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date	11/12/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	British Overseas Territories
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of unemployment and poverty levels in the Overseas Territories.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL3655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p>Overseas Territory governments have devolved powers for self government and are responsible for economic policy. However, the UK works to support them in partnership in line with the 2012 Government White Paper.</p><p>Most of the UK Overseas Territories are defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as High Income Territories. But the Gross National Income (GNI) per capita levels in St Helena (including Tristan da Cunha) and Montserrat mean they are defined as Upper Middle Income Territories, and therefore eligible for Official Development Assistance under OECD rules. St Helena (including Tristan da Cunha) with a population of around 4261, Montserrat with a population of around 4922, plus Pitcairn (whose population of around 50 means it is too small to feature in the OECD rankings) are in receipt of assistance from the Department for International Development.</p><p>Data on unemployment and per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP), for the inhabited UK Overseas Territories are in the attached table. This information comes from a variety of public sources.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 22/12/2014 16:21:39 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name 3655 table.docx title Overseas Territories GDP per capita
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

169333

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Anguilla
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to provide assistance to Anguilla to improve air access in order to enhance its ability to develop the local economy through tourism.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL3619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p>We are working with the Government of Anguilla to identify what UK funded technical assistance can best help to boost its economic development, including improvements in access to Anguilla. The British Government is committed to supporting the economic sustainability and development of the Overseas Territories.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 22/12/2014 16:55:10 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

169334

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Anguilla
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the scale of corruption in Anguilla; and what measures they intend to take to counter it.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL3620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2014 answer text <p>The British Government has responsibility for the overall good governance of all the Overseas Territories (OTs) and believes that that the same basic standards of good governance should apply in the OTs as in the UK. It is important that public concerns about corruption are addressed. Operational responsibility for investigating allegations of corruption lies with the Royal Anguillan Police Force, which reports directly to the Governor. The Home Office is currently working with the Government of Anguilla to extend the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime to Anguilla. Combating bribery, money laundering and corruption of public officials is a key component.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 23/12/2014 12:53:09 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

169335

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Anguilla
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assistance they have given to Anguilla in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL3621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2014 answer text <p>In the last 5 years, the Government has provided specific financial assistance to Anguilla in the following areas:</p><p>2014/15 (to date) - £65,000 from delegated and Jubilee funding (funds administered by the Governor’s office, to support local projects, technical exchanges and secondments). £114,000 for police training and equipment.</p><p>2013/14 – £3m grant provided for capital development projects, including the renovation of local primary schools, a new fire station, road improvements and the purchase of new police vehicles. £100,000 from delegated and Jubilee funding.</p><p>2012/13 – £120,000 for the establishment of a vocational training centre at the Anguilla Community College, £300,000 for a prison expansion project and £35,000 for support on public expenditure management.</p><p>2011/12 –£129,000 to assist the Government of Anguilla to identify expenditure savings in the civil service and the health sector and to develop and implement tax reforms. £60,000 from delegated funding. 2010/11 –£55,000 for a review of Anguilla’s public financial management. £25,000 from delegated funding.</p><p>In addition, Anguilla benefits from ongoing UK technical support and assistance across the full range of policy areas, including regular Royal Navy deployments to the region, eligibility for Chevening scholarships, investment in capacity building for the police, prison and probation services and disaster management (approximately £98,000 over the last five years), environmental management support (including a share of the £713,690 Darwin Plus environmental management programme) and ad hoc support on financial management, renewable energy, education, early childhood development, health and domestic violence. Anguilla also receives development assistance from the EU and the Caribbean Development Bank, to which the UK is a major contributor.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 23/12/2014 12:46:57 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

169336

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	British Overseas Territories
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what rules govern the ability of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories to raise finance from the private sector and from international governments and organisations to fund infrastructure improvements.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL3622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2014 answer text <p>Overseas territory constitutions and laws set clear responsibilities for public financial matters in each territory. Rules on public procurement in the Overseas Territories (OTs) are also set out in local legislation. In addition, the British Government and a number of OTs have agreed Fiscal Frameworks that establish prudent limits and robust definitions of public debt. They also establish key principles and procedures for public procurement. Fiscal Frameworks are in place with Anguilla, the Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Falkland Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 23/12/2014 12:49:40 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham