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date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Disaster Relief
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the criteria are which are used to trigger the deployment of the UK Emergency Medical Team to a humanitarian crisis overseas.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	160361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>After a humanitarian disaster, the affected government will send a request to the World Health Organisation (WHO) who, in turn, will send out a call for assistance to all qualified and functioning Emergency Medical Teams. The decision to respond to each request is made after considering needs, safety concerns and the capacity of the team.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/07/2018 16:13:46 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

934342

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Disaster Relief
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions and to which countries the UK Emergency Medical Team has been deployed in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	160362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK Emergency Medical Team recently deployed to Bangladesh following the diphtheria outbreak in December 2017. DFID also has the option to deploy Team personnel only to work in existing national health facilities and did so to Nepal in 2015, Gaza in 2014 and the Philippines in 2013.</p><p>Taking into account lessons learned from previous deployments, including safety concerns for deploying UK nationals and problems with access and permits, the current Emergency Medical Team is not designed to be deployed into active conflict zones. The UK government has provided £1.5 million to the ICRC to help treat patients in 11 hospitals in Gaza by restocking vital medical supplies and providing physical rehabilitative services.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 160363 question first answered 10/07/2018 15:46:17 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

934343

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: Disaster Relief
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for what the reasons the UK Emergency Medical Team was not deployed to Gaza following the deaths and gunshot injuries to civilian demonstrators in April and May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	160363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK Emergency Medical Team recently deployed to Bangladesh following the diphtheria outbreak in December 2017. DFID also has the option to deploy Team personnel only to work in existing national health facilities and did so to Nepal in 2015, Gaza in 2014 and the Philippines in 2013.</p><p>Taking into account lessons learned from previous deployments, including safety concerns for deploying UK nationals and problems with access and permits, the current Emergency Medical Team is not designed to be deployed into active conflict zones. The UK government has provided £1.5 million to the ICRC to help treat patients in 11 hospitals in Gaza by restocking vital medical supplies and providing physical rehabilitative services.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 160362 question first answered 10/07/2018 15:46:17 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds