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1193064

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date	05/05/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2020 to Question 40723 on Overseas Aid: Coronavirus, which of her Department's planned spend and objectives have been deprioritised in order to divert resources to the covid-19 response.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	43720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>To maximise DFID’s resources for our COVID-19 response we are: using HMG’s crisis reserve, adapting and scaling up existing programmes that respond to COVID-19, and reviewing programmes that can be slowed or paused to free up resources e.g. preparation for delayed international events or support for delayed elections. We will continue to closely monitor the scenarios and impacts of COVID-19 in vulnerable countries, to ensure the best possible use of 0.7 in our response to COVID-19 and HMG’s wider development priorities.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 12/05/2020 16:15:27 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1193072

registered interest
date	05/05/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2020 to Question 40723 on Overseas Aid: Coronavirus, how many FTE staff have been moved to work on (a) her Department's and (b) other Departments' covid-19 response.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	43721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>DFID along with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is leading on the UK Government’s international response to COVID-19. DFID is surging staff internally to support this effort as its priority.</p><p>57 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff have been moved into a new central team coordinating the overall COVID-19 response and a further 4 FTE staff have been surged into this team from across government. Delivery of the response itself is spread across the Department, with many staff across our International, Economic Development, Policy, Science and Research and geographical/corporate Divisions focusing on the immediate COVID-19 response and longer-term recovery.</p><p>DFID has loaned staff with specific skillsets to other government departments in support of their COVID-19 work. 9 FTE staff have been deployed to support other government departments at this time.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 12/05/2020 16:31:56 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1193075

registered interest
date	05/05/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Ministers' Private Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2020 to Question 41134 on Department for International Development: Ministers' Private Offices, which of her Department's Ministers have their private offices in the (a) Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (b) Department for International Development and (c) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	43722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>There are seven joint private offices across DFID, FCO and Defra: four offices are in the FCO at King Charles St, two offices in DFID at 22 Whitehall, and one office at Defra at 2 Marsham Street. Additionally, there are shared office spaces in DFID and the FCO for Ministers and private offices to use when away from their home location.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FCO – King Charles Street</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>DFID – 22 Whitehall</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>DEFRA - 2 Marsham St</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rt Hon James Cleverly MP</p></td><td><p>Baroness Sugg CBE</p></td><td><p>Rt Hon Lord Zac Goldsmith</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon</p></td><td><p>James Duddridge MP</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wendy Morton MP</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigel Adams MP</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 12/05/2020 16:54:57 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1193085

registered interest
date	05/05/2020
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: Ventilators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many ventilators has the UK pledged to donate to developing countries.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	43693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The UK is helping to lead the global response to COVID-19. We are using UK aid to its full effect to counter the health, humanitarian, and economic risks and impact of this pandemic in the developing world. We are working hard to ensure that our help reaches those most in need through close collaboration with our partners. The UK has, to date, pledged £744 million of UK aid to help end this pandemic as quickly as possible.</p><p>Our funding is supporting a range of initiatives and partners to ensure that it can reach those who need it the most. This includes £75 million for the World Health Organisation (WHO) to help lead the international efforts to stop the spread of this virus and help access critical medical supplies, £55 million to International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement appeals to provide medical supplies and equipment to hospitals and clinics, build quarantine areas and disinfection facilities and a range of support to NGOs.</p><p>The WHO and UNICEF are working with governments to identify requirements and ensure that supplies reach those in need, including the critical medical equipment for oxygen therapy.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 12/05/2020 16:17:32 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1193086

registered interest
date	05/05/2020
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: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has plans to introduce a volunteering scheme to help developing countries have insufficient staff to support a covid-19 response.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	43694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>Official responses to COVID-19 are heavily reliant on a range of volunteers, who are devoting their time and skills both at home in the UK and in developing countries. The new DFID-funded Global Standard for Volunteering sets a useful benchmark for how volunteers can be deployed in a responsible, effective and safe way.</p><p>DFID’s Volunteering for Development (V4D) programme, delivered in partnership with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), is working through volunteers to directly respond to the pandemic in 18 developing countries.</p><p>V4D volunteers are working within national response efforts to: ensure continued access to education for girls and children living with disabilities; strengthen health systems; improve emergency coordination systems; share key advice in accessible ways; and, support micro enterprise for the extreme poor.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 12/05/2020 16:18:38 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1193088

registered interest
date	05/05/2020
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: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) international partners on the UK's response to covid-19 in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	43695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State regularly engages with Cabinet colleagues on a wide range of matters including COVID-19 and its impact on developing countries.</p><p>The UK is taking decisive and co-ordinated action to support the global response to COVID-19, working with our international partners. The UK is also using its membership of the G7 and G20 to urge collective action and help drive a timely and effective international response. We are working closely with our G7 partners, including significant donors who are outside this group, for example the Netherlands, Norway and Australia, to agree priorities for immediate response to help countries deal with the immediate health and humanitarian impacts of the virus.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 12/05/2020 16:19:34 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell