Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department plans to implement its Disability Framework.

DFID follows a ‘twin-track’ approach to disability inclusion. This means we attach priority to disability in all our policies and programmes as well as supporting disability-targeted programmes.

We have made significant progress in mainstreaming disability inclusion in our humanitarian response, including the development of an internal guidance note on ageing and disability in humanitarian response. We will build on this foundation by supporting partners to deliver on our commitment to include disaggregated data on age and disability as part of our requirements for funding humanitarian proposals, and advocating for the use of the Minimum Standards on Ageing and Disability Inclusion with humanitarian partners to improve the mainstreaming of the principles of inclusion.

DFID has funded the Disability Rights Fund (DRF) since its inception in 2008 and our current grant of over £2.6 million between 2013 and 2016 reinforces our commitment to the DRF. With support from DFID, the DRF supports Disabled People’s Organisations in the developing world to take the lead in advocating for the human rights of people with disabilities at local and national levels.