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48973

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to emphasise the importance of education provisions and support for disabled children, their teachers and families in order to ensure that Millennium Development Goal 2 is attained.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	197192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK Government's programmes and partnerships are focused on ensuring better inclusion of children with disabilities. For example, the Girls' Education Challenge is supporting over £9 million of disability-focused programmes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In September 2013 we announced two additional commitments to step up our support; ensuring all DFID funded education construction is fully accessible and improving data on children with disabilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

48974

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that people (a) with disabilities and (b) affected by disabilities are given full consideration in the Sustainable Development Goals and their attendant targets and indicators.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	197193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK is pushing for the principle of ‘Leave no one behind' to be included in the MDGs successor development framework, which was a central element of the report prepared for the UN Secretary general by the High Level Panel, co-chaired by the Prime Minister. We should ensure that no person, regardless of disability is denied universal human rights and basic opportunities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 197194 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

48975

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that people with one or more physical, sensory, intellectual or mental health impairment are explicitly mentioned in the Sustainable Development Goals and their attendant targets and indicators.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	197194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK is pushing for the principle of ‘Leave no one behind' to be included in the MDGs successor development framework, which was a central element of the report prepared for the UN Secretary general by the High Level Panel, co-chaired by the Prime Minister. We should ensure that no person, regardless of disability is denied universal human rights and basic opportunities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 197193 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

48976

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to promote the rights of women with disabilities and to ensure such women are empowered and achieve gender equality to the same extent as women without disabilities.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	197191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID has put girls and women at the heart of international development and is committed to working with the Governments of developing countries to ensure that the issues faced by all vulnerable girls and women, including those with disabilities, are addressed in its programmes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 13 May 2014, the International Development Gender Equality Act 2014 will come into law. This means that before development or humanitarian assistance is provided, the impact on gender equality – including for men and women with disabilities – must be considered within the poverty focus of the International Development Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

49052

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
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 28 April 2014, Official Report, columns 568-9W, on Pacific Islands, to Question 196375, how much support and under what categories her Department gave directly to Pacific Island countries in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Meg Munn
uin	197058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the Oral answer given to her by the Secretary of State for International Development, my Rt. Hon Friend the member for Putney (Justine Greening) on 5 March 2014 (Official Report, column 871).</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn

48821

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what arrangements his Department plans to leave in place in Afghanistan to protect education for female children.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Lindsay Roy
uin	196925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>The UK Government supports girls' education in Afghanistan through DFID's Girls' Education Challenge programmes and our financial support to the Afghan Reconstruction Trust Fund - a multi-donor fund that supports the provision of primary education across Afghanistan. We are committed to Afghanistan for the long term, including supporting education for girls.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1608 label Biography information for Lindsay Roy

48858

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department allocated in support to Malawi in each of the last five years; and what proportion of this funding was intended for use by (a) the Malawi government and (b) non-governmental organisations working in the country.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	196890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK Government has provided the following support (£m):</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>DFID MALAWI Programme Spend</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CHANNEL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi Government</p></td><td><p>18.2</p></td><td><p>76.3</p></td><td><p>36.7</p></td><td><p>59.5</p></td><td><p>75.2</p></td><td><p>265.9</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Governmental Organisations</p></td><td><p>17.7</p></td><td><p>12.2</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td><td><p>3.7</p></td><td><p>49.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information regarding specific projects is available on the Development Tracker (www.dfid.gov.uk).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

48619

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
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) prevent forced displacement induced by climate change and (b) otherwise assist affected populations.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	196590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK's £3.87 billion International Climate Fund (ICF), managed by DFID, aims, amongst other things, to prevent climate induced migration in two ways. Firstly, by providing support for emissions reductions to limit the levels of climate change. This is by far the most effective way of reducing the numbers of people displaced by climate change.</p><p> </p><p>Secondly, providing 50% of ICF funds to help over 20 million of the most climate vulnerable people adapt to the impacts of climate change and avoid being displaced. For example; reducing the impacts of floods and droughts, introducing climate resilient crops, and providing insurance against climate induced crop failures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

48620

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which civil society organisations her Department supports in Uganda; and what policy each such organisation has towards the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Act.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	196594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK funds a number of civil society organisations in Uganda, including around 70 through the multi-donor Democratic Governance Facility. DFID has assessed our programme to ensure that UK aid could continue to be spent effectively and with maximum impact, and to ensure it was not being provided to organisations that proactively and publically promoted the Act. Following this, the UK and other donors agreed to indefinitely suspend funding through the Democratic Governance Facility to one organisation. We will continue to monitor this situation. The UK strongly opposes discrimination on any grounds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

48621

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent work her Department has undertaken with the Pakistani building and construction improvement programme to deliver sustainable safe stoves and hot water tanks in the remote Pakistani mountains.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	196747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID has not undertaken any work with the Pakistani building and construction improvement programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn