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1548960

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has he made of the impact of inflation increases on British pensioners living overseas in countries without a reciprocal uprating agreement with the UK.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	104272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>DWP does not make such assessments. The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions. Entitlement is based on an individual’s national insurance record. The policy on up-rating UK State Pensions overseas is long-standing and has been supported by successive post-war Governments for over 70 years. We continue to up-rate UK State Pensions abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so – for example where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating. There are no plans to change this policy.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 104252 104261 question first answered 14/12/2022 12:14:39 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1543940

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance spending was disbursed in (a) lower-income countries, (b) middle-income countries and (c) the UK in (i) each of the last five financial years and (ii) the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	92247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>The official source of UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) data is Statistics on International Development (SID) which is published on a calendar year basis. 2021 is the latest year for which data is available.</p><p>Table 1 shows the volume of UK region/country specific bilateral ODA disbursed for the <em>benefit</em> of low- and middle-income countries. Table 2 shows the volume of 'in-donor' ODA expenditure. There may be overlap between the figures in Tables 1 and 2 in cases where in-donor expenditure has been made for the benefit of low and middle income countries.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: UK region/country-specific Bilateral ODA by recipient/beneficiary Income Group, 2017-2021</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>£ thousands</em></p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lower Income Countries</p></td><td><p>2,825,620</p></td><td><p>2,483,537</p></td><td><p>2,810,333</p></td><td><p>2,392,750</p></td><td><p>1,429,993</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middle Income Countries</p></td><td><p>1,941,247</p></td><td><p>2,015,102</p></td><td><p>2,179,761</p></td><td><p>1,841,208</p></td><td><p>1,385,238</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2: UK 'In-donor' ODA expenditure, 2017-2021</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>£ thousands</em></p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>In-donor expenditure*</p></td><td><p>1,078,530</p></td><td><p>1,205,614</p></td><td><p>1,384,763</p></td><td><p>1,518,344</p></td><td><p>1,895,677</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* In-donor expenditure includes part of the ODA-eligible running costs of FCDO and other ODA-spending departments, support to refugees/asylum seekers living in a donor country, development awareness, costs for UK experts and UK scholarships. By definition, it could include a small amount of spend in other donor countries.</p><p>Source: Statistics on International Development</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 29/11/2022 16:08:22 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1543568

registered interest
date	18/11/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	East Africa: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of spending by other Government Departments, including the Home Office, being classed as Official Development Assistance on his Department's funding for programmes tackling poverty in East Africa.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	90828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>The FCDO has considered the impact of Official Development Assistance (ODA) pressures across the whole of the FCDO ODA budget, including on humanitarian work.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 25/11/2022 12:05:18 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1538747

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Brazil: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the outcome of the 2022 presidential election in Brazil on the UK’s climate ambitions for COP27 in Egypt.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	77456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK and Brazil have been working together increasingly closely on climate and nature. Both our countries committed to the Glasgow Climate Pact at COP26: we need to deliver on our climate and biodiversity pledges. At COP26 the UK committed £300 million to help protect the rainforest throughout the Amazonian biome through the International Climate Finance Programme. We welcomed Brazil's commitments to eliminate illegal deforestation by 2028 and restore 18 million hectares of forest by 2030. The UK looks forward to engaging with Brazil at COP27 and to working with this Brazilian government and the next to protect Earth's natural resources.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 11/11/2022 15:53:43 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1537635

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Zambia: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the impact of poverty and climate change on children and young people in Zambia.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	74742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK has been instrumental in establishing a social protection system in Zambia which will reach one third of households by next year. This programme specifically targets vulnerable children through its focus on child-headed and women-headed households, and supports climate adaptation for the most vulnerable. FCDO also supports the UN to provide improved nutrition, focused on the first 1000 days of life, to break the cycle of poverty.</p><p>Under the UK-Zambia Green Growth Compact, we increased our support for small and medium-sized businesses in Zambia, because jobs and economic opportunities are the best route out of poverty for young people.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 08/11/2022 11:05:41 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1537636

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Climate Change: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of climate change on global poverty levels among children and young people.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	74743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>People in developing, lower-income, fragile and conflict affected states are disproportionately affected by climate change, especially those in marginalised groups such as women, people with disabilities and young people. The UK is committed to delivering an inclusive approach to climate and nature action. During our Presidency of COP26, countries agreed to a new Work Programme on Action for Climate Empowerment, promoting youth engagement and education. Through our International Climate Finance programming, we have directly helped 95,000,000 people to adapt to climate change since 2011, including children and young people. The UK will continue to support countries as they put climate risk at the centre of decision making.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 08/11/2022 11:10:27 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1537666

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with counterparts in the Republic of the Maldives on that country's support for the International Court of Justice's Advisory Opinion of 25 February 2019 and the United Nations Generally Assembly Resolution 73/295 of 22 May 2019 regarding sovereignty over the Chagos Islands.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	74745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>We have regular discussions with the Government of Maldives on a wide range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 08/11/2022 16:36:46 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1537667

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions have taken place between (a) officials and (b) Government ministers of the UK and Mauritius on sovereignty over the Chagos Islands (i) at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in June 2022, (ii) at the UN General Assembly meeting in September 2022 and (iii) on any occasions after those events.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	74746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>Former Prime Minister Johnson and former Foreign Secretary Truss met their Mauritian counterparts at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in June. Former Prime Minister Truss held a constructive meeting with the Mauritius Prime Minister at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 77) in New York in September. These meetings included discussions on the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT)/Chagos Archipelago. UK and Mauritian officials engage regularly.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary's Written Ministerial Statement (UIN HCWS354) of 3 November 2022 stated that the UK and Mauritius have decided to begin negotiations on the exercise of sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT)/Chagos Archipelago.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 08/11/2022 14:40:22 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1519572

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Malawi: Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she intends to appoint a Trade Envoy to Malawi.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	59860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>Though there are no plans at present to add Malawi to the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy Programme, the Department for International Trade is constantly reviewing suitable markets to identify where the appointment of a Trade Envoy can be of greatest benefit to the trade and investment aims of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh question first answered 17/10/2022 16:49:55 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1504359

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Ethiopia: Eritrea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the displacement of Eritrean refugees from the Barahle refugee camp in the Afar region of Ethiopia.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	45881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK works closely with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) to support refugees in Ethiopia, including Eritrean refugees. Between 2016 and 2022 the UK contributed £34.8 million to assistance to refugees in Ethiopia in partnership with UNHCR. The British Embassy in Addis Ababa speaks regularly to the Government of Ethiopia, separately and in coordination with other countries about the safety, security and access to rights of all refugees in Ethiopia, including Eritreans.</p><p>The return to conflict between the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Ethiopian Government is catastrophic for the people of Ethiopia. Conflict is increasing displacement and making humanitarian access even more difficult. The UK is urging all parties to the conflict to guarantee unfettered humanitarian access by immediately ceasing hostilities.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 45882 question first answered 23/09/2022 10:45:50 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady