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1702184

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what assessment he has made of whether the provisional official development assistance spend of £888 million of bilateral aid towards humanitarian assistance in 2023 is sufficient to meet the International Development Strategy Commitment to spend £3 billion on humanitarian funding over the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	22546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>As set out in my [the Deputy Foreign Secretary's] 30 March 2023 Written Ministerial Statement (https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-03-30/HCWS705), we continue to work towards our spending targets where funding allows, including on humanitarian. The White Paper on International Development commits us to spending £1 billion on humanitarian need in 2024-25.</p><p>The UK's humanitarian spending figures for three years will not be available until after the end of 2024-25.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell grouped question UIN 22545 question first answered 02/05/2024 13:23:33 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1690933

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Humanitarian Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of communications blackouts on humanitarian operations, including in (1) Sudan, and (2) Gaza.
tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
uin	HL2652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK strongly condemns the blackouts in Sudan and calls for an immediate resumption of telecommunications and internet connectivity. The blackouts make it even more difficult for the world to see what is happening in Sudan. They also exacerbate the humanitarian crisis, as millions of people rely on online payments for food and other essentials. We are also deeply concerned about the severely damaged telecommunications and internet networks in Gaza, which are causing repeated near total communications blackouts. This is limiting the ability of Palestinians in Gaza to communicate and greatly hampers the humanitarian response. Officials are in regular contact with Paltel, the leading telecommunications company in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). We recognise the strenuous efforts of Paltel's staff in Gaza to make repairs and maintain services, at great risk to themselves.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 06/03/2024 12:57:08 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

1670352

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government takes to determine what medical aid is made available to areas that are experiencing (a) conflict and (b) other forms of humanitarian crises.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office leads the Government’s response to humanitarian crises. The Department of Health and Social Care works closely with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to respond to requests for medical aid, to ensure assistance is provided in line with the broader cross-government humanitarian strategy. This includes delivering against specific needs on the ground as defined by humanitarian organisations, which are often well placed to respond to crises.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 22/11/2023 11:07:01 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1626235

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Humanitarian Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of aid from the UK, including through multi-lateral programmes, to Somalia, in particular in relation to (1) curbing piracy, (2) promoting civilian government, (3) disarming of militias, and (4) improving the economy; and to what extent they have collaborated with (a) the European External Action Service, (b) the African Union, and (c) other bodies, to achieve these goals.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL7698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>The UK, in coordination with partners including the African Union, US, EU and the UN, is supporting the Federal Government of Somalia's programme to counter al-Shabaab and pursue economic and political reform. As the Debt Relief Champion for Somalia, we have helped unlock almost $2 billion of investments from the World Bank since 2020, strengthening Somalia's economy by improving the business environment, building critical infrastructure and improving access to finance. Since 2022, the UK has committed £47.5million to the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), which has played a key role in supporting Somalia's security from the threat posed by al-Shabaab. The UK, alongside the European Commission and others, was instrumental in tackling the threat of piracy off the coast of Somalia and bringing a dramatic decline in attacks, including through its leading role in the Contact Group for Piracy and funding for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime's Counter Piracy Programme.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 23/05/2023 11:57:40 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1601942

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the safeguarding implications of humanitarian actors distributing aid through male-only teams.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	160296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>The available evidence suggests that most safeguarding violations linked to the delivery of humanitarian assistance are committed by men and that most of the survivors and victims are women and girls. Given the power imbalances inherent in the distribution of humanitarian assistance the safeguarding risks are likely to be lowered by having women actively involved in distribution work. The UK continues to advocate for and actively support the recruitment, training and protection of women in humanitarian work to help reduce the risk of sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment and other forms of harm.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 15/03/2023 12:36:24 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1584557

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an estimate of the proportion of humanitarian aid supplied by the UK that is distributed directly by local actors in the recipient regions.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	140121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>UK humanitarian aid is distributed through a range of delivery partners, including directly via local organisations; or through international organisations who themselves work through local actors. The exact proportion of local versus international partners shifts regularly according to need and context. We do not hold precise figures centrally. However, the UK strongly supports the role of national and local organisations in meeting humanitarian needs and building resilience. Strengthening local actors is an important part of the UK approach including through our contributions to Country-based Pooled Funds (CBPFs), to which the UK was the second largest donor in 2022; the START Network, an NGO-Managed rapid financing mechanism for humanitarian response which the UK helped establish in 2014 and remains a major donor to; and our support for the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) which is the worlds largest humanitarian network.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 09/02/2023 15:59:08 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1549316

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department contributed to the G7 famine prevention and humanitarian crises compact in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	105358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>The Famine Prevention and Humanitarian Crises Compact was agreed during the UK's G7 Presidency, and we have provided our share of the $7 billion in humanitarian assistance to the countries one step from famine in 2021. We continue to deliver on our policy commitments in the Compact. For example, in October we partnered with G7 President Germany and the Risk-informed Early Action Partnership to co-host a donor event on Financing for Early and Anticipatory Action.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 15/12/2022 17:11:13 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1503790

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether HM Treasury's suspension of non-essential aid spend until September applied to humanitarian aid spending.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	45497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government has provided significant support for Ukraine and taken a leading role in international diplomatic, economic, humanitarian, and military assistance. Some of this urgent support to Ukraine is classed as Official Development Assistance (ODA). Given the Government's response to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, wider ODA pressures, including the ODA-eligible expenditure incurred through the Afghan resettlement programme and the UK's support to people fleeing Ukraine, the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office and other ODA spending departments will need to revisit initial allocations to ensure all ODA-eligible spending is managed within 0.5% of GNI this calendar year.</p><p>To achieve this, the Government is currently prioritising critical overseas aid funding, while also meeting needs of people seeking sanctuary in the UK from conflict in Ukraine and Afghanistan. We will prioritise spending that is vital to protect against immediate threat to life and wellbeing, will prevent people falling into humanitarian need, or will prevent delays to accessing healthcare, primary education, sanitation and clean water, in addition to considering the value for money of any decisions.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford grouped question UIN 45320 question first answered 26/09/2022 15:13:44 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1486660

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her commitments in the G7 foreign ministers' joint statement on 14 May 2022, what steps her Department plans to take to improve its understanding of the role anticipatory action can play in mitigating the humanitarian impact of non-natural and non-climate related shocks.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	31119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The G7 statement builds on commitments agreed during the UK's G7 Presidency in 2021, and the UK will continue to be a global leader in driving more effective approaches to crises and preventing and anticipating future shocks. The UK is supporting partners including the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF); the Red Cross; the START fund; the Centre for Disaster Protection; and the Risk Informed Early Action Partnership (REAP) to improve our understanding of the role of anticipatory action in mitigating the humanitarian impact of shocks and disasters as well as non-natural and non-climate related shocks.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 30023 question first answered 14/07/2022 16:04:23 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1486246

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the G7 joint statement on Strengthening anticipatory action in humanitarian assistance, published in May 2022, what steps her Department is taking to help improve its understanding of the role that anticipatory action plays in mitigating the humanitarian impact of shocks and disasters.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	30023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The G7 statement builds on commitments agreed during the UK's G7 Presidency in 2021, and the UK will continue to be a global leader in driving more effective approaches to crises and preventing and anticipating future shocks. The UK is supporting partners including the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF); the Red Cross; the START fund; the Centre for Disaster Protection; and the Risk Informed Early Action Partnership (REAP) to improve our understanding of the role of anticipatory action in mitigating the humanitarian impact of shocks and disasters as well as non-natural and non-climate related shocks.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 31119 question first answered 14/07/2022 16:04:23 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion