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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-06-16more like thismore than 2015-06-16
answering body
Department for International Development more like this
answering dept id 20 more like this
answering dept short name International Development more like this
answering dept sort name International Development more like this
hansard heading Developing Countries: Hearing Impairment more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which projects funded by UK aid support deaf people; and in which countries those projects are based. more like this
tabling member constituency Stretford and Urmston more like this
tabling member printed
Kate Green more like this
uin 2775 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-06-23more like thismore than 2015-06-23
answer text <p>DFID funds a number of projects which support deaf people, including through Sense International and the Disability Rights Fund, which supports Deaf People’s Organisations in a number of countries including Rwanda and Uganda. DFID advocates for the use of the Washington Group Questions as a method of disaggregating data by disability. The questions can give policy makers a better understanding of the number and situation of deaf people as well as those with other impairments. DFID is implementing its disability framework, published in December 2014. The framework sets out how DFID will make its policies and programmes more inclusive of all people with disabilities.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield remove filter
answering member printed Grant Shapps more like this
grouped question UIN 2774 more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-06-23T12:34:32.32Zmore like thismore than 2015-06-23T12:34:32.32Z
answering member
1582
label Biography information for Grant Shapps more like this
tabling member
4120
label Biography information for Kate Green more like this