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828754

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many meetings (a) she and (b) her predecessor had with her Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between October and December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	124394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Chief Scientific Adviser has met with the Secretary of State on 4 occasions within the time frame.</p><p>I hold the portfolio responsibility for DFID's Science and Research department. I have met the DFID Chief Scientific Adviser once since my appointment in January. In addition, DFID’s Chief Scientific Adviser has also had a meeting with DFID Lord Bates during this period.</p><p>The Chief Scientific Adviser met with my predecessor, Rory Stewart, on 3 occasions during the period of October – December 2017. The Deputy Chief Scientific Adviser also attended the Research Roundtable session with Minister Stewart.</p><p>The Chief Scientific Adviser continues to provide all Ministers with regular written submissions and briefings on DFID science and research activities.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 01/02/2018 15:14:47 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

910359

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many meetings she had with her Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 January and 31 March 2018.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	147384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>I hold the responsibility for DFID’s Science and Research. The DFID Chief Scientific Adviser has met with me twice during the period of January-March 2018. In addition, DFID’s Chief Scientific Adviser has also had two meetings with Minister of State Lord Bates during this period.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Scientific Adviser has met with the Secretary of State twice during the period of January-March 2018. The Chief Scientific Adviser continues to provide all Ministers with regular written submissions and briefings on DFID’s science and research activities.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 04/06/2018 15:47:12 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1020863

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many meetings she had with her Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 September and 30 November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	200096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>I hold the responsibility for DFID’s Science and Research. The DFID Chief Scientific Adviser has met with me three times during the period of 1 September – 30 November 2018. In addition, DFID’s Chief Scientific Adviser has also met with my colleague the Right Hon. the Lord Bates during this period.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Scientific Adviser has not met with the Secretary of State during the period of September - November 2018. The Chief Scientific Adviser continues to provide all Ministers with regular written submissions and briefings on DFID science and research activities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 12/12/2018 17:21:42 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1084433

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many meetings she held with her Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 December 2018 and 28 February 2019.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	230046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The DFID Chief Scientific Adviser has not met with the Secretary of State during this three month period but did meet once with me.</p><p>The Chief Scientific Adviser continues to provide all Ministers with regular written submissions and briefings on DFID science and research activities.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 14/03/2019 17:53:26 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1131804

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many meetings he held with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 March 2019 and 31 May 2019.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	263765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The DFID Chief Scientific Adviser met with the Secretary of State once during this period.</p><p>The Chief Scientific Adviser continues to provide all Ministers with regular written submissions and briefings on DFID science and research activities.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 18/06/2019 15:54:54 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1139710

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	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: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to support developing countries' national plans to deliver universal health coverage.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	278415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government provides funding to the World Health Organisation through the universal health coverage (UHC) partnership programme, along with the EU, Japan and other donors. This supports the development of UHC country plans to help countries to prioritise their own pathway to achieve UHC. Over 60 countries have now developed these plans and we are advocating use of the plans to drive greater coordination of efforts from other multilaterals.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 22/07/2019 16:22:09 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1139712

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	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: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has plans to encourage governments of developing countries to invest five per cent of GDP in primary healthcare.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	278416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK is a global champion for Universal Health Coverage; one of the key ways to deliver the health-related SDGs and climate resilient, sustainable development more broadly. At the UN High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage this September, the UK will be a strong advocate for increased domestic resources for primary health care and prevention and is pushing for positive commitments in this regard.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 22/07/2019 16:22:52 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1147184

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many meetings he had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser from 1 June to 31 August 2019.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	292157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The DFID Chief Scientific Adviser met with the current and previous Secretary of State once each during this period.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Scientific Adviser continues to provide all Ministers with regular written submissions and briefings on DFID science and research activities.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 08/10/2019 12:27:25 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1167366

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Digital Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, who is responsible for digitisation in his Department; and what mechanisms the person with responsibility for digitisation uses to champion digitisation.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>DFID’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-digital-strategy-2018-to-2020-doing-development-in-a-digital-world" target="_blank">Digital Strategy 2018 to 2020</a> sets out a vision and approach for doing development in a digital world. Its aim is to establish DFID as a global leader in digital technology and development, in order to have a bigger, faster and more cost-effective impact on the lives of poor people.</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for delivering on the digital strategy is shared across different business units in DFID, including the Head of Emerging Policy, Innovation and Capability, the Chief Information Officer, the Head of Better Delivery Department and the Chief Statistician, co-ordinating through the Digital Data and Technology Steering Group.</p><p> </p><p>A Digital Data and Technology Delivery Board chaired by the Permanent Secretary provides strategic oversight and guidance.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 05/11/2019 13:38:36 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb