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date	04/09/2019
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: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on his Department's climate-focused work of planning for the UK to leave the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	286838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>DFID is fully supporting the Government’s preparations to ensure that the UK leaves the EU on 31 October. At the same time, as the Prime Minister made clear at the recent G7 Leaders meeting, the UK is strongly committed to tackling the two immense threats of climate change and biodiversity loss. Putting climate change and environment at the heart of our development programming is a high priority for DFID. While we have, since July 2019, deployed a small number of staff (fewer than 5) who were working on climate change to work on planning for our exit from the EU, overall the number of staff working on climate change is increasing.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith grouped question UIN 286840 question first answered 09/09/2019 15:34:54 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

1144642

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
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: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff of his Department who previously focused on climate change have moved to a role to plan for the UK leaving without a deal since July 2019.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	286840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>DFID is fully supporting the Government’s preparations to ensure that the UK leaves the EU on 31 October. At the same time, as the Prime Minister made clear at the recent G7 Leaders meeting, the UK is strongly committed to tackling the two immense threats of climate change and biodiversity loss. Putting climate change and environment at the heart of our development programming is a high priority for DFID. While we have, since July 2019, deployed a small number of staff (fewer than 5) who were working on climate change to work on planning for our exit from the EU, overall the number of staff working on climate change is increasing.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith grouped question UIN 286838 question first answered 09/09/2019 15:34:55 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

1144759

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Kenya: 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 children in Kenya have access to high quality education.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	286602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>As one of the largest donors to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), DFID is helping to ensure that children in Kenya have access to high quality education. GPE supports the Government of Kenya to develop national education sector plans, improve early grade mathematics and strengthen school management systems. Through UK support to the Girls’ Education Challenge, we are also improving learning opportunities and outcomes for Kenya’s most marginalised girls.</p><p> </p><p>In partnership with the Kenyan Ministry of Education in 2015, DFID provided funding to rigorously test a new structured approach to early grade teaching. The approach helped teachers better meet the needs of all students, provided continual coaching and monitoring, and improved teaching materials. The Kenyan Government scaled the approach nationwide. Independent research shows this reform led to the percentage of grade two children meeting learning benchmarks in English rising from 34% to 65%.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 09/09/2019 15:45:03 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1144761

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Kenya: 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 ensure that girls in Kenya who become pregnant are able to re-enter education.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	286603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>DFID is helping to improve life opportunities and learning outcomes for the most vulnerable girls in Kenya including those who are pregnant, through our £154 million Girls Education Challenge (GEC) programme. Through investments in catch up classes, financial assistance, and support for life skills and confidence building, GEC is supporting girls who are pregnant and young mothers, to re-enter education.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 09/09/2019 15:46:01 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1144762

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Kenya: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the Kenyan Government on the implementation of the National Re-entry Guidelines for Learners in Basic Education.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	286604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not yet had the opportunity to meet representatives of the Kenyan Government.</p><p>DFID officials continue to discuss the importance of inclusive education with senior representatives at the Ministry of Education, although DFID has not been consulted on the draft National Re-entry Guidelines for Learners in Basic Education. DFID support through the Global Partnership for Education and the Girls’ Education Challenge Fund helps to improve access to education and learning for the most vulnerable children, including support for re-entry.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 09/09/2019 15:46:53 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg