James Cleverly MP: written questions 2025
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Development Aid: Impact AssessmentsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will release a full impact assessment for the reduction in Official Development Assistance.
Answer: The Prime Minister has set out a new strategic vision for government spending on defence and security, and Official Development Assistance (ODA). Detailed decisions on how the ODA budget will be used will be worked through as part of the ongoing Spending ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will spend 80 percent of Official Development Assistance on women and girls.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is committed to putting women and girls at the heart of everything we do. We continue to work towards our target of at least 80 percent of the FCDO's bilateral aid programmes having a focus on gender...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBalkans: People SmugglingForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent on countering people smuggling in the Balkans in each of the last five years.
Answer: The UK Government takes a comprehensive approach towards tackling irregular migration through, and from, the Western Balkans, including through partnerships and cooperation in the region to strengthen border security, disrupt organised immigration crime a...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNorth Africa: People SmugglingForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent on countering people smuggling in North Africa in each of the last five years.
Answer: The North Africa Cooperation on Migrant Smuggling and Human Trafficking (NACSAT) project provided £3.1 million for a UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) anti-people smuggling programme across Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Libya, and Egypt in the three years...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLebanon: RadicalismForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent on countering extremism in Lebanon in each of the last five years..
Answer: The UK plays a leading role in countering terrorism and violent extremism overseas. Lebanon is one of our key CT partners in the Middle East and over the last five years, HMG has spent over £12 million on countering violent extremism in Lebanon. This brea...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordJordan: RadicalismForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent on countering extremism in Jordan in each of the last five years.
Answer: Jordan has allocated no funding to Countering extremism in the last five years from neither an Intergrated Security Fund, nor a Counter Terrorism Programme Fund perspective.
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIraq: RadicalismForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent on countering extremism in Iraq in each of the last five years..
Answer: We share with Iraq an ambition to combat terrorism and violent extremism, including Daesh and the threats it presents to our citizens. As members of the Global Coalition to Counter Daesh, we will continue to work with Iraq to ensure that Daesh cannot re-e...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSyria: RadicalismForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent on countering extremism in Syria in each of the last five years.
Answer: The UK is committed to combatting all forms of terrorism emanating from Syria, including from Daesh and the threat they present to our citizens. As members of the Global Coalition against Daesh, we will continue to work with partners in order to ensure th...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBalkans: DisinformationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent on countering disinformation in the Balkans in each of the last five years.
Answer: Over the past five years, we have supported efforts to counter information threats, including disinformation, in the Western Balkans. This includes, where appropriate, supporting projects through Official Development Assistance funding. Due to the risks p...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeorgia: DisinformationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent on countering disinformation in Georgia in each of the last five years.
Answer: Over the past five years, we have supported efforts to counter information threats, including disinformation, in Central and Eastern Europe. This includes, where appropriate, supporting projects through Official Development Assistance funding. Due to the ...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMoldova: DisinformationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent on countering disinformation in Moldova in each of the last five years.
Answer: Over the past five years, we have supported efforts to counter information threats, including disinformation, in Central and Eