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784972

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: 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 programmes combating malaria in each of the last five financial years; and whether her Department plans to protect the current level of funding in real terms over the next five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	111656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>DFID tackles malaria through bilateral programmes in countries, research, multilateral funding to the Global Fund and the World Health Organisation, and through activities such as strengthening health systems in endemic countries. DFID is currently the second largest global funder of the effort against malaria and expects to remain a leading global donor in the future.</p><p>DFID’s level of spend on direct malaria control activities and multilateral contributions for 2011-2015, including the £1.1 billion investment in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, are published as part of “<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2016" target="_blank">Data underlying Statistics on International Development</a>” alongside wider DFID and UK Government spending. DFID’s estimates of total UK Government malaria spend take into account the broader activities to tackle malaria, and show spend of £499m for 2016/17.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/11/2017 17:59:39 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

784973

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Malaria
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 contain the spread of treatment-resistant strains of malaria in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	111654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Drug resistance, along with insecticide resistance, poses a real threat to recent progress in tackling malaria. As a leading global funder of efforts to tackle malaria, DFID is taking action through research funding, bilateral programmes, together with our substantial funding to multilateral institutions such as the Global Fund. This support improves the quality of drug management programmes. We are also responding to the threat by providing funding for the development of new, effective, drugs.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/11/2017 17:58:34 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

784975

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Tuberculosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her US counterpart on the potential effect of proposed reductions in the State Department's budget on global efforts to combat TB in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	111649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK and US work together closely on the Board of the Global Fund which is the largest international financer of TB care globally. There is also significant DFID-USAID collaboration, at official and Ministerial level, on global health programmes and policies, including joint funding arrangements at country level and joint engagement on international partnerships.</p><p> </p><p>The previous Secretary of State has had significant engagement with her US counterpart, USAID Administrator Mark Green. They had agreed to hold the next UK/US strategic dialogue on development in early 2018; while the exact date has not yet been confirmed it is likely to be in January or February.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 111650 question first answered 13/11/2017 17:58:15 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

784976

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Tuberculosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to her counterpart in the US on that country's commitment to combatting TB in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	111650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK and US work together closely on the Board of the Global Fund which is the largest international financer of TB care globally. There is also significant DFID-USAID collaboration, at official and Ministerial level, on global health programmes and policies, including joint funding arrangements at country level and joint engagement on international partnerships.</p><p> </p><p>The previous Secretary of State has had significant engagement with her US counterpart, USAID Administrator Mark Green. They had agreed to hold the next UK/US strategic dialogue on development in early 2018; while the exact date has not yet been confirmed it is likely to be in January or February.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 111649 question first answered 13/11/2017 17:58:15 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

784977

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Malaria
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 ensure that the programmes which it funds to support the distribution of malaria nets do not use insecticides to which mosquitos have become resistant.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	111648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK funds the distribution of bednets primarily through the Global Fund, and through direct procurement in some countries. The World Health Organisation tests and certifies the efficacy of new insecticide products such as bednets and both the Global Fund and our goods and equipment supplier only procure WHO approved bednets.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/11/2017 17:57:44 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

777866

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Uganda: Refugees
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 plans to take to support the Government of Uganda in supporting refugees in that country.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	109606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK is the second largest bilateral donor to the refugee response in Uganda. Our support is increasing to reflect rising needs from the recent influx of refugees, predominantly from South Sudan. In the coming year, we plan to provide food to more than 900,000 refugees, shelter to 116,000 refugees, access to clean water for more than 212,000 refugees and nutritional support to more than 215,000 children.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 01/11/2017 09:45:38 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

747662

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	South Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that humanitarian assistance can be delivered effectively in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	2387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Working with international partners, the UK Government has been instrumental in agreeing a tougher approach to deliberate restrictions on humanitarian access by the Government of South Sudan, which sets out clearly the consequences of violations against aid workers. We ensure UK Aid is effective by working through a range of UN and international organisations who are experienced in operating in South Sudan, who are able to work across the country, and who can deliver flexibly according to need.</p><p>The UK continues to provide humanitarian assistance in South Sudan, where half the population is in need. This year we will provide a package of lifesaving support that includes reaching over 500,000 people with food assistance, providing safe drinking water for more than 300,000 people, and providing emergency health services for more than 100,000 people.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/07/2017 16:11:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

723191

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	East Africa: Famine
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 meet commitments made at the World Humanitarian Summit in May 2016 on providing funding for local and national actors to respond to the East Africa food crisis.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	71662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>We are making progress to meet our commitments, made at the World Humanitarian Summit, on localisation. Globally DFID is the largest donor to the Country Based Pooled Funds and continues to invest in civil society consortia that support localisation. This includes through the centrally managed Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme (DEPP) which invests in the longer-term capacity development of national and local NGOs in contexts of high humanitarian risk. In East Africa, DEPP supports 15 projects in Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan. Where we are required to deliver rapidly and across multiple contexts, such as in the east Africa food crisis, international assistance remains necessary to deliver at scale.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 26/04/2017 15:37:51 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

723192

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Disaster Relief
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Disaster and Emergencies Preparedness Programme funded by UK Aid; and when she plans to decide whether that programme should be renewed.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	71663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>DFID conducts Annual Reviews of the Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme (DEPP). The Annual Reviews are publically available through <a href="https://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/projects/GB-1-203044" target="_blank">https://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/projects/GB-1-203044</a> and give an assessment of the effectiveness of the programme.</p><p>The DEPP’s 14 core projects are due to end in March 2018. Decisions on whether and/or how to renew the programme will be made before March 2018.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 26/04/2017 15:35:02 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

723194

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Ethiopia: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many Ethiopian local and national non-governmental organisations received humanitarian aid from her Department; and what proportion of her Department's overall aid for Ethiopia this represented in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	71660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>DFID has provided £83.5 million to the Ethiopia Humanitarian Fund (EHF) over the last five years from the total DFID bilateral funding listed in the table below. In 2015/16, the EHF provided £29 million of life-saving support to 4.3 million people during Ethiopia’s worst drought in 30 years. Approximately £4.4 million of this funding was delivered by local and national NGOs.</p><p>In addition to our bilateral funding, targeted support is being provided through DFID’s centrally managed Disasters Emergency Preparedness Programme to deliver 5 projects supporting national and local NGOs in Ethiopia to engage more effectively in humanitarian preparedness and response.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>DFID bilateral programme outturn (in £s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>336,426,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>336,355,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>284,360,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>261,460,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures for financial year 2016/17 will be published in the DFID Annual Report and accounts due for publication in Summer 2017.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 26/04/2017 15:41:01 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady