Family Planning

Mr. Amess
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what payments his Department has made to (a) Marie Stopes International, (b) International Planned Parenthood Federation, (c) British Pregnancy Advisory Service, (d) United Nations Population Fund and (e) Family Planning Association (UK) for (i) abortion, (ii) family planning and (iii) other reproductive health services in each of the last five years; what the total of grants made to each organisation in each of the last five years was; what restrictions there are on the use of these funds; and if he will make a statement.

Gillian Merron
Details on DFID's core contributions to each organisation over the last five years are laid out in the following table.

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|£000                                       |
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|Organisation                               |2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|
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|International Planned Parenthood Federation|4,500|10,500|6,000|—|7,500|
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|UN Population Fund                         |9,000|18,000|20,000|20,000|20,000|
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Core contributions are provided in support of an organisation's overall development activities and are disbursed at the discretion of the organisation and can therefore not be broken down into sectors.

Project specific funding is also delivered via Marie Stopes International, the UN Population Fund and the International Planned Parenthood Federation. Consolidated records on the amount of project specific funding delivered via intermediary organisations are not held centrally.

No funding was provided to the British Pregnancy Advisory Service or the Family Planning Association (UK).

DFID does not promote abortion as a method of family planning. However, if a woman decides to have an abortion, she should be able to access care and services that are safe. Where it is legal, DFID works to ensure the saving of women's lives through abortion services that are safe. DFID also promotes awareness of unsafe abortion as a serious women's health issue.