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1460048

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
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	Africa: Foreign Relations
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 she has plans to publish an Africa strategy; and what the status is of the Africa strategy within her Department.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	158906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The Integrated Review sets out the Government's approach to working with African countries. The Foreign Secretary has agreed a strategy to deliver on that approach in conjunction with other departments and agencies. We continue to share information on the implementation of our approach through various channels including speeches, visits, articles, and social media. For example, I set out our priorities in a speech at Chatham House on 14 December 2021 and during the oral evidence session of the International Relations and Defence Committee on 26 January. The vision is to build a network of liberty through partnerships with African countries, one that promotes British interests and leads to countries, and indeed the continent, being freer, safer, more prosperous, healthier and greener.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 28/04/2022 09:21:28 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1460049

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
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	Darfur: 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, what steps she is taking to (a) support investigations into the killings in the Krink region of West Darfur, Sudan, on 24 April 2022, including reports of the complicity of Rapid Support Forces, and (b) help prevent further violence in that region.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	158907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 28/04/2022 10:08:07 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1460050

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
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	Democratic Republic of Congo: Military Intervention
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 she is taking to support (a) inclusiveness, (b) accountability, (c) human rights protections, (d) financial sustainability and (e) African Union and United Nations mandates for any regional intervention force that is created to address violence and abuses in the eastern regions of Democratic Republic of Congo.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	158908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation. answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 28/04/2022 10:15:40 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1460051

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Heating: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to introduce a regulatory body for heat network providers with a role equivalent to that of Ofgem; and what steps he is taking to protect households reliant on heat networks from price increases in excess of the energy price cap.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	158909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Legislation will provide Ofgem regulatory powers to investigate and intervene on networks where prices for consumers appear to be disproportionate, if prices are significantly higher than those consumers would expect to pay if they were served by an alternative heating system.</p><p> </p><p>All energy users are having to deal with rising energy costs, which have been caused by global factors. To help consumers, including those on heat networks, government have introduced support worth more than £9bn for vulnerable households, through initiatives such as the Energy Bill Rebate and the Household Support Fund adding to the help provided throughout winter 2021.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/04/2022 11:39:05 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1460070

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of asylum applications that will result in a grant of refugee status or humanitarian protection in Rwanda.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	158910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Under the Migration and Economic Development Partnership, once an individual is relocated to Rwanda, they will accept physical and legal responsibility for processing their claims and supporting them. The granting of refugee status or humanitarian protection will be for Rwanda to decide on each case.</ins></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 28/04/2022 11:05:18 question first ministerially corrected 28/04/2022 11:19:52 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove previous answer version 67465 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1460162

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
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	African Development Bank: Carbon Emissions
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 PM launches new initiative to take Green Industrial Revolution global, published on 1 November 2021, and HCWS779, made on 25 April 2022, for what reason the value of the guarantee to the African Development Bank has reduced from $2 billion equivalent to $1.6 billion equivalent.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	158911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>In November 2021, the Prime Minister announced that the UK would provide a guarantee to the African Development Bank that would unlock up to $2 billion of additional climate finance for Africa.</p><p>Since November, the FCDO has been working with the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) and Credit Rating Agencies to finalise the financial structure of the guarantee. The impact of the guarantee remains the same, with the guarantee expected to unlock up to $2 billion of climate finance for Africa. In the final structure, the FCDO will provide $1.6 billion of cover and ATI will provide $400 million of cover.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 28/04/2022 09:37:07 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1459839

registered interest
date	22/04/2022
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	Horn of Africa: Droughts
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 Geneva conference on drought in the Horn of Africa on 26 April 2022, whether her Department has plans to allocate additional funding to help prevent famine in that region.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	157564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK is deeply concerned by the worsening humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa and welcomed the timely conference on drought in the region convened by the UN and the EU in Geneva on 26 April. In January, I announced a £17 million package of emergency humanitarian assistance to address critical needs in Ethiopia (£5 million), South Sudan (£3 million), Somalia (£8 million) and Kenya (£1 million). In February, a further £5.5 million of support was allocated for Somalia, and in March a further £1.6 million to support the drought response in Ethiopia. On 26 April, I announced a further £25 million in aid to provide vital services to almost a million people in Somalia, including food relief and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) support, as the country teeters on the brink of widespread famine.</p><p>Our response to the drought builds on long-established resilience building programmes in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. In Kenya this includes support to the Hunger Safety Programme, which has provided 600,000 people in drought prone areas with regular financial assistance alongside efforts to promote strengthened national disaster management capacity. In Ethiopia, the UK funded Productive Safety Net Programme has benefitted some 8 million people via financial welfare provision and community public works projects, which promote soil and water conservation. In Somalia the UK has been supporting over 220 rural communities through its multi-year resilience programme and in three large urban cities with durable solutions initiatives for internally displaced persons. These programmes, coupled with additional investments, have enabled the UK to reach nearly 8 million individuals as a part of its emergency humanitarian response.</p><p>The UK remains committed to promoting peace and security across the Horn of Africa.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 27/04/2022 13:59:59 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1459182

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March 2022 to Question 143639, if she will publish data relating to the proportions of (a) money laundering cases under investigation, (b) value of assets subject to restraint, (c) value of assets confiscated, (d) value of assets enforced, (e) value of assets returned from confiscation work and (f) other performance measures in relation to (i) geographic regions of the countries affected, and (ii) income levels of the countries affected.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	157313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>Statistics on the proceeds of crime restrained and confiscated are published every year by the Home Office in the Asset Recovery Statistical Bulletin. The link to the latest release can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/asset-recovery-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/asset-recovery-statistics</a>.</p><p>Annex B of the Statistical bulletin sets out the total value of proceeds of crime returned to foreign governments under the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) and where the UK exercises its discretion to return funds in appropriate cases when it is not otherwise mandated under UNCAC.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/04/2022 15:21:02 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1459183

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Money Laundering and Terrorism: Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to include assessments of the cross-border money laundering risks faced and posed by the UK to countries in Africa in the next National Risk Assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	157314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK National Risk Assessment (NRA) of money laundering and terrorist financing sets out how criminals try to move illicit funds through the UK and the risks this poses.</p><p>The NRA is primarily a domestic assessment of businesses and sectors that are vulnerable to money laundering and terrorist financing risks. It does not include information on the risks posed by the UK to other jurisdictions. However, it does include an assessment of cross-border risks. In the most recent NRA (2020), Africa is referenced in relation to organised immigration crime, international terrorism and the portability of luxury and wholesale goods across borders.</p><p>Africa may feature in the next NRA if countries are identified as a risk, based on the NRA methodology and the intelligence picture at that time.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/04/2022 15:24:53 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1459184

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
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	Africa: Coronavirus
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 she has made of the implications for (a) long-term continental health system strengthening and (b) covid-19 recovery in Africa if plans for production of the Johnson & Johnson covid-19 vaccine in South Africa are ended as a result of a lack of orders.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	157315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Increased and diversified manufacturing of affordable, quality and effective vaccines will save lives, strengthen health services, and improve preparedness for future pandemics. COVID-19 vaccine availability has improved across Africa since late 2021. The UK is working with COVAX to increase coverage further in countries with weak health systems, prioritising the most vulnerable such as the elderly. We are supporting the Africa Centres for Disease Control's &quot;Partnership for African Vaccine Manufacturing&quot; by providing detailed market analysis on priority vaccines for the region, to inform manufacturers' and investors' planning. We have also provided technical support to develop business cases for vaccine production in South Africa, Senegal, and Morocco. Our approach contributes to sustainable vaccine manufacturing in the medium and longer term across Africa through commercially viable businesses operating within a well-developed ecosystem of skilled workers, innovative technology, and effective regulation.</p><p>The UK works with COVAX, WHO, Unicef and other partners in Africa to support strong and resilient national health systems. This includes improving public health functions such as surveillance, community engagement and vaccine confidence to prevent and prepare for future disease outbreaks and managing COVID-19 through integrating vaccination and access to tests and treatment as part of primary health care.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 28/04/2022 09:34:44 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown