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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

167211

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Sierra Leone
	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 performance of the ebola medical facility at Kerry Town in Sierra Leone.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL3312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>DFID is working with a range of partners to respond to the unprecedented Ebola crisis in West Africa. Partners are selected according to need and their ability to deliver results.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As of 10 December, £16.2 million has been disbursed for the Kerry Town Treatment Centre and 52 beds are operational, including a 12-bed facility which treats Ebola patients from Her Majesty’s Government, international healthcare workers and Sierra Leonean healthcare professionals working in UK-sponsored facilities. Scale-up of the facility continues according to schedule. All patients who meet the eligibility criteria and who have been properly referred have been admitted to Kerry Town.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover grouped question UIN HL3313 HL3314 HL3315 HL3316 question first answered 15/12/2014 14:07:06 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

167212

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Sierra Leone
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they tasked Save the Children with operating the ebola medical facility at Kerry Town in Sierra Leone.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL3313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>DFID is working with a range of partners to respond to the unprecedented Ebola crisis in West Africa. Partners are selected according to need and their ability to deliver results.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As of 10 December, £16.2 million has been disbursed for the Kerry Town Treatment Centre and 52 beds are operational, including a 12-bed facility which treats Ebola patients from Her Majesty’s Government, international healthcare workers and Sierra Leonean healthcare professionals working in UK-sponsored facilities. Scale-up of the facility continues according to schedule. All patients who meet the eligibility criteria and who have been properly referred have been admitted to Kerry Town.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover grouped question UIN HL3312 HL3314 HL3315 HL3316 question first answered 15/12/2014 14:07:06 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

167213

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Sierra Leone
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will consider transferring operation of the Kerry Town ebola medical facility in Sierra Leone to the British armed forces.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL3314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>DFID is working with a range of partners to respond to the unprecedented Ebola crisis in West Africa. Partners are selected according to need and their ability to deliver results.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As of 10 December, £16.2 million has been disbursed for the Kerry Town Treatment Centre and 52 beds are operational, including a 12-bed facility which treats Ebola patients from Her Majesty’s Government, international healthcare workers and Sierra Leonean healthcare professionals working in UK-sponsored facilities. Scale-up of the facility continues according to schedule. All patients who meet the eligibility criteria and who have been properly referred have been admitted to Kerry Town.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover grouped question UIN HL3312 HL3313 HL3315 HL3316 question first answered 15/12/2014 14:07:06 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

167214

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Sierra Leone
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many suspected ebola patients have been turned away from the Kerry Town medical facility in Sierra Leone while beds have lain empty.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL3315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>DFID is working with a range of partners to respond to the unprecedented Ebola crisis in West Africa. Partners are selected according to need and their ability to deliver results.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As of 10 December, £16.2 million has been disbursed for the Kerry Town Treatment Centre and 52 beds are operational, including a 12-bed facility which treats Ebola patients from Her Majesty’s Government, international healthcare workers and Sierra Leonean healthcare professionals working in UK-sponsored facilities. Scale-up of the facility continues according to schedule. All patients who meet the eligibility criteria and who have been properly referred have been admitted to Kerry Town.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover grouped question UIN HL3312 HL3313 HL3314 HL3316 question first answered 15/12/2014 14:07:06 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

167215

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Sierra Leone
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much money has been spent to date on establishing the Kerry Town medical facility in Sierra Leone.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL3316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>DFID is working with a range of partners to respond to the unprecedented Ebola crisis in West Africa. Partners are selected according to need and their ability to deliver results.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As of 10 December, £16.2 million has been disbursed for the Kerry Town Treatment Centre and 52 beds are operational, including a 12-bed facility which treats Ebola patients from Her Majesty’s Government, international healthcare workers and Sierra Leonean healthcare professionals working in UK-sponsored facilities. Scale-up of the facility continues according to schedule. All patients who meet the eligibility criteria and who have been properly referred have been admitted to Kerry Town.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover grouped question UIN HL3312 HL3313 HL3314 HL3315 question first answered 15/12/2014 14:07:06 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

167205

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	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: HIV Infection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the Department for International Development's bilateral HIV programmes actively incorporate (1) screening for, and (2) diagnosis of, tuberculosis.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Nye
	uin	HL3306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>Last year’s review of our 2011 HIV Position Paper highlighted integrated responses to tackling HIV and tuberculosis co-infection as a key area of current and on-going work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID health advisers are aware of the package of collaborative TB and HIV activities recommended by WHO and are able to discuss these with the TB and HIV control programmes in the countries we support. However due to our current financial and management information systems we are unable to report on the specific interventions requested without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Increasingly the Global Fund is the main financing mechanism for the UK’s support to TB and HIV. DFID has been strongly involved in the recent Global Fund requirement for countries burdened by the two diseases to put forward a unified and integrated application for joint TB-HIV programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover grouped question UIN HL3307 HL3308 HL3309 question first answered 08/12/2014 12:17:06 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	4180 label Biography information for Baroness Nye

167206

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	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: HIV Infection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the Department for International Development's bilateral HIV programmes seek to prevent tuberculosis among people living with HIV through (1) infection control, (2) active case finding, and (3) initiation of preventative therapies.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Nye
	uin	HL3307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>Last year’s review of our 2011 HIV Position Paper highlighted integrated responses to tackling HIV and tuberculosis co-infection as a key area of current and on-going work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID health advisers are aware of the package of collaborative TB and HIV activities recommended by WHO and are able to discuss these with the TB and HIV control programmes in the countries we support. However due to our current financial and management information systems we are unable to report on the specific interventions requested without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Increasingly the Global Fund is the main financing mechanism for the UK’s support to TB and HIV. DFID has been strongly involved in the recent Global Fund requirement for countries burdened by the two diseases to put forward a unified and integrated application for joint TB-HIV programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover grouped question UIN HL3306 HL3308 HL3309 question first answered 08/12/2014 12:17:06 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	4180 label Biography information for Baroness Nye

167207

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	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: HIV Infection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the HIV and tuberculosis co-ordinating bodies in countries where the Department for International Development has a bilateral HIV programme are (1) developing integrated tuberculosis and HIV services, and (2) carrying out joint tuberculosis and HIV planning.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Nye
	uin	HL3308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>Last year’s review of our 2011 HIV Position Paper highlighted integrated responses to tackling HIV and tuberculosis co-infection as a key area of current and on-going work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID health advisers are aware of the package of collaborative TB and HIV activities recommended by WHO and are able to discuss these with the TB and HIV control programmes in the countries we support. However due to our current financial and management information systems we are unable to report on the specific interventions requested without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Increasingly the Global Fund is the main financing mechanism for the UK’s support to TB and HIV. DFID has been strongly involved in the recent Global Fund requirement for countries burdened by the two diseases to put forward a unified and integrated application for joint TB-HIV programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover grouped question UIN HL3306 HL3307 HL3309 question first answered 08/12/2014 12:17:06 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	4180 label Biography information for Baroness Nye