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1723993

registered interest
date	29/07/2024
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	Sudan: Humanitarian Situation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the humanitarian situation in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile regions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>The limited access environment and ongoing internet and telecommunication disruptions in Sudan means that reporting on the ground is extremely restricted, so making an accurate assessment of the humanitarian situation on Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile regions is difficult. According to UNHCR, an estimated 332,582 people have fled to Blue Nile and 445,338 to South Kordofan since 15 April 2023. The recent Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) snapshot for Sudan reveals that 755,000 people are in catastrophe levels of food insecurity (IPC 5) in 14 states including South Kordofan and Blue Nile. This is the largest number of people in IPC 4/5 in the world, greater than Gaza, South Sudan, Mali and Afghanistan combined. The UK continues to press the warring parties to concede to unimpeded humanitarian access to allow the provision of, and access to, lifesaving aid in Sudan.</p> answering member printed Lord Collins of Highbury question first answered 02/08/2024 13:43:49 answering member 4222 label Biography information for Lord Collins of Highbury
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1723994

registered interest
date	29/07/2024
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	Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to fund civil society organisations in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile which provide emergency assistance to civilians in Sudan.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>The FCDO provides a range of support to and through Sudanese civil society organisations. This includes providing funding access to CSOs through the Sudan Humanitarian Fund, technical support to advance Localisation in humanitarian action in Sudan, and capacity support to the National NGO Forum. However, we do not earmark this support to particular locations or ask for geographical breakdowns for this kind of support.</p> answering member printed Lord Collins of Highbury question first answered 02/08/2024 13:43:20 answering member 4222 label Biography information for Lord Collins of Highbury
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1715937

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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	Nigeria: Bilateral Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Benyon on 14 March (HL2885), what percentage of aid provided to Nigeria between 2015 and 2024 has been allocated to central states.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL4387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to supporting a more stable, resilient and prosperous Nigeria. The FCDO does not capture HMG Official Development Assistance (ODA) figures on a regional level in Nigeria. Further information relating to UK ODA can be found on the Government's website in the April 2024 publication of Statistics on International Development: provisional UK aid spend 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 22/05/2024 11:10:23 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1715938

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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	Nigeria: Conflict Prevention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the ‘Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria’ programme will include the Middle Belt in its remit; and if so, which towns and villages it will include.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL4388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>All of Nigeria's central and northern states are candidates for the Strengthening Peace and Resilience (SPRiNG) in Nigeria programme. This is because all states are either already affected by conflict or at risk of conflict breaking out.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 22/05/2024 11:09:07 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1715939

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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	Nigeria: Conflict Prevention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government who are the intended beneficiaries of the ‘Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria’ programme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL4389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>Nigerian citizens exposed to conflict or at risk of being exposed to conflict are the intended beneficiaries of the Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria programme (SPRiNG). SPRiNG aims to deliver a more stable and peaceful Nigeria in which its citizens benefit from reduced levels of violence.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 21/05/2024 13:41:12 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1715940

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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	Nigeria: Conflict Prevention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government who (1) has been, or (2) will be, consulted in central Nigeria regarding the ‘Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria’ programme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL4390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria programme (SPRiNG) has access to a large network of subject matter experts from Nigeria. This includes farmers, pastoralists, politicians, academics and civil society figures. The evidence, research, data and analysis we collect from these experts allows us to understand the local context of the areas SPRiNG is designed to operate in. The FCDO welcomes further collaboration with civil society in Nigeria on the SPRiNG programme.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 21/05/2024 13:42:03 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1715941

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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	Sudan: Internally Displaced People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Benyon on 12 February (HL1985), what percentage of the UK’s 2023-24 humanitarian aid package to Sudan will support internally displaced persons facing extreme hunger in the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile regions of Sudan.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL4391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>Sudan currently represents the largest displacement crisis in the world, including over 9 million people internally displaced. This financial year, the UK bilateral official development assistance to Sudan will nearly double to £89 million, up from nearly £50 million in 2023/24. We do not hold information specifically on what percentage of the UK's 2023/2024 humanitarian aid package supported Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile regions. However, the lack of humanitarian access across Sudan, including to IDP camps, continues to make it extremely difficult for humanitarian organisations to provide the necessary levels of assistance.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 22/05/2024 11:09:52 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1695950

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
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	Saudi Arabia: Women
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Saudi Arabia regarding the release of imprisoned women activists in that country, particularly (1) Manahel al-Otaibi, and (2) Salma al-Shehab.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL3235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>We have raised the continued detention of individuals for expressing their political views, including women and women's rights defenders, with the Saudi government. The FCDO is closely monitoring both Manahel al-Otaibi and Salma al-Shehab's cases, and the British Embassy in Riyadh will continue to attempt to attend trials where possible. I, Minister for the Middle East, regularly raise individual freedom of expression cases with the Saudi authorities, including as recently as 31 January with the President of the Saudi Human Rights Commission. Saudi Arabia remains a FCDO human rights priority country, in part due to continued restrictions on freedom of expression.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/03/2024 17:00:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1694687

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
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	South Sudan: Sudan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following recent attacks on civilians and UN peacekeepers, what is their assessment of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei capacity at its current troop level to protect civilians in Abyei Administrative Area.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL3098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei's (UNISFA) mandate was renewed in November 2023 and amended better to equip the mission to respond quickly to security incidents and to place greater emphasis on community engagement. The UK is using its position as a permanent member of the Security Council to urge both the government of South Sudan and the de facto Sudanese authorities to ensure UNISFA can fully and effectively implement its mandate, in line with their responsibility as host states and the 2011 Status of Forces Agreements. The extension of the UNISFA mandate from six to twelve months will also better enable the mission to develop longer-term strategies.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 21/03/2024 17:02:13 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1694688

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
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	South Sudan: Sudan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the governments of Sudan and South Sudan to implement the UN Security Council’s recommendations in the Secretary-General’s Report on the situation in Abyei.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL3099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK echoes the UN Secretary-General's encouragement for the African Union to intensify its mediation efforts to help reach a political solution for Abyei. We continue to urge both the Governments of South Sudan and the de facto authorities in Sudan to regularise meetings of the Abyei Joint Oversight Committee and agree joint security mechanisms to improve stability in Abyei until its final status can be agreed. The UK has expressed alarm in the UN Security Council about the ongoing positioning of the South Sudanese People's Defence Forces in Abyei and have called upon the Government of South Sudan to immediately withdraw its troops in line with its commitments under the 2011 Status of Forces Agreement.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 21/03/2024 17:01:15 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox