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389881

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date	14/07/2015
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: Land Use
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the amount of arable land in developing countries which is unused.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	6934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department for International Development (DFID) does not make assessments of this nature. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) provides global figures, and estimates that 1.8 billion ha of land in developing countries could provide significant scope for further expansion of agriculture in those countries.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 21/07/2015 16:31:03 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

389884

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
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 discussions are taking place among member states of the UN to ensure that clean water and sanitation remains a sustainable development goal.
tabling member constituency	Elmet and Rothwell
tabling member printed	Alec Shelbrooke
uin	6984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>United Nations member states have been holding discussions on thematic areas, including water and sanitation (WASH), in preparation for the September UN Summit to adopt the post-2015 development agenda. These discussions follow the report of the UK co-chaired Post-2015 High Level Panel and the report of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals both of which included proposals for a dedicated water goal. The UK supports the inclusion of WASH in the Sustainable Development Goal framework.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 22/07/2015 14:59:28 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke

389885

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's priorities are in the development of a new strategy for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
tabling member constituency	Finchley and Golders Green
tabling member printed	Mike Freer
uin	7072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK was awarded its seat on the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in March 2015. The UK priority is to ensure that the Global Fund is able to deliver against our shared ambition of ending the three diseases as epidemics.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 22/07/2015 15:03:21 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer

389886

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department plans to take as a member of the board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to help achieve that organisation's aim of ending epidemics of those diseases in developing that Fund's new strategy.
tabling member constituency	Finchley and Golders Green
tabling member printed	Mike Freer
uin	7071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK was awarded its own seat on the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in March 2015 and is an active member of the Strategy, Investment and Impact Committee, which provides technical and strategic advice to the Board. The UK is using its seat on that committee to try to focus the strategy on controlling the three diseases, ending them as epidemics.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 21/07/2015 16:33:25 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer

389887

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
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: 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 her Department plans to take to facilitate NHS staff volunteering overseas to assist with the strengthening of health systems in least developed countries.
tabling member constituency	Finchley and Golders Green
tabling member printed	Mike Freer
uin	7070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>In 2014 DFID, with the Department of Health and the National Health Service (NHS), produced the Framework for Voluntary Engagement in Global Health to explain to health sector organisations how they can most effectively support volunteers engaged in health work in developing countries. As part of its support for volunteering, DFID is providing £30 million from 2011 to 2017 for the Health Partnerships Scheme which uses the skills of UK health professionals to train, mentor and coach their developing country counterparts in their home countries. DFID also provides support to the non-governmental organisations VSO and UK-Med which facilitate skilled health professionals volunteering overseas.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 22/07/2015 15:01:11 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer

389888

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will reassess her Department's decision to reduce funding for the development of an AIDS vaccine.
tabling member constituency	Finchley and Golders Green
tabling member printed	Mike Freer
uin	7073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>DFID is strongly committed to tackling HIV through the appropriate vehicles but has no plans to reassess funding levels for the development of an AIDS vaccine. In the last 2-3 years there have been some promising and significant scientific advances, but an effective vaccine is still many years away and the science has now moved back to the laboratory. DFID’s comparative advantage does not lie in supporting basic science. The recent award to the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative recognises that other agencies, supporting basic scientific research, are better placed to provide support in this area.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 21/07/2015 16:35:28 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer

389889

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Infectious 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 adequacy of her Department's research on development funding for infectious diseases.
tabling member constituency	Finchley and Golders Green
tabling member printed	Mike Freer
uin	7075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>DFID has supported some of the best research on infectious diseases. Recent examples include a new diagnostic for sleeping sickness, a new vaccine for rotavirus diarrhoea and a new drug for treating malaria in children. Globally, there is a lack of investment in research and development for infectious diseases. This includes diagnostics, drugs, vaccines, and research to improve the delivery of health services. DFID is the second largest Government funder of product development research.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The new Government made a manifesto commitment to lead a major new programme to develop drugs for the world’s deadliest diseases. DFID is currently working on a strategy to deliver on this commitment.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 22/07/2015 15:05:30 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer

389890

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
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: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress her Department has made in delivering a framework for strengthening health systems overseas; when that work is due to be finalised; and what engagement there has been between her Department and civil society organisations on that matter.
tabling member constituency	Finchley and Golders Green
tabling member printed	Mike Freer
uin	7076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>As part of the government response to the 2014 International Development Committee inquiry, DFID is committed to developing a framework for UK support to health systems strengthening in developing countries. DFID is working on the framework, consulting the Department of Health and other UK institutions. DFID is due to update the Committee on progress with a response in November 2015.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 22/07/2015 15:07:08 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer

389891

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
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: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what cross-departmental work her Department is engaged in to increase the retention of trained medical staff from low income countries in those countries' health systems.
tabling member constituency	Finchley and Golders Green
tabling member printed	Mike Freer
uin	7077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>DFID funds the Health Partnership Scheme, which uses the skills of UK health professionals to train, mentor, and coach their developing country counterparts in their home countries. Over 25,000 health workers have received training and education through this scheme. As a complementary measure, the UK has also signed the World Health Organisation Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel and the Department of Health implements it through the UK Code of Practice for international recruitment. The UK Code specifies a list of developing countries that should not be targeted for international recruitment under any circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 21/07/2015 16:38:25 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer

389892

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Namibia: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on education and health programmes in Namibia in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Roger Mullin
uin	7124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department for International Development (DFID) does not have a bilateral country programme in Namibia. DFID spending on education and health in Namibia through multi-country programmes over the last five years was: £149,000 in 2009; £337,000 in 2010; £66,000 in 2011; £195,000 in 2012 and £352,000 in 2013.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 22/07/2015 15:46:12 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4468 label Biography information for Roger Mullin