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The FCDO acknowledges the importance of disaggregated data collection, and has in the past made repeated commitments to disaggregate data by disability. However, as acknowledged by the Second Permanent Under-Secretary at the FCDO, Nick Dyer, this has not been undertaken. We fail to understand how the FCDO and disability-inclusive development 29 Department can properly target resources or develop and disseminate best practice across development programmes if it does not know who it is helping ...

The FCDO acknowledges the importance of disaggregated data collection, and has in the past made repeated commitments to disaggregate data by disability. However, as acknowledged by the Second Permanent Under-Secretary at the FCDO, Nick Dyer, this has not been undertaken. We fail to understand how the FCDO and disability-inclusive development 29 Department can properly target resources or develop and disseminate best practice across development programmes if it does not know who it is helping and where. Type: conclusion | Number: 8 | Paragraph: 43 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: FCDO should lead Government efforts to review all humanitarian response and climate change adaption policies, ensuring that each includes stronger commitments on ensuring that disability inclusion is properly considered and funded. HMG position: Partially Agree The FCDO agrees that humanitarian resp