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923158

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date	13/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	European Development Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to support the peace-keeping activities of the EU currently managed by the European Development Fund.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL8622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK currently contributes to the European Development Fund (EDF) as part of its obligations as a Member State. For the period covering 2014-2018, 5.2% of the EDF was directed towards African-led peacekeeping, through the African Peace Facility.</p><p> </p><p>The European Commission has recently published plans that would see future support to peace-keeping activities, currently managed by the European Development Fund, routed through a newly proposed European Peace Facility under the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). The UK will have left the EU when this comes into force in January 2021. After we have left the EU the UK will decide how best to fund the priorities previously funded through our EU contributions.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/06/2018 13:08:29 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

923159

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	ACP Countries: EU External Relations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to opt into any future successor to the Cotonou Agreement.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL8623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK government welcomes the EU’s intention to involve a broad range of actors in the EU’s post-2020 partnership with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. This is of particular interest to us as we consider the UK’s future partnership with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>We will only continue our development collaboration with the EU where it is in our mutual interest and represents the best value for taxpayers’ money. As the successor to the current Cotonou agreement is still subject to negotiation between the EU and ACP countries, it is not yet possible to determine whether it will be in the UK’s best interests to seek to join any future agreement. We will continue to participate in those discussions while we remain an EU Member State.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/06/2018 13:08:59 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

923264

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Central African Republic: Armed Conflict and Food
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 taking to help tackle starvation and conflict in the Central African Republic.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	153163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK is one of the largest donors to the Central African Republic crisis and is contributing £40 million in life-saving humanitarian aid between 2016 and 2019. Our support is helping to prevent malnutrition in 100,000 people and is assisting some 300,000 people to restart their livelihoods and grow their own crops.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 18/06/2018 14:33:34 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

923265

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the UK aid budget has been spent on fragile states in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	153164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The proportion of UK official development assistance (ODA) spent by DFID in fragile states and regions is shown in the table below, in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>Table: DFID’s UK ODA spend in fragile states and regions<sup>1 </sup>as a proportion of total DFID ODA, 2012-2016<sup>2</sup></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li>DFID refreshed its list of fragile states in 2015, to reflect our commitment to spend 50% of our budget in fragile states and regions. We update the list every two years.</li><li>The table above uses the list of countries that applies to the relevant year of ODA data; 2016 figures use the updated 2017 list, 2015 figures use the original 2015 list, and figures before 2015 use the list before 2015.</li></ol> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/06/2018 13:03:56 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

923319

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
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: Ports
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 the humanitarian effect of the military assault on Hodeidah port in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	153433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The UN estimates that an attack on Hodeidah could displace up to 350,000 people and leave hundreds of thousands of Yemenis without access to basic goods, water or healthcare, with any long-term closure of Hodeidah port likely to put over 3 million more people at risk of starvation. 8.4 million people already face extreme food shortages across the country.</p><p> </p><p>We are in regular contact with the Coalition about the need to ensure that any military operations in and around Hodeidah are conducted in accordance with international humanitarian law, including on the protection of civilians, and do not disrupt commercial and humanitarian flows through the port. We continue to call on all parties to the conflict in Yemen to allow full and unhindered commercial and humanitarian access for food, fuel and medical supplies throughout Yemen.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/06/2018 14:30:56 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

923391

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2018 to Question 136643 on Bangladesh: Rohingya, if she will make representations to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh supporting the UNHCR request that more flat land be made available to relocate families who are in danger of the effects of monsoons in that country.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	153285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Development and Foreign Secretary wrote a joint letter on 20 March to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, asking her to save as many lives as possible by allocating additional land at lower risk of flooding and landslides, reducing density in the existing camps, and having evacuation plans in place. Minister Field made the same request to Minister of State Shahriar Alam on 27 March, and to Foreign Minister Ali on 19 April.</p><p> </p><p>Following a visit by the United Nations Security Council to Bangladesh and Burma from 28 April – 1 May, we supported a UNSC press statement encouraging the international community to increase support to the Government of Bangladesh for emergency preparedness measures. We continue to work with the Government of Bangladesh and international agencies to support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/06/2018 14:29:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

922437

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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 discussions her Department has had with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on the provision of humanitarian assistance, and in particular food, to Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	152862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>DFID is in regular contact with our UN partners in Yemen who are delivering the humanitarian response. Most recently I spoke to the UN’s Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, Lise Grande, on 14 June. We are also in regular contact with the World Food Programme (WFP) which delivers the majority of food aid into the country at Ministerial level with WFP’s Executive Director David Beasley.</p><p> </p><p>The UN estimates that 17.8 million people in Yemen do not have reliable access to food and 8.4 million people face extreme food shortages. Our funding of £170 million to Yemen this financial year 2018/2019 includes support to meet the immediate food needs for 2.5 million Yemenis, and brings the total UK bilateral support to Yemen to over £570 million since 2015.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/06/2018 13:03:09 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

923013

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sierra Leone: Abortion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations, if any, they are making to the new government of Sierra Leone regarding the Safe Abortion Act 2015 which has been passed by the Parliament of Sierra Leone and is awaiting signature by the President.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL8586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>UK support to Sierra Leone is focused on improving people’s lives and supporting the Government to make the necessary critical reforms. We welcome President Bio’s proposal to improve family planning, and will be engaging the Government on all aspects of women’s healthcare. It is crucial that women are able to make safe and informed choices that don’t risk their lives.</p><p> </p><p>DFID provides significant support to improving maternal health and the prevention of maternal deaths. We plan to increase family planning support through 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/06/2018 13:11:17 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

921865

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
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: Ports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential humanitarian effect of a military assault on Hodeidah port in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	152176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The UN assesses that an attack on Hodeidah could displace up to 350,000 people and leave hundreds of thousands of Yemenis without access to basic goods, water or healthcare, with any long-term closure of Hodeidah port likely to put over 3 million more people at risk of starvation. Already 8.4 million people face extreme food shortages.</p><p> </p><p>The UK government has been clear in expressing its concerns to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates about any attack on Hodeidah. We urge all parties to the conflict to exercise restraint and to continue to facilitate access for essential commercial and humanitarian imports of food, fuel and medical supplies into the country, including through Hodeidah port.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/06/2018 14:32:05 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

921868

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
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: Ports
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 to increase food, medicine and fuel supplies to Hodeidah port.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	152179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK government has been clear in expressing its concerns about any attack on Hodeidah, and is actively calling on all parties to the conflict to continue to facilitate access for essential commercial and humanitarian imports of food, fuel and medical supplies into the country, including through Hodeidah port.</p><p>The UK government has worked closely with partners to assess how an attack on Hodeidah might affect the delivery of commercial and humanitarian goods (including food, medicine and fuel) to those in need. The UN’s Yemen Humanitarian Pooled Fund – to which the UK has provided £15m so far this year – has launched a reserve allocation for the procurement of essential goods for Hodeidah, including a $6 million contribution to the World Food Programme to fund the procurement of 600,000 immediate response rations as well as $2m for high protein biscuits to meet needs across Yemen including in Hodeidah.</p><p>We continue to provide expertise and funding to the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) to facilitate commercial imports of food and fuel into Hodeidah and Saleef ports and to provide 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 18/06/2018 14:48:25 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon