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1093467

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date	22/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Armed Conflict: Disease Control
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 lower rates of water-borne diseases in conflict areas throughout the world.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	235739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>Since 2015 DFID has supported 24.9 million people living in fragile states to access clean water and sanitation to lower the rates of water-borne diseases. This includes 16.7 million beneficiaries living in states with a high level of fragility, such as Syria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.</p><p> </p><p>In Yemen, we are bringing together the science community, including the UK Met Office, US academics and NASA (the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration), with operational partners on the ground to improve the forecasting of where cholera is likely to occur, to enable earlier preparedness and action.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 27/03/2019 12:13:46 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1093502

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
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: 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 provide support to internally displaced people in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	235787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>Last year the UK provided protection assistance, including primary healthcare services, legal assistance and support in response to sexual violence to over 200,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) through our funding to the International Organisation for Migration and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.</p><p> </p><p>On 24 February, the Prime Minister announced that the UK will provide an additional £200 million in response to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen for the next financial year (2019/2020). This includes continued support to people displaced by conflict, and brings the total UK commitment to Yemen to £770 million since the conflict began in 2015.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 27/03/2019 12:24:17 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1093503

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
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: Swine Flu
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 respond to reports of swine flu in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	235788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK works closely with the UN and partners operating in Yemen to track the presence and spread of communicable diseases. Based on the available information, there is no clear evidence of an increase in cases of swine flu in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 27/03/2019 12:25:30 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1092599

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
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: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many consultants her Department has hired since 2016; and at what cost to the taxpayer.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	235290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of consultants hired in any one year as this work is often commissioned as part of an outcomes based contract to ensure value for money.</p><p>The table below shows the value of spend on external consultants in 2016, 2017 and 2018.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16/17 FY</p></td><td><p>£25,822</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17/18 FY</p></td><td><p>£11,630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18/19 YTD</p></td><td><p>£28,858</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/03/2019 14:38:11 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1092608

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Storms
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 level of humanitarian need in the Chimanimani area of Zimbabwe following Cyclone Idai.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	235251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>WFP estimate that 114,000 people in Chimanimani will need urgent food assistance as a direct result of the cyclone. The UK is the largest donor to the Cyclone Idai response having made up to £22 million available. In Zimbabwe we are funding essential health supplies, hygiene kits and child protection support. The UK will continue to monitor the situation very closely and stands ready to provide further assistance if needed.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/03/2019 14:31:13 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1092609

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Storms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to efforts to reopen roads and bridges between (a) Bulawayo, (b) Harare, and (c) the Chimanimani area of Zimbabwe following Cyclone Idai.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	235298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Efforts to reopen roads and bridges in Zimbabwe are being led by the Zimbabwean military with the support of private sector firms. The UK’s focus in Zimbabwe is on providing essential health supplies, hygiene kits and child protection support. The UK will continue to monitor the situation closely and stands ready to provide further support.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/03/2019 14:32:44 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1092624

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	North Korea: Malnutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make representations at the UN on (a) the increasing level of malnutrition among (i) young children and (ii) other people in North Korea and (b) reports that about 40 per cent of the population of that country are at risk of that condition.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	235253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The UN estimates that 10.9m people are in need of humanitarian assistance in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) (an increase of 600,000 over 2018), all of whom are food insecure. An estimated 10.3m people are under-nourished. The UK provides no bilateral funding to the DPRK. The UK contributes to the UN Central Emergency Fund (CERF), along with other bilateral donors. CERF provided US$10m in humanitarian funding to DPRK in 2018, including allocations to the World Food Programme and Food and Agriculture Organisation for work on nutrition security. The CERF makes independent decisions on the allocation of resources based on assessed need.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/03/2019 14:39:54 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1092651

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a child marker scheme to track the money that her Department spends on interventions targeted at children; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	235227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>DFID provides significant support to children in both development and humanitarian contexts through programming across a range of sectors including child protection, social protection, education, nutrition, health and economic development.</p><p> </p><p>The introduction of new markers in the Official Development Assistance (ODA) system is agreed by consensus of all members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC). Currently the OECD DAC has paused the introduction of new markers to carry out a review of the marker system with a view to aligning ODA closer to the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals. We will await the outcome of this review before further considering an appropriate method to track this issue.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 27/03/2019 12:17:04 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1092673

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
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, what proportion of the UK’s aid spending on Yemen is allocated directly to Yemeni NGOs.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	235238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The international humanitarian response relies on national NGOs for aid delivery. This is the only way to reach the millions of Yemenis in need, including those in remote or difficult to reach areas. For example, over 50% of the delivery partners of the Yemen Humanitarian Pooled Fund (YHPF) are national NGOs. The YHFP is a key funding mechanism that provides rapid support to NGOs and UN agencies to meet priority humanitarian needs in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/03/2019 14:44:55 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1092675

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
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: Peace Negotiations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to support women’s peacebuilding projects in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	235240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Through the Conflict Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) the UK is supporting the UN Women-led Yemeni Women’s Pact to increase Yemeni women’s capacity to influence the Yemeni peace processes.</p><p> </p><p>The Pact is a platform for Yemeni women leaders to forge strategic links and alliances, develop effective coalitions with key actors, build their capacity and raise awareness of women’s organisations. In the coming financial year (2019/2020) we expect to provide £300,000 in support to the Pact.</p><p> </p><p>The CSSF also supports the grassroots inclusion of women’s voices in local peacebuilding initiatives through its Women Peace and Security programme. This support also provides a connection between the Yemeni Women’s Pact and grassroots women’s organisations. The CSSF will also be funding a gender advisor as well as a senior inclusion advisor for the Special Envoys office this year.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/03/2019 14:43:40 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg