I have regular discussions with Scottish Government ministers on a wide range of issues that are important to Scotland\u2019s economic performance. The Scottish Government must work with us on ensuring that Scotland\u2019s economy thrives, but making Scotland the highest taxed part of the UK is setting the wrong signal.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1512", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for David Mundell"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "David Mundell"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-20T15:36:51.423Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Scotland"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Scotland"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-02-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Taxation: Scotland"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "What recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the use of tax raising powers available to that Government.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4498", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Hampshire"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Ranil Jayawardena"} ], "uin" : "909253"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1060562", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Development"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1060562/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
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>
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DFID works with many partners who support women\u2019s 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>
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We welcome the Independent Commission for Aid Impact\u2019s impact review on DFID\u2019s results in improving maternal health. The recommendations will feed into DFID\u2019s strategic planning.<\/p>
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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 \u2013 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>"} , "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" : "2019-02-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-20T14:49:51.337Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "20"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-02-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Developing Countries: Maternity Services"} , "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, 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\u2019s results in improving Maternal Health: An impact review, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of that finding.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/288", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir William Cash"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stone"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir William Cash"} ], "uin" : "220759"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1060564", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Development"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1060564/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
We welcome the Independent Commission for Aid Impact\u2019s impact review on DFID\u2019s results in improving maternal health. The recommendations will feed into DFID\u2019s strategic planning.<\/p>
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Increasing our family planning portfolio from 2013 was an important move \u2013 this was a neglected area with an enormous potential impact, not only for women\u2019s lives but also to societies and economies. Our spending on maternal health was not, however, reduced during this time.<\/p>
<\/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" : "2019-02-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-20T14:51:18.547Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "20"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-02-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Developing Countries: Maternity Services"} , "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, 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\u2019s results in improving Maternal Health: An impact review, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of that finding.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/288", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir William Cash"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stone"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir William Cash"} ], "uin" : "220760"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1060565", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Development"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1060565/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
We welcome the Independent Commission for Aid Impact\u2019s impact review on assessing DFID\u2019s results in improving maternal health. The recommendations will feed into DFID\u2019s strategic planning.<\/p>
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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>
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A full update is available in this report: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/update-on-results-achieved-by-the-dfid-between-2011-and-2015<\/a><\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "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\u2019s results in improving Maternal Health: An impact review, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of that finding.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1060573/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " High Speed 2\u2019s (HS2) funding envelope is £55.7bn (in 2015 prices).<\/p> <\/p> At Spending Review 2015, HS2\u2019s annual budgets were set for five years to 2020/21. In 2019/20 HS2\u2019s budget is set at £4.694bn and in 2020/21 it is set at £4.647bn<\/p> <\/p> Future HS2 budgets will be set at the Spending Review later this year.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1060578/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The introduction of charges is intended to create a sustainable funding model for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence\u2019s (NICE) technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies programmes that better positions it to adapt to future changes in the life sciences sector. The Government carried out a public consultation on the introduction of charges and took full account of the comments received in deciding to proceed. The Government response to the consultation and the Impact Assessment, published alongside the regulations, assess the impact of the introduction of charging on all relevant stakeholders, including the life sciences industry and NICE. As explained in the Government response and Impact Assessment, small companies whose products are undergoing assessment will benefit from a 75% discount, which is intended to minimise barriers to the participation of small companies. The Government response is available at the following link:<\/p> <\/p>