Andrew Mitchell, Minister of State for Development, responds to a question on educating girls highlighting it as one of the top priorities under the British Government’s international development strategy which has funded education for more than 8 million children over the last five years for which figures are available.
Sarah Green (Chesham and Amersham) (LD)
T7. Earlier this year, the Government cut almost £6 million of funding for a Save the Children programme providing education and other services to girls in Afghanistan, despite a promise to put women and girls at the heart of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s work. Will the Secretary of State work with colleagues at the Department to deliver on the Government’s commitment and reinstate that funding? (905980)
The Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Mr Andrew Mitchell)
Educating girls is one of the top priorities under the British Government’s international development strategy—indeed, it is the way to change the world. Over the last five years for which figures are available, the British taxpayer procured a decent education for more than 8 million children in the poor world.