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730966

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the target set in the Sustainable Economic Development Plan 2012–13 to 2021–22 for St. Helena of 600 tourists per week, what steps they are taking to assist inward investment in the development of new hotel accommodation.
tabling member printed	Lord Stevens of Ludgate
uin	HL2
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>DFID continues to provide funding to Enterprise St Helena (ESH), the island’s economic development agency, to promote and assist further investment in accommodation and other tourism services. The St Helena Government is confident that once weekly flights begin there will be sufficient accommodation for the anticipated number of visitors. Also that once a regular commercial air service between St Helena and the mainland is established, there will be further private sector investment in this regard.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/06/2017 16:12:38 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2227 label Biography information for Lord Stevens of Ludgate

731002

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of supporting the installation of assisted natural ventilation in hospitals in developing countries, particularly in relation to (1) energy costs, (2) the spread of infection, and (3) electrical resilience.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL21
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>DFID does not generally invest directly in hospitals, although we do support investment in strengthening health systems in developing countries. We recognise the benefits of using well designed natural ventilation where appropriate, including to reduce energy costs and prevent the spread of infection, as set out in World Health Organisation guidance on standards of infection control in health facilities. This provides advice on natural ventilation for infection control, allowing the creation of affordable and sustainable healthcare facilities that are safe for patients and healthcare workers.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 29/06/2017 14:51:17 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

731047

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what action the Department for International Development (DfID) is taking to promote Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which promulgates freedom of religion and belief; how that action relates to (1) Sustainable Development Goal 16, and (2) DfID’s UK aid strategy objectives, and to the allocation of resources; and what steps they are taking to ensure that DfID's partners and projects do not discriminate on religious grounds.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL55
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) leads the government’s work to promote and protect the right to freedom of religion or belief internationally. DFID works closely with FCO, helping to raise concerns about discriminatory legislation and practices with governments, and funding targeted project work. We are clear that promoting freedom of religion or belief is an important contributor to achieving the UK Aid Strategy’s goals and is directly relevant to Sustainable Development Goal 16 on building peaceful and inclusive societies with access to justice for all and effective, accountable and inclusive institutions. DFID’s Partnership Principles include consideration of freedom of religion or belief alongside other human rights.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/06/2017 16:13:57 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

731083

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether any official aid money has been or is planned to be allocated to North Korea; and if so for what purpose.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL91
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government condemns both the persistent widespread human rights abuses of the North Korean regime and the consistent attempts of that regime to develop nuclear weapons in defiance of international law. No UK money goes directly to the regime in North Korea, and there is no DFID bilateral aid programme. A number of multilateral agencies that work in North Korea receive funding via the UK’s core contributions to these organisations. The FCO scaled back project work after the fourth nuclear test – but continues to fund some small-scale projects aimed at improving the lives of the most vulnerable in DPRK society. This will be kept under review.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/07/2017 16:40:30 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

731096

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what programmes for capital expenditure are in place to assist St Helena to bring the Island’s infrastructure to a standard which is in line with the anticipated tourism based economic development following the introduction of air services to St Helena, including (1) improved methods for road construction, (2) the development of Rupert’s Valley Wharf container handling facilities warehousing, (3) improved telecommunications links, and (4) expansion of the fishing industry.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>There are two DFID programmes in St Helena which provide capital funding to improve the Island’s infrastructure: i) the St Helena Airport Project and ii) the Core Support to St Helena Capital Programme. These programmes have provided funding to upgrade the road network, for the development of Rupert’s Valley Wharf container handling facilities and support to the fishing industry. In addition DFID has funded some feasibility work related to improved telecommunications.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/06/2017 16:00:30 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

731113

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Venezuela: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid the UK has provided for the citizens of Venezuela in the past five years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>Details of all UK ODA can be found in the annual Statistics on International Development.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 26/06/2017 15:54:10 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

731289

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to increase funding to support grassroots groups working to end violence against women and girls across the world.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	62
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government remains strongly committed to ending violence against women and girls across the world, and recognises the crucial role played by women’s rights organisations. In November 2016, the Secretary of State announced new funding to support 40 grassroots organisations with the local knowledge and expertise to address Female Genital Mutilation and child, early and forced marriage. We have also increased funding to the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women, which provides grants to women’s rights organisations and other small grassroots organisations.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 29/06/2017 14:48:30 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

724191

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many Yemeni local and national non-governmental organisations received humanitarian aid from her Department in each of the last five years; and what proportion of her Department's overall aid for Yemen that represented in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	71976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>DFID has provided £85.5 million to the Yemen Humanitarian Pooled Fund (YHPF) over the last five years from the total DFID bilateral funding listed in the table below. In 2016, the YHPF provided £94.5 million of support to 7.8 million people, including food security, water and sanitation and health interventions. Approximately £13 million of this funding was delivered by local and national NGOs.</p><p>In addition, in 2017/18 we will provide £24 million to our Multi-Sector Humanitarian Response programme, approximately £1.5m of which will directly support local and national NGOs.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>DFID bilateral programme outturn (in £s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>89.6 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>65.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>81.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>59.1 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/04/2017 06:55:48 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

724192

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the (a) number of children of school age in Afghanistan, (b) proportion of such children who were not in education and (c) proportion of those not in education who were girls in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	71991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>In 2017, official figures show that UK support has helped more than 6.4m children attend school in Afghanistan, 38% of whom are girls. This is up from around 4 million children in 2009/2010, over a third of whom were girls. Figures on the number of children out of school are hard to verify, but the UN estimates the figures to be between 6-7 million over the past few years. A breakdown by gender is not available.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/04/2017 07:01:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

724193

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which five countries have been the greatest recipients of UK foreign aid in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	71987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>The five largest recipients of UK bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) spent by either DFID or other government departments is given in the Table below:</p><p> </p><p>Table: Top 5 country recipients of UK bilateral ODA, 2013-2015</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>.</p></td><td><p>.</p></td><td><p>.</p></td><td><p>.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>338</p></td><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>322</p></td><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>374</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>329</p></td><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>339</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>266</p></td><td><p>Afghanistan</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>Sierra Leone</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>263</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>249</p></td><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>Syria</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Statistics on International Development 2016</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/04/2017 07:00:38 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord