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1687649

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
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	UK-Africa Investment Summit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has rearranged a date for the UK-Africa investment summit.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	13130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK-African Investment Summit (UK-AIS), due to take place in April 2024, has been postponed to a later date owing to scheduling issues in the international calendar. New summit dates will be announced in due course.</p><p>The UK government is committed to building on the success of the 2020 UK-Africa Investment Summit, which laid the foundations for new partnerships between the UK and African nations based on trade, investment, shared values and mutual interest. This includes by ensuring attendance from governments across the continent, as well as British and African businesses eager to harness the benefits of our trading relationship.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell grouped question UIN 13131 question first answered 08/02/2024 12:17:30 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1687650

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
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	UK-Africa Investment Summit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, for what reason the UK-Africa investment summit due to be held in April 2024 has been postponed.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	13131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK-African Investment Summit (UK-AIS), due to take place in April 2024, has been postponed to a later date owing to scheduling issues in the international calendar. New summit dates will be announced in due course.</p><p>The UK government is committed to building on the success of the 2020 UK-Africa Investment Summit, which laid the foundations for new partnerships between the UK and African nations based on trade, investment, shared values and mutual interest. This includes by ensuring attendance from governments across the continent, as well as British and African businesses eager to harness the benefits of our trading relationship.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell grouped question UIN 13130 question first answered 08/02/2024 12:17:30 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1686973

registered interest
date	02/02/2024
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	UK-Africa Investment Summit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Postponement of the UK-African Investment Summit, published on 31 January 2024, on what date he took the decision to postpone that summit; for what reason that summit was postponed; and on what date the Envoy for the UK-African Investment Summit 2024 was informed of that decision.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	12777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK-African Investment Summit (UK-AIS), due to take place in April 2024, has been postponed to a later date owing to scheduling issues in the international calendar. New summit dates will be announced in due course.</p><p>The UK-AIS Envoy was informed of the postponement of the Summit on 29 January shortly after the decision was taken, at which point he was already en route to Rwanda. During his visit, he informed the Rwandan government of the postponement and discussed our trade and investment partnership.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 07/02/2024 17:28:05 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1686868

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
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	UK-Africa Investment Summit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, for what reason the UK-African Investment Summit has been postponed.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	12711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK-African Investment Summit (UK-AIS), due to take place in April 2024, will now be postponed to a later date owing to scheduling issues in the international calendar. New summit dates will be announced in due course.</p><p>The UK government is committed to building on the success of the 2020 UK-Africa Investment Summit, which laid the foundations for new partnerships between the UK and African nations based on trade, investment, shared values and mutual interest. This includes by ensuring attendance from governments across the continent, as well as British and African businesses eager to harness the benefits of our trading relationship.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 09/02/2024 12:06:58 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1193728

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	UK-Africa Investment Summit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost to the public purse was of the UK Africa Investment Summit held on 20 January 2020; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	44058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2020 answer text <p>I can report that the final cost of the UK Africa Investment Summit held on 20 January was £3.14 million. Of this, 83% (£2.62 million) was ODA and 17% (£0.52 million) was non-ODA. This event delivered over £6.5 billion worth of commercial investments in infrastructure, energy, retail and tech; and the Government announced over £1.5 billion of UK aid-funded initiatives that are expected to create hundreds of thousands of jobs and mobilise over £2.4 billion of additional private investment for the continent.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 13/05/2020 15:55:39 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1182669

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	UK-Africa Investment Summit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2020 to Question 4779 on UK Africa Investment Summit, if she will publish the amount of funding allocated from Official Development Assistance to cover the costs of the UK Africa Investment Summit 2020 by the Easter 2020 recess.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	25067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>It is the government’s intention to publish full details of the costs of the UK-Africa Investment Summit. They will be published as part of the Department for International Development’s annual accounts in July, 2020.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 10/03/2020 17:23:51 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1181393

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	UK-Africa Investment Summit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many deals were agreed at the UK Africa Investment Summit 2020; and in which sectors those deals were agreed.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	21967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>Twenty-seven commercial deals with a total value of over £6.5 billion were announced at the UK-Africa Investment Summit. These deals covered a range of sectors including healthcare, infrastructure, and energy. A full summary of all the deals announced on the day of the Summit can be found on the UK-Africa Investment Summit website and will soon be available in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 04/03/2020 17:47:22 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1180607

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	UK-Africa Investment Summit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 18 February (HL1300), which consultancies were used to help deliver the UK–Africa Investment Summit 2020; and how much those consultancies were paid.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The government contracted a range of companies to provide services including production, and the design and running of pre-events, to support the delivery of the UK-Africa Investment Summit. These contracts are ongoing, and it is the government’s intention to provide further details in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 09/03/2020 17:52:59 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1180164

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK-Africa Investment Summit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the effect of support for UK investors to win commercial deals at the UK-Africa Investment Summit on (a) the UK's emission reduction commitments, (b) the UK's priorities at COP26, (c) UK Export Finance's Equator Principles commitments and (d) regional integration and economic cooperation between African nations.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	19737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK-Africa Investment Summit agreed new lasting partnerships between the UK and African countries to deliver more investment, jobs and growth. This government is committed to tackling climate change and will be targeting ambitious action during our presidency of COP26 this year. The Department for International Trade will continue to promote export and investment opportunities in clean growth sectors.</p><p> </p><p>UK Export Finance rigorously follows the requirements of the OECD Common Approaches and Equator Principles, which set the framework for export credit agencies and international financial institutions in managing environmental, social and human rights risks.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 27/02/2020 11:53:25 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1176180

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	UK-Africa Investment Summit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any consultancies were used to help deliver the UK–Africa Investment Summit 2020; and if so, why.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2020 answer text <p>The production aspects of the UK-Africa Investment Summit were contracted out to specialist event companies, as is normal government practice. We also used contractors to design and run the series of pre-events, to undertake analysis of trade and investment trends, and to assess the Summit's impact. These organisations complemented the large cross-government team of policy officials who delivered the Summit.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 18/02/2020 16:52:34 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool