Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what UK-funded Palestinian structures have been demolished by Israel in Area C in the West Bank; and what the total cost is of those demolished structures.
Answered by Alistair Burt
No structures directly funded by the UK in recent years have been demolished. A number of structures funded by the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) have been demolished in recent years. The UK’s financing share of EU expenditure varies year on year but has been approximately 15%. The UK regularly raises demolitions with the government of Israel.
Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the level of funding from the public purse that had been spent on Palestinian structures in Area C of the West Bank that have been demolished by Israel.
Answered by Alistair Burt
No structures directly funded by the UK in recent years have been demolished. A number of structures funded by the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) have been demolished in recent years. The UK’s financing share of EU expenditure varies year on year but has been approximately 15%. The UK regularly raises demolitions with the government of Israel.
Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that girls in the poorest countries can access education.
Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm
Between 2011 and 2015, UKAID supported over five million girls in developing countries to gain an education. By the end of 2017, the flagship Girls’ Education Challenge will enable up to one million marginalised girls to benefit from an education of sufficient quality to help transform their lives.
Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is giving to non-governmental organisations promoting human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Answered by Rory Stewart
DFID’s bilateral programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territories currently funds human rights NGOs providing legal assistance to Palestinians, through a multi-donor access to justice programme implemented by UN agencies.
Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to protect women refugees from exploitation and sexual violence.
Answered by Rory Stewart
DFID is building on existing work to address new challenges facing female refugees, including a new Women and Girls Protection Fund to protect women and girls on the move in Libya and Europe. The fund will provide over 68,000 refugees, asylum seekers and migrants with psychosocial support, medical care and specialist case-workers for potential victims of gender-based violence and trafficking.
UNHCR leads international action to protect refugees worldwide, and is a signatory to the UK led Call to Action on Preventing Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies.
Asked by: Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what preparations she is making for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa from 13 to 16 July 2015; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Justine Greening
I look forward to attending the Financing for Development (FFD) Conference in Addis Ababa. My officials are fully engaged in concluding the negotiations in the UN General Assembly to prepare the outcome document for the Conference. Our priority is to ensure that the Addis outcome provides a strong framework for resourcing the delivery of the post 2015 agenda over the coming years – taking into account all available forms of development finance, as well as non-financial means of implementation; and balancing responsibility for delivery between all actors.
In parallel, the UK is working on preparations for the Conference itself to ensure an ambitious and successful event.