§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what contributions to the Education for All action plan she expects to make in the next five years. [87431]
§ Clare ShortOur forecast support for basic education amounts to £1.3 billion over the next live years, either through education sector support or direct budget support. Of this, about £500 million will go to Africa and £800 million to Asia. A substantial proportion will go to low income countries included within the Fast Track Initiative, notably to the five high population countries with large numbers of children out of school (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, DRC) which the Government successfully pressed to have included in the initiative. These spending figures are forecasts, not targets or commitments, and depend on agreeing high quality programmes with our partners.