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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Murphy on 2014-05-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that the millennium development goals and sustainable development goals are coherent with and integrated into the development agendas of all government departments.

Justine Greening

Ensuring that the Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals are coherent with and are integrated into the development agendas of all UK Government departments is a priority for this Government. DFID Ministers and officials work closely with other Government departments and through the National Security Council, Cabinet and Cabinet sub-Committees to ensure development coherence across HMG.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Murphy on 2014-05-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that her Department gives full consideration to the increasing impact and challenges that ageing populations will place on national governments, civil society and relevant stakeholders (a) between 2015 and 2030 and (b) after 2030.

Justine Greening

The UK government welcomes the fact that life expectancy is increasing in developing countries and wants to see this positive trend continue. However, DFID also recognises that this brings new challenges, which the post-2015 framework should address. The High Level Panel, co-chaired by the Prime Minister, acknowledged this in its report to the UN Secretary General through its call to ‘leave no one behind.’

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Murphy on 2014-05-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that there is a renewed focus on the millennium development goals which have not yet been attained.

Justine Greening

Despite remarkable progress, some countries are off-track to meet MDG targets. In response, the Government has increased development assistance to fragile states, driven forward work to help unlock the potential of girls and women and focused more resources on creating the jobs, investment and growth that emerging and frontier markets need to escape poverty.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Murphy on 2014-05-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of UK aid to Syria has been written off as nugatory expenditure.

Justine Greening

No UK aid to Syria has been written off as nugatory expenditure.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Murphy on 2014-05-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of teaching provision available to Syrian refugee children in Lebanon and Jordan; and what assessment she has made of the effects of language barriers on the effectiveness of such provision.

Justine Greening

According to the UN, there are over 320,000 school-age Syrian refugee children in Lebanon and over 200,000 in Jordan. We continue to be concerned about barriers to education for refugees from Syria, which is why I have set up the £50m ‘No Lost Generation initiative’ which is providing desperately needed help, including trauma counselling and education.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Murphy on 2014-05-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what consideration she has given to the case for having a stand-alone, specific goal on inequality in the Sustainable Development Goals.

Justine Greening

The UK supports a focus on “leaving no one behind” across the post-2015 framework, as was recommended by the High Level Panel which was co-Chaired by the Prime Minister.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Murphy on 2014-05-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that access to safe, affordable energy in rural areas is being treated as a specific high-priority target in the formulation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Justine Greening

The UK is engaging fully in the UN Open Working Group where discussions on the next set of development goals are taking place. We continue to push strongly for the inclusion of targets in line with the Sustainable Energy for All initiative, including universal access to modern energy services by 2030.