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178589

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
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: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to develop its framework on health systems strengthening.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	223905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>DFID has committed to developing a framework for its work on health systems strengthening which will set out areas of focus for work in developing countries and globally. The framework will encompass the global processes that are already underway in the transition from the Millennium Development Goals to the new post-2015 development goals and will consider the implications for measurement of progress towards universal health coverage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 24/02/2015 16:23:39 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

175486

registered interest
date	23/01/2015
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: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on health projects in each year since 2005-06.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	221849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Details of the total expenditure on health are published in Statistics on International Development (SID) which is available in the House Library or online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about/statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about/statistics</a>. DFID’s reporting of aid flows is in line with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) rules. DFID started reporting against a specific family planning code in 2008/09. Details of DFID’s spending on multi-sectoral programmes which deliver nutrition results are published in <a href="http://devinit.org/report/dfids-aid-spending-nutrition-2010-2012/" target="_blank">http://devinit.org/report/dfids-aid-spending-nutrition-2010-2012/</a>. Figures for direct bilateral spend on health, nutrition, family planning, education and water &amp; sanitation are reproduced below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total DFID Bilateral Programme (£ million)</p></td><td><p><strong>2005/06</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006/07</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007/08</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Health</strong></p></td><td><p>498</p></td><td><p>548</p></td><td><p>602</p></td><td><p>734</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>877</p></td><td><p>978</p></td><td><p>1008</p></td><td><p>1239</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which: Nutrition</em></p></td><td><p><em>1</em></p></td><td><p><em>2</em></p></td><td><p><em>9</em></p></td><td><p><em>13</em></p></td><td><p><em>19</em></p></td><td><p><em>24</em></p></td><td><p><em>38</em></p></td><td><p><em>49</em></p></td><td><p><em>64</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Family planning</em></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><em>8</em></p></td><td><p><em>15</em></p></td><td><p><em>31</em></p></td><td><p><em>44</em></p></td><td><p><em>110</em></p></td><td><p><em>127</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Education</strong></p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>385</p></td><td><p>364</p></td><td><p>455</p></td><td><p>398</p></td><td><p>563</p></td><td><p>628</p></td><td><p>517</p></td><td><p>791</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Water &amp; Sanitation</strong></p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>166</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>When DFID or other UK government departments provide core contributions in support of multilateral organisations, we do not break down by sector. However, there are a number of multilaterals organisations that are focussed on Health, Education and Water &amp; Sanitation. Details of the contributions from DFID to each multilateral organisation can be found online.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 221848 221857 221858 221859 question first answered 02/02/2015 17:50:27 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

170501

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the contribution of 11 December 2014 by the Minister of State for International Development, Official Report, column 383WH, on strengthening health systems in developing countries, when the review of NHS use of foreign workers will begin; what the terms of reference of the review are; when she anticipates that it will be concluded; and whether the Government will publish the review's conclusions and recommendations.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	218598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>DFID continues to work with the Department of Health to keep the government’s approach to health systems strengthening under review. As set out in the government response to the International Development Committee’s report on Strengthening Health Systems in Developing Countries, DFID will develop a framework for the UK’s work on health systems strengthening that will include its approach to human resources for health and will be set in the context of the new post-2015 development goals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 06/01/2015 12:39:50 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

164416

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
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: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect on the health services in developing countries of doctors and nurses being recruited to work in the UK instead of their own country.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	215691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>There are no UK-specific estimates of the impact of international recruitment of health workers, but the UK has signed the World Health Organisation Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel and implements it through the UK Code of Practice for international recruitment. The UK Code specifies a list of developing countries that should not be targeted for international recruitment under any circumstances.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 01/12/2014 16:45:19 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

100901

registered interest
date	24/10/2014
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: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will support the inclusion of a reference to universal health coverage in the Health Goal in the Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	211844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK government welcomed the emphasis on Universal Health Coverage in the report of the High-Level Panel, chaired by the Prime Minister, and was pleased to see its inclusion as a target in the proposal of the Open Working Group for Sustainable Development Goals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 29/10/2014 17:15:36 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

77693

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will support the inclusion of universal health coverage in the goal on health in the Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	205607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK supports a post-2015 target on universal health coverage. This language is included in the most recent draft goals and targets list released by the co-chairs of the Open Working Group (OWG) on 2 June.</p><p> </p><p>The final targets in the post-2015 development framework will be subject to international negotiations in the United Nations, in which the UK will play an active role.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/07/2014 16:04:56 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

62464

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her health priorities are in discussions on the post-2015 development framework.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Mark Lazarowicz
uin	904304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>The UK objective for post-2015 is to agree a simple, inspiring, measurable set of goals centred on eradicating extreme poverty that should finish the job that the millennium development goals started. The goal should be outcome focused, measuring reductions in preventable death and disease and giving women and girls sexual and reproductive health rights.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 18/06/2014 16:15:33 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1411 label Biography information for Mark Lazarowicz

60682

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to support the adoption of a target to achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, with particular attention to the most marginalised and people in vulnerable situations in the Open Working Group negotiations on the Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	199773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The UK supports the inclusion of ensuring universal health coverage as a target under an outcome-focused health goal. By definition, universal health coverage includes financial risk protection. This language is included in the most recent draft goals and targets list released by the co-chairs of the Open Working Group (OWG) on 2 June.</p><p>The final targets in the post-2015 development framework will however be subject to international negotiations in the United Nations, in which the UK will play an active role.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/06/2014 15:26:22 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy