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To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review (1) al-Hol camp, and (2) other displaced persons camps in north-east Syria and Iraq, with regard to (a) the work of government authorities, (b) the work of the UN and other voluntary agencies, (c) the return home of displaced...

Asked by

Lord Hylton (Crossbench)

Answering body

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 November 2020

Reference

HL9537

House

House of Lords

Middle East: Humanitarian Aid

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support humanitarian and human rights organisations that seek the ability to cross the border at Semalka between Iraqi Kurdistan and Northern Syria in order to provide humanitarian aid.

Asked by

Baroness Northover (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 July 2016

Reference

HL1025

House

House of Lords

General Affairs Council/Foreign Affairs Council

The General Affairs Council and Foreign Affairs Council were held on 22 October in Brussels. I represented the UK. The agenda items covered were as follows: General Affairs Council (GAC) The Belgian presidency (Foreign Minister Vanackere) chaired the meeting. The full text of all conclusions adopted can be found at:"http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/genaff/117939.pdf"...

Member

David Lidington (Conservative)

Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written statements

Date

25 November 2010

Reference

519 c47-9WS

House

House of Commons

EU: General Affairs Council and Foreign Affairs Council

My honourable friend the Minister for Europe (David Lidington) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement on the General Affairs Council and Foreign Affairs Council that were held on 22 October in Brussels. I represented the UK. The agenda items covered were as follows: General Affairs Council (GAC) The Belgian...

Member

Lord Howell of Guildford (Conservative)

Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written statements

Date

25 November 2010

Reference

722 c105-7WS

House

House of Lords

Sudan: Non-Governmental Organisations

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which non-governmental organisations his Department is funding to conduct aid work in (a) Sudan and (b) Iraq; and how much each such organisation has been allocated for work in each country for 2009-10.

Asked by

Angus Robertson (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 March 2010

Reference

506 c879W; 318797

House

House of Commons

Non-Governmental Organisations

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which non-governmental organisations have received funds from the public purse to conduct aid work in Iraq in the last five years; and how much each received.

Asked by

Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 April 2009

For answer on

22 April 2009

Answered on

30 April 2009

The Department for International Development (DFID) provided funding directly to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Iraq over the last five years through two principal mechanisms: the Political Participation Fund and the Civil Society Fund.The £5 million Iraq Civil Society Fund (CSF) supported projects that strengthened the capacity of Iraqi, civil society organisations through partnerships with international NGOs. Funding was given to Christian Aid, Save the Children (UK), Mines Advisory Group (MAG), Help Age International, Women for Women International, Salvation Army, International Centre for Trade Union Rights, UNISON and the Women's National Commission. These NGOs, in turn, partnered a range of Iraqi organisations.The £7.5 million Political Participation Fund (PPF) provided grants to grass-roots Iraqi civil society organisations to enable potentially marginalised groups to participate in the political process. Under the PPF, the international NGOs we supported were AMAR, Arab Gulf Studies Centre, Institute of War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), and the Irish Human Rights Network.We have also contributed £55 million to the International Committee of the Red Cross for their humanitarian appeals during 2003-2009. We also provided recent funding directly to the BBC World Service Trust, to strengthen independent television and radio broadcasting in southern Iraq; and to the International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC), to support development of the Iraqi justice sector.Since 2003 DFID has also provided approximately £130 million of funding to UN agencies to support the most vulnerable people displaced inside Iraq and in the region. The UN agencies themselves pass the majority of these funds onto the international NGOs who act as the UN's implementing partners.Finally, DFID has agreed Partnership Programme Arrangements to provide core funding to a number of major international NGOs. Of those, Oxfam, Islamic Relief and CAFOD all have programmes in Iraq.The following table shows our direct disbursements to NGOs in Iraq during the last five financial years:

£ million
	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Civil Society Fund (CSF)	2.2	1.7	1.05	0.02	0
Political Participation Fund (PPF)	1.7	2.3	0.06	1.5	0
BBC-WST	0.1	0.02	0	0	0
BBC Al Mirbad	1.6	2.5	2.6	0.9	1.2
Media IWPR	0.9	0.01	0	0	0
War Child	0.1	0	0	0	0
MAG	0.01	0	0	0	0
MAG North	0.2	0	0	0	0
ILAC	1.4	0.7	0.1	0	0
ACTED	0.2	0	0	0	0
AMAR	0.3	0.2	0	0	0
Solidarities Programme	0	0.07	0.08	0	0
International Committee of the Red Cross Appeals	16	10	4	7	6
SCF Security Enhancement	0.02	0.09	0.04	0.04	0
CARE	0.4	0.01	0	0	0
Total	25.1	17.6	7.9	9.4	7.2

Date

30 April 2009

Reference

491 c1423-4W; 270474

House

House of Commons

Non-Governmental Organisations (Iraq)

Since 2004, the Department for International Development has provided £20.5 million to strengthen Iraqi civil society. Recipient organisations have included those working on minority and women's rights, as well as wider human rights. Current support includes a programme run by the BBC World Service Trust to foster an independent media in Iraq. DFID is also providing £17 million this year for humanitarian assistance, much of which is allocated, either directly or through the UN, to non-governmental organisations in Iraq.

Answered by

Shahid Malik (Labour)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

11 June 2008

Reference

477 c292

House

House of Commons

Non-Governmental Organisations (Iraq)

I thank the Minister for that response. Is he aware that last year his Department withdrew funding from support for trade union development in Iraq because of the"““sectarian violence engulfing the country at the moment””?" Clearly, the security situation is better now. Will he agree to meet trade unions from Iraq and Britain to try to move the issue forward again?

Asked by

David Anderson (Labour)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

11 June 2008

Reference

477 c293

House

House of Commons

Non-Governmental Organisations (Iraq)

The hon. Gentleman is right to focus on the suffering of the people of Iraq. That is why, since 2003, the Department and the Government have provided £149 million in humanitarian assistance. With respect to the US Federal Reserve, it is not for us to comment on negotiations between the US military and the Iraqi Government. Needless to say, we are in close contact with the US and Iraq as they formulate their views on the detail and structure of their long-term relationship. I assure the House that we will ensure that future civilian assistance and any future military assistance to Iraq will be based on a sound legal and political footing.

Answered by

Shahid Malik (Labour)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

11 June 2008

Reference

477 c293

House

House of Commons

Non-Governmental Organisations (Iraq)

Trade unions are a vital part of any democracy. That is why my hon. Friend is right to say that, between 2004 and 2007, DFID provided through Unison training for trade union leaders and helped to establish a trade union resource centre in Iraq. This programme came to a natural end in 2007, which coincided with a spike in violence preventing us from renewing the programme. Since then we have successfully focused on supporting the Iraqi Government to provide essential services to their own people and stimulating private sector investment. In April, I met Governor al-Waili, the governor of Basra, who expressed his optimism about the future of Iraq. I assure my hon. Friend that as security improves, we will continue to assess how we can best support increased prosperity and stability in Iraq, including opportunities to work with trade unions.

Answered by

Shahid Malik (Labour)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

11 June 2008

Reference

477 c293

House

House of Commons

Non-Governmental Organisations (Iraq)

According to The Independent on 6 June, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York holds £25 billion worth of Iraqi oil reserves, so what are the British Government doing to facilitate the release of some of that money, in a planned programme, to the Iraqi Government and to the NGOs involved, in order to relieve suffering in a country where 2 million people have been displaced from their homes and millions more lack basic services? Would that not help to establish much greater stability in that country, where the people have suffered for far too long?

Asked by

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Oral questions - Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

11 June 2008

Reference

477 c293

House

House of Commons

Non-Governmental Organisations (Iraq)

What support his Department is providing to non-governmental organisations in Iraq.

Asked by

David Anderson (Labour)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

11 June 2008

Reference

477 c292; 209994

House

House of Commons

Iraq: Basra

asked Her Majesty's Government:What is the situation in and around the city of Basra, Iraq, for which they have responsibilities, particularly whether (a) local and provincial government is functioning effectively; (b) electricity, water and services have been restored and, where possible, improved; (c) schools and hospitals are working at full...

Asked by

Lord Hylton (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Answered on

11 January 2007

The Basra provincial council has been responsible for delivering basic services since Iraqi sovereignty was established in 2004. The UK, along with other international partners such as the UN, has worked alongside the Basra provincial council to help them effectively meet the needs of local people. DfID’s capacity-building programme has built up the financial management and budgeting capacity of governorate institutions, trained over 50 governorate officials, and refurbished offices and resource centres in all four provinces. We have worked with the Basra provincial council to produce a three-year development strategy, which the council is now using to plan and implement essential repairs to water and sanitation services, electricity infrastructure and roads. International assistance has helped to stabilise Iraq's water and electricity infrastructure following decades of neglect and underinvestment. Since 2003 over $3.5 billion has been spent on electricity infrastructure in Iraq, increasing peak generation capacity to 5,350 megawatts in July 2006, compared to a pre-2003 capacity of 4,200 megawatts. The World Bank estimates that to improve generation capacity to meet projected demand for electricity in Iraq will take 10 years and $20 billion. DfID-funded repairs have added or secured 350 megawatts to the national grid so far, and improved power supply to 1.5 million homes around Basra. On completion of our current programmes in mid-2007, DfID will have added or secured 470 megawatts to the national grid. Around $1.3 billion has been spent on over 300 projects to repair and improve water and sanitation infrastructure in Iraq. DfID's work on water and sanitation in Basra will improve access to water for around 1 million people. But decades of neglect and an ageing infrastructure means that overall access to drinkable water and sewage systems remains similar to pre-2003 levels. The international community has undertaken extensive rehabilitation of schools and healthcare facilities nationwide. Through extensive disease control programmes, the prevalence of leishmaniasis, malaria and polio have all declined. Vaccination campaigns have helped reduce the outbreak of previously endemic diseases and annual campaigns have inoculated 98 per cent of Iraq childrenunder five years of age against measles, mumps, and rubella. Specifically regarding non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the current security environment means that there are very few international and Iraqi NGOs working in Basra. However, some NGOs are present and assisting the local population.

Date

11 January 2007

Reference

837; 688 c111-2WA

House

House of Lords

Human Rights Annual Report 2005

Westminster Hall adjournment on the Human Rights Annual Report 2005. Motion made, and Question proposed, That the sitting be now adjourned.—[Mr. Watts.]

Lead member

Mike Gapes

Answering member

Ian McCartney

Department

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

15 June 2006

Reference

447 c315-62WH

House

House of Commons

Human Rights Annual Report 2005

I agree, and that is why I was just about to call for the United Nations to focus more on assisting the African Union in Sudan, by sending a blue-helmeted UN force to assist AU forces in protecting the human rights of the people in Darfur and elsewhere. Probably the...

Member

Mike Gapes (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Type

Proceeding contributions

Date

15 June 2006

Reference

447 c321WH

House

House of Commons

Human Rights Annual Report 2005

I agree and I hope that the Minister can give us a progress report on how things have developed during the first few months. It is too early to make a judgment yet.

Member

Mike Gapes (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Type

Proceeding contributions

Date

15 June 2006

Reference

447 c317WH

House

House of Commons

Human Rights Annual Report 2005

Will my hon. Friend say a little more about that? Did his Committee consider the role of civil society and non-governmental organisations, which were an important factor in the UN Commission on Human Rights? I recognise that there were criticisms of the commission, but as yet the Human Rights Council...

Member

Jeremy Corbyn (Labour)

Type

Proceeding contributions

Date

15 June 2006

Reference

447 c316-7WH

House

House of Commons

Human Rights Annual Report 2005

An example of the weakness of the UN Commission on Human Rights is Libya. How confident is my hon. Friend that the new Human Rights Council will be able to tackle abuses of the sort that the Committee clearly felt were taking place there?

Member

David Leslie Taylor (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Type

Proceeding contributions

Date

15 June 2006

Reference

447 c317WH

House

House of Commons

Human Rights Annual Report 2005

I wish to introduce this debate on the report of the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs on human rights, which was published in February this year and is our response to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s annual report on human rights, which was published in the autumn last year. Every...

Member

Mike Gapes (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Type

Proceeding contributions

Date

15 June 2006

Reference

447 c315-6WH

House

House of Commons

Human Rights Annual Report 2005

That is another argument and clearly that is the Government’s view, but the Committee’s concerns are real and I hope that when the Minister responds he will deal with them. Another issue that we touched on was the changes in the internal mechanics of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, linking...

Member

Mike Gapes (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Type

Proceeding contributions

Date

15 June 2006

Reference

447 c316WH

House

House of Commons

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