To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Development of 23 January 2025 on International Day of Education, Official Report, column 433WH, on what date was the funding for (a) Education Cannot Wait and (b) Global Partnership for Education announced; and in which financial year was the spending commitment transacted.
Answered on
14 February 2025
The UK announced £80 million of funding to Education Cannot Wait (ECW) for their current strategic plan (2023-2026) on 16 February 2023. To date, £27,635,535 has been released over financial years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025. The UK announced a further £14 million of funding to ECW specifically for education in Sudan and for Sudanese refugees on 17 November 2024. This funding was fully released this financial year. The UK announced £430 million for the Global Partnership for Education for their current strategic plan (2021-2025) on 11 June 2021. To date, £365 million has been released over financial years 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025.