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.

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 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.