Asked by: Valerie Vaz (Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of the survivors of rape by the Burmese Army whose cases have been documented by the Women's League of Burma have received humanitarian and specialist support from her Department.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
DFID provides support for women affected by sexual violence and rape, including referrals to specialist centres, but it is part of a wider package of assistance which is not recorded in this way.
Asked by: Valerie Vaz (Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, under what timetable her Department plans to phase out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
DFID will phase out 0845 numbers next month. A 0300 number will be available from mid-September 2014, the 0845 number will be decommissioned by end of 2014.
Asked by: Valerie Vaz (Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 her Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.
Answered by Alan Duncan
DFID uses one 0845 number for UK calls to the Public Enquiry Point. We do not record the number of calls made to the 0845 number. There is no alternative BT local rate number offered as the 0845 number in use is already charged to callers at the local rate.
DFID has no telephone lines with the prefix 0844 or 0843.