Question follow-through · 28561

Development Aid: Education and Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to leverage (a) education and (b) research expertise to achieve his Department's development objectives.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 4 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 6 Feb 2025
Answer: 14 Feb 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

4 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to leverage (a) education and (b) research expertise to achieve his Department's development objectives.
6 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Feb 2025
Answer published
Global education is critical to our vision for a world free from poverty on a liveable planet. Each additional year of learning is associated with a 10 per cent increase in earnings annually. There is, however, a lack of evidence in education to inform co...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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