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Written Answers to Questions

Monday 12 March 2007

International Development

European Development Fund

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funds were committed by his Department to (a) European Development Fund (EDF) 7, (b) 8, (c) 9, and (d) 10; and what commitment has been made to the general European Commission budget for development assistance. [126837]

Mr. Thomas: The following table sets out the commitment levels for each of the European Development Funds (EDFs) 7, 8, 9, and 10; the UK percentage share of each EDF; and the corresponding commitment made by the Department for International Development (DFID).

EDF Total commitment € billion UK share (percentage) DFID commitment € billion

7

10.940

16.37

1.791

8

12.840

12.69

1.629

9

13.800

12.69

1.751

10

22.682

14.82

3.361


Under the current financial perspective, covering years 2007 to 2013, the European Commission has committed €57 billion to overseas assistance from its general budget. Of this, the average UK share over the period is likely to be 17.40 per cent., amounting to a total of €9.9 billion.

Namibia: Overseas Aid

Sir Nicholas Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps have been taken by his Department to twin individual Namibian schools with schools in the United Kingdom. [125292]

Hilary Benn: DFID supports partnerships between schools in the UK and Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean through a programme called DFID Global School Partnerships (DGSP). The programme is managed by the British Council, under contract to DFID. It provides advice and guidance, professional development opportunities and grants to schools that are using partnerships as a means to develop and embed a global dimension within their curriculum.


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There are currently four UK-Namibian partnerships through DGSP:

In addition, the British Council operates a programme, not funded by DFID, called ‘Connecting Classrooms’. This links schools in the UK with schools in Africa—including Namibia.

Under this programme ‘partnerships’ between schools are supported. Each partnership consists of three UK schools, plus three schools from one African country and three schools from another African country. Each partnership is entitled to £15,000 per year, for up to three years, to take part in study visits, to purchase materials, and meet certain other associated costs.

In 2006-07, two sets of twinning partnerships under ‘Connecting Classrooms’ involved Namibia: the first was a group of three schools in Namibia, twinned with three schools in Leeds and three schools in Zimbabwe. The second was a group of three schools in Namibia, twinned with three schools in Devon and three schools in Nigeria.

Overseas Aid: Education

Mr. Francois: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department’s spending on educational programmes was in each year since 2000, broken down by country. [123253]

Mr. Thomas: DFID bilateral expenditure on education in each of the last five years is shown in table 1.

Table 1: DFID bilateral expenditure on education
Expenditure (£000)

2000-01

165,612

2001-02

134,179

2002-03

165,133

2003-04

221,887

2004-05

269,761

2005-06

249,799


DFID also contributes to the funding of a range of multilateral organisations, a proportion of which will go towards education. The total amount of funding through multilateral agencies is published in Statistics on International Development, a copy of which is available in the Library. Summary information for major agencies relevant to education is provided in table 2. This information cannot be broken down by country.


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Table 2: Total DFID expenditure on the funding of selected multilateral organisations
£ million
Multilateral organisation 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06

European Community

708

730

871

1,031

951

917

International Development Association

233

214

221

381

204

271

UNICEF

3

18

20

18

24

32

UNESCO

3

3

3

3

3

3

African Development Fund

13

29

33

32

35

34

Asian Development Fund

25

27

26

24

22

19


Direct DFID bilateral expenditure on education for the past six years broken down by country is shown in table 3. These figures include general and sector budget support where it has been scored against education. In the case of Afghanistan, DFID provided £35 million to the Reconstruction Trust Fund in 2005-06 and a proportion of this will have been spent on education but not included in the figures. These figures exclude DFID spending through multilateral agencies and civil society organisations.


