HC Deb 23 July 1997 vol 298 c625W
11. Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Secretary for State for International Development what steps she is taking to widen educational opportunity for women in developing countries. [8366]

Mr. Foulkes

All our basic education projects aim to improve access for girls to education and to raise the levels of female literacy. We will increase the proportion of the aid budget spent on poverty-focused projects which include education projects such as our increase in aid to Africa in these areas by 50 per cent. over the next three years.