Asked by: Lord Watts (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many, and (2) what percentage, of Girls' Education Challenge programmes specifically target displaced populations.
Answered by Lord Bates
Of the 27 Girls’ Education Challenge (GEC) projects currently implementing, two are specifically targeting displaced populations, representing 7% of the overall portfolio.
A further 14 projects are in the inception stage, and of these five are planning to specifically target displaced populations. This will bring the overall percentage of GEC projects specifically targeting displaced populations to 17%.
Asked by: Lord Watts (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much UK overseas development aid was allocated to (1) primary education, (2) secondary education, and (3) education programmes for displaced children in each year since 2010.
Answered by Lord Bates
Set out below is the bilateral aid spent on 1) basic education (accounting for primary and basic adult education) and 2) secondary education for each financial year from 2010. For aid allocated to education for displaced children please refer to the answer to HL12391.
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| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Basic education | 173,479 | 261,829 | 241,848 | 226,418 | 197,898 | 211,520 | 449,092 | 368,224 | |
Secondary education | 33,959 | 36,632 | 34,740 | 138,665 | 183,647 | 54,789 | 100,982 | 108,342 | |
Asked by: Lord Watts (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for International Development on 31 October (109226), whether any progress has been made by the OECD Development Assistance Committee to agree a specific Education in Emergencies code.
Answered by Lord Bates
UK humanitarian aid is classified using standards defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Development Assistance Committee (OECD DAC) so they can be comparable across the international donor community. While the proposal to update the humanitarian codes was approved by all DAC members in April 2018, the specific “Education in Emergencies” code was not approved at this stage. The DAC may consider revisiting the introduction of this code in the future.
Asked by: Lord Watts (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many independent reviews the Department for International Development has commissioned into its policy or administration over the last year; and what was the total cost of those reviews.
Answered by Lord Bates
The Department does not hold this information centrally.