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	registered interest
	date	30/03/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Somalia: Famine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what lessons her Department learnt from the famine in Somalia in 2011 to minimise the risk of a recurrence of such a famine.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	69959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The UK was the first donor to call attention to the crisis, stepping up early with £110 million for the 2017 Drought Response. Our support will provide up to one million people with emergency food assistance; over 600,000 malnourished children and mothers with life-saving nutrition; 1.1 million people with emergency health services; and one million people with safe drinking water and hygiene.</p><p>Other donors have followed our lead, and we are pushing partner agencies to speed up delivery, improve coordination, prioritisation and accountability.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 18/04/2017 16:33:37 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

754838

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Malaria: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the level of global funding available for combating malaria; and what assessment her Department has made of whether that level of funding is adequate to achieve the World Health Organisation target of a 40 per cent reduction in cases and deaths by 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	6415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The world has made remarkable recent progress in tackling malaria, with malaria deaths falling by 62% between 2000 and 2015. DFID is a leading supporter of the effort to meet the World Health Organisation (WHO) 2020 targets, including a 40% reduction in malaria cases and deaths. We are the second largest donor, contributing 16% of the global spend on malaria control and elimination, with the rest coming from other donors, governments of endemic countries, and the private sector. Funding assessments are conducted by WHO. The estimated global spend on malaria control and elimination in 2015 was US$ 2.9 billion; and the estimated need to meet the targets is US$ 6.4 billion per year by 2020.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 05/09/2017 11:21:48 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

714908

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2017
	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: Nutrition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government plans to take to promote good nutrition in developing countries (a) before and (b) after the G7 meeting in May 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	69506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>DFID will co-host a call to action on nutrition with the World Bank in Washington in April and will continue to emphasise the importance of nutrition with our G7 partners. We continue to support a range of nutrition programmes in countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East and remain on track to meet the government’s commitment to improve the nutrition of 50 million people by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 04/04/2017 15:37:45 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

732558

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Andargachew Tsege
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she discussed the case of Andargachew Tsege with the Foreign Secretary prior to the announcement of a £30 million aid package for Ethiopia.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	1144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Development regularly meets with the Foreign Secretary and has been briefed by him on Andargachew Tsege’s consular case. The case was discussed with Ethiopian counterparts during the visits of both the Secretary of State and the Foreign Secretary to Ethiopia earlier this year. In addition, the Prime Minister raised Mr Tsege’s case with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister on 11 May.</p><p>The UK’s recently announced support for the drought in Ethiopia will provide emergency food support for 1.5 million people, life-saving nutritional support to more than 154,000 starving children and pregnant and breastfeeding women, safe drinking water for 100,000 people and livestock support for 500,000 people.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 1145 1146 question first answered 03/07/2017 10:15:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

732647

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Andargachew Tsege
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she discussed the case of Andargachew Tsege with her Ethiopian counterparts prior to the announcement of a £30 million aid package for that country.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	1145
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Development regularly meets with the Foreign Secretary and has been briefed by him on Andargachew Tsege’s consular case. The case was discussed with Ethiopian counterparts during the visits of both the Secretary of State and the Foreign Secretary to Ethiopia earlier this year. In addition, the Prime Minister raised Mr Tsege’s case with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister on 11 May.</p><p>The UK’s recently announced support for the drought in Ethiopia will provide emergency food support for 1.5 million people, life-saving nutritional support to more than 154,000 starving children and pregnant and breastfeeding women, safe drinking water for 100,000 people and livestock support for 500,000 people.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 1144 1146 question first answered 03/07/2017 10:15:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

732648

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Andargachew Tsege
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she raised the case of Andargachew Tsege during her recent visit to Ethiopia.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	1146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Development regularly meets with the Foreign Secretary and has been briefed by him on Andargachew Tsege’s consular case. The case was discussed with Ethiopian counterparts during the visits of both the Secretary of State and the Foreign Secretary to Ethiopia earlier this year. In addition, the Prime Minister raised Mr Tsege’s case with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister on 11 May.</p><p>The UK’s recently announced support for the drought in Ethiopia will provide emergency food support for 1.5 million people, life-saving nutritional support to more than 154,000 starving children and pregnant and breastfeeding women, safe drinking water for 100,000 people and livestock support for 500,000 people.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 1144 1145 question first answered 03/07/2017 10:15:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake