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851475

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to support people with disabilities in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	904092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>Disability inclusion is a top priority for DFID. DFID programmes are tackling stigma and discrimination, and supporting people with disabilities to access services, opportunities and rights. In July, the UK will host a Global Disability Summit to increase action and investment, lock-in progress and share best practice.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 28/02/2018 16:33:02 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

886028

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to support people with disabilities in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Rugby
	tabling member printed	Mark Pawsey
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	904707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>Disability inclusion is a top priority for DFID, and we continue to build our programming in this area. In July the UK will host a Global Disability Summit to deliver lasting change for people with disabilities, focusing on inclusive education, economic empowerment, tackling stigma and discrimination, and technology and innovation.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/04/2018 13:36:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4052 label Biography information for Mark Pawsey

884986

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether measures to meet the Sustainable Development Goals on global disability are planned for discussion during the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	135974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>We have been working with our Commonwealth partners to ensure that the Summit will address the Sustainable Development Goals, including those related to disability. Disability inclusion has been discussed at the summit forums this week, and people with disabilities have contributed to various discussions throughout the week.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/04/2018 08:41:32 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

63328

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department's country offices are encouraged to seek the views and input of people with disabilities in the design and delivery of their programmes.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Naomi Long
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>DFID recognises the importance of people with disabilities having influence in the programmes and decisions which affect them. In DFID country offices, stakeholder engagement and participation, including with people with disabilities, is a fundamental part of strategic decision making and programme management.</p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 30/06/2014 15:00:36 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	3920 label Biography information for Naomi Long

92018

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether education will be a priority sector for her Department's disability framework; and whether her Department's country offices will recieve training and support to implement the framework.
	tabling member constituency	Daventry
	tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	209513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>DFID is currently preparing a departmental framework on disability inclusion, which will set out how to strengthen disability inclusion across the department. Education is one of the areas that will be included in the framework, alongside other sectors. The framework will outline how staff will receive further training and support on disability inclusion. This will include developing new guidance and tools for staff on disability inclusion in education programming.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 14/10/2014 14:33:16 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris

1150874

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to integrate a life cycle approach that reaches older women and men into its work to help disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government recognises that older people with disabilities experience a range of complex barriers and face multiple exclusions.</p><p> </p><p>DFID’s Strategy for Disability Inclusive Development 2018-23 sets out our vision of a world where people with disabilities at all stages of their lives are engaged, empowered and able to exercise and enjoy their rights on an equal basis with others. The strategy takes a life-course approach, ensuring the delivery of transformative change for persons with disabilities of all ages.</p><p> </p><p>DFID has taken important steps to meet this ambition, including supporting governments to make vital social protection systems more inclusive. For example, the UK has been proud to partner with the Government of Uganda over the last 10 years to deliver a Senior Citizen Grant, which includes support for over 70,000 older people with disabilities each year.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 24/10/2019 13:40:30 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

226343

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department plans to take to advocate for disability-disaggregated reporting in forthcoming negotiations on (a) the post-2015 framework on disaster risk reduction and (b) the post-2015 development framework.
	tabling member constituency	Gordon
	tabling member printed	Sir Malcolm Bruce
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	226920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>Strengthening disability data at all levels is a key part of DFID’s work on disability. DFID is working closely with the UN, including the UN Statistical Division, and others donors on this agenda. The UK has been, and will continue to be, explicit about the need for disaggregated data for all social groups, including disability, in negotiations on the post-2015 framework. Disability data disaggregation is included in the draft of the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Report of the Open Working Group report for the Post-2015 development framework.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 16/03/2015 17:46:45 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	615 label Biography information for Lord Bruce of Bennachie

1054571

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to tackle inequality and discrimination against disabled people in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	216232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>In July 2018, the UK Government co-hosted the Global Disability Summit to raise global attention on disability inclusion. DFID’s first Disability Inclusion strategy, published in December, sets out plans to mainstream disability inclusion across the organisation and provides a clear time-bound and targeted roadmap on how to do so. Tackling stigma and discrimination against people with disabilities was central to the summit and is one of the cross-cutting areas in the strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/02/2019 17:44:52 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

964025

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support legislation in developing countries to help disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Gloucester
	tabling member printed	Richard Graham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	169300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Global Disability Summit on 24<sup>th</sup> July was a landmark moment for disability inclusion with over 170 sets of ambitious commitments from governments, the private sector, multilateral organisations and civil society. Nine national governments committed to passing or formulating new or revised laws to give people with disabilities greater rights. Progress will be monitored and a one-year on progress report produced.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 10/09/2018 16:08:17 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

884980

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to (a) promote and (b) help meet the targets set for tackling global disability contained within the Sustainable Development Goals, 4, 8, 10, 100 and 17.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	135968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>Disability inclusion is a top priority for DFID, and we are taking steps to meet and promote the ambition of the Global Goals. Internally, we are scaling up programming and policy in key areas, for example on inclusive education.</p><p> </p><p>We are influencing partners including the UN, World Bank, national governments and the private sector to take action in this neglected area. In July, the UK will host a Global Disability Summit, driving progress to deliver the collective commitments made through the Global Goals.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 20/04/2018 11:07:13 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden