Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the funding entitled Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Education Sector Programme.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Sector Programme (KESP) and The Punjab Education Sector Programme II (PESP II) ended in 2022. KESP has supported 155,837 children (including 69,702 girls) since 2016 to gain a quality education, and indirectly benefitted all 3.4 million primary school children enrolled in public schools in the province. At £430 million, PESP II was the UK's largest bilateral education programme and reformed and transformed delivery of education in Punjab, providing equitable access to better quality education across the province. Full project completion reports are available through the Development Tracker on GOV.UK.