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1140518

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	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 he has made of the merits of a Global Plan of Action for Education as called for by UNESCO in its report of July 2019 entitled meeting commitments: are countries on track to achieve SDG 4; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
	uin	279358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>The recommendations in UNESCO’s report of July 2019: <em>Meeting commitments: are countries on track to achieve SDG 4</em> align well with DFID’s education policy: <em>Get Children Learning </em>and the work the UK is supporting in such areas as learning measurement, education financing, research and policy dialogue. We welcome UNESCO’s report and look forward to hearing more about suggestions for a Global Plan of Action for Education.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 05/08/2019 16:23:53 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1146612

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2019
	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, with reference to the announcement on education funding at the UN General Assembly, what steps he is taking to ensure that the most marginalised (a) girls and (b) adolescents are able to access a good standard of education.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	291464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>At this year’s UN General Assembly, the UK announced £515 million in new support to help get over 12 million children – half of them girls – into school. This includes a £300 million pledge for the innovative new International Finance Facility for Education that will help mobilise an additional $5 billion of investment for education in Africa and Asia, with a focus on the most marginalised children.</p><p> </p><p>This funding, in line with the Prime Minister’s pledge to make sure all girls have 12 years of quality education, will give millions of girls around the world the chance to go to school, supporting economic growth and improving women’s rights.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the UK is committed to promoting gender equality and protecting and empowering adolescent girls, and we also announced a new £600 million aid package to provide millions more women and girls in the developing world access to family planning.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 01/10/2019 15:53:05 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1169859

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2020
	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 proportion of the aid budget goes to projects which work to fulfil the UN sustainable development goal of 12 years of education for every girl.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	1687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has publicly stated that education, particularly girls’ education, is a priority for the UK. All UK aid education programmes have a focus on girls and young women.</p><p>Between 2009 and 2018 DFID’s spend on education doubled from almost £500 million to nearly £1 billion.</p><p>The latest data, from Statistics on International Development shows that 7% of total bilateral ODA is spent on bilateral education, all of which benefits girls. Between 2015 and 2019 DFID supported 14.8 million children to gain a decent education, of which at least 5.8 million were girls. DFID reaches and supports girls through our education investment in multilateral, international and non-governmental organisations, international influencing with other donors, foundations and non-governmental organisations.</p><p>The UK is also multilaterally the largest donor to the Global Partnership for Education, Education Cannot Wait and the new International Finance Facility for Education and we will continue to ensure that these deliver for the most marginalised girls.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 16/01/2020 14:02:51 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1169860

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2020
	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 steps he is taking to help achieve UN sustainable development goal of 12 years of education for every girl worldwide.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	1688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The UK is leading global action to ensure 12 years of quality education for all girls by 2030. All UK aid education programmes have a focus on girls and young women. The UK’s Flagship Girls’ Education Challenge, the largest global fund to girls’ education, is now supporting up to 1.5million girls across 17 countries. The UK is spearheading the global girls’ education “Leave No Girl Behind” campaign, focussing on getting girls learning, building international political commitment and boosting global investment so that all girls have access to 12 years of quality education by 2030.</p><p>In August 2019 at the G7 Summit, the Prime Minister announced £90 million of new UK support for education in emergencies and crises across the world. This will support 600,000 children living in conflict areas and areas of proacted crises. In September 2019 at the UN General Assembly, the UK announced £515 million to help get over 12 million children – half of them girls – into school.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 16/01/2020 13:56:52 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

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 Harriett Baldwin

1171905

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	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 steps he is taking to (a) ensure children with disabilities progress under the 12 years’ quality education for all girls by 2030 policy and (b) monitor the progress of those children.
	tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
	tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
	uin	5458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>Through DFID’s 2018 education policy and disability strategy, the UK committed to show leadership in disability inclusion.</p><p>We are making good progress. We support the ‘Inclusive Education Initiative’ with the World Bank and Government of Norway to get children with disabilities into school and learning. Our Disability Inclusive Development programme tests what works at scale in education for children with disabilities. UK Aid supports the development and publication of the annual Global Education Monitoring report. This year’s focus is inclusive education.</p><p>DFID is also scaling up support to children with disabilities through our country education programmes. In Rwanda, UK Aid will support inclusion training of one teacher in every school, and in Ethiopia, we supported establishment of inclusive education resource centres to support teachers with inclusive practice.</p><p>We are monitoring our progress through tracking of DFID’s Disability Strategy and Education Policy.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 27/01/2020 13:43:19 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

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 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 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 Harriett Baldwin

1173484

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that the economic effect of climate change does not result in a disproportionate reduction in adolescent girls accessing education.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	8427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>Coping with climate change is a challenge that faces us all and it is having wide ranging effects on economies, livelihoods, access to education and natural resources. The poorest communities, and girls and women within them, are likely to be hardest hit, which is why we are investing in building the resilience of the world’s poorest by doubling our International Climate Finance which since 2011, has helped 57 million people cope with the effects of climate change.</p><p>We know that girls are two and half times more likely to be out of school in emergencies, including climate related emergencies. That’s why at the G7 Summit in 2019, the Prime Minister announced an unprecedented £90 million commitment for education in emergencies over 4½ years. This included £85 million to Education Cannot Wait the global fund for education in emergencies. UK support has helped the fund reach over a million of the most vulnerable girls, including those affected by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. The £90 million investment is a key plank of the PM’s plan to ensure more girls benefit from 12 years of education.</p><p>As the leading global actor on girl’s education, we will continue to make substantial investments supporting marginalised girls in education. The UK’s Flagship Girls’ Education Challenge, the largest global fund to girls’ education, is now supporting up to 1.5 million girls across 17 countries.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 30/01/2020 16:26:00 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill