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1673588

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
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	Development Aid: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much and what proportion of UK Official Development Assistance spending has been on (a) 16-19 education, (b) adult education and (c) education in total in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	4178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>Education is an important international development priority. From 2013 to 2022, the UK is estimated to have spent £6.9 billion of bilateral education Official Development Assistance (ODA). Of this, £1 billion was spent on secondary education and £1 billion on post-secondary education including scholarships. The UK is estimated to have spent £2.3 billion in multilateral education ODA from 2012 to 2021. Of this, £451 million was spent on secondary education and £381 million was spent on post-secondary education. Annual breakdowns of UK ODA spend on education, including as a proportion of total spend, are available here: [https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-international-development]</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 06/12/2023 14:54:56 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1670677

registered interest
date	16/11/2023
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	Development Aid: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an estimate of the total value spent by his Department supporting educational opportunities worldwide in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	2327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK is one of the most generous global aid donors, spending nearly £12.8 billion in aid in 2022. Education is an important international development priority. From 2018 to 2022, the FCDO (including former DfID) is estimated to have spent £2.5 billion in bilateral education ODA. The UK is estimated to have spent £906 million in multilateral education ODA from 2018 to 2021. UK support to education also extends beyond financing, to include country partnerships; influential research and expertise; and encouraging global financing from other partners.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 24/11/2023 09:12:14 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

1652204

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Development Aid: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the impact of international development spending on girls’ education.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Sarah Green
uin	905963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>Between 2015 and 2020 FCDO supported 8.1 million girls to gain a decent education.</p><p>Through our Girls’ Education Challenge programme, we have supported up to 1.6 million girls, and over 150,000 girls with disabilities, to make progress in school.</p><p>We will soon launch a new campaign on girls’ education results, to demonstrate the lifechanging impact of UK funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 12/07/2023 14:19:03 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

1650371

registered interest
date	05/07/2023
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	Development Aid: 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, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the funding entitled Girls Education Project Phase Three.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	192598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>The Girls Education Project 3 (GEP3) was designed to improve education quality and access in six Nigerian states with high numbers of out-of-school girls. Between 2012 and 2022, the project supported 1.5 million additional girls to access schooling. It increased enrolment of girls, and improved education system governance and planning. GEP3 improved education quality by training over 64,000 teachers.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 12/07/2023 11:39:02 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1628326

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
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	Development Aid: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s 2022 report on UK aid’s results in education, and their official response to that report, what progress they have made in reforming and improving their capacity to assess the impact of their basic education programmes on improving foundational learning outcomes for children in partner countries.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL7868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>The 2022 Independent Commission for Aid Impact report recommended FCDO accelerate work with partner governments to improve its ability to collect and use reliable data on children's learning. As a result, we developed a new Data for Foundational Learning programme, of up to £27 million (2023 - 2027), to strengthen the data on children's learning in low- and middle-income countries. This programme started implementation in March 2023. Through the Global Coalition for Foundational Learning, we are promoting a shared commitment to foundational learning for all. Additionally, we are improving our internal results framework to better measure impact on improving learning.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 31/05/2023 13:04:22 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1628327

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
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	Development Aid: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the development of free, quality, public education systems in the developing world, particularly in areas where state provision is weak or non-existent.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL7869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>We have bilateral education programmes in 19 countries. FCDO projects work closely with governments where state provision is weak, using UK-led research on what works to influence policy on how to reach the most marginalised, particularly girls. The Girls' Education Challenge programme has supported over 1.5 million children to receive education since 2012. We are the largest donor to the Global Partnership for Education which works with governments, including in fragile and conflict affected countries, to strengthen government education systems. In February, we announced a new pledge of £80 million to Education Cannot Wait, the global fund for education in emergencies.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 31/05/2023 13:04:57 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1609799

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	Development Aid: 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 his Department is taking to ensure Official Development Assistance funding for education strengthens public education institutions (a) where state provision is weak or non-existent and (b) generally.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	179932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>UK research - including the Research in Improving Systems of Education programme - has improved global understanding of how to support education reform. This has shaped the UK's education portfolio to deliver quality, safe education for all children. We are the largest donor to the Global Partnership for Education which works to strengthen government education systems with government, including in fragile and conflict affected countries. UK-led projects - such as the Girls' Education Challenge - work closely with governments where state provision is weak, using UK-led research, to influence policy on how to reach the most marginalised. The Girls' Education Challenge has supported over 1.5 million children to receive education.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 20/04/2023 15:20:32 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1609800

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	Development Aid: 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 his Department is taking to increase basic education Official Development Assistance investments in countries where foundational learning levels are lowest but the UK has not recently provided any assistance.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	179933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>The FCDO prioritises basic reading, maths and socio-emotional skills (foundational learning) for all. In 2022, we launched the Commitment to Action on Foundational Learning to reduce learning poverty (being unable to read and understand a simple text by age 10) by 50 percent by 2030. Our education research investments, including the What Works Hub for Global Education, supports middle-income countries such as Brazil, Pakistan and Kenya to learn from each other to understand what works to reduce learning poverty. The UK supports children in over 80 countries through our £430 million contribution to the Global Partnership for Education and £80 million contribution to Education Cannot Wait.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 19/04/2023 14:15:33 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1456416

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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	Development Aid: 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, how much ODA spend on education projects for which there is data had girls' education as a (a) component and (b) principal aim in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	151219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK has spent the following on bilateral education ODA in the last five years for which figures are available (2021 data is not yet available and will be published later in 2022 as part of the Statistics on International Development):</p><p>2020: £545 million</p><p>2019: £789 million</p><p>2018: £686 million</p><p>2017: £785 million</p><p>2016: £964 million</p><p>FCDO's education investments are focused on supporting access to quality schooling and improving learning outcomes for all children, especially girls. All education programmes are gender responsive and given the specific barriers that girls face, the vast majority of our programmes also involve targeted interventions to support girls and other marginalised groups. For example, our flagship £500 million Girls' Education Challenge programme and £70 million Girls' Education in South Sudan programme are focused primarily on girls' education.</p><p>In addition to our Education ODA, the UK funds many other programmes that support girls' education such as programmes to tackle violence against girls and child marriage, and support to sexual and reproductive health and rights.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 19/04/2022 07:44:16 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1357223

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
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	Development Aid: 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 assessment she has made of the impact of reductions to Official Development Assistance for education on the education of children with disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	52523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2021 answer text <p>The FCDO is committed to ensuring that children with disabilities are able to access a quality education as set out in our 2018 Education Policy and the Disability Inclusion Strategy. The then Foreign Secretary and Ministers considered equalities impacts as they made decisions on 2021/22 Official Development Assistance spend.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 29/09/2021 11:24:27 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows