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1401846

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
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	World Health Organization: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assistance the Government has provided to the WHO in connection with its inquiries into the origins of the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	101655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>The United Kingdom supports a timely, transparent, evidence-based and expert-led study into the origins of COVID-19. In May 2020, we co-sponsored the World Health Assembly’s resolution which agreed an investigation. We supported calls from the joint report from phase one of the World Health Organization-China study for release of further data by China to inform subsequent analyses. We continue to engage internationally to support a robust phase two of the investigation.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 18/01/2022 15:03:01 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

1228022

registered interest
date	27/07/2020
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	World Health Organization: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bethell on 22 July (HL6754), whether any agencies or other departments, including, but not limited to, the Armed Forces and security services, have undertaken any assessment of the recent statements made by Dr Li-Meng Yan about (1) the origins of COVID-19, and (2) the response of the World Health Organisation; if not, why not; and whether they intend to call for an independent inquiry to be conducted into the conduct of the World Health Organisation on this issue.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL7314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/08/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom believes that the World Health Organization (WHO) has an important role to play in leading the health response to COVID-19 and in longer-term leadership in global health including preparedness. We also want to see the WHO continue to learn lessons on how to improve its response to global health emergencies and as such would expect a full review of all elements of their response once they are out of response mode, as has occurred after previous Public Health Emergencies of International Concern. The WHO has confirmed a review will take place and we will continue to work closely with them and other international partners to ensure this is wide-ranging and robust.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 20/08/2020 11:25:59 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1226091

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
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	World Health Organization: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the World Health Organisation in their work to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL6975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/08/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom continues to have a strong and committed relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO), which has an important role to play in leading the global health response to COVID-19, and works closely with them at country, regional and global levels. The UK is the second largest member state donor to the WHO and has already contributed £75 million to help the WHO lead the international efforts to stop the spread of the virus.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 20/08/2020 11:26:37 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1224157

registered interest
date	13/07/2020
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	World Health Organization: Coronavirus
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 statements made by Dr. Li-Meng Yan about (1) the origins of COVID-19, and (2) the response of the World Health Organisation. [T]
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England has not made an assessment of the statements made by Dr Li-Meng Yan.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 22/07/2020 16:08:40 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1203598

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	World Health Organization: Coronavirus
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 the ACT Accelerator and its grantees to work with the World Health Organisation’s Covid-19 Technology Access Pool.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	59474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK has welcomed the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator since its launch on 24 April 2020. We look forward to further engagement with this collaborative initiative and continue to support the work done under the ACT Accelerator to develop new vaccines, treatments and tests, and to accelerate global access to these essential health technologies for everyone. The UK has also long supported affordable and equitable access to essential medicines through our funding. We have committed over £313 million of UK aid to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), supporting equitable access to COVID-19 medical technologies.</p><p>We are seeking additional detail from the World Health Organisation on how the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) will fit into the wider global governance for development of COVID-19 medical technologies (including the ACT-Accelerator). The UK supports the work of the Medicines Patent Pool as an existing mechanism to facilitate pooling and IP sharing. We remain committed to collaborating with public and private partners on additional arrangements to support equitable and affordable access, including options for non-exclusive voluntary licensing. We believe that a voluntary approach to intellectual property has advantages over mandatory approaches, and creates a sounder basis for long-lasting, beneficial relationships, and incentives to create new much-needed innovations.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 18/06/2020 16:31:13 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1201009

registered interest
date	08/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	World Health Organization: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how much they have contributed to the World Health Organisation's COVID-19 Response Fund.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL5355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK has contributed £75 million to help the WHO lead international efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 and end the pandemic.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 16/06/2020 11:10:11 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1200359

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
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	World Health Organization: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they have been disaggregating COVID-19 cases reported to the WHO by (1) age, (2) sex, and (3) any other variables.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) shares data with the World Health Organization (WHO) EURO on a weekly basis. Anonymised data is sent that contains age, sex, country, date of birth, laboratory confirmation, date first sample was taken, SARS-CoV-2 laboratory result, admission to hospital, date of hospital admission and underlying conditions.</p><p>PHE reports data on behalf of the devolved administrations. The level of information the devolved administrations share with PHE to share with WHO EURO may differ from what PHE reports for England.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 19/06/2020 13:50:08 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1200360

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	World Health Organization: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what support they are providing to other countries to ensure that COVID-19 cases reported to the WHO are disaggregated by (1) age, and (2) sex.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>Disaggregating all data for the pandemic as far as possible by sex, age, disability status is important for understanding differences in exposure, treatment and impact. We have developed guidance on how disaggregated data can be used to monitor the impact of our bilateral programmes’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic and we are working with our multilateral partner agencies including WHO on this issue.</p><p>DFID is investing £6 million (2018-21) to support the UN Women-led flagship programme initiative on gender data – Making Every Woman and Girl Count and the joint UN Programme on Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) data as part of DFID’s wider support to the UN Development System. The programme aims to improve the production, availability, accessibility and use of quality data and statistics on gender equality and VAWG.</p><p>Under the programme, WHO and UN Women have joined forces to establish a new data hub on COVID-19 and gender, which provides latest available data on COVID-19 cases by sex and age. The programme has also adapted quickly to support rapid assessment surveys focused on understanding gendered impacts of COVID-19 across a number of countries. Philippines, Pakistan, Bangladesh have already gone to the field and other countries in Asia Pacific and Africa will follow.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 16/06/2020 11:09:54 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1199836

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	World Health Organization: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the purpose is of the £65 million of UK aid that has been allocated to tackle the covid-19 pandemic through the World Health Organization; when that funding will be spent; how that funding will be spent; and what guidance she has (a) issued and (b) received on the proportion of that funding which will be allocated to NGOs and civil society organisations.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	53623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK is a key donor to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and have already contributed £75 million to help the organisation lead international efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 and end the pandemic, including: global coordination; planning for country level preparedness and response; global procurement and supply; the science and research and development agenda; and communications. This £75 million is going towards the WHO’s COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) and includes £10 million to the flash WHO appeal announced in February and March 2020 and a further £65 million for the SPRP was announced in April 2020. The SPRP outlines the public health measures that need to be taken to support countries to prepare for and respond to COVID-19. Funding that is provided to countries is allocated to NGOs when and as needed based on the individual country context. This funding will be spent this calendar year. The UK’s funding for the WHO is based on our assessment of the organisation’s needs and we continue to keep this under review.</p><p>Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and civil society organisations are key partners for DFID in responding to the unprecedented challenges arising from COVID-19. We know that in many places NGOs will be best placed to meet the needs of those most vulnerable and at risk. CSO including NGOs and charities deliver roughly one quarter of DFID programmes around the world. A total of 40 charities and NGOs will receive funding from DFID’s £20 million humanitarian support package or the £100 million global hygiene partnership with Unilever. NGOs are also receiving £24 million of extra funding through the DFID COVID-19 Hygiene and Behaviour Change Coalition.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 09/06/2020 15:32:00 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1197198

registered interest
date	19/05/2020
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	World Health Organization: Coronavirus
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 case for reform of the World Health Organisation; and what steps they intend to take to ensure the organisation commissions an independent inquiry into the genesis of COVID-19.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>We believe the World Health Organization has an important role to play in leading the global health response. The United Kingdom has long been an advocate of reform in the WHO to ensure it is flexible and responsive, and we will continue to be so. We also want to see the WHO continue to learn lessons on how to improve its response to global health emergencies and as such would expect a full review of all elements of their response once they are out of response mode, as has occurred after previous Public Health Emergencies of International Concern. The Secretary of State raised this point in the United Kingdom national address for the World Health Assembly on 18 May 2020 and we were pleased to co-sponsor the COVID-19 resolution, which was an important step forward on the review as well as other areas of collaboration. The UK intends to engage constructively with a future review, including working with other Governments.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 10/06/2020 11:17:30 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool