

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what effect the electricity crisis has had on recipients of support from the UK's Palestinian Market Development Programme in Gaza; and whether those recipients have experienced a decrease in the viability and productivity of their businesses due to that crisis.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	106489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Through the Palestinian Market Development Programme (PMDP) DFID has supported 264 businesses in Gaza to recover from the 2014 Gaza war. As a result of electricity shortages some PMDP beneficiaries have had to cease operations and others have responded by taking actions such as adjusting working hours, operating below capacity and using more expensive sources of electricity such as generators. We urge all the parties to find a sustainable solution to increase electricity supply.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/10/2017 17:04:03 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

767636

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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: Electricity
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 (a) effect of the ongoing electricity crisis on food security in the Gaza Strip and (b) long-term implications of the electricity crisis of agricultural production in the Gaza Strip.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	106490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>According to the Food Security Sector (FSS) in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs), direct damages to agricultural produce as a result of electricity shortages are estimated at approximately 78,000 tons of vegetables, equivalent to 78 million New Israeli Shekels (£16.25 million) of lost revenues to agricultural workers. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has indicated that electricity shortages are creating increasingly unsustainable conditions for most of the agricultural production sector with significant loss of revenues for agricultural workers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/10/2017 17:01:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

767638

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Iran: 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 oral contribution by the Minister for the Middle East on 18 July 2017, Official Report, column 297WH, what funds her Department has allocated to supporting engagement with Iran on economic development and openness.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	106660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Development has not allocated any funds to supporting engagement with Iran on economic development and openness.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/10/2017 17:05:37 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq