The World Health Organisation document \u201cPreventing gender-biased sex selection. An interagency statement\u201d, available online, includes more information and extensive references on these issues.<\/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" : "2015-06-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-06-09T16:35:16.227Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "20"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Abortion: Sex Selection"} , "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, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2015 to Question 20, what the evidential basis is for the statement that sex selection is not caused by the availability of abortion services or technologies; whether her Department considers that antenatal scanning equipment facilitates sex-selective abortion; and if she will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1569", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Robert Flello"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stoke-on-Trent South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Robert Flello"} ], "uin" : "1255"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/348578", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Development"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/348578/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
DFID is committed to ensuring that the specific needs of the most vulnerable and marginalised, including older people, are addressed in everything DFID does. This includes in our country programmes and humanitarian responses, through DFID-supported social protection programmes such as the Senior Citizen\u2019s Grant in Uganda and by committing to making age-disaggregated data is a requirement for humanitarian financing. DFID also funds a number of civil society organisations who support older people, including a significant partnership with HelpAge International. DFID\u2019s disability framework, published in December 2014, highlights the importance of specifically addressing the needs of older people.<\/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" : "2015-06-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-06-11T12:57:48.33Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "20"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Development"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Developing Countries: Older People"} , "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 steps she has taken to ensure that the UK's international development strategy supports older people.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1604", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ealing, Southall"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Virendra Sharma"} ], "uin" : "1159"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/347962", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Development"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/347962/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The table below shows bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) disbursed to the (a) health sector, (b) education sector and (c) other sectors (i) globally and (ii) in Africa in each of the last five years by DFID.<\/p>
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Details of sector spend for 2014 will be published in Statistics on International Development in the autumn of this year.<\/p>
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| <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | £ millions<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Region<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Health<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Education<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Other<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2008<\/p> <\/p><\/td> Global<\/p><\/td> £552<\/p><\/td> £223<\/p><\/td> £2,563<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Africa<\/p><\/td> £227<\/p><\/td> £76<\/p><\/td> £1,009<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2009<\/p><\/td> Global<\/p><\/td> £670<\/p><\/td> £460<\/p><\/td> £2,937<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Africa<\/p><\/td> £294<\/p><\/td> £204<\/p><\/td> £1,230<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010<\/p><\/td> Global<\/p><\/td> £755<\/p><\/td> £406<\/p><\/td> £3,148<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Africa<\/p><\/td> £309<\/p><\/td> £199<\/p><\/td> £1,317<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p> 2011<\/p><\/td> Global<\/p><\/td> £899<\/p><\/td> £573<\/p><\/td> £3,027<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Africa<\/p><\/td> £354<\/p><\/td> £227<\/p><\/td> £1,335<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012<\/p><\/td> Global<\/p><\/td> £1,017<\/p><\/td> £499<\/p><\/td> £3,054<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Africa<\/p><\/td> £511<\/p><\/td> £258<\/p><\/td> £1,292<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013<\/p><\/td> Global<\/p><\/td> £1,226<\/p><\/td> £797<\/p><\/td> £3,776<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Africa<\/p><\/td> £548<\/p><\/td> £316<\/p><\/td> £1,476<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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