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229190

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Africa: Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the UK's funding for Ebola has been spent (a) for each purpose, (b) in each location and (c) on each recipient.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	228675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government has committed £427 million to eradicating the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, £216 million of which has been disbursed to support the response. This package of support covers the costs of UK operations in the ongoing crisis response, regional preparedness, and early recovery activities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of this response the UK has supported more than half of all the beds available for Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, funded over 100 burial teams, trained 4,000 frontline staff, provided three labs to test one third of all samples collected nationally and delivered over one million PPE suits and 150 vehicles. It is clear that our strategy is working and the numbers of cases have significantly reduced. This is real progress and cause for cautious optimism that we can beat this outbreak.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 26/03/2015 10:09:16 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

227150

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Africa: Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) NHS staff and (b) NHS staff in Plymouth have been involved in operations to control the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	227459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>UK-Med is working with the Department for International Development (DFID), Department of Health and International NGOs to recruit NHS volunteers through its International Emergency Medical Register (UKIEMR) to work in a number of DFID-funded Ebola Treatment Centres in Sierra Leone.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To date, UK-Med has deployed 153 NHS volunteers including 3 NHS volunteers from Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I pay tribute to the bravery and professionalism of the fantastic NHS workers from Plymouth who are helping to defeat Ebola, some of whom I have been lucky enough to meet in Sierra Leone. Their hard work has saved countless lives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 19/03/2015 15:42:00 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

226886

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Africa: Ebola
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the Save the Children report <i>A Wake-up Call: Lessons from Ebola for the world's health systems</i> which says that, whilst $4.3 billion was spent on responding to ebola, it would only have cost $1.58 billion to develop health care systems up to minimum standard of health services in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL5674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Ebola crisis has demonstrated that it is critical to invest in national health systems in epidemic prevention, preparedness and response in order significantly to reduce the risk of a global epidemic. The UK will work with the Government of Sierra Leone and partners to seek a legacy of effective systems and structures that will contribute to improved future service delivery and infrastructure. This will ensure that should Sierra Leone be faced with a subsequent outbreak of Ebola or an epidemic of another disease, it is able to respond effectively.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Between 2005 and 2010 DFID spent £22.9 million on the health sector in Sierra Leone, and contributed a further £63.8 million between 2010 and 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 25/03/2015 17:43:05 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

226887

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Africa: Ebola
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the impact of International Monetary Fund programmes on the ebola crisis, in the light of the recent article in the Lancet on the subject.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL5675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK is the first country to announce its contribution of $50million to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Catastrophe Containment and Relief (CCR) trust to relieve the burden of debt caused by the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CCR trust is expected to provide grants-for-debt relief of $100million for the three countries most affected by the ongoing Ebola epidemic: Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. These countries will be able to access funds to cover upcoming repayments to the IMF for two years, allowing them to redirect those resources to fighting the outbreak, restoring services and reinvigorating the economy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the IMF have provided further funding through their existing programmes in the region bringing their total financial contribution to the Ebola outbreak to date to $349million.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 19/03/2015 15:57:57 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

223040

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Africa: Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent reports she has received on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	224862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for International Development is leading the Government’s operational response in Sierra Leone. To date, the UK has committed £325 million to eradicating the disease in Sierra Leone. With UK help, Sierra Leone now has enough treatment and isolation beds for Ebola patients, enough laboratories to test for the virus quickly and effectively, enough trained burial teams to make sure bodies are buried quickly, safely and with dignity, and a command and control structure that is making the Ebola response more efficient and effective.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I welcome reporting by the World Health Organisation that the number of new cases of Ebola in Sierra Leone has fallen dramatically in recent weeks. From a peak of 537 cases in late November, most recent reporting was 63 cases at the end of February. It is clear that our strategy is working and we must continue our focus on getting to zero cases as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 02/03/2015 17:40:37 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

176986

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Africa: Ebola
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what lessons they have learned from the initial response to the ebola outbreak in West Africa.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL4616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2015 answer text <p>It is critical that we learn lessons from this crisis and DFID is already working with international partners to achieve the comprehensive global, regional and national systems that will be needed to respond efficiently to future public health emergencies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We welcome the reforms announced at the WHO Special Session on 25 January which align with measures the Prime Minister proposed at the G20 meetings in Brisbane, including the establishment of a rapid response team. The UK has also announced an advance commitment of up to $10million as part of a contingency fund for future outbreaks and emergencies.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover grouped question UIN HL4617 question first answered 16/02/2015 16:32:36 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

176987

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Africa: Ebola
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the response by the World Health Organisation to the ebola outbreak; and whether they consider that there is a need to develop a rapid response capability.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL4617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2015 answer text <p>It is critical that we learn lessons from this crisis and DFID is already working with international partners to achieve the comprehensive global, regional and national systems that will be needed to respond efficiently to future public health emergencies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We welcome the reforms announced at the WHO Special Session on 25 January which align with measures the Prime Minister proposed at the G20 meetings in Brisbane, including the establishment of a rapid response team. The UK has also announced an advance commitment of up to $10million as part of a contingency fund for future outbreaks and emergencies.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover grouped question UIN HL4616 question first answered 16/02/2015 16:32:36 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

174786

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Africa: Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has provided any financial support towards the opening of Médecins Sans Frontières' maternity clinic for Ebola sufferers.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	221457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>DFID has not provided funding for the Médecins Sans Frontières run Ebola maternity clinic. However DFID has provided £750,000 for management of Ebola Treatment Centres in Kailahun in Sierra Leone, and in Monrovia and Foya county in Liberia.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 23/01/2015 14:39:13 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

174788

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Africa: Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding from her Department has been assigned to Ebola vaccine candidate and safety testing; how much of that funding has been spent in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015 to date; and what steps she is taking to ensure that vaccine candidates funded by her Department are safe for use by pregnant women and nursing mothers.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	221456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>Alongside the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust, DFID has assigned up to £2m for Phase 1 trials of the GlaxoSmithKline Ebola vaccine candidate. There have been no disbursements of funding to date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The GSK vaccine has now been tested on healthy people without any significant side effects. Additional data will come from phase 2 and 3 trials. In line with standard practice for vaccine trials, the protocols exclude pregnant and breastfeeding women. This group would therefore not be included in any initial rollout.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 23/01/2015 14:38:37 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

174789

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Africa: Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) female and (b) male patients have been treated for Ebola in each treatment centre funded by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	221455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>The six UK-constructed Ebola Treatment Centres have admitted 620 patients as of 21 January 2015. Of these, 331 were women and 289 were men.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 23/01/2015 14:37:57 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker