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.

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:

• 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.