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Pakistan: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the British High Commission Islamabad and British Deputy High Commission Karachi article entitled UK helps over 200,000 children improve reading and numerac

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the British High Commission Islamabad and British Deputy High Commission Karachi article entitled UK helps over 200,000 children improve reading and numerac

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    These educational outcomes relate to the UK-funded education programme ILMpact in Pakistan, implemented by the British Council as the lead partner. The programme used a third-party firm for collection and validation of data on learning levels achieved in ...

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