Asked by: Lord Bruce of Bennachie (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Development:
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.
Answered by Justine Greening
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.