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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-10-23more like thismore than 2017-10-23
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Department for International Development more like this
answering dept id 20 more like this
answering dept short name International Development more like this
answering dept sort name International Development more like this
hansard heading Uganda: Bridge International Academies more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to recent reports of sub-standard teaching and unsanitary learning facilities and the decision in the High Court in Kampala in August 2016 to order the closure of 63 Bridge International Academies in Uganda, whether her Department has taken steps to change Government funding patterns to that organisation. more like this
tabling member constituency City of Durham more like this
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Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods more like this
uin 109188 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
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answer text <p>In Uganda, the Bridge International Academies (BIA) schools remain open with BIA and the Government of Uganda in dialogue to ensure that BIA meets the requirements set out.</p><p>There is no set funding pattern to BIA. CDC has a total UK investment in BIA of $7.1m, made in 2014. The investments made were long term and will be returned to the UK taxpayer, they are not specifically for any country of operation. A DFID £3.45m grant, awarded competitively, was also provided to open 23 Bridge academies in Lagos, Nigeria. This grant is now completed.</p><p>Any future funding decisions will follow DFID’s due process that aims to achieve best value for money and developmental impact, taking into consideration a broad range of evidence.</p> more like this
answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire remove filter
answering member printed Alistair Burt more like this
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less than 2017-10-30T17:40:07.51Zmore like thismore than 2017-10-30T17:40:07.51Z
answering member
1201
label Biography information for Alistair Burt remove filter
tabling member
1501
label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods more like this