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1109308

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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: Abortion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any Department for International Development programmes will be affected by the government of the United States' decision to expand the global gag rule on the delivery of sexual and reproductive health and rights services; and if so, which.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL15025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK government will continue to lead the world in our long-term support for comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and to help women and girls get the information and services they need to give them control over their own lives and bodies.</p><p> </p><p>Following the reintroduction and expansion of the Mexico City Policy in January 2017, we have kept in close contact with partners to ensure the policy does not compromise UK-supported comprehensive SRHR programming. The full implications of the now further expanded Mexico City Policy are not yet clear, but we are closely monitoring developments. DFID will consider the implications with our offices and partners and with civil society and with donors.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL15024 question first answered 16/04/2019 14:00:43 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1087081

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2019 to Question 221581, in which other countries in receipt of aid from the UK does the UK not provide funding to support the provision of abortion services.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	231427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>DFID has a range of bilateral and multi-country programmes supporting a package of women’s reproductive and maternal health information and services. It is not possible to provide a break down by safe abortion or post-abortion care alone. DFID supports provision of safe abortion services as allowed by local laws. Where access to abortion is highly restricted, we can help make the consequences of unsafe abortion more widely understood and can consider supporting policy reform.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/03/2019 14:32:20 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1061193

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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: Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in which countries the Government has funded abortion services in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	221582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID has a range of bilateral and multi-country programmes supporting a package of women’s reproductive and maternal health information and services. It is not possible to provide a break down by safe abortion or post-abortion care alone. DFID supports provision of safe abortion services as allowed by local laws and where access to abortion is highly restricted, we can help make the consequences of unsafe abortion more widely understood and can consider supporting policy reform.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/02/2019 14:31:03 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

1061194

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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: Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2018 to Question 173969, whether her Department holds data on (a) how much funding it has provided for abortion services and (b) how many abortion procedures were carried out using that funding for each project that her Department has funded since 1997.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	221583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>All DFID programming on sexual and reproductive health and rights, including the ‘Delivering Sustainable and Equitable Increases in Family Planning in Kenya’ programme, take an integrated approach in order to meet a wide range of women’s reproductive health needs. For example, providing a woman with holistic care for gender-based violence, HIV, counselling, post-abortion care and information on family planning. Because these services are integrated, it is not possible to disaggregate figures solely relating to safe abortion procedures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The aim of DFID’s work on sexual and reproductive health and rights is to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions, increase the use of voluntary family planning, and give women control over their own bodies and lives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/02/2019 14:34:00 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

1061196

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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: Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answers of 10 December 2018 to Question 199384 on Developing Countries: Abortion and of 21 December 2017 to Question 119743 on Marie Stopes International, for what reason those answers differ on the monitoring of figures; and what steps she is taking to ensure (a) transparency, (b) accountability and (c) trust in that policy area.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	221584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID takes an integrated approach to our programming on sexual and reproductive health and rights in order to meet a wide range of women’s reproductive health needs. Because these services are integrated it is not possible to disaggregate figures solely relating to safe abortion procedures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The aim of DFID’s work on sexual and reproductive health and rights is to save the lives of women, reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions, increase the use of voluntary family planning, and give women control over their own bodies and lives. DFID has robust monitoring and evaluation procedures to ensure UK taxpayers’ money is achieving the results we expect of it across all policy areas. Precise monitoring arrangements vary by project; however progress is always reviewed by DFID on an annual basis and these are publicly available. All of our reviews demonstrate confidence in the quality of Marie Stopes International’s services in developing countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/02/2019 14:36:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

1051319

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
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: Abortion
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 policy is on funding organisations that provide abortions that have (a) been found guilty of breaking the law and (b) ineffective procedures for addressing sexual misconduct.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	214479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department for International Development is clear that we will not fund illegal activities. We take issues of sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment extremely seriously and demand the highest standards from all organisations the department works with. We have put in place new, enhanced and specific safeguarding standards and new funding will not be approved unless our partners meet these tough standards. When organisations uncover issues, we must not penalise them for being transparent, but support effective due process in the handling of such allegations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 05/02/2019 17:34:11 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1050816

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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: Abortion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what methods they use to measure how many unsafe abortions have been averted through the programmes that they fund internationally.
tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
uin	HL13238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>DFID uses modelling to estimate the number of unsafe abortions prevented by some programming. It is possible to model, for illustrative purposes, the number of abortions prevented by improved access to family planning specifically. Between April 2017 and March 2018, we estimate UK aid reached at least 14 million women and girls with family planning services, preventing an estimated 1.2 million unsafe abortions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Our methodology is explained in the first footnote to the Family Planning page at: <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fdfid-results-sector-pages-2017-to-2018-single-department-plan&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7Cee7f166e5e4d4106beb608d68852cc0f%7Ccdf709af1a184c74bd936d14a64d73b3%7C0%7C0%7C636846286514994978&amp;sdata=ILpw390pwiosUz%2F%2FIee46AP3n60Z5IF7QhFVj1iqnZI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-results-sector-pages-2017-to-2018-single-department-plan</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/02/2019 16:07:52 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Family-Planning1.pdf title Family Planning - results by sector
tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

1050817

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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: Abortion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many safe abortions they provided funding for through the Prevention of Maternal Death from Unwanted Pregnancy project.
tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
uin	HL13239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Prevention of Maternal Death from Unwanted Pregnancy programme aimed to help women and girls avoid recourse to unsafe abortion and to increase access to voluntary family planning.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The programme supported integrated sexual and reproductive health services designed around women’s needs, for example providing a woman with holistic care for HIV, counselling, post-abortion care and information on family planning. Because these services are integrated, it is not possible to disaggregate figures solely relating to safe abortion procedures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Modelling estimates are that the project helped to avert 7.1 million unsafe abortions through such approaches over the lifetime of the programme. This is the estimated impact of holistic approaches including contraception, information and provision of safe alternatives; all of which help women avoid having to go through the trauma and life-threatening health risks of unsafe abortions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/02/2019 16:08:26 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

1050818

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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: Abortion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unsafe abortions were avoided as a result of the Prevention of Maternal Death from Unwanted Pregnancy project, which came to an end in June 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
uin	HL13240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>Modelling estimates indicate that the Prevention of Maternal Death from Unwanted Pregnancy project helped to avert approximately 7.1 million unsafe abortions through integrated sexual and reproductive health services over the lifetime of the programme.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/02/2019 16:08:44 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

1045975

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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: Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many unsafe abortions were averted in each country by programmes funded by her Department since 2011; how many unsafe abortions took place in those countries before those programmes started; and if she will publish the methodology used to calculate those statistics.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	211082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>This information is not available. It is however possible to model, for illustrative purposes, the number of abortions prevented by improved access to family planning specifically. Between April 2017 and March 2018, we estimate UK aid reached at least 14 million total women and girls with family planning, preventing 1.2 million unsafe abortions.</p><p>Our methodology is explained in the first footnote to the Family Planning page at: <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fdfid-results-sector-pages-2017-to-2018-single-department-plan&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7Cc56977b95b674725eaab08d6850b775b%7Ccdf709af1a184c74bd936d14a64d73b3%7C0%7C0%7C636842681613481121&amp;sdata=67Ig4kWLLtfSi1xyiDTklge4%2Bmp01a91skwld%2Fay63c%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-results-sector-pages-2017-to-2018-single-department-plan</a></p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 29/01/2019 17:01:26 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash