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date	30/01/2017
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: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the implications are for her policies on her Department's assistance for the training of teachers in the developing world to meet 2030 educational targets of UNESCOs Policy Paper 19 of April 2015, The challenge of teacher shortage and quality.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	62246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>We welcome the educational targets of UNESCO's Policy Paper. Well trained, motivated and empowered teachers are central to a quality education and this is where we are focusing our efforts; in the period 2011 – 2015 we helped to train 380,000 teachers and improve the effectiveness of teacher development. Through our ongoing bilateral education programmes and support to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), we assist 65 developing countries to develop and finance education sector plans for teacher training.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 06/02/2017 17:12:55 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

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registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much government funding is provided for climate action in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	62257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>Over the last five years, the UK Government has provided £3.87 billion for climate action in developing countries. This has, amongst other things, supported 21 million people to cope with the effects of climate change and helped 6.6 million people access clean energy.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 02/02/2017 17:49:17 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson