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822879

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Overseas 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 awarded any development contracts to the Ministry of Defence in 2016-17; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	122562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>No development contracts were awarded by DFID to the Ministry of Defence in 2016-17.</p><p>DFID do not issue contracts to other government departments but will use other aid instruments and forms of agreement when working together.</p><p>A breakdown of official UK spend on international development by government department can be found in the annual <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2017" target="_blank">Statistics on International Development</a> publication.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/01/2018 17:55:14 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

823049

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
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 ability of humanitarian aid to access South Sudan since the 9 November 2017 order from President Salva Kiir Mayardit on that access.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
uin	122732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>We welcomed President Kiir’s November decree calling for unhindered humanitarian access. However, data from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) shows that humanitarian aid continues to be obstructed by all parties to the conflict, including the Government of South Sudan. Challenges including levels of violence, physical obstructions to aid delivery and bureaucratic blockages still exist, despite the decree. OCHA reported that, in December 2017 alone, 111 incidents occurred where aid was obstructed, which indicates that the number of incidents has not reduced and that there has been no improvement in access since the decree. The annual total of humanitarian access incidents increased again in 2017 to 1,159, the highest so far.</p><p>We will continue to engage with South Sudan’s leaders at the highest level, asserting pressure together with our international partners, to make clear that they have a direct responsibility to improve access and stop the suffering of their people.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 19/01/2018 15:05:52 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

821500

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Recycling
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 amount of funding from her Department allocated to plastic recycling projects, including the location of each such project in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	122418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Development and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs fund alongside other countries the $4.43 billion Global Environment Facility sixth replenishment (2014 – 2018), which has a programme to tackle marine plastic pollution and a number of other projects improving waste management more broadly. The Department and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs are working jointly on what more can be done to reduce the plastic waste entering the oceans.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 17/01/2018 16:40:34 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

821558

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many vehicles in her Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	122476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>DFID does not own any vehicles.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/01/2018 17:25:18 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

820729

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Rohingya: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 8 December 2017 to Question 117071, on Bangladesh: Rohingya, what assessment he has made of whether rationing by household creates an incentive for child marriage and child sexual exploitation in refugee camps.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	122147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The Rohingya Emergency Vulnerability Assessment was conducted in December 2017 by the World Food Programme (WFP). This found households receiving food rationing are much less likely to apply negative coping strategies, including child marriage or sexual exploitation, than those who are not. DFID has no evidence to suggest this assessment is incorrect.</p><p>To reduce the risk of child marriage, sexual exploitation and abuse taking place, DFID is supporting awareness-raising, increased outreach, feedback channels, and complaints-handling procedures. Through UNFPA, Oxfam and UNICEF the UK is scaling-up women and child friendly spaces within the camps, where women and children can access support from case workers who can help them access humanitarian aid.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/01/2018 15:09:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

820767

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Teachers
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 8 January 2018 to Question 120545, whether the Government provides funding for the salaries of teachers at (a) the Dalal Mughrabi Elementary School in Beit Awwa, near Hebron, (b) the Dalal Mughrabi Elementary School for Girls in Al-Shuyoukh, Hebron, (c) the Dalal Mughrabi High School for Girls in Al-Shuyoukh, Hebron or (d) the Dalal Mughrabi Elementary School for Boys and Girls, Jenin.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	122185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>UK funding contributes to the salaries of individual vetted health and education Palestinian Authority (PA) public servants on the EU Palestinian-European Socio-Economic Management Assistance Mechanism (PEGASE) list, including PA teachers in the West Bank. It is the PA’s responsibility to deploy these vetted public servants to schools in the West Bank as they see fit. UK funding enables around 25,000 young Palestinians to receive an education annually. The UK government strongly condemns all forms of violence and hatred. Our partnership with the Palestinian Authority includes a commitment from the Palestinian leadership to adhere to the principle of non-violence and to tackle language and actions that could incite violence or hatred.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/01/2018 17:23:40 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

820804

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Carers
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 a carer's policy for its employees; and what other steps her Department has taken to support employees with caring responsibilities.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	122222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>DFID’s People Policies provide discretion and opportunity to support employees who have caring responsibilities. Our flexible working policy provides employees with caring responsibility the ability to combine and balance personal and work responsibilities, and our leave policy includes discretion to approve longer term leave to help employees where there is a need to respond to a life changing event that requires them to take on more or new caring responsibilities. DFID’s counselling service in the form of an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) is available to all employees who need personal support for a range of issues, including work stress, coping with change, depression, marriage/relationship issues, legal concerns, parenting issues, financial problems and more. This service is available 24 hours per day, 365 days a year. DFID employees also have access to a variety of valuable networks. These include a Listening, Parents of Disabled Children, Carers for Vulnerable Adults and Parent Support Networks.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/01/2018 17:15:31 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

820923

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
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: Females
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 proportion of the UK's Official Development Assistance which is allocated to women and girls in fragile or conflict-affected states.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	122341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>In 2016, the UK provided a total of £2.3 billion of bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) to countries/regions classed as fragile or conflict affected (FCAS) where gender equality was identified as by project teams either a significant or principal aim of the spend. This amount represented 27% of total UK bilateral ODA in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Table: Total (and percentage of) bilateral ODA in FCAS with a significant or principal gender equality marking, 2016</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total ODA </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Gender equality (GE) marked projects in FCAS</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Significant objective</p></td><td><p>£2.03bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Principal objective</p></td><td><p>£0.30bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total GE marked FCAS projects</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2.33bn</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Total UK Bilateral ODA</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>£8.54 bn</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Total GE marked FCAS projects as a % of UK bilateral ODA </em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>27%</em></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: OECD DAC ODA Statistics, 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Development Assistance Committee gender equality policy marker has been used in this answer. The marker is a statistical indicator that is assigned to a project depending on the extent to which gender equality is a significant or main aim of the project. A significant marking means gender equality is an important and deliberate objective, but not the principal reason for undertaking the project; and a principal marking means gender equality is the main objective of the project.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/01/2018 17:20:33 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

819819

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Ports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has met with the Association of Port Health Authorities to seek their support for such the training of such health officers overseas.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	121891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not met with the Association of Port Health Authorities. The UK assists the WHO to implement and monitor the International Health Regulations (2005) that include the standards required for port health authorities internationally. The UK will always consider the most appropriate subject matter experts for interventions overseas that improve global health security.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/01/2018 16:37:43 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

819861

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Rohingya: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many charities and non-governmental organisations received funding from her Department for projects relating to the Rohingya refugee crisis; and which of those charities and organisations are based locally or nationally in the regions where those refugees are located.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	121933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>DFID provides funding direct to eight NGOs responding to the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh. Six of these have a permanent presence in in Cox’s Bazar, which is the region of Bangladesh where the refugees are located. We are not funding any NGOs within Burma’s northern Rakhine State.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/01/2018 17:42:43 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan