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1060562

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date	13/02/2019
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: Family Planning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) initiative, upon which her Department is represented on the Reference Group, is working with the She Decides campaign either informally or formally; and whether her Department has allocated funding to (a) the She Decides campaign and (b) joint projects between the She Decides campaign and the FP2020 initiative.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	220758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) secretariat has not worked with the She Decides campaign. The UK has not allocated any funding to the She Decides campaign.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID works with many partners who support women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights. A Minister attended the She Decides launch event, and we were delighted that She Decides held a spotlight event during the Family Planning Summit in London in 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/02/2019 14:48:40 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

1060563

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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: Maternity Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the finding that her Department's global results claim on saving maternal lives was unable to be confirmed on page i, paragraph 1 of the Executive Summary of the Independent Commission for Aid Impacts report of October 2018, Assessing DFID’s results in improving Maternal Health: An impact review, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of that finding.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	220759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>We welcome the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s impact review on DFID’s results in improving maternal health. The recommendations will feed into DFID’s strategic planning.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Despite the helpful points that the report highlights, we stand by our estimates for the overall number of maternal lives we saved. We used an internationally respected modelling tool – the Lives Saved Tool. We were forced to make some assumptions, however, and therefore used the tool conservatively, excluding some results from large programmes where we could not be sure of accuracy. This was our best way to account for UK Aid to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/02/2019 14:49:51 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

1060564

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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: Maternity Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the finding that her Department's recent emphasis on family planning had generated significant shortterm results, but at the expense of a more balanced approach to building up health systems on page 24, paragraph 4.20 of the Independent Commission for Aid Impacts report of October 2018, Assessing DFID’s results in improving Maternal Health: An impact review, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of that finding.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	220760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>We welcome the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s impact review on DFID’s results in improving maternal health. The recommendations will feed into DFID’s strategic planning.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Increasing our family planning portfolio from 2013 was an important move – this was a neglected area with an enormous potential impact, not only for women’s lives but also to societies and economies. Our spending on maternal health was not, however, reduced during this time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/02/2019 14:51:18 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

1060565

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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: Maternity Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the finding that her Department overestimated the number of maternal lives its programmes had saved during the 2011 to 2015 by 23,000 lives on page 25, paragraph 4.26 of the Independent Commission for Aid Impacts report of October 2018, Assessing DFID’s results in improving Maternal Health: An impact review, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of that finding.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	220761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>We welcome the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s impact review on assessing DFID’s results in improving maternal health. The recommendations will feed into DFID’s strategic planning.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The report is right that we revised our estimate down as our information changed. Models continually incorporate better data as it becomes available. The maternal lives saved figure reduced when better data from Bangladesh and Ethiopia became available. Additionally, results from a large multi-country programme were excluded to avoid any potential for over-estimation.</p><p> </p><p>A full update is available in this report: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/update-on-results-achieved-by-the-dfid-between-2011-and-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/update-on-results-achieved-by-the-dfid-between-2011-and-2015</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/02/2019 14:52:07 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

1060723

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that climate action is a priority for her Department.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	221012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Tackling climate change is a priority for the UK Government and for the Department of International Development (DFID). The UK has pledged to deliver £5.8bn of International Climate Finance (ICF) from 2016/17 – 2020/21 to help poorer countries tackle climate change. DFID funds are helping to build the resilience of people and communities to cope with climate change already locked in, including to natural disasters; to support the development of low carbon and climate resilient infrastructure; and to support new technology, research and innovation to improve the effectiveness of action on climate change. Since 2011 the ICF has helped 47 million people to cope with the effects of climate change in the developing world, and enabled 17 million to have access to clean energy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK is also working to increase international action on climate change. This year DFID is supporting the Prime Minister who has been asked by the United Nations Secretary General to promote more action to build resilience to the impact of climate change already locked in, ahead of his Summit on Climate Change in September 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 18/02/2019 18:03:40 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1060775

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Uganda: Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the Ugandan Government on tackling female genital mutilation in that country.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	220811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Through UK’s Support to Uganda’s Response to Gender Equality programme, engagements are held with Government of Uganda to support efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation. Efforts focus on securing stronger commitment on implementation of the anti-female genital mutilation law, prosecution of female genital mutilation and related cases, provision of efficient and quality protection and response services, and encouraging cross border discussions with the government of Kenya which has yet to outlaw female genital mutilation</p><p> </p><p><br> Alongside the policy engagement we support capacity strengthening for local police officers, health workers, selected district local government staff and local council committees. This is targeted at the affected regions, so they further appreciate the dangers of female genital mutilation and violence against women and girls and spearhead social norm change. <br> <br> The Secretary of State recently announced an extra £50 million to support the African led movement to end female genital mutilation. This will provide better protection for vulnerable girls in some of the world’s poorest countries, including Uganda. It also provides an opportunity for further engagement and influencing critical reforms within government of Uganda to drive down FGM, gender and social inequality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 20/02/2019 14:53:44 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1060810

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to increase humanitarian aid to help tackle violence against children.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	220978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to protecting children in conflict. DFID does not have targets for humanitarian aid spending on specific groups. Our humanitarian programming is based on an assessment of need in any given context and on evidence of which interventions are most effective. DFID is providing significant support to protect children from violence around the world through our humanitarian programming. Protection is at the centre of our humanitarian action, with partners adhering to minimum standards to ensure the safety and dignity of those most vulnerable, including children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 20/02/2019 14:54:38 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1060811

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment has she made of the economic effect of violence against children.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	220979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID is committed to protecting vulnerable children around the world and helping them to grow up free from violence.</p><p> </p><p>Violence has long lasting impacts on children’s health, their capacity to learn, and their economic prospects in later life. Violence against children is also proven to have a negative impact on the economy. One estimate models the annual costs of physical, sexual and psychological violence against children to be up to 8 per cent of global Gross Domestic Product, which equates to approximately US$7 trillion.</p><p> </p><p>The economic effect of violence against children is one of the reasons why DFID is the leading supporter of the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 20/02/2019 14:55:39 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1060812

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recovery projects her Department has in place to end violence against children.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	220980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID is committed to reducing violence through dedicated investments to protect children, alongside interventions embedded in wider development and humanitarian programming.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Current examples of support include: £5.75 million to the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children to drive international ambition and progress, including the Safe to Learn campaign that will inspire action to end violence in schools around the world; £10m to UNICEF to prevent and respond to violence, abuse and exploitation of children on the move in Somalia, Ethiopia and Sudan through a strengthened child protection system; and £65m to the No Lost Generation Initiative in Lebanon to support Syrian children with education and psychosocial support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 20/02/2019 14:56:42 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting