Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask Her Majesty's Government which aid programmes they have supported in (1) Swaziland, (2) Botswana, and (3) Lesotho, since May 2015.
Answered by Lord Bates
The UK provided £5.7million of bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Lesotho in 2016. DFID provided £4.8 million of this total in drought response through the United Nations Humanitarian appeal for assistance for food security, access to water, and recovery of livelihoods and the contribution helped to provide targeted assistance to 375,000 people affect by the drought.
UK bilateral ODA to Botswana and Swaziland in 2016 supported education programmes funded through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
The table below shows the amount of UK bilateral ODA that was received by Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland between 2015 and 2016.
Millions £ | 2015 | 2016 |
Botswana | 1.1 | 0.3 |
Lesotho | 0.4 | 5.7 |
Swaziland | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Source: Statistics on International Development (SID) 2017 (see below)
Full details on all the projects supported in these countries can be found on gov.uk website.
Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will consider admitting Lesotho to the Connecting Classrooms programme which is funded by the Department for International Development.
Answered by Lord Bates
We currently have no plans to extend the operating footprint of Connecting Classrooms to Lesotho during the current phase of the programme, which runs from June 2015 to June 2018. However, schools in Lesotho can still access online resources and support through the British Council’s Schools Online service. This includes guidance and teaching materials, online teacher forums and access to online professional development modules.