Written question asked by Desmond Swayne (Conservative) on Tuesday, 30 April 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 9 May 2002. It was answered by Clare Short (Labour) on Thursday, 9 May 2002 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funds are being made available by (a) the United Nations Fund for Population Activities and (b) the International Parenthood Federation to fund population control in Peru. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funds are being made available by (a) the United Nations Fund for Population Activities and (b) the International Parenthood Federation to fund population control in Peru. [54483] Clare Short: Neither the United Nations population fund (UNFPA) or the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) support population control programmes in Peru or elsewhere. In 2002, UNFPA's US$1.4 million programme in Peru is supporting action to reduce maternal mortality and to improve access to reproductive health information and care for young people. IPPF's US$246,716 programme in 2002 is supporting the promotion of a range of quality and affordable sexual and reproductive health services and information for poor people, including improving access to modern methods of contraception and support to combat gender-based violence.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 54483; 385 c287W;385 c286W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Finance Family planning Peru International Planned Parenthood Federation UN Population Fund
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk