Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for International Development on 31 October (109226), whether any progress has been made by the OECD Development Assistance Committee to agree a specific Education in Emergencies code.

UK humanitarian aid is classified using standards defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Development Assistance Committee (OECD DAC) so they can be comparable across the international donor community. While the proposal to update the humanitarian codes was approved by all DAC members in April 2018, the specific “Education in Emergencies” code was not approved at this stage. The DAC may consider revisiting the introduction of this code in the future.