Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Government of Zimbabwe distributes UK bilateral aid fairly through civic and representative community organisations.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin
The UK Government does not channel any UK bilateral aid through the Government of Zimbabwe. The UK, through the Department for International Development in Zimbabwe, provides extensive financial and technical assistance to a wide range of civil society organisations in Zimbabwe. We do not publicise our partners to avoid putting them at risk. Our funding supports Zimbabwean citizens to hold the state to account in its respect for human rights and democratic principles.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to consult the devolved governments on measurement of their progress on Sustainable Development Goal 5 for the Voluntary National Review in 2019; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Alistair Burt
Work on developing the UK’s 2019 Voluntary National Review is ongoing, and we will consult with a wide range of key stakeholders as we finalise our plans.
We will launch an online consultation to ensure we capture a wide range of views and inputs, and will be drawing on a range of sources to collect data and information, including:
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what consultation the Government plans to hold with local authorities to measure progress on Sustainable Development Goal 5: achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, for the Voluntary National Review at the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in 2019.
Answered by Alistair Burt
Work on developing the UK’s 2019 Voluntary National Review is ongoing, and we will consult with a wide range of key stakeholders as we finalise our plans.
We will launch an online consultation to ensure we capture a wide range of views and inputs, and will be drawing on a range of sources to collect data and information, including:
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what consultation the Government plans to hold with the private sector to measure progress on Sustainable Development Goal 5: achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, for the Voluntary National Review at the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in 2019.
Answered by Alistair Burt
Work on developing the UK’s 2019 Voluntary National Review is ongoing, and we will consult with a wide range of key stakeholders as we finalise our plans.
We will launch an online consultation to ensure we capture a wide range of views and inputs, and will be drawing on a range of sources to collect data and information, including:
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what form of consultation the Government plans to conduct with civic society to measure progress on Sustainable Development Goal 5 for the Voluntary National Review in 2019.
Answered by Alistair Burt
Work on developing the UK’s 2019 Voluntary National Review is ongoing and we are consulting with a range of key stakeholders to finalise these plans. The Government will ensure that a wide range of partners and stakeholders, including civil society organisations, have an opportunity to contribute to the review, and intend to launch an online consultation to capture as many views and suggestions as possible.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure that it collects data from vulnerable and marginalised groups when evaluating progress on implementing Sustainable Development Goal 5 for the Voluntary National Review in 2019.
Answered by Alistair Burt
Work on developing the UK’s 2019 Voluntary National Review is ongoing. We will be drawing on a range of sources to collect data and information, and will ensure that a wide range of partners and stakeholders have an opportunity to contribute to the review, including launching an online consultation to capture as many views and suggestions as possible.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms the Government plans to use to analyse progress on implementing Sustainable Development Goal 5 for the Voluntary National Review in 2019.
Answered by Alistair Burt
Work on developing the UK’s 2019 Voluntary National Review is ongoing. We will be drawing on a range of sources, including:
the UN’s global indicator framework for measuring global progress towards the SDGs;
the UK’s Office for National Statistics’ National Reporting Platform on UK data for the SDGs;
Single Departmental Plans in which government departments have embedded the SDGs; and
departmental Annual Reports and Accounts in which departments are expected to report progress towards the SDGs.
We will continue to consult with a range of key stakeholders as we finalise our plans, including launching an online consultation to ensure we capture a wide range of views and inputs.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has had any discussions with her EU counterparts on her proposal to introduce payments by results to funding of UN agencies.
Answered by Alistair Burt
From 2018 onwards, we will use the payment by results approach with the UN to strengthen accountability to deliver results in some key areas of UN reform and performance. My officials have undertaken a range of outreach opportunities to discuss the ‘payment by results’ component of the voluntary core funding that DFID contributes to the UN’s humanitarian and development agencies. This has included a number of meetings at Permanent Secretary level with interested donors, formal presentations to EU counterparts at Director General level and a number of informal meetings at a technical level.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with its European counterparts on the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 5.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 5 is a priority for DFID discussions with all our partners, including European counterparts. This includes important discussions to drive progress on gender equality at international forums like the G7 and working as part of the EU negotiating block to achieve strong outcomes at the Commission on the Status of Women.
The UK has strongly influenced the European Union’s (EU) Gender Action Plan, which will focus collective EU efforts to achieve Goal 5. This includes seconding UK national experts to assist the EU to design the Plan and to monitor progress. The UK regularly participates in discussions with EU counterparts to review implementation.
Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how she plans to measure progress on Sustainable Development Goal 5 for the Voluntary National Review in 2019.
Answered by Alistair Burt
Work on developing the UK’s 2019 Voluntary National Review is ongoing. We will be drawing on a range of sources, including:
We will continue to consult with a range of key stakeholders as we finalise our plans, including launching an online consultation to ensure we capture a wide range of views and inputs.