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942836

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Africa: Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she has taken to ensure that the UK's future trading arrangements align with the African Continental Free Trade Area.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	165005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>We welcome African efforts to develop an African Continental Free Trade Agreement. As we leave the EU, we are seeking to replicate the effects of the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), which are development-focused trade deals with developing countries. We also intend to allow many non-EPA developing countries to continue to benefit from tariff-free or reduced tariff access to the UK market. These arrangements will complement the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, at the same time as they strengthen UK trade opportunities around the world.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 23/07/2018 14:42:38 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

942932

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: 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 recent estimate she has made of the number of internally displaced persons within Rakhine State, Burma.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	164835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>UNHCR reports that there are 128,000 internally displaced persons in Central Rakhine. Figures for northern Rakhine are difficult to gather as the Burmese government has restricted access for the UN and other agencies. The UK Government continues to push for access at every opportunity.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/07/2018 16:12:07 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

942997

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: Disaster Relief
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant the Answer of 10 July 2018 to Answer 160363 on Gaza: Disaster Relief, whether difficulties with permits and access were experienced when the Emergency Medical Team was deployed to Gaza in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	165174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Members of the UK Emergency Medical Team (EMT) were deployed to Gaza in 2014, through the DFID programme ‘Support to the UK International Emergency Trauma Register’. Difficulties were experienced with permits and access during the conflict; however, some of the team were able to secure access immediately after the 2014 conflict to treat 156 patients and train 364 health workers.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/07/2018 15:07:53 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

942998

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: Health Services
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 potential (a) immediate and (b) long-term effect of the UK-MED specialist rehabilitation team cell on people injured by lower limb gunshot wounds in Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	165175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Taking into account lessons learned from previous deployments, including safety concerns for deploying UK nationals and problems with access and permits, the current Emergency Medical Team is not designed to be deployed into active conflict zones. Therefore no such assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/07/2018 15:08:45 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

943000

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: Disaster Relief
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 10 July 2018 to Question 160362 on Disaster Relief, for what reasons the UK Emergency Medical Team was not deployed to Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	165176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Taking into account lessons learned from previous deployments, including safety concerns for deploying UK nationals and problems with access and permits, the current Emergency Medical Team is not designed to be deployed into active conflict zones.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/07/2018 15:09:32 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

943098

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Education
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 availability of education for women and girls in Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	164959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Afghanistan has seen huge progress in the provision of education services – the school enrolment rate has increased from under 1 million children in 2001 to over 9 million today. However, there is still a long way to go. A recent report by UNICEF and the Afghan Ministry of Education estimates that nearly half of school-age children – some 3.7 million children - are out of school. Approximately 60% of Afghanistan’s out-of-school-children are girls. There are too few schools in Afghanistan, and many children cannot access school without travelling long distances over insecure environments. Educational provision often does not take into account the particular needs of girls: for example schools in many provinces lack female teachers, sanitation facilities and boundary walls. The UK is supporting the Government of Afghanistan to improve access to education services for all – particularly girls and the most marginalised – and to improve the <em>quality</em> of those services. We are doing this by investing in innovative and scalable education programmes for girls, as well as technical and system-strengthening support to the Ministry of Education.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/07/2018 15:06:21 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

943100

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to publish the first quarterly update and progress report on her Department's People for Peaceful Change project in the occupied Palestinian territories before the House rises for summer recess.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	164847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>DFID is committed to ensuring the transparency of all UK official development assistance. The first annual review for this programme has been completed and submitted for publication on the Dev-Tracker website. It can take up to two months for the document to appear on the website. The first Quarterly Update will be distributed to interested Parliamentarians before summer recess.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/07/2018 15:01:33 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

943130

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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: Former Members
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many former hon. Members hold (a) paid and (b) unpaid roles within her Department as of 17 July 2018.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	164946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold a central record of all employees, either paid or unpaid, who have previously been Members of Parliament. As of the 17<sup>th</sup> July, we had 4140 individuals undertaking roles for DFID. A manual check on hard copy files would be required, which would take a significant and disproportionate amount of time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/07/2018 16:23:51 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

943366

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Middle East: Water
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken with other countries and UN agencies, including the World Meteorological Organisation, to help restore water to the rivers and ground water resources in war torn countries in the Middle East.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL9584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government is working closely with partners, including UN agencies, to improve access to and management of water resources in a number of Middle Eastern countries.</p><p>Examples include:</p><p>- Technical support for national policy and planning on water resources in Syria, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Lebanon and Jordan.</p><p>- Support for water resources management in Yemen, through the World Bank’s Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience.</p><p>- Working with UNICEF in Jordan to improve access to safe water and sanitation facilities for Syrian refugees and vulnerable Jordanians.</p><p>- Supporting the Water Authority of Jordan carry out urgently needed improvement of the wastewater system’s operational capacity, by building a new wastewater conveyor (redundancy pipe) benefitting a total of 2.3 million people.</p><p>- Support to the construction of the Central Gaza Desalination Plant and upgrading of the water distribution network in Gaza.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/07/2018 11:26:59 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

942034

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Workers: Civil Servants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the pension arrears owed to former members of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service are paid.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL9548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>DFID Overseas Pension Department have responsibility for administering pensions to former expatriate Colonial Civil Servants and have no pension arrears outstanding to entitled pensioners.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/07/2018 11:26:29 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad