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1019824

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Ebola
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 the World Health Organisation on global preparedness in the event of further Ebola outbreaks.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	198730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK takes the threat of Ebola to global health security very seriously. The Secretary of State has engaged regularly with the Director General of the World Health Organisation about the current outbreak in DRC and how the UK can provide support to the response. The current response is building on previous UK investments on preparedness and health systems; the experimental vaccine used in DRC was developed with UK support after the West Africa outbreak in 2014-15.</p><p>More broadly DFID is investing £40million over four years through the Tackling Deadly Diseases in Africa Programme (TDDAP) to support preparedness, detection and response work for diseases including Ebola in the countries most at risk. Our ongoing work to support WHO reform is paying dividends in the current response.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 10/12/2018 17:44:50 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

887235

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was allocated to the Ebola contingency fund; and how much of that funding has been reallocated to other programmes.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	136799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>In 2018 the Department provided £4 million of Official Development Assistance funding to the World Health Emergencies Programme Contingency Fund which was set up in 2015 following the Ebola outbreak. The World Health Organization is responsible for the allocation of funds provided to the World Health Emergencies Programme Contingency Fund.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 24/04/2018 15:34:37 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

226468

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of the containment of the ebola epidemic in West Africa, they intend to review the ebola screening arrangements at Heathrow.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL5590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Screening arrangements at London Heathrow and the other ports remain under constant review.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/03/2015 14:59:12 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

222463

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to assist people affected by the Ebola outbbreak.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Stephen Mosley
uin	907685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence supports the Department for International Development led effort in Sierra Leone. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Defence, has just returned from Sierra Leone where he has seen for himself the great work being undertaken by the Ministry of Defence to assist those affected by the outbreak.</p><p> </p><p>We have deployed around 1,200 personnel over the last six months which represents our largest current overseas deployment and the second largest contribution to the fight against Ebola after the US.</p><p> </p><p>We have overseen the construction of six Treatment Centres to deliver specialist care to Ebola patients, one of which – Kerrytown – includes a specialist unit staffed and managed by UK military personnel; we have constructed an Ebola Training Academy and trained over 4,000 local nationals in a variety of Ebola related roles; we have deployed the extremely capable RFA ARGUS and its three Merlin helicopters to increase our logistical capability; and we have engaged widely with our international partners to ensure the response in West Africa is – as it should be – a global effort.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 23/02/2015 16:58:43 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	3954 label Biography information for Stephen Mosley

175758

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved administrations about possible additional measures to respond to an outbreak of Ebola in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
uin	221951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>I hold regular meetings with health Minister counterparts in the Devolved Administrations to consider and review United Kingdom Ebola preparedness and response arrangements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK has robust, well-developed and well-tested public health and National Health Service systems for preventing and managing infectious diseases including any imported case of this type of disease, supported by a wide range of experts and specialist units.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Screening arrangements are already in place at the UK’s main ports of entry for people travelling from the affected regions. A number of national and local multi-agency exercises have also been conducted in recent months to test co-ordination, operational resilience and communications systems across the UK in order to provide assurance of Ebola preparedness. This included a recent exercise at official and Ministerial level involving all four nations of the UK. The case of the British nurse who recently returned from Sierra Leone demonstrated that the systems put in place across the UK to prepare for and respond to a case of Ebola worked well.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department – in close collaboration with the Devolved Administrations - will keep all preparedness arrangements under review and continually look to improve or strengthen these arrangements, as guided by expert clinical advice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 29/01/2015 10:15:53 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

175113

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the medical questionnaire completed by Pauline Cafferkey on her return to the UK from Sierra Leone asked whether aspirin, paracetamol or ibuprofen had been taken prior to her temperature being tested.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	221651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>Before 31 December 2014 the medical questionnaire used by Public Health England (PHE) did not routinely ask about whether aspirin, paracetamol, or ibuprofen had been taken. The questionnaire now includes a question to this effect and will be kept under review as the Secretary of State for Health explained in his statement to the house on 5 January.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/01/2015 17:36:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

175114

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Ministers or officials in his Department has identified cause to refer for investigation the conduct of any UK medical staff returning from West Africa.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	221652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not identified cause to refer for investigation the conduct of any United Kingdom clinical staff returning from West Africa.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/01/2015 17:43:18 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

175115

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on whether Pauline Cafferkey told any member of the medical team on the returning aeroplane from Sierra Leone that she felt unwell.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	221650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold any such information. Save the Children is conducting an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the United Kingdom nurse’s contraction of Ebola virus disease. This will be published shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/01/2015 17:44:17 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

173425

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress he has made in preventing the Ebola virus spreading in the UK.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	220593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>The Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, has advised that the overall risk to the public remains low. The United Kingdom has robust, well-developed and well-tested public health and National Health Service systems for preventing and managing infectious diseases including any imported case of this type of disease, supported by a wide range of experts and specialist units. NHS England has recently received assurance from all NHS acute and ambulance chief executives of their readiness for an Ebola case.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Screening arrangements are in place at the UK’s main ports of entry for people travelling from the affected regions. Screening involves temperature checks and a questionnaire asking about current health, recent travel history and any contact with Ebola patients. Passengers are required to provide contact details and are given advice on what to do and whom to contact should they develop symptoms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to weekly meetings with the Devolved Administrations at official level, I hold regular meetings with the health minister counterparts in the Devolved Administrations on UK Ebola preparedness and response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A number of national and local multi-agency exercises have been conducted in recent months to test operational resilience and provide assurance of Ebola preparedness. This included a recent exercise involving all four nations of the UK. The case of the British nurse recently returned from Sierra Leone demonstrated that the systems put in place across the UK to prepare for and respond to a case of Ebola worked well. In the light of that case, Public Health England has reviewed and further strengthened its screening protocols to ensure that anyone from a higher risk group who feels unwell at the time of screening will be reassessed. Advice will also be sought from an infectious diseases specialist and the passenger will be referred for testing if appropriate. The screening centres at Heathrow were viewed first-hand by the Chief Medical Officer and myself on 1 January 2015 and all arrangements, including the revised protocols, were found to be working well. We will continue to keep screening arrangements under review and look to improve or strengthen the process as guided by expert clinical advice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 20/01/2015 13:05:31 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

172443

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Statement of 5 January 2015, Official Report, columns 38-40, on UK Ebola preparedness, whether the eligibility for full access to NHS care will be retained by UK citizens working with aid agencies and international relief organisations outside the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	219990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>United Kingdom citizens working with aid agencies and international relief organisations outside the UK, who remain ordinarily resident in the UK, will retain full entitlement to free NHS hospital treatment. For those not ordinarily resident in the UK, they will become so if they take up or resume settled residence in the UK, and will consequently be fully entitled again.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/01/2015 15:15:15 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett