Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the oral Answer of 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, what steps her Department has taken to use 2011 census classifications, including on Gypsies and Travellers, to audit racial disparities in public service outcomes.
Answered by Rory Stewart
I refer the Honourable Member for Stretford and Urmston to the answer given by the Right Honourable member for Ashford in response to PQ3079.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to implement the family test.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
The Family Test policy does not apply to DFID’s work as foreign policy is outside of the scope of the Test.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of her Department's policies have been assessed against the family test; what steps she has taken to publish the outcome of such assessments; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
The Family Test policy does not apply to DFID’s work as foreign policy is outside of the scope of the Test.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for International Development:
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.
Answered by Grant Shapps - Secretary of State for Defence
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.
Asked by: Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question to the Department for International Development:
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.
Answered by Grant Shapps - Secretary of State for Defence
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.