Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how Official Development Assistance has been allocated to Education Cannot Wait in each financial year since it was established; and what future allocations of funding he plans to make.

The UK is the largest donor to Education Cannot Wait. Education Cannot Wait has supported over 2 million children since its inception.

The funding provided directly to Education Cannot Wait in each financial year has been:

- 2016/17 - £7.5m

- 2017/18 - £10m

- 2018/19 - £12.1m

- 2019/20 - £38.5m

Total - £68.1m

Planned future spend provided directly is anticipated as:

- 2020/21 - £25.6m

- 2021/22 - £14.9m

- 2022/23 - £10m

Total - £50.5m

Exact disbursements are based on performance in annual reviews, together with reviews of financial documentation to ensure payments are not in advance of need. Allocations beyond 2022/2023 will be determined closer to the time, based on progress made.

Exact disbursements are based on performance in annual reviews, together with reviews of financial documentation to ensure payments are not in advance of need. Allocations beyond 2022/2023 will be determined closer to the time, based on progress made.