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386736

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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: Press
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which periodicals and newspapers her Department subscribes to; what quantity of each periodical is so obtained; and what the cost of such subscriptions was in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	5018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>DFID communications division’s total spend on newspapers and periodicals in the 2014/15 financial year was £4,466. Following a savings drive in November 2014 DFID’s communications division no longer subscribes to print periodicals, saving around £1,400 a year.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 07/07/2015 16:24:14 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps previous answer version 11515 answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

386737

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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: Sanitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps she has taken on improving sanitation and access to clean water in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	4954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government committed to reach 60 million people in developing countries with our water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programmes by December 2015. We are on track to reach this target. Contributions come from projects managed by DFID offices in 15 countries, from a partnership with UNICEF to deliver improved WASH in nine countries, and from a challenge programme which funds three consortia working in 12 countries. To date, our bilateral WASH programmes have reached 54.1 million people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We also have a renewed commitment to help at least 60 million people get access to clean water and sanitation by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 06/07/2015 16:58:01 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

386190

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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: Diseases
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 efficacy of the research and development pipeline for diagnostics, drugs and vaccines for poverty-related and other neglected diseases.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	4502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>Historically there has been a lack of investment in the development of diagnostics, drugs and vaccines for poverty-related and other neglected diseases. In the last 15 years increasing investments in research have resulted in over 200 products at various stages of development. A large part of this increase has been due to the establishment of a number of public-private product development partnerships (PDPs) developing a range of technologies for a number of different diseases.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PDPs aim is to accelerate the development of new products and to date they have developed over twenty new products. It has been estimated that there is around a 10% return on investment per annum from medical research. There is insufficient funding available to support the development of all the promising products currently in PDP portfolios and DFID works in partnership with others to encourage greater investment.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 06/07/2015 16:04:36 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

386191

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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: Tropical Diseases
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 effect of the patenting of new drugs on their price and availability to treat neglected tropical diseases overseas.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	4494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>Most drugs required to treat Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are donated free of charge by pharmaceutical companies. However, in some cases the drugs need to be purchased. In these cases we work to secure good value for money in our procurement and also encourage flexible approaches to increase availability, such as licensing and technology transfer partnerships with low-cost, high-quality generic manufacturers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID also funds research into new NTD treatments through Product Development Partnerships (PDPs). PDPs use patents flexibly to ensure products are available at lowest possible cost. This includes negotiating royalty-free access to patented products and developing products as ‘open source’ so that anyone can use them, with requirements for distribution at the lowest possible cost. PDPs can also patent new products at an early stage and then use the patent to attract partners to help develop the products and make them available at the lowest possible cost.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 02/07/2015 16:22:48 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

385979

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in East Sudan.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	4433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK remains extremely concerned about the humanitarian situation in Eastern Sudan. The United Nations’ ‘Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan 2015’ estimates that 328,000 people are in need of humanitarian assistance in three states of East Sudan (Red Sea, Kassala and Gedaref), out of a total of 5.4 million in need across the country. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is supporting some 92,000 long-term refugees in the east. DFID is providing a further £38 million over the next two years for additional humanitarian assistance to Sudan, including Darfur.</p><p> </p><p>Delays and restrictions imposed by the Government of Sudan in the issuance of travel permits has limited our ability to conduct our own recent assessment but we continue to work closely with NGOs and International Agencies to better understand the situation. We, along with our partners (EU and US) continue to press the Government of Sudan to allow unrestricted humanitarian access but we remain deeply concerned about the situation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 03/07/2015 13:13:57 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

385980

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
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
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 sanctions on people considered to be impeding the peace process in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	4478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>To respond to the ongoing conflict in South Sudan the UK helped to secure UN sanctions against six military commanders that impeded the peace process. As these sanctions were adopted on 1 July 2015 it is too early to assess their effectiveness.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 03/07/2015 13:14:23 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

385884

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Africa: Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent progress her Department has made on tackling ebola in West Africa; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	4280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK’s main objective is to support the Government of Sierra Leone to reach and then maintain zero cases of Ebola as quickly as possible. Huge progress has been made, and it is clear our strategy is working. Case numbers have reduced from a peak of more than 500 in late November 2014, to eight cases in the week ending 21<sup>st</sup> June 2015. We expect there to be a bumpy tail of cases before zero is reached and so we cannot become complacent. The UK response will continue to adapt as the epidemiology changes, and will remain flexible and responsive until Sierra Leone gets to zero. We are now proactively seeking out cases through enhanced active surveillance, strengthened social mobilisation, and scaling up of contact tracing - all critical in the final mile to reach zero.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 30/06/2015 16:12:15 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

385885

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Diseases: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department allocates annually for research into neglected tropical diseases.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	4389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK is providing over £10 million annually for research into Neglected Tropical Diseases. This is through a range of initiatives, including development of new treatment and diagnostic products, as well as implementation research. Examples of products produced by the research in recent years include the first ever rapid diagnostic test for sleeping sickness as well as a safer drug for treating the disease.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 01/07/2015 15:51:20 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

385886

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
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 funding her Department allocates each year to ensure that people in the developing world living with HIV who have also contracted tuberculosis have access to anti-tuberculosis drugs.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	4390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK remains the second biggest international donor on HIV prevention, treatment, care and support, spending a total of £374 million in the last financial year for which figures are available. A proportion of this includes programmes promoting integrated responses to tackling TB-HIV co-infection.</p><p> </p><p>The Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria is the main financing mechanism for the UK’s support to TB and HIV. As of December 2014, Global Fund programmes have supported 7.3 million people with HIV to access antiretroviral therapy and have tested and treated 12.3 million people for TB.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps grouped question UIN 4391 question first answered 01/07/2015 15:51:46 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

385887

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
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: HIV Infection
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 allocates each year to ensure that individuals in the developing world living with HIV have access to HIV drugs.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	4391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK remains the second biggest international donor on HIV prevention, treatment, care and support, spending a total of £374 million in the last financial year for which figures are available. A proportion of this includes programmes promoting integrated responses to tackling TB-HIV co-infection.</p><p> </p><p>The Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria is the main financing mechanism for the UK’s support to TB and HIV. As of December 2014, Global Fund programmes have supported 7.3 million people with HIV to access antiretroviral therapy and have tested and treated 12.3 million people for TB.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps grouped question UIN 4390 question first answered 01/07/2015 15:51:46 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady