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Written question asked by Lord Hylton (Crossbench) on Monday, 22 February 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 March 2016. It was answered by Baroness Verma (Conservative) on Wednesday, 2 March 2016 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Middle East: Education

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when and where they will establish application procedures for the new funds they are providing to assist the education of the children of refugees and displaced people from Iraq and Syria.

Answer

At the Supporting Syria and the Region conference, the UK committed to more than double our total pledge to the Syria crisis to over £2.3 billion. Within this allocation, we committed to double education funding for Lebanon to £40 million per year and increase funding in Jordan to £20 million a year to support the conference goal of getting all refugee children from Syria and vulnerable children in host communities in quality education by the end of the 2016/17 school year. We also committed to increasing access to learning for the 2.1 million children out of school in Syria itself.

Implementation plans to deliver the Conference goals on education are currently being discussed with partner governments, UN agencies, NGOs and donors. New UK funding will be aligned with these plans, and will be implemented through partners who can deliver increases in access to quality education, quickly, efficiently and at scale. Implementing partners will be identified selected in accordance with normal DFID procedures.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL6260
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Children Development aid Education Iraq Refugees Syria Internally displaced people
Link
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