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435689

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date	07/12/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the recent finding of the UNOCHA that more than 21.2 million people, including 9.9 million children, were in need of humanitarian aid in Yemen.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>The UK is deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation in Yemen. According to UNOCHA, there are more people in need of humanitarian assistance in Yemen than in any other country. However, because of the conflict, it has been difficult for the UN to access all parts of Yemen to carry out humanitarian assessments. The UN data on the overall number of people and children in need are therefore estimates and should be treated accordingly.</p><br /><p>Over the last year, the UK has doubled its humanitarian commitment to Yemen to £75 million in 2015/16. This is providing vital medical supplies, water, food, malnutrition and emergency shelter, including specifically to children through our programmes with UNICEF, Save the Children, and CARE.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 16/12/2015 15:33:56 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

435733

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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: Loans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made regarding the government of Zimbabwe's attempt to access external funding from multilateral financial institutions including the IMF, World Bank and African Development Bank.
tabling member printed	Lord Oates
uin	HL4308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government of Zimbabwe has been in arrears to the International Financial Institutions for over a decade. This prevents Zimbabwe from accessing any new financing for development from the World Bank, IMF and African Development Bank.</p><br /><p>The Government of Zimbabwe presented its plans to clear multilateral arrears at a side meeting during the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings, in October. Bilateral creditors at the meeting, including the UK, broadly welcomed the intention of the Government of Zimbabwe to work towards arrears clearance, but stressed that implementation of reforms would be necessary to achieve debt resolution.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 15/12/2015 16:50:31 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	4549 label Biography information for Lord Oates

434116

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
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: Job Creation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of the UK overseas aid budget is devoted to job creation.
tabling member printed	Lord Renwick of Clifton
uin	HL4235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>DFID has committed to increase spending on economic development to £1.8 billion by 2015/16. This will help to create more and better jobs, including for women and youth, supporting countries to lift themselves out of poverty and aid dependency.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 16/12/2015 15:32:29 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	3230 label Biography information for Lord Renwick of Clifton

434123

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: International Assistance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what provision they, acting alongside the United Nations, and the governments of Norway and the United States of America, have made for health and education services in South Sudan in the event of the bankruptcy of the relevant government departments in that country; and what discussions they have had with the authorities in South Sudan on the use of oil revenues in this context.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL4242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The UK is playing a leading role in the humanitarian response to the current instability in South Sudan. Through the Common Humanitarian Fund, the UK is financing emergency health and education provision for internally displaced persons and returning refugees, together with UN, US and Norway. We continue to monitor the situation closely and alongside our humanitarian support, we are playing an active role in the ongoing peace negotiations.</p><br /><p>In terms of our non-humanitarian health and education development programmes, these continue to operate in both the stable and conflict affected states of South Sudan. DFID is providing essential drugs, health worker salaries, and support for girls to complete secondary education as well as a range of other development programmes including skills training for out of school youth, and cash for public works and agricultural production.</p><br /><p>Regular dialogue and provision of technical assistance by DFID and other partners has resulted in the South Sudan government providing operational transfers to counties and grants to primary schools and healthcare centres in their 2015/16 budget, largely financed through oil revenues. Through an IMF Trust Fund, the UK, EU and Norway are helping the government to strengthen oil sector transparency, while UK supports South Sudan Customs Department to collect non-oil revenues.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 16/12/2015 15:32:08 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

433626

registered interest
date	02/12/2015
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: HIV Infection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the levels of bilateral and multilateral HIV donor funding from governments of EU member states, and what more they will do to ensure that EU member states increase their HIV donor funding.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL4136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The UK government supports UNAIDS’ call for shared responsibility and global solidarity in the fight against AIDS. We strongly believe donors should commit according to their ability to contribute. UNAIDS’ has published an assessment of donor contributions to the AIDS response compared with their share of the global economy (this is available, as part of their 2016-21 Strategy, on the UNAIDS website). We are proud to be the second largest international funder of HIV prevention, treatment and care. We encourage countries to contribute their share, including EU Member States. The UK uses fora such as the UNAIDS and Global Fund board meetings to urge them to step up and do their part for the HIV epidemic.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 14/12/2015 16:18:34 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

433657

registered interest
date	02/12/2015
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: Reconstruction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to spend the £1 billion pledged for post-war reconstruction in Syria.
tabling member printed	Lord Rana
uin	HL4167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The UK has been at the forefront of the international response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria. We have committed over £1.1 billion to date, making us the second largest bilateral donor to the international response.</p><br /><p>We have planned for the endgame since the beginning of the conflict and during the Geneva process. We are now updating our planning to reflect the timeline envisaged in the Vienna process and are asking others to do the same. The initial priorities for Syria post-conflict will be protection, security, stabilisation and confidence building measures, including meeting basic needs and helping displaced people to return. Over time the focus will shift to longer-term re-building of Syria’s shattered infrastructure, harnessing the expertise of the UN, International Financial Institutions and the private sector. On 26 November, the Prime Minister announced at least £1 billion for Syria’s reconstruction. We anticipate that we would allocate reconstruction funds against a plan agreed between a new, inclusive Syrian government and the international community, once the conflict has ended.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 15/12/2015 16:51:46 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	3689 label Biography information for Lord Rana

433118

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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 whether the Syria Donors Conference in London in February 2016 will address issues surrounding sexual violence in conflict.
tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
uin	HL4078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The London Conference for Syria and the region will mark a qualitative shift in the way the international community responds to this protracted crisis - addressing both immediate and longer-term needs, particularly on jobs and education. The Conference will also focus on the protection of civilians from harm, including sexual and gender-based violence.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 14/12/2015 16:19:08 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

433119

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of the £361,446,114 spent on DfID's Programme Partnership Arrangements in the 2011–14 round was spent: (1) overseas, and (2) on UK staff and advocacy efforts in the UK
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL4079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>DFID does not hold details of the proportion of funding spent through the Programme Partnership Arrangements (PPAs) overseas and on UK staff. PPAs are not used for any campaigning or advocacy efforts in the UK.</p><p>The PPAs are strategic level arrangements with Civil Society Organisations based around mutually agreed outcomes. Organisations have individual performance frameworks against which they formally report against on an annual basis. Funding is flexible and not tied to specific interventions or initiatives.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 14/12/2015 16:16:15 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

433120

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what the average proportion of spending on DfID's Programme Partnership Arrangements was on salaries for UK staff and advocacy work in the UK, broken down by the charities receiving that funding.
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL4080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>DFID does not hold details of the average proportion of spending through the Programme Partnership Arrangements (PPAs) on salaries for UK staff.</p><p>PPAs are not used for any campaigning or advocacy efforts in the UK.</p><br /><p>The PPAs are strategic level arrangements with Civil Society Organisations based around mutually agreed outcomes. Organisations have individual performance frameworks against which they formally report against on an annual basis. Funding is flexible and not tied to specific interventions or initiatives.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 14/12/2015 16:20:12 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

433121

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what the overall cost was of the 2014–16 extension to the 2011–14 round of DfID's Programme Partnership Arrangements.
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL4081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The total cost of the 2014-16 extension to DFID’s Programme Partnership Arrangements was £240,000,074.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 14/12/2015 16:19:24 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue