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1187758

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she is taking steps to establish an emergency fund to support organisations delivering projects in the global south which have cash-flow problems.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	35017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>DFID is engaging with supply partners to address the challenges posed to them and DFID-funded projects by COVID-19. We will work collaboratively with supply partners to find pragmatic solutions to support both our partners and continuation of our programmes where appropriate.</p><p>The COVID-19 response will continue to develop rapidly and we are assessing and monitoring the overall financial health of supply partners to identify organisations we believe are at risk due to COVID-19.</p><p>We will deliver a comprehensive COVID-19 response through programming to support the global health and economic response, funding for further vaccine development, preparing for the recovery phase and leadership within the international community.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 21/04/2020 15:11:54 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1187803

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Humanitarian Aid: Coronavirus
	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 is taking to tackle the humanitarian consequences of the covid-13 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	35021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>The UK is helping to lead the global response to COVID-19, working with our international partners to stop its spread. We are using UK aid to its full effect to counter the health, humanitarian, and economic risks and impact of this pandemic in the developing world. The UK has, so far, pledged £744 million of UK aid to help end this pandemic as quickly as possible and tackle its humanitarian consequences.</p><p>The UK strongly supports the United Nation’s Global Humanitarian Response Plan to tackle COVID-19. Our latest UK aid funding of £200 million, announced on 12 April, will back humanitarian organisations to help reduce mass infections in developing countries which often lack the healthcare systems to track and halt the virus. This includes £130 million to UN agencies in response to their COVID-19 humanitarian appeals.</p><p>By preventing the virus from spreading in the poorest countries we will save lives and reduce the risk of future waves of infection spreading around the world, including to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 21/04/2020 15:08:36 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1187805

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	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 civil society organisations in countries affected by covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	35022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>DFID is speaking with all its partners, including civil society organisations, to understand and help address the challenges posed to them and their work by COVID-19. We are working collaboratively and flexibly with these partners to find pragmatic solutions and are committed to continuing our work with the sector to reach the poorest and most vulnerable.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 21/04/2020 15:14:02 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1189004

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding the Government plans to provide to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in each year from 2021 to 2025.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	38559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance’s work is critical to the delivery of the UK’s objective to end preventable deaths, having helped save 13 million lives since its inception in 2000, and has a crucial role to play in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The UK remains deeply committed to supporting this work, including through the provision of significant funding to Gavi and hosting the Gavi replenishment at the Global Vaccine Summit 2020 on 4 June. The level of funding for Gavi’s next strategic period is currently being considered.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 28/04/2020 16:18:06 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1189985

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she last met with Dr Seth Berkley, the chief executive of GAVI.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	39684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Development last met with Dr Seth Berkley on Monday 27 April 2020.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 01/05/2020 13:39:21 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1189986

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Bond
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she last met with Stephanie Draper, the chief executive of Bond, the UK network for organisations working in international development.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	39685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not yet met with Stephanie Draper, although she has corresponded with her twice since her appointment in February of this year. Baroness Sugg, who is the delegated lead for engagement with civil society, has had virtual meetings with Stephanie Draper several times recently, including on a one to one basis. The last time they met was today, as part of a Steering Group on civil society sector response on COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 01/05/2020 13:40:09 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1189987

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	UNICEF
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she last met with Henrietta H Fore, the chief executive of UNICEF.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	39686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Development last spoke to Henrietta H. Fore on 9 March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 01/05/2020 13:44:02 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1190021

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Official Development Assistance has been (a) committed and (b) distributed to tackle the covid-19 pandemic.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	39698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>The UK is at the forefront of the global response and has publicly committed up to £744 million of UK aid. Following agreements and disbursement schedules DFID has disbursed £132.5 million to date. This does not include substantial spend through existing programmes.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 29/04/2020 17:05:16 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1190092

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment her Department has made of how lessons from the Ebola epidemic can be used to help support countries during the covid-19 pandemic.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	39722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2020 answer text <p>Responding to COVID-19 and Ebola present markedly different challenges. However, there are lessons from tackling Ebola that have relevance to other infectious disease outbreaks, including COVID-19. In particular, investment in research and development – especially in vaccines – has been vital in limiting the current Ebola epidemic. To tackle COVID-19, the UK has committed over £313 million into innovative research and development of vaccines, rapid diagnostics and promising therapeutics for coronavirus.</p><p>Other relevant lessons from combatting Ebola include the importance of:</p><p>(i) effective community engagement to promote local participation in a response</p><p>(ii) delivering a multi-sectoral response to address people’s broad needs</p><p>(iii) ensuring strong coordination across domestic, international and UN partners, and an empowered UN leadership from the onset.</p><p>We continue to apply what we have learned as we work to help end the pandemic and mitigate the health, humanitarian and economic impacts on the world’s poorest and most vulnerable.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 01/05/2020 13:52:50 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1190093

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding available through the rapid response facility to support the poorest and most vulnerable countries during the covid-19 pandemic.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	39723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2020 answer text <p>Decisions on allocating funds through the Rapid Response Facility (RRF) are being made in relation to the wider DFID COVID-19 response. We will keep further funding under review as we do with all our humanitarian interventions. DFID is also adapting its programmes across its country network to respond to COVID-19 and has committed significant new funding through the multilateral system. We expect NGOs to play a key role in delivery through these channels. In addition, extra funding has been allocated to NGOs through the DFID Unilever COVID-19 Hygiene and Behaviour Change Coalition.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 01/05/2020 13:55:06 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill