Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps she has taken on improving sanitation and access to clean water in developing countries.

The UK Government committed to reach 60 million people in developing countries with our water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programmes by December 2015. We are on track to reach this target. Contributions come from projects managed by DFID offices in 15 countries, from a partnership with UNICEF to deliver improved WASH in nine countries, and from a challenge programme which funds three consortia working in 12 countries. To date, our bilateral WASH programmes have reached 54.1 million people.

We also have a renewed commitment to help at least 60 million people get access to clean water and sanitation by 2020.