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FCDO and disability-inclusive development

Status: Closed Opened: 12 Jul 2023 Closed: 23 May 2024 8 recommendations 9 conclusions 1 report

Report and Government response published This inquiry considered consider the adequacy and effectiveness of the FCDO’s disability and inclusion rights strategy, launched in February 2022, including the consequences for disability-inclusive programmes of the decision to cut aid spending from 0.7% to 0.5% of GNI. Stakeholders noted that Organisations of Persons with Disabilities are consulted arbitrarily …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Third Report - FCDO and disability-inclusive development HC 107 4 Apr 2024 17 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
6 Conclusion Third Report - FCDO and disability-incl… Acknowledged

ODA spending on disability inclusion falls short, lacking measurable targets like gender equality.

ODA spending on disability inclusion, as measured by the OECD-DAC markers, falls short of our expectations. Whereas efforts to improve gender equality across the Department’s development programmes are assessed against measurable spending targets, disability inclusion does not receive the same focus.

Government response. The FCDO's response is a vague commitment to explore further advocacy, policy, and programme work related to de-institutionalisation and children's social care reform globally, without directly addressing the committee's concerns about ODA spending targets and OECD-DAC markers for disability inclusion.
10 Conclusion Third Report - FCDO and disability-incl… Acknowledged

FCDO's current programming fails to adequately safeguard people with disabilities from exploitation.

People with disabilities are significantly more at risk of sexual exploitation, as well as other forms of exploitation, highlighting the importance of their appropriate safeguarding. However, we are not convinced that the FCDO is doing all it can to properly safeguard people with disabilities in its programming.

Government response. The government states that equity and safeguarding considerations are an integral part of delivering good value for money in the FCDO and intends to update the equity and value for money guide and share across its network, providing an update …

Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions
Date Witnesses
23 Jan 2024 Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office View ↗
17 Oct 2023 Anna Landre · Disaster Strategies, Iryna Tekuchova · Fight for Right, Kevin Sudi · CBM, Ms Lauren Watters · Able Child Africa, Ophia Bwanali · Leonard Cheshire Zimbabwe, Sunday Isiyaku · Sightsavers View ↗