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449894

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	UN Commission on the Status of Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of her Department's staff of each grade attended the Commission on the Status of Women in March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	25275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The DFID staffing requirements for this event are yet to be confirmed.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 09/02/2016 10:41:04 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

349750

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Conference on Financing for Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Government's priorities will be at the UN Financing for Development Conference in Addis Ababa in July 2015; and what her assessment is of the likely outcome of that conference.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	1891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>As a country that has met its commitment to spend 0.7% of GNI on international development, the UK’s priority for the UN Financing for Development Conference is to provide a solid foundation for the post-2015 summit in September and the climate meeting in December.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Negotiations are still underway and we are working to ensure the UK priorities form a core part of the agenda going forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 16/06/2015 15:25:05 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening previous answer version 5235 answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

349760

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Conference on Financing for Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if the Government will support at the UN Financing for Development conference the creation of a new international tax body under the auspices of the UN.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	1910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK is helping developing world countries collect more tax, for example through DFID-funded HMRC teams working in Pakistan and several other countries, and we are ensuring developing countries are participating in international processes, for example they are directly involved in the G20/OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) process and efforts by international organisations to produce practical toolkits to help developing countries implement new BEPS standards. We will continue to champion these and other important efforts to reform domestic and international tax systems at the UN Financing for Development conference.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 16/06/2015 15:25:57 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening previous answer version 5234 answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

174783

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	Developing Countries: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department will ensure that Parliament is given adequate opportunity for effective scrutiny of the positions taken by the EU in the post-2015 sustainable development goals process.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	221321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>There are ongoing discussions in Brussels and New York regarding the composition of the EU team and what role individual EU member states will play.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 221322 question first answered 23/01/2015 14:35:40 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

174784

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	Developing Countries: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what development issues and goal area she expects will be led by individual EU member states in the post-2015 sustainable development goals process; and whether the UK will lead on any of these development issues or goal areas.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	221322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>There are ongoing discussions in Brussels and New York regarding the composition of the EU team and what role individual EU member states will play.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 221321 question first answered 23/01/2015 14:35:40 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

174785

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	Sierra Leone
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 burial operatives have been recruited (i) from the UK and (ii) from Sierra Leone to burial teams as part of her Department's response to the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	221454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK is supporting the training and management of over 100 burial teams. DFID does not retain specific data on the total number of burial operatives in Sierra Leone.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 23/01/2015 14:37:15 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

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

174787

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	Sierra Leone
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 has taken to target the increased contraction rate of Ebola amongst women in Sierra Leone; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	221458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>Data from the World Health Organisation indicates that there appears to be little difference in the incidence of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) infection by sex. However the Ebola outbreak has exacerbated the situation for those who were already vulnerable, including girls and women. The UK has therefore developed a Protection Strategy to ensure that action is taken to reduce the risk of transmission to these groups, and to mitigate the secondary impacts that they face.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 23/01/2015 14:39:59 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