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1654866

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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: Visas
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 help people in Sudan who have been granted entry clearance to the UK but face obstacles to leaving Sudan.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	195352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>The UK evacuation response from Sudan was open to all British nationals, and their eligible dependents who wished to leave Sudan, travelling with a British passport holder and having existing permission to come to the UK. The UK Government cannot offer advice on the safety of travelling to any departure point within Sudan and the UK's Visa Application Centre (VAC) in Khartoum remains closed until further notice. UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) are committed to doing all they can to support customers and are contacting customers, whose passports were held in the Khartoum VAC, by email to outline what options are available to them<em>. </em>UKVI are currently operating within their global customer services standards across all the main legal migration routes for customers who make an entry clearance application from overseas. The UK is working with our international counterparts from African, Quad (KSA, UAE, UK, US) and European countries, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the African Union and the UN, to end the violence and allow humanitarian access in Sudan.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 08/09/2023 13:49:03 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1654867

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Eritrea and Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of (a) Eritrean and (b) Sudanese children waiting for the outcome of their family reunification applications to the UK.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	195353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>Information regarding processing times and nationality of applicants is not routinely published and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 195354 question first answered 07/09/2023 09:55:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1654868

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of (a) Sudanese and (b) other nationals residing in Sudan who (i) are waiting, (ii) have been waiting for more than two months and( iii) have been waiting for more than three months for the outcome of their family reunification applications to the UK.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	195354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>Information regarding processing times and nationality of applicants is not routinely published and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 195353 question first answered 07/09/2023 09:55:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1654248

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
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	Zimbabwe: 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 discussions he has had with (a) the Southern African Development Community, (b) the Commonwealth, (c) the African Union and (d) other partner organisations and states on coordination to help ensure the (i) freedom, (ii) fairness, (iii) transparency, (iv) credibility and (v) peacefulness of the election in Zimbabwe on 23 August 2023.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	195000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>I engaged with a range of international and regional actors in advance of Zimbabwe's elections to underline the importance of their peacefulness and credibility. This included discussions with the Commonwealth Secretary General on 27 July and the Deputy Prime Minister of Namibia and Angola's Foreign Minister on 8 August. During my visit to the region in May, I discussed the elections with Zambian, Mozambican and South African Heads of State and Ministers and former President Chissano. I also underlined the importance of credible and peaceful elections during his meeting with President Mnangagwa on 5 May in the margins of the Coronation. The UK has consistently highlighted the importance of independent observation and we were pleased the European Union, African Union, Southern African Development Community and Commonwealth sent independent Election Observation Missions. These Missions have issued detailed preliminary statements which include findings on where the elections fell short of regional and international standards.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 11/09/2023 16:42:15 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1654249

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
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	Sahel and West Africa: Fulani
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 discussions with governments in West Africa and the Sahel on the potential impact of (a) security in their country and (b) regional security of incidents potentially involving (i) ethnic targeting of Fulani people for deportations and (ii) other forms of ethnic targeting of Fulani people.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	195001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>The UK is committed to building stability and bolstering conflict resolution across West Africa and the Sahel. We regularly raise security issues with governments in the region. For example, in July and August, the Foreign Secretary discussed insecurity with Ghanian Minister for National Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah and Nigerian National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. I also have regular discussions with my counterparts in the region. The UK supports a number of regional programmes which are aimed at tackling the root causes of conflict, including combatting the rise of disinformation and ethnically stigmatising narratives. The Fulani community are particularly vulnerable to conflict, and we are in discussion with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) regarding the support provided to Fulani refugees.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 08/09/2023 13:46:11 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1654472

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
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	Africa: Human Rights
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 Human Rights and Democracy: the 2022 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office report, published on 13 July 2022, CP 886, for what reason there are no references to (a) Cameroon, (b) Burkina Faso and (c) Eswatini in that report.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	195016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Annual Human Rights and Democracy Report for 2022 covers a wide range of countries, both Human Rights Priority Countries (HRPCs) and others.</p><p>HRPCs are countries which either have particular challenges or are on a negative or positive trajectory, and where we consider that the UK can make a real difference. However, as always, our human rights work goes far beyond this.</p><p>An absence of references to any particular country does not reflect the level of scrutiny the FCDO places on human rights there. We remain committed to the promotion of human rights across the globe.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 04/09/2023 13:21:37 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1651864

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Sahel: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 April 2023 to Question HL6976 on Sahel: Security, whether his Department has provided (a) technical support and (b) training to the Directorate General of External Research in Cameroon.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	193312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK is committed to working with regional allies in West Africa to tackle violent extremism in the Lake Chad Basin. Cameroon is an important partner in this effort. We provide training to the Directorate General of External Research operating in the Far North of Cameroon in order to strengthen their capacity to counter the terrorist threat posed by Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 19/07/2023 11:38:11 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1650808

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Thromboembolism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to restore mandatory reporting of venous thromboembolism risk assessment rates for all patients being admitted to hospital; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the ending of such mandatory reporting on (a) rates of death from hospital-acquired thrombosis and (b) individual trust compliance with NHS England standards on thrombosis prevention.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	192783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>NHS England are actively reviewing how best to monitor and support venous thromboembolism prevention practices at a national level, working with key stakeholders including Thrombosis UK. This includes considering whether to implement a new data collection related to venous thromboembolism risk assessment and prevention.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/07/2023 15:41:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1650824

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
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: Chevening Scholarships Programme
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 his Department is taking steps to help support Sudanese nationals (a) who were invited to become Chevening scholars and did not receive their travel documentation before 15 April 2023 and (b) whose Chevening scholarships will end in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	192784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>Sudanese nationals who have been offered a Chevening award for the 2023-24 academic year and are unable to take up the scholarship due to the conflict and travel restrictions are able to defer their award to the 2024-25 academic year. Current Sudanese Chevening scholars, whose scholarships will end this year, have been informed that the FCDO will consider applications to return to another country for the two-year period, and will also consider requests to stay in the UK by applying to switch to another visa. The FCDO does not advise on visa routes and recommends scholars seek relevant guidance.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 11/07/2023 09:41:15 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1650825

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
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	Sierra Leone: 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, whether his Department is taking steps to support a peaceful resolution following the elections in Sierra Leone on 24 June 2023; and whether he has had recent discussions with (a) his counterpart in Sierra Leone, (b) the Economic Community of West African States, (c) the African Union and (d) his counterparts in other countries on (i) security and (ii) other issues following those elections.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	192785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>The FCDO regularly discusses good governance, rule of law and the importance of free, fair and peaceful elections with the Sierra Leonean Government, opposition and key stakeholders. The Foreign Secretary has highlighted these messages, including with the President and opposition leader, during and since his visit in March 2023. Throughout, the UK has been clear that violence has no place in a democracy and has supported a peaceful conclusion to the electoral process.</p><p>Officials in the British High Commission Freetown and in London are working with international partners, including the Economic Community of West African States, the African Union and country partners, to follow up on the elections.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 13/07/2023 12:01:11 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown