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1507192

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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	East Africa: Humanitarian 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, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of total global international aid to East Africa for humanitarian relief provided by the UK (a) in 2017 and (b) to date in 2022.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	53323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>In 2017, the UK spent £528 million in humanitarian support across East Africa representing approximately 36 percent of our global humanitarian spend that year. Similar global level data for 2022 is not currently available, but will be published in 2023 in-line with normal practice. In financial year 2022/2023, the UK will provide approximately £156 million in humanitarian aid to East Africa.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 29/09/2022 15:21:25 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1507204

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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	Platinum Jubilee Cookbook
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Platinum Jubilee Cookbook published on 28 April, how much public money was spent by his Department in relation to (i) creating, (ii) publishing, (iii) promoting, and (iv) purchasing copies of the book.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	53316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>£18,414 was spent from budgets administered centrally by FCDO Communication Directorate to purchase copies of the book to be gifted to foreign dignitaries as part of activities undertaken across the FCDO network to mark the Platinum Jubilee, and to promote UK food and drink.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 29/09/2022 15:23:04 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1507272

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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	Uganda: 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, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UK funded aid projects to help relieve hunger in Uganda.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	53370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK provides humanitarian assistance in the Karamoja region and to refugee and refugee-hosting populations throughout Uganda through the 'Building Resilience and an Effective Emergency Refugee Response' (BRAER) programme. In financial year 2021-22, the programme helped to provide 1.3 million people with humanitarian assistance, including relieving hunger and treating malnutrition among women and children. The programme's effectiveness is assessed, and its spending monitored, through regular field visits, feedback from beneficiaries, FCDO scrutiny of implementing partners' financial reports, annual audits and annual programme reviews - the latter are published online at https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/projects/GB-1-205206/documents.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 29/09/2022 15:34:22 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

1507273

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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	Uganda: 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, what (a) safeguards and (b) reporting mechanisms are in place to monitor the spending of UK Overseas Development Assistance in relation to tackling hunger in Northern Uganda.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	53371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK provides humanitarian assistance in the Karamoja region and to refugee and refugee-hosting populations throughout Uganda through the 'Building Resilience and an Effective Emergency Refugee Response' (BRAER) programme. In financial year 2021-22, the programme helped to provide 1.3 million people with humanitarian assistance, including relieving hunger and treating malnutrition among women and children. The programme's effectiveness is assessed, and its spending monitored, through regular field visits, feedback from beneficiaries, FCDO scrutiny of implementing partners' financial reports, annual audits and annual programme reviews - the latter are published online at https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/projects/GB-1-205206/documents.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 29/09/2022 15:37:37 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

1507274

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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	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, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the Expanding Social Protection Programme Phase II project.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	53372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK has supported the development of Uganda's social protection system for the last ten years, working closely with the Government of the Republic of Ireland and the Government of Uganda, most recently through the Expanding Social Protection Programme Phase II (ESP II). This has established a Senior Citizens' Grant (SCG) which is currently benefitting over 350,000 Ugandans over 80 (60% of whom are women). The Government of Uganda has been fully funding the SCG since July 2021, and the ESP II programme will close later this year. The programme's effectiveness is assessed through annual programme reviews, which are published at https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/projects/GB-1-204861/documents.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 29/09/2022 15:33:54 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

1507306

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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	Iran: Nuclear Power
	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 the cessation of Iranian sponsorship of extremist Islamist groups is a UK demand in the ongoing negotiations in Vienna on the future of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	53405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>We are at the end of negotiations on restoring the JCPoA. A viable deal was put on the table in March which would have returned Iran to full compliance with its JCPoA commitments and returned the US to the deal. We were clear that a return to the JCPoA could pave the way for further diplomatic efforts to address outstanding regional and security concerns. Iran has refused to seize a critical diplomatic opportunity to conclude the deal with continued demands beyond the scope of the JCPoA. If a deal is not struck the JCPoA will collapse. In this scenario we would carefully consider all options in partnership with our allies.</p><p>We have long been clear about our concerns over Iran's destabilising activity throughout the region including its political, financial and military support to a number of militant groups. The former Foreign Secretary last spoke to Iranian Foreign Minister Abdollahian on 14 February 2022. They discussed a range of issues including the need for Iran to cease its destabilising activity in the region. We continue to work with our partners and allies to address and attribute this activity where it occurs.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 29/09/2022 14:54:53 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1507336

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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	Tigray: Armed Conflict
	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 had recent discussions with the governments of (a) Eritrea and (b) Ethiopia on the attack on the Tigray region launched on 20 September 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	53346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK has noted the resumption of conflict between the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Ethiopian Government. There is no military solution to this conflict - only political negotiations can resolve it.</p><p>On 22 September, the Minister for Development, Vicky Ford MP, met Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister Demeke and discussed the impact of renewed conflict on humanitarian crisis and civilians in northern Ethiopia and reiterated calls for a truce, the restoration of humanitarian access to Tigray, and the withdrawal of Eritrean troops. I tweeted on 22 September reiterating these points. The British Embassies in Ethiopia and Eritrea are speaking regularly with their host Governments and, in the case of the Embassy in Ethiopia, the TPLF urging an end to the conflict.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 29/09/2022 15:27:28 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1507353

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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	Alaa Abdel Fattah
	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 secure the release of imprisoned British citizen Alaa Abd el-Fattah ahead of COP27 in Egypt.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	53504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>Since his sentencing in December 2021, FCDO officials have consistently called on the Egyptian Government urgently to grant consular access to Alaa Abdel Fattah. Lord (Tariq) Ahmad and the former Foreign Secretary also raised the case with Foreign Minister Shoukry during his visit to London in July. The former Prime Minister raised the case with President Sisi during a call on 25 August, expressing his hope for swift and positive progress. We continue to support the family of Alaa Abdel Fattah.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 29/09/2022 15:39:36 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1507376

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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	Somalia: Famine
	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 he is taking to (a) increase funding to tackle and (b) organise diplomatic action on the prospect of famine in Somalia.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	53408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>Almost half of Somalia's population is in dire need of help, with 300,000 people forecast to be in famine by October if assistance is not provided immediately. On 21 September at the UN General Assembly, the Minister for Development, Vicky Ford MP, announced a £22.8 million package of assistance for Somalia to alleviate the impact of drought and address the risk of famine. This brings the UK's total support to Somalia since 1 April 2022 to £52.8 million covering humanitarian, protection, health and nutrition support.</p><p>As co-chair of the Somalia Donor Group, the UK continues to lobby for more funds from the international community and non-traditional donors for the urgent response that is required now and to help build resilience for vulnerable populations.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 29/09/2022 15:43:43 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1507379

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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	Developing Countries: Food 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, what steps he is taking to increase the flow of UK funding to (a) Ethiopia and (b) other countries currently experiencing severe hunger crises; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	53264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>In FY 2022/23, the UK aims to provide approximately £156 million in humanitarian aid across East Africa. Our support is providing millions of people with essential services and supplies including food, water, and healthcare.</p><p>On 21 September, the Minister for Development Vicky Ford MP announced a package of assistance for Somalia, to alleviate the impact of drought and address the risk of famine. This brings the UK's total support to Somalia since 1 April 2022 to £52.8 million covering humanitarian, protection, health and nutrition support.</p><p>Ministers are currently reviewing a business case for a new humanitarian and resilience building programme in Ethiopia. We will announce plans for providing further support in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 29/09/2022 15:24:55 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson