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582580

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that all children complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education by 2020.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	46289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to ensuring all children are able to complete a full cycle of quality education. Between 2011 and 2015 DFID supported over 11 million children into primary and lower secondary school (7.5 million children in countries considered fragile), and training 380,000 teachers through our multilateral partners. In 2015, the UK again committed to support a further 11 million children in the poorest countries to gain a decent education by 2020.</p><p>DFID is also supporting up to one million of the world’s poorest girls through DFID’s Girls Education Challenge (GEC). In July, DFID co-hosted the first, hugely successful Girls’ Education Forum in London and announced a further £100 million through the GEC to continue this support and help an additional 175,000 of the poorest, most marginalised adolescent girls in the world to get a decent education.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 16/09/2016 11:07:53 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1192172

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the use of satellite technology in delivering remote learning to children that are not attending school as a result of (a) the covid-19 pandemic and (b) other reasons.
	tabling member constituency	West Worcestershire
	tabling member printed	Harriett Baldwin
	uin	42018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>DFID is helping to deliver remote learning to children during the COVID19 crisis through radio, television and many mobile telephone networks that are providing educational applications free of charge.</p><p>Satellite internet technology has specific potential benefits in reaching children in remote areas where mobile telephone coverage is limited. The DFID-funded EdTech Hub is researching how to effectively scale this type of learning in low income countries, with a key focus on the Value for Money compared to non-tech interventions.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 11/05/2020 16:53:39 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin

1220365

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will include girls' education as a priority for the UK's forthcoming Presidency of the G7.
	tabling member constituency	West Worcestershire
	tabling member printed	Harriett Baldwin
	uin	68345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>The Department for International Development is working closely with other government departments to define the objectives for the UK’s G7 Presidency in 2021. These objectives will be shared in due course.</p><p>The UK is a world leader in supporting girls’ education and standing up for the right of every girl to 12 years of quality education is a priority for this government, including through international engagement with partners.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 09/07/2020 16:05:25 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin

1170949

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding has been allocated from the public purse to support the fulfilment of the UN sustainable development goal of education for all girls and boys; and in which countries that funding was spent.
	tabling member constituency	West Worcestershire
	tabling member printed	Harriett Baldwin
	uin	3741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <ol><li>The Prime Minister has publicly stated that education, particularly standing up for the right of every girl in the world to have 12 years of quality education, is a priority for the UK. Between 2009 and 2018, the Government spent £7.08 billion bilaterally from the public purse to support the fulfilment of the UN sustainable development goal on education. This does not include all multilateral spend. Between 2015 and 2019 DFID supported 14.8 million children to gain a decent education, of which at least 5.8 million were girls. UKAid is spent in the countries that need it the most. From 2015 to 2018, the largest number of children supported by DFID education programmes was in Africa, where the majority of out of school children live. Most of the children supported by DFID’s education programmes live in fragile states.</li></ol> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 23/01/2020 09:04:07 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin

1173027

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much UK aid has been allocated to the International Financing Facility for Education; and what assessment his Department has made of effect of the work of that Facility on delivering the UN Sustainable Development Goal on global education.
	tabling member constituency	West Worcestershire
	tabling member printed	Harriett Baldwin
	uin	7202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has publicly stated that education, particularly girls’ education, is a priority for the UK.</p><p>He announced a commitment of up to £300 million for the International Finance Facility for Education at the UN General Assembly in September 2019, consisting of £100 million in grant funding and $250 million in paid-in cash and guarantees.</p><p>The Facility will make a generate additional finance for education in up to 40 lower-middle income countries where funding is inadequate, learning is off track, and around 155 million children are out of school.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 30/01/2020 15:34:35 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin

1173028

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Girls' Education Challenge has achieved to date; and what the projected outcomes are of its programmes.
	tabling member constituency	West Worcestershire
	tabling member printed	Harriett Baldwin
	uin	7203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>The UK launched our flagship Girls’ Education Challenge programme – the world’s largest global fund dedicated to girls’ education – in May 2012.</p><p>The first phase of the Girls’ Education Challenge (2012-2017) directly provided quality education for over a million marginalised girls through 37 different projects in 18 countries across Africa and Asia, many operating in conflict and crisis. The programme also benefitted other girls, boys, and wider communities through activities such as teaching training and improving school infrastructure.</p><p>The second phase of the Girls’ Education Challenge (2017-2025) is supporting up to 1.5 million marginalised girls with access to education through 41 projects across 17 countries. This second phase includes support for highly marginalised girls who have never attended school, or have dropped out due to poverty, motherhood, disability or conflict.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 30/01/2020 12:05:07 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin

1173036

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2020 to Question 3741 on Developing Countries: Education, how much of the £7.08 billion was spent bilaterally in each year from 2009 to 2018; and what the top 10 countries were in which that funding was spent.
	tabling member constituency	West Worcestershire
	tabling member printed	Harriett Baldwin
	uin	7204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>Distribution of the £7.08 billion spent bilaterally on education between 2009 and 2018 is listed below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>£523m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£482m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£649m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£620m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£905m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£820m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£651m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£961m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>£785m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>£686m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These amounts include contributions which cannot be disaggregated by country, some of which is channelled through multilateral programmes such as the Global Partnership for Education and Education Cannot Wait.</p><p>Top ten country spend over this time period is as below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>1 </strong></p></td><td><p>Pakistan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p>India</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p>Malawi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p>China</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p>Nigeria</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p>Ghana</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p>West Bank &amp; Gaza Strip</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p>South Africa</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 30/01/2020 12:12:44 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin

1216411

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on girls’ education in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Anthony Mangnall
	uin	62627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The COVID-19 crisis has removed 1.3 billion children - 650 million girls - from primary and secondary education, putting the most disadvantaged girls at risk of dropping out of school permanently. As the effects of the COVID-19 crisis play out, the socio-economic impact on girls’ education in developing countries is becoming increasingly clear. From a learning perspective, closures – even with mitigating actions - will significantly reduce learning hours. School closures in Sierra Leone during the Ebola crisis resulted in the loss of roughly 780 hours per pupil. We also understand that the effects of school closures in developing countries are much wider than reduced learning. For many disadvantaged children in developing countries, school closures expose them to increased hunger and malnutrition as well as increased risk of violence against women and girls.</p><p>The UK’s response to the pandemic is two-fold, firstly to ensure preventative measures are taken to keep girls learning and returning to education, mitigating short term risks by focussing on safety, nutrition, wellbeing and the continuity of learning whilst schools are closed. Secondly, by supporting countries to protect and maintain their education budgets and ensuring that we build back better. DFID is adapting its bilateral education programmes in 18 countries. The Global Partnership for Education, to which the UK is the largest donor, is flexing over £200 million to support education sector stability in response to the pandemic. The UK has also announced £20 million for UNICEF’s crisis appeal, which includes education, and a further £5 million to the Education Cannot Wait fund to support emergency education in fragile contexts.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 29/06/2020 16:15:40 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4762 label Biography information for Anthony Mangnall

637965

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that her Department achieves value for money in its investment in education.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	53171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>For all bilateral education investments, we have developed a range of value for money metrics which track key cost drivers. Where applicable, we use a ‘Payment By Results’ approach which means that programmes such as the Girls’ Education Challenge must demonstrate significant learning improvements for its beneficiaries in order to receive full funding.</p><p>Alongside this, our funding for research projects is building up an evidence base of ‘what works’ to help guarantee that DFID education investments are smart and well-targeted. Scrutiny from the Independent Commission for Aid Impact also ensures that all DFID education investments are as economic, efficient and cost-effective as possible.</p><p>In line with our UK Aid Strategy, we have reviewed all existing spending and have ended projects which are not delivering value for money.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 22/11/2016 14:53:26 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

709030

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that girls in the poorest countries can access education.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	66941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>Between 2011 and 2015, UKAID supported over five million girls in developing countries to gain an education. By the end of 2017, the flagship Girls’ Education Challenge will enable up to one million marginalised girls to benefit from an education of sufficient quality to help transform their lives.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 14/03/2017 17:20:40 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott