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By helping the world\u2019s poorest women access modern contraception, we will prevent an estimated 6 million unintended pregnancies and 3 million abortions on average each year.<\/p>

Family planning reduces, but on its own does not eliminate, the backstreet abortions that kill women. So, where this is not against local law, the UK will consider supporting access to safe abortion in the world\u2019s poorest countries. UK aid cannot be used to fund illegal services.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1201", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alistair Burt"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Bedfordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alistair Burt"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-07-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "5618"} , {"_value" : "5619"} , {"_value" : "5620"} , {"_value" : "5621"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-07-20T16:23:00.173Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "20"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-07-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Developing Countries: Abortion"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information her Department holds on the number of abortions which have been carried out as a result of her Department's spending in developing countries from 2011 to 2016.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4129", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ian Paisley"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North Antrim"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ian Paisley"} ], "uin" : "5606"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/752985", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Development"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/752985/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

By helping the world\u2019s poorest women access modern contraception, we will prevent an estimated 6 million unintended pregnancies and 3 million abortions on average each year.<\/p>

Family planning reduces, but on its own does not eliminate, the backstreet abortions that kill women. So, where this is not against local law, the UK will consider supporting access to safe abortion in the world\u2019s poorest countries. UK aid cannot be used to fund illegal services.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1201", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alistair Burt"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Bedfordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alistair Burt"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-07-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "5606"} , {"_value" : "5618"} , {"_value" : "5620"} , {"_value" : "5621"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-07-20T16:23:00.06Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "20"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-07-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Developing Countries: Abortion"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent from the public purse on funding for the provision of abortions in developing countries from 2011 to 2016.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4129", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ian Paisley"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North Antrim"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ian Paisley"} ], "uin" : "5619"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/752986", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Development"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/752986/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

By helping the world\u2019s poorest women access modern contraception, we will prevent an estimated 6 million unintended pregnancies and 3 million abortions on average each year.<\/p>

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By helping the world\u2019s poorest women access modern contraception, we will prevent an estimated 6 million unintended pregnancies and 3 million abortions on average each year.<\/p>

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By helping the world\u2019s poorest women access modern contraception, we will prevent an estimated 6 million unintended pregnancies and 3 million abortions on average each year.<\/p>

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The Department for International Development (DfID) provides funding to the International Citizen Service (ICS) programme to enable young people from across Britain and developing countries to take part in international volunteering.<\/p>

<\/p>

Table 1 provides an outline of DfID expenditure on ICS in each of the last five financial years.<\/p>

<\/p>

Table \u2013 ICS Expenditure<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Financial year<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Expenditure<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012-13<\/p><\/td>

7,399,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013-14<\/p><\/td>

16,927,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014-15<\/p><\/td>

24,443,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2015-16<\/p><\/td>

26,263,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2016-17<\/p><\/td>

25,166,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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The International Citizen Service (ICS) provides opportunities for young people from across Britain and developing countries to take part in international volunteering.<\/p>

<\/p>

Table 1 shows how many participants have taken part in ICS in each of the last five years. It also includes the split between British volunteers and those from developing countries.<\/p>

<\/p>

Table 1 \u2013 ICS Participants<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

British volunteers<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Developing country volunteers<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Yearly total<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012<\/p><\/td>

501<\/p><\/td>

392<\/p><\/td>

893<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013<\/p><\/td>

2023<\/p><\/td>

1354<\/p><\/td>

3377<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014<\/p><\/td>

2918<\/p><\/td>

2693<\/p><\/td>

5611<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2015<\/p><\/td>

3627<\/p><\/td>

3532<\/p><\/td>

7159<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2016<\/p><\/td>

3211<\/p><\/td>

3206<\/p><\/td>

6417<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>


<\/strong><\/p>

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