Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has in place to include disability in humanitarian education relief.

The UK is committed to focusing on reaching the most marginalised children; including those with disabilities. We have publicly committed; to ensure all educational construction directly funded by DFID is fully accessible; and to work with partners to improve data on children with disabilities and special educational needs, both in- and out-of-education.

For example in the Middle East and North Africa we are working closely with partners to identify children with disabilities and to understand their needs. In Jordan we have trained more than 11,000 teachers, supervisors and administrators on how to deliver effective reading and maths instruction including skills to identify and assess children with a disability in their classroom. In Lebanon, through the Ministry of Education, we are supporting teacher training, differentiated learning and other measures to create more inclusive school environments, as well as tracking results around referral of children and youth with special needs.