Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what projects the Strengthening Humanitarian Preparedness in High Risk Contexts programme has established in the Philippines; and what the (a) outputs and (b) outcomes of those projects has been to date.
The programme has provided the following support to WFP and UNICEF:
· WFP - £130,000 of emergency food supplies able to support 2.4 million people for a two-week period, responding to GoP requests for food, non-food and logistics equipment in various affected areas;
· UNICEF – £320,000 of emergency supplies able to support 6,000 households in Manila, 2,000 in Tacloban and 4,000 in Mindanao;
· 80% of UNICEF country staff trained in emergency response.
DFID will measure and assess outputs and outcomes in collaboration with WFP and UNICEF.