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Table 3: Direct DFID bilateral expenditure on education between 2000-01 and 2005-06
£000
Country 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06

Afghanistan

47

Angola

19

Anguilla

1,183

1,004

351

75

123

34

Antigua and Barbuda

701

383

48

Argentine Republic

7

Bangladesh

9,614

6,605

9,057

7,006

17,656

27,894

Barbados

46

53

73

3

Belarus, Republic of

4

Belize

172

42

Bhutan

1

-7

Bolivia

199

35

15

500

Botswana

580

511

332

146

4

4

Brazil

517

416

172

British Virgin Islands

10

27

1

Bulgaria

345

Burma

13

1

Burundi

14

1,600

Cambodia

884

441

182

91

58

16

Cameroon

257

200

230

21

Caribbean

437

216

96

40

Cayman Islands

20

4

China

3,860

2,276

6,246

5,894

10,950

2,225

Colombia

1

3

Congo, Dem Rep

61

290

148

Czech Republic

165

103

126

28

Dominica

294

257

7

120

East Timor

109

56

1,315

1,319

1,339

432

Ecuador

7

Egypt, Arab Republic

301

357

590

567

725

6

Eritrea

11

Ethiopia

19

21

80

210

861

1,936

Fiji

57

52

26

Gambia, The

6

47

73

10

675

Ghana

6,894

3,996

12,119

14,693

14,954

15,166

Grenada

9

99

Guyana

1,459

2,524

2,909

1,939

578

857

Honduras

53

51

29

60

53

43

India

19,277

17,845

30,077

41,873

92,493

97,885

Indonesia

888

693

623

586

544

497

Iran

9

Iraq

11,313

436

8

Jamaica

1,050

1,589

1,439

544

Jordan

801

594

270

25

Kenya

13,711

4,963

1,984

18,924

5,847

5,478

Kiribati

13

19

12

-3

Korea DPRK (North)

83

42

Laos

55

Latvia

12

Lebanon

8

Lesotho

194

109

53

12

Liberia

630

389

Madagascar

6

28

54

Malawi

16,015

12,778

2,384

8,864

9,841

2,677

Malaysia

346

220

137

4

Mali

4

6

Mauritius

19

Moldova, Republic of

Montserrat

1,503

836

1,167

1,388

1,023

1,144

Mozambique

3,709

5,420

3,225

3,461

6,464

8,899

Namibia

394

423

234

112

23

Nauru

6

32

2

Nepal

1,601

1,251

358

490

2,637

5,643

Nicaragua

10

31

95

170

Nigeria

1,097

739

461

1,438

4,087

9,937

Pakistan

1,684

1,732

2,192

2,233

336

1,016

Papua New Guinea

Peru

320

66

57

485

126

4

Philippines

64

82

65

35

Pitcairn Islands

3

3

Poland

25

Romania

43

2

Russian Federation

5

Rwanda

8,818

7,248

9,437

2,756

2,255

6,045

Serbia and Montenegro

400

24

Seychelles

-1

Sierra Leone

4

28

Slovak Republic

114

7

7

1

Solomon Islands

6

55

13

6

Somali Democratic Rep

75

44

119

377

576

784

South Africa, Republic of

6,062

4,938

7,892

11,549

8,267

5,449

South Pacific

560

716

694

461

189

168

Southern Africa

40

72

84

53

Sri Lanka

1,279

1,346

971

1,431

593

515

St. Helena

2,232

2,086

2,316

2,375

4,168

3,952

St. Lucia

2

85

St. Vincent and Grenadines

98

68

75

Sudan

82

53

1,777

2,117

943

2,404

Swaziland

32

39

35

24

Tajikistan, Republic of

74

74

7

Tanzania

23,430

18,042

27,299

36,102

39,049

111

Trinidad and Tobago

126

52

74

28

Turks and Caicos Islands

315

805

444

32

143

-161

Uganda

16,391

13,172

14,565

1,776

474

51

Ukraine

215

112

66

6

1

United Kingdom

Vietnam

1,022

599

1,266

5,497

3,673

10,630

West Bank and Gaza

424

176

843

231

10

26

Windward Islands

9

63

58

524

615

634

Yemen, Rep of (YAR to May 1990)

88

548

2,202

Zambia

893

3,113

3,565

7,147

6,162

6,660

Zimbabwe

91

117

63

190

120

140

Note:
The sum of country expenditure does not match expenditure reported in table 1. The expenditure in table 1 also contains regional and global programmes which are not country specific and expenditure through civil society organisations.

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