Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the funding allocated by her Department to tackle workplace violence and harassment in developing countries; and which programmes that funding covers.

DFID’s £30.3M Responsible Accountable Transparent Enterprise Programme (RATE) is focussed on promoting job quality standards in developing countries, including ending workplace violence and harassment. All of the organisations funded by this programme, including the Ethical Trading Initiative, ShareAction, Shift and World Benchmarking Alliance are active on this agenda.