Asked by: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative - The Cotswolds)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) short-term emergency and (b) medium-term reconstruction aid her Department has provided to people affected by Hurricane Irma.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The Prime Minister has made available £57 million to support those affected by Hurricane Irma which is being delivered through a co-ordinated response, drawing on expertise from across Government. DFID has sent more than 40 metric tonnes of UK aid to the region including thousands of shelter kits and solar lanterns. More supplies will be arriving throughout the month.
Our top priority is to help with the most urgent needs. But we are also discussing with the governments in the region how best to support them as they begin to get basic services such as health and education running again, and to rebuild their economies and infrastructure.
The Government will continue to do all it can to support those affected. Further details of our work are available on our website https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development
Asked by: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative - The Cotswolds)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department will consider funding non-UNHCR programmes that support trafficked and abused North Korean women in China.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
We have no plans to provide funding for non-United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees programmes that support trafficked and abused North Korean women in China. The Department for International Development does not have a bilateral aid programme in North Korea and our bilateral aid programme in China closed in March 2011.
Asked by: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative - The Cotswolds)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans the Government has for aid in Sri Lanka in 2015-16.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
The UK does not have a bilateral DFID aid programme in Sri Lanka. Some programmes working across a number of countries on specific themes will continue to benefit Sri Lanka on nutrition, mine clearance, and improving state-society relations in security and justice provision.