§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of the overseas aid budget for the current financial year is targeted at the provision of primary education. [107425]
§ Clare ShortMy Department has commitments totalling around £800 million to education, of which three-quarters is for basic and primary education. We have committed over £300 million to such programmes since May 1997. In 1998–99 over 16 per cent. of bilateral programme commitments were targeted towards primary education.