Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will ensure that the £212 million of support to Commonwealth countries for education projects announced by the Prime Minister on 17 April at the Joint Plenary Forum at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting will deliver quality education to girls.

This funding will be spent through our Girls’ Education Challenge (GEC) programme, which currently supports 17 projects across the Commonwealth. The GEC helps drive quality education for marginalised girls through funding activities such as improving teaching quality and after-school clubs. Each project is independently evaluated to measure improvement in girls’ literacy, numeracy and other metrics as a result of DFID funding. Overall, the GEC programme has consistently scored A in its annual progress reviews since 2014.