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419558

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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 ensure that health facilities in countries affected by ebola are strengthened to ensure that they can prevent or contain a future outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	10654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The UK has committed £240m over two years in support of the Government of Sierra Leone’s Ebola Recovery Strategy, including major investment in health. Our interventions will aim to increase the capacity of district and national structures to identify and respond swiftly to future outbreaks of Ebola or other communicable diseases. We will build on the surveillance, command and control systems established during the response.</p><p>In Liberia, DFID has committed £6 million to the Health Sector Pool Fund over two years, to support access to safe, quality health services. The UK indirectly supports Guinea’s recovery through its contributions to WHO and other multilateral organisations. Globally, DFID and the Department of Health are seeking greater commitment from countries to implement the International Health Regulations, the internationally-agreed framework for national systems to prevent and respond to public health crises.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 12/10/2015 12:09:48 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

419559

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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 help developing countries to meet UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 on good health and wellbeing and to promote universal health coverage.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	10653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>DFID will continue to invest in health and support countries to meet SDG goal 3 and its universal health coverage target, guided by the Government’s International Development manifesto commitments. These include to: save 1.4m children’s lives by 2020, by immunising 76m children against killer diseases; lead a major new global programme to accelerate the development of vaccines and drugs to eliminate the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, while investing to save lives from malaria and working to end preventable child and maternal deaths; and work to achieve equitable access to family planning. Our commitments to improve nutrition for at least 50m people, to help at least 60m people get access to clean water and sanitation, to end FGM and to support education, will also contribute.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/10/2015 12:13:31 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

417328

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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 her policy is on changing the wording of Sustainable Development Goal 3.4 from premature mortality to preventable mortality in order to include people aged over 70 within the scope of the goal; and what discussions she has had with (a) interested parties and (b) her counterparts in other countries on this matter.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	9144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>The negotiations over the Sustainable Development Goals were concluded at the UN in August after much international discussion and will now be formally adopted at the UN General Assembly later this month. It is necessary that targets are able to draw on appropriate international measures and the language on premature mortality is consistent with the WHO Global Action Plan on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 10/09/2015 15:20:19 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

390845

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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 the status is of her Department's Framework on Health Systems Strengthening; what the timeline is for its publication; and how civil society will be consulted during its development.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	7553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 22 July 2015 to Question 7076.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 23/07/2015 14:26:40 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

389887

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
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 plans to take to facilitate NHS staff volunteering overseas to assist with the strengthening of health systems in least developed countries.
tabling member constituency	Finchley and Golders Green
tabling member printed	Mike Freer
uin	7070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>In 2014 DFID, with the Department of Health and the National Health Service (NHS), produced the Framework for Voluntary Engagement in Global Health to explain to health sector organisations how they can most effectively support volunteers engaged in health work in developing countries. As part of its support for volunteering, DFID is providing £30 million from 2011 to 2017 for the Health Partnerships Scheme which uses the skills of UK health professionals to train, mentor and coach their developing country counterparts in their home countries. DFID also provides support to the non-governmental organisations VSO and UK-Med which facilitate skilled health professionals volunteering overseas.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 22/07/2015 15:01:11 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer

389890

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
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 progress her Department has made in delivering a framework for strengthening health systems overseas; when that work is due to be finalised; and what engagement there has been between her Department and civil society organisations on that matter.
tabling member constituency	Finchley and Golders Green
tabling member printed	Mike Freer
uin	7076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>As part of the government response to the 2014 International Development Committee inquiry, DFID is committed to developing a framework for UK support to health systems strengthening in developing countries. DFID is working on the framework, consulting the Department of Health and other UK institutions. DFID is due to update the Committee on progress with a response in November 2015.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 22/07/2015 15:07:08 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer

389891

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
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 cross-departmental work her Department is engaged in to increase the retention of trained medical staff from low income countries in those countries' health systems.
tabling member constituency	Finchley and Golders Green
tabling member printed	Mike Freer
uin	7077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>DFID funds the Health Partnership Scheme, which uses the skills of UK health professionals to train, mentor, and coach their developing country counterparts in their home countries. Over 25,000 health workers have received training and education through this scheme. As a complementary measure, the UK has also signed the World Health Organisation Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel and the Department of Health 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> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 21/07/2015 16:38:25 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer

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