Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to support people in developing countries who have disabilities resulting from leprosy.
The Department is committed to ensuring people with disabilities, including people with leprosy, are routinely and systematically included in UK Aid. We know that we cannot eradicate poverty without reaching people with disabilities. DFID published its first Disability Inclusion Strategy in December 2018. The Strategy clearly sets out DFID’s approach to mainstream disability inclusion across the organisation, with time-bound commitments up until 2023. We also fund the World Health Organization to achieve progress towards their targets on leprosy, and we will continue to support developing countries so that they are better able to detect and treat all causes of ill health, including leprosy.