DFID’s response to report on Disability and Development welcomed
30 Jun 2014 12:57 PM
MPs welcome DFID’s
response to their Report on Disability and Development
Commenting on DFID’s
response to the International Development Committee’s Report on
Disability and Development, published today, Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Bruce MP, Chair
of the Committee, said:
“We are very pleased that
DFID endorses our key recommendations to:
- Increase the size of its central
disability team, appoint a senior disability champion, and strengthen
disability guidance and training;
- Step up its work with disabled
people in humanitarian emergencies; and
- Increase the role of disabled
people in disability policy making.”
DFID also proposes to publish a
disability framework, setting out a clear commitment, objectives and timescales
for strengthening its work with disabled people.
Commenting further, Sir
Malcolm added:
“A new disability
framework has the potential to transform DFID’s impact on some of the
world’s very poorest people. We welcome the Parliamentary Under-Secretary
of State’s commitment to ensure that the framework will make disability a
built-in feature of future policy. However, the planning done over the next few
months will be critical.
“DFID recognises that
reaching disabled people is central to tackling extreme poverty: we trust the
framework will set ambitious goals that reflect the scale of this
challenge.
“To make the framework
stick, we urge DFID to report disaggregated results for disability, as it does
for gender – and to require its partners to do the same.
“We also welcome this
week’s announcement that DFID will allocate a further £39 million
to the eradication of preventable blindness. We hope DFID continues this focus
on preventing and treating disabling conditions in its forthcoming review of
health spending.”