Asked by: Scott Mann (Conservative - North Cornwall)
Question to the Department for International Development:
What steps her Department is taking to promote the Government's trade for development programme.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
The UK remains a world leader in trade for development. We are prioritising our trading partners for the future, for example through our commitments on gender, the new Commonwealth Standards Network and our ambition for the UK to be the largest G7 investor in Africa by 2022.
Asked by: Scott Mann (Conservative - North Cornwall)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding and other resources her Department has provided for Syrian refugee camps.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
The UK has pledged over £1.1 billion in response to the Syria crisis, of which £559 million has been allocated to support refugees in the region and vulnerable host communities. The vast majority of refugees in the region live in host communities rather than camps.