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933962

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Kenya: Malaria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has allocated to Malaria (a) prevention and (b) treatment programmes in Kenya.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	159694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>DFID’s support for malaria prevention and treatment in Kenya is delivered through the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the ‘Global Fund’). The Global Fund has, to date, allocated more than USD $300m to malaria grants in Kenya. 10% of this (USD $30m) can be attributed to DFID based on our share of global contributions to the Global Fund.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 09/07/2018 14:57:45 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

895564

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
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: Internally Displaced People
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 support internally displaced people (a) unilaterally and (b) working with the United Nations.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	140195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK is committed to meeting the needs of displaced populations, including internally displaced persons (IDPs). For example, we support, through core and bilateral funding, some of the key UN agencies involved in IDP response, including the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and the International Organisation for Migration. In addition, the UK has large bilateral programmes in countries such as Syria, Iraq, Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen that support IDPs and the communities that host them.</p><p>Several Member States, including the UK, are also actively exploring options with the UN to mark the 20<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement this year - including the idea of launching a UN High Level Panel on Internally Displaced Persons, which presents one way of galvanising further political and operational attention and action on IDPs.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/05/2018 16:41:01 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

857094

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
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: MapAction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps her Department has taken to support the work of MapAction.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	131606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>DFID will support MapAction with £615k of funding over four years (2017-2020).</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the critical service MapAction provides and we remain very supportive of its work. It is one of the only Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) with the capacity to deploy a fully trained and equipped humanitarian mapping team during a humanitarian emergency.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/03/2018 16:47:33 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

824469

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
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: Motor Vehicles
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 had discussions with the Global Vehicle Trust on the use of the Ox flat-packed truck for the developing world for UK aid projects.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	123270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>To date, DFID has had 1 meeting with Global Vehicle Trust to discuss the Ox flat-packed truck (in November 2016).</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 24/01/2018 17:24:08 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

776185

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Nigeria: Malaria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what bilateral assistance her Department is providing to reduce malaria cases and deaths in Nigeria.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	108946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>Since 2008 DFID has delivered 11 million insecticide treated nets to Nigerian families, 4.5 million malaria treatments, 5 million rapid diagnostic kits and has also trained 22,000 health workers to improve their malaria treatment skills. DFID’s new malaria programme for Nigeria is currently being tendered.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 30/10/2017 16:17:13 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

776186

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Venezuela: Malaria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the implications of the increase in malaria cases in Venezuela for the World Health Organisation target of malaria elimination in the Americas by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	108947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The World Health Organisation is aware of the increase in malaria cases in Venezuela. Progress towards the region meeting the goals of the Regional plan of action for malaria elimination 2016-2020 is threatened by the current levels of transmission in Venezuela, though their attainment remains possible dependent on transmission levels in other affected countries. The WHO Regional Office of the Americas issued an alert in February 2017 with recommendations for countries to strengthen national responses to increased cases</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 30/10/2017 16:04:45 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

760130

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
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: Devolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the dates were of the most recent meetings between Ministers of her Department and their counterparts in the devolved administrations; and what the dates are of the next planned meetings.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	10402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Minister of State Rory Stewart last spoke to the Scottish Government Minister for Europe and International Development in October 2017. The next meeting is expected to take place in December.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/10/2017 15:41:17 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr