International Development written question – answered at on 3 November 2008.
Andrew Mitchell
Shadow Secretary of State (Home Office)
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much of the education funding announced as part of the Education Beyond Borders initiative in April 2007 has been disbursed to date.
Douglas Alexander
The Secretary of State for International Development
The 'Education Beyond Borders' initiative included DFID's plans for delivering education to children affected by conflict or living in fragile states. For those countries specifically listed in the initiative, DFID support is as follows:
| Countries listed in 'Education Beyond Borders' initiative | DFID support |
| Afghanistan | Expenditure of £55 million in 2007-08 and £60 million in 2008-09 disbursed to the World Bank account for the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund, which meets the cost of 100,000 teachers. |
| Burundi | In 2007-08, direct bilateral expenditure on education was £55,000. In 2008, we have disbursed £794,000 as requested by the government of Burundi of £6 million being provided end 2007 to end 2010 through the Pooled Fund for education. |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | In 2007-08, direct bilateral expenditure on education was £82,000 and in 2008-09 to date £155,000 with a further £6.6 million of forecast expenditure under our contribution of £10.41 million to first phase of Access to Primary Education (£55 million over five years) through the multi-donor Trust Fund, managed by the World Bank, and some £3 million of support 2008-09 through the Multi-Donor Trust Fund, managed by UNDP, that goes to education. |
| Liberia | Support was to have been provided through the Education for All Fast Track Initiative (FTI). However the FTI has not yet provided support as Liberia has been allocated US$12 million from the Transition Fund managed by UNICEF. |
| Nepal | Since 2007, approximately £10.5 million has been disbursed in support of education. This is part of our planned contribution of £20 million for the Education for All programme 2004-09. |
| Sierra Leone | In 2007-08, direct bilateral expenditure on education was £3.6 million. £10 million disbursed of £15 million, in 2008, for Poverty Reduction Budget Support, of which £3 million supports education, and £750,000 fully disbursed, in 2008, for the support for Teachers' Census programme through the Pooled Fund for Education. |
| Somalia | In 2007-08, direct bilateral expenditure on education was £2 million. Providing £6 million to the Strategic Partnership for Education Recovery and Development programme 2006-10 of which £1 million has been disbursed in 2008-09 and £1.9 million through the Africa Educational Trust of which £256,000 has been disbursed in 2008-09. Also, since 2007, some £537,000 of support to Save the Children for their education work in Hiraan. |
The initiative included support to the Education for All fast track initiative (FTI) to support fragile, conflict and post-conflict states. In September 2008, in New York, the UK announced a further contribution to the FTI of £50 million to add to our existing commitment of £150 million.
The initiative also announced a £20 million grant through UNICEF to help deliver education in emergency, conflict and post-crisis countries. To ensure that this support will have maximum impact, we have recently agreed a common monitoring and evaluation framework with UNICEF and partners to align the grant with the multi-donor Transition Fund held by UNICEF and expect to make disbursements shortly. In addition, DFID is providing UNICEF with £4 million per year to build UNICEF's capacity in humanitarian response, including in the education sector. DFID has worked with UNICEF to ensure that this includes the full funding of a project setting up a roster of education experts for deployment in emergencies.
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