DFID funds a number of projects which support deaf people, including through Sense International and the Disability Rights Fund, which supports Deaf People\u2019s 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>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1582", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Grant Shapps"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Welwyn Hatfield"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Grant Shapps"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-06-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "2775"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-06-23T12:34:32.227Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "20"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Developing Countries: Hearing Impairment"} , "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 estimate she has made of the proportion of UK aid that supports projects for deaf people.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4120", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kate Green"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stretford and Urmston"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Kate Green"} ], "uin" : "2774"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/381547", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Development"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/381547/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
DFID funds a number of projects which support deaf people, including through Sense International and the Disability Rights Fund, which supports Deaf People\u2019s 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>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1582", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Grant Shapps"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Welwyn Hatfield"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Grant Shapps"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-06-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "2774"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-06-23T12:34:32.32Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "20"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Developing Countries: Hearing Impairment"} , "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, which projects funded by UK aid support deaf people; and in which countries those projects are based.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4120", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kate Green"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stretford and Urmston"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Kate Green"} ], "uin" : "2775"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/381160", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Development"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/381160/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
DFID has provided £9.25 million to support the relief efforts for Burundian refugees fleeing to Tanzania, through the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and Oxfam. Additionally, DFID has approved £3.9 million to support Burundian refugees in Rwanda. These packages will be used to fund the transport of refugees to camps, shelter, medical care, water and sanitation infrastructure, food rations, and to support the deployment of expert personnel.<\/p>
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In 2014 DFID supported UNICEF and the WFP through a separate programme in Burundi to prepare to assist up to 10,000 people in the event of a humanitarian crisis. This support will continue in 2015 and extend to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) and UNHCR.<\/p>
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DFID is also the main donor to the international NGO consortium START network, providing £13.7 million to the network for its global operations since April 2014. START has so far released £442,327 in Burundi, £275,281 in Rwanda, £430,203 in Tanzania, and £330,000 in the DRC, in support of the humanitarian response.<\/p>
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DFID is working closely with the FCO to monitor the situation in Burundi and in the surrounding countries.<\/p>
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DFID published its management response to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact\u2019s Business in Development<\/em> report on 11 June. The management response sets out the eight actions DFID will take in response to ICAI\u2019s findings on DFID\u2019s work with the private sector, including our corporate partnerships.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> There are many ways in which DFID protects the livelihoods of small-scale farmers, for example by helping 6 million farmers in 40 countries across Asia and Africa adapt to climate change, securing the right to land and property for 5.8 million people (including 2.6 million women), and funding research into new technologies to increase productivity. We will make further programming decisions during the forthcoming spending review.<\/p>"}
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