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date	13/01/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Polio
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on eradication of polio.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	22250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>The UK and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are both committed to global polio eradication. The Secretary of State and officials from her Department have had a number of meetings with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to discuss polio. Officials also have regular policy discussions through both organisations’ participation on the Global Polio Oversight Board and its Finance and Accountability Committee.</p><p>The UK is a top three donor to polio eradication, with a £300 million commitment from 2013 to 2018. UK support has been critical in bringing us one step closer to the finish line of a world free from polio, something people across the country can be immensely proud of.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 21/01/2016 15:24:26 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

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date	17/12/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Polio
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress her Department has made on achieving the goals of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	20675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government is fully committed to global polio eradication and is the third largest donor to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, providing £300 million for 2013 to 2019.</p><br /><p>UK funding has contributed, as part of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, to a greater than 99% decrease in polio cases since 1988, with no cases reported in Africa for over a year. Only two countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan, are now reporting cases of wild polio, meaning we are now closer than ever to global eradication.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/01/2016 14:38:34 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas