§ Mr. Martyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the British Non-Governmental Organisations funded to carry out social marketing programmes in the area of reproductive health services, indicating the countries in which they operate.[83579]
§ Mr. FoulkesThe following table lists UK non-governmental organisations currently receiving the Department for International Development's support for
92WReproductive Health social marketing projects, together with a list of the countries in which they are operating:
British non-governmental organisations Country Futures Group, UK Pakistan Marie Stopes International Nicaragua International Family Health India Population Services International, Europe Burma In addition, a number of developing country based social marketing groups affiliated to UK nongovernmental organisations receive bilateral support to implement subsidised marketing projects, including, for example, Marie Stopes International Uganda.
§ Mr. Martyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development from which budget lines under which EU directorates funding is available for population, sexual and reproductive health programmes in developing countries, and central and Eastern Europe. [83575]
§ Mr. FoulkesThe following budget lines are relevant: B7 210 and B7 214—Humanitarian aid (which includes population, sexual and reproductive health programmes), in developing countries and in central and eastern Europe.
B7 543—Health programmes for the former Yugoslavia.
B7 6211—Programmes for HIV and AIDS related operations.
B7 631—Aid for population policies and programmes in developing countries.
B7 653—Campaign against sex tourism in developing countries.
B7 704—Grants to non-government organisations to promote and protect women's rights.
The non-budget European Development Fund for African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in the Lome Convention also includes provision for health sector funding.
The Commission Directorates through which these funds are spent are DGVIII (Africa, Caribbean and the Pacific for EDF funds), DGIA (Central and Eastern Europe), DGIB (Asia and Latin America), the Common Service for External Relations which handles project implementation for the external assistance Directorates-General, and the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO).
§ Mr. Martyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what family planning and reproductive health assistance is being provided by the United Kingdom Government for refugees from Kosovo in Albania and Macedonia; and if such aid includes emergency contraception for rape victims. [83577]
§ Mr. FoulkesMy Department is providing reproductive health assistance to Kosovar refugees through UNICEF and NGO programmes of mother and child healthcare. We are ready to consider assistance with specialist care for rape victims if requested to do so.