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101274

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have held with other European governments concerning the apportioning of contracts to rebuild Gazan housing and infrastructure.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL2479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 10/11/2014 16:45:56 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

101472

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department gives to (a) the European and Devoloping Countries Clinical Trials Partnership, (b) other innovative financing partnerships to develop new global health commodities for diseases of poverty including HIV/Aids and tuberculosis, (c) the TB Alliance, (d) the International Aids Vaccine Initiative and (e) other product development partnerships.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	212341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The UK Medical Research Council (MRC) leads the UK Government relationship with the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP). Over the period 2013-2018, DFID will provide £10 million to EDCTP through the MRC. In addition DFID support for product development research is counted as a Member State contribution to EDCTP.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID contributes to a number of innovative product development partnerships (PDPs) for the development of drugs, vaccines, diagnostics and other technologies for diseases of poverty. Funding of £138 million for 2013-2018 was announced in August 2013 and includes support for the TB Alliance, the International AIDS vaccine Initiative and eight other PDPs (details of the awards were published in August 2013 and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dfid-invests-to-save-millions-from-deadly-diseases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dfid-invests-to-save-millions-from-deadly-diseases</a>). In addition over the period 2012-2017, DFID will provide £6.5 million for the Saving Lives at Birth programme in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, US Government, Norwegian Government and Grand Challenges Canada. This programme is supporting new technologies to prevent mothers and babies dying at birth.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 03/11/2014 16:29:26 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

100988

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to promote integrated healthcare structures and policy in the United Nations post-2015 development agenda.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL2444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The UK government supports the inclusion of integrated approaches to healthcare in a post 2015 agenda, as shown through the emphasis on Universal Health Coverage in the Report of the High-Level Panel, chaired by the Prime Minister, and its inclusion as a target in the proposal of the Open Working Group for Sustainable Development Goals.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 10/11/2014 15:14:40 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

100989

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to promote innovative medical technologies and product development partnerships as part of the post-2015 development agenda.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL2445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The UK Government recognises the important role of new health technologies and product development partnerships (PDPs) in achieving the Millennium Development Goals and in the post-2015 agenda. The UK is the second largest government supporter of this research and will continue to promote it along with international partners.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover grouped question UIN HL2447 question first answered 10/11/2014 11:51:30 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

100990

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have held with international counterparts on including product development partnerships in the post-2015 development agenda.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL2446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Officials from my Department regularly discuss the importance of product development partnerships (PDPs) and the continued important role for technology development in the post-2015 development agenda. The UK currently chairs the international Product Development Funders’ Group, including both bilateral and multilateral agencies as well as private foundations. Officials also participate in the annual Product Development Forum arranged by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 10/11/2014 11:52:58 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

100991

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their policy on the potential role of product development partnerships in the post-2015 development agenda.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL2447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The UK Government recognises the important role of new health technologies and product development partnerships (PDPs) in achieving the Millennium Development Goals and in the post-2015 agenda. The UK is the second largest government supporter of this research and will continue to promote it along with international partners.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover grouped question UIN HL2445 question first answered 10/11/2014 11:51:31 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

100992

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the outcomes arising from the Department for International Developments-sponsored product development partnerships.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL2448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Public private product development partnerships (PDPs) have been shown to expedite the development of new drugs, vaccines and diagnostic tests, achieving results faster than either the public or private sectors alone.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to the creation of PDPs, only 20 drugs were developed for neglected diseases between 1975 and 2000. Since 2000, UK Government funded PDPs have developed 19 new products including drugs for malaria, TB, neglected tropical diseases (such as sleeping sickness and visceral leishmaniasis), one vaccine for diarrhoea (rotavirus) and six new diagnostic tests (5 for TB and the first ever rapid diagnostic test for sleeping sickness).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 10/11/2014 11:53:51 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

100993

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Sanitation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what financial commitment they have made in the development aid budget to improving sanitation in the last four years; and what percentage of the development aid budget it represents.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL2449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Please see the table below for the UK’s financial commitments to the development aid budget to improve water supply and sanitation for the last four years (statistics are only given for broad sector rather than by individual intervention):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Spend in £</p></td><td><p>Spend as %</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2013</p></td><td><p>£444m</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Full details of the UK’s financial commitments to the development aid budget are published annually in ‘Statistics on International Development’ (SID). The most recent version, for 2014 is available online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2014</a> .</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 10/11/2014 15:15:27 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

101184

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Military Aid
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 by the Minister of State for the Armed Forces on 20 October 2014, Official Report, column 66, on troop deployment: West Africa, on how many previous occasions her Department has funded support from the armed forces for humanitarian efforts; and whether it is her policy that such support will continue to be so funded in future.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	212057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>MoD personnel are performing an invaluable role in the UK response to the Ebola crisis, working alongside DFID and NGO staff. All deployments are consistent with the Oslo Guidelines which define how military assets can be used for humanitarian purposes.</p><p> </p><p>MoD and DFID have worked together in this way in Haiti, Chile and Indonesia, cyclones in Burma and the Philippines, flooding in Pakistan, the conflict in Iraq and the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 212058 question first answered 30/10/2014 17:04:53 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

101185

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Military Aid
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 by the Minister of State for the Armed Forces on 20 October 2014, Official Report, column 66, on troop deployment: West Africa, whether it is normal practice of her Department to provide funding for support from the armed forces for humanitarian relief.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	212058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>MoD personnel are performing an invaluable role in the UK response to the Ebola crisis, working alongside DFID and NGO staff. All deployments are consistent with the Oslo Guidelines which define how military assets can be used for humanitarian purposes.</p><p> </p><p>MoD and DFID have worked together in this way in Haiti, Chile and Indonesia, cyclones in Burma and the Philippines, flooding in Pakistan, the conflict in Iraq and the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 212057 question first answered 30/10/2014 17:04:53 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy