Vicky Ford: ...) to disburse Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights aid to fragile and conflict-affected states. This included: · Contributions to single-donor funding mechanisms and contributions earmarked for a specific funding window or geographical location · Contributions to specific-purpose programmes and funds managed by implementing partners · Core support to NGOs, other private bodies,...
Vicky Ford: Details of FCDO Official Development Assistance (ODA) is published by calendar year, UK extending agency and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) sector code in the "Statistics on International Development: final UK aid spend" annex tables here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-inte...
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the implications for its policies of the findings of Twomey et al published in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Journal volume on 13 January 2022 concerning chronic fatigue and postexertional malaise in people living with long covid.
Vicky Ford: This financial year 2022/23, the UK intends to provide approximately £156 million in humanitarian aid across East Africa. The £14 million announced on 19 August for World Humanitarian Day forms part of this total. On 21 September at UNGA, the Minister for Development announced £22.8 million to Somalia to respond to the drought, bringing the UK financial year total for Somalia to £53...
Sir Jon Cunliffe: I thank the Committee for allowing us to give some evidence on the Bill. This matters hugely to us. I will say at the outset—this goes to your questions, Financial Secretary—that the Bill is hugely important and it is hugely important for a number of reasons. This is relevant to the competitiveness question. The system we have at the moment is basically that we have...
Sheldon Mills: Of course. It is a matter for Government as to what amendments they put to Parliament, and it is then a matter for Parliament as to what you do with them. You always have to be careful as a regulator not to tell Parliament what to do, but I will put some thoughts forward. Independence needs to be at the heart of the regulatory system, so I think it will be important, if and...
Vicky Ford: Based on the "Statistics on International Development: final UK aid spend 2020", and the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) spend methodology laid out in the "Donor Delivering for SRHR" report: a/ 4.16% of total UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) was allocated to SRHR in 2019. b/ 2.57% of UK bilateral ODA was allocated to SRHR in 2020. Note, this percentage excludes...
Vicky Ford: ...(FCAS), the "Statistics on International Development: final UK aid spend 2020", and the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) spend methodology laid out in the "Donor Delivering for SRHR" report: a/ At least 1.07% of UK bilateral ODA was allocated to SRHR in FCAS in 2019. b/ At least 0.91% of UK bilateral ODA was allocated to SRHR in FCAS in 2020. c/ Data for 2021 is not...
Vicky Ford: Based on the "Statistics on International Development: final UK aid spend 2020", and the Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) spend methodology laid out in the "Donor Delivering for SRHR" report: a/ The total amount of UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) SRHR funding disbursed by bilateral aid was: £439 million in 2018, £515 million in 2019, and £372 million in 2020. b/ The total...
Gillian Keegan: Almost half of Somalia's population is in dire need of help, with 300,000 people forecast to be in famine by October if assistance is not provided immediately. On 21 September at the UN General Assembly, the Minister for Development, Vicky Ford MP, announced a £22.8 million package of assistance for Somalia to alleviate the impact of drought and address the risk of famine. This brings the...
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason she has demoted the Minister for Disabled People role from a Minister of State position to a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State.
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to convene the cross-departmental working group on the National Disability Strategy.
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with the Prime Minister on ensuring the needs of disabled people remain at the heart of the Government policy.
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of her Department's budget was spent on staffing in each year since 2015; and if she will publish a breakdown of the number of people her Department employs at each grade.
Chris Bryant: ...between the two, the seven lay members and the seven Members, is a good one, and it is sometimes a genuinely fascinating debate, with people offering different perspectives. On the motions before the House, first, I hope that introducing a procedural protocol that lays out all the processes and what a Member can expect if they have to go through an investigation that ends up going all the...
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to collect data on the number of cases of myalgic encephalomyelitis that have been triggered by a Covid-19 infection.
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the research by the Office for National Statistics entitled Prevalence of ongoing symptoms following coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the UK, published on 1 September 2022, whether her Department has had discussions with the Office for National Statistics on the reasons for which myalgic encephalomyelitis was not...
Vicky Ford: The FCDO's Annual Report and Accounts for 2021-22 was published on 19 July 2022. Planned FCDO programme allocations for 2022-23 were not included. As a result of the government's response to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and wider ODA pressures including the ODA-eligible expenditure incurred through the Afghan resettlement programme and the UK's support to people fleeing Ukraine, the original...
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of Upper Tribunal appeals made against a decision made by the social security tribunal were funded by legal aid in each year since 2015.
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 September 2022 to Question 45954 on Universal Credit: Disqualification, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of collating the information on the stage a Universal Credit (Full Service) sanction decision is made.