The UK is the largest donor to Education Cannot Wait. Education Cannot Wait has supported over 2 million children since its inception.<\/p>
The funding provided directly to Education Cannot Wait in each financial year has been:<\/p>
- 2016/17 - <\/strong>£7.5m<\/p> - 2017/18 - <\/strong>£10m<\/p> - 2018/19 - <\/strong>£12.1m<\/p> - 2019/20 - <\/strong>£38.5m<\/p> Total - £68.1m<\/strong><\/p> Planned future spend provided directly is anticipated as:<\/p> - 2020/21 - <\/strong>£25.6m<\/p> - 2021/22 - <\/strong>£14.9m<\/p> - 2022/23 - <\/strong>£10m<\/p> Total - £50.5m<\/strong><\/p> Exact disbursements are based on performance in annual reviews, together with reviews of financial documentation to ensure payments are not in advance of need. Allocations beyond 2022/2023 will be determined closer to the time, based on progress made.<\/p> Exact disbursements are based on performance in annual reviews, together with reviews of financial documentation to ensure payments are not in advance of need. Allocations beyond 2022/2023 will be determined closer to the time, based on progress made.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how Official Development Assistance has been allocated to Education Cannot Wait in each financial year since it was established; and what future allocations of funding he plans to make.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1173027/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Prime Minister has publicly stated that education, particularly girls\u2019 education, is a priority for the UK.<\/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> 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>"}
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], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1173028/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The UK launched our flagship Girls\u2019 Education Challenge programme \u2013 the world\u2019s largest global fund dedicated to girls\u2019 education \u2013 in May 2012.<\/p> The first phase of the Girls\u2019 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> The second phase of the Girls\u2019 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>"}
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], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1173036/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Distribution of the £7.08 billion spent bilaterally on education between 2009 and 2018 is listed below:<\/p> <\/p> 2009<\/p><\/td> £523m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010<\/p><\/td> £482m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011<\/p><\/td> £649m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012<\/p><\/td> £620m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013<\/p><\/td> £905m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014<\/p><\/td> £820m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015<\/p><\/td> £651m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016<\/p><\/td> £961m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2017<\/p><\/td> £785m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2018<\/p><\/td> £686m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/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> Top ten country spend over this time period is as below:<\/p> <\/p> 1 <\/strong><\/p><\/td> Pakistan<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2<\/strong><\/p><\/td> India<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 3<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Bangladesh<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 4<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Malawi<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 5<\/strong><\/p><\/td> China<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 6<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Nigeria<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 7<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Ghana<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 8<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Ethiopia<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 9<\/strong><\/p><\/td> West Bank & Gaza Strip<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 10<\/strong><\/p><\/td> South Africa<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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