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1417242

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to track progress towards her Department's two global targets on girls’ education, endorsed last year by G7 leaders.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	113165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>We have committed to publish an annual report tracking progress against the two new global objectives, in collaboration with UNESCO and the UN Girls' Education Initiative. The report is due to be published in the summer of 2022 and annually will highlight the progress that low- and lower-middle-income countries have made in getting 40 million more girls into school and 20 million more girls reading by the age of 10, as well as demonstrating the obstacles that are still to be overcome.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 04/02/2022 10:25:03 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1417243

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to help advance the two global girls’ education targets since the meeting of the G7 in June 2021.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	113166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>We have built on the momentum of the G7 and UK-hosted Global Education Summit to push forward progress on girls' education. At COP26 we shone a spotlight on the links between education and climate and called for countries to prioritise early learning in their efforts to mitigate climate change. In Afghanistan the UK has called for girls' right to secondary education to be restored, and UK humanitarian funds are helping provide safe spaces for learning for 38,000 displaced children, including 28,000 girls.</p><p>As of mid-December, more than 647 million school children were still affected by partial or full school closures. Ministers are pressing national governments to reopen schools as a matter of priority, while our bilateral education programmes and flagship Girls' Education Challenge continue to support children to catch-up on the learning they have lost. On 26 January the UK helped launch a new report by the Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel focused on recovering children's education, as part of our commitment to increase the global evidence base for education reform.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 04/02/2022 10:20:38 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

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

1173024

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2020
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress his Department has made on delivering the goals agreed at the first meeting of the Platform for Girls Education at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	West Worcestershire
	tabling member printed	Harriett Baldwin
	uin	7200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>​The Platform for Girls’ Education was launched at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in April 2018. The Platform aims to keep girls’ education high on the Commonwealth agenda during the UK’s term as Chair in Office of the Commonwealth. The former Foreign Secretary co-chaired the first meeting of the Platform at the UN General Assembly in September 2018. There, it was agreed that the Platform would issue a set of recommendations, in advance of the next meeting of Commonwealth Heads of Government in Rwanda in June 2020. These recommendations will focus attention on the key issues that need to be addressed if we are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Since then, the Platform has issued two papers – one on the state of girls’ education in the Commonwealth, the other on gender responsive education sector plans. The Platform will issue its flagship paper in February 2020, on the importance of political leadership in driving change on girls’ education. This paper will include the Platform’s recommendations, which we will promote within the Commonwealth and beyond. The Government continues to champion girls' education through the 'Leave No Girl Behind' campaign, and at the UN General Assembly in September 2019, the Prime Minister announced £515 million to provide over 12 million children – half of them girls – with a decent education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/01/2020 16:25:30 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	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

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

1415908

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to track progress towards achieving the two global targets on girls’ education endorsed by G7 leaders in June 2021.
	tabling member constituency	West Worcestershire
	tabling member printed	Harriett Baldwin
	uin	110345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>We have committed to publish an annual report tracking progress against the two new global objectives, in collaboration with UNESCO and the UN Girls' Education Initiative. The report is due to be published in the summer of 2022 and annually will highlight the progress that low- and middle-income countries have made in getting 40 million more girls into school and 20 million more girls reading by the age of 10, as well as demonstrating the obstacles that are still to be overcome.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 31/01/2022 10:50:52 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin