Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of UK aid to developing countries goes towards loan repayments.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
The Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) provides full relief on eligible debt owed by countries which have reached Completion Point of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative, to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank, and the African Development Fund (AfDF) of the African Development Bank. The UK contributed £107 million to the MDRI in 2017 and this is all official development assistance (ODA).
When necessary, the UK also provides relief on loans made bilaterally by the Export Credit Guarantee Department (ECGD) to developing countries, through the coordinated process of the Paris Club of creditors. In 2017 the UK provided £3 million of ODA as such debt relief on ECGD loans.
Therefore in 2017 the total UK debt relief, through the MDRI and bilaterally, represented 0.78% of total UK ODA in 2017.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department has allocated to programmes to support internally displaced people in West Papua.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
The Department for International Development (DFID) does not have a traditional bilateral aid programme in Indonesia. DFID established the UK Climate Change Unit (UKCCU) in 2011 to work with the Government of Indonesia to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. DFID Indonesia has not allocated any bilateral funds to non-climate related programmes in West Papua.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many suppliers were excluded from bidding for contracts due to failing the meet the criteria specified in Procurement Policy Note 03/14 by (a) Government Department and (b) year since 2014.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
In FY 17/18 and FY 18/19, no suppliers were excluded from bidding for contracts due to failing to meet the criteria specified in Procurement Policy Note 03/14. Prior to 2017 such information was not centrally held.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the guidance entitled, Procurement policy note 03/14: promoting tax compliance, how many suppliers were allocated contracts by her Department as a result of complying with (a) one and (b) more than one of the mitigating circumstances after failing the tax compliance questions.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
All DFID contracts awarded in FY 17/18 and FY 18/19, suppliers were fully compliant with Procurement Policy Note 03/14: promoting tax compliance. Prior to 2017 such information was not centrally held.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
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.
Answered by Alistair Burt
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.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
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.
Answered by Alistair Burt
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.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
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.
Answered by Alistair Burt
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.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions and to which countries the UK Emergency Medical Team has been deployed in the last five years.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The UK Emergency Medical Team recently deployed to Bangladesh following the diphtheria outbreak in December 2017. DFID also has the option to deploy Team personnel only to work in existing national health facilities and did so to Nepal in 2015, Gaza in 2014 and the Philippines in 2013.
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. The UK government has provided £1.5 million to the ICRC to help treat patients in 11 hospitals in Gaza by restocking vital medical supplies and providing physical rehabilitative services.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for what the reasons the UK Emergency Medical Team was not deployed to Gaza following the deaths and gunshot injuries to civilian demonstrators in April and May 2018.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The UK Emergency Medical Team recently deployed to Bangladesh following the diphtheria outbreak in December 2017. DFID also has the option to deploy Team personnel only to work in existing national health facilities and did so to Nepal in 2015, Gaza in 2014 and the Philippines in 2013.
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. The UK government has provided £1.5 million to the ICRC to help treat patients in 11 hospitals in Gaza by restocking vital medical supplies and providing physical rehabilitative services.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the criteria are which are used to trigger the deployment of the UK Emergency Medical Team to a humanitarian crisis overseas.
Answered by Alistair Burt
After a humanitarian disaster, the affected government will send a request to the World Health Organisation (WHO) who, in turn, will send out a call for assistance to all qualified and functioning Emergency Medical Teams. The decision to respond to each request is made after considering needs, safety concerns and the capacity of the team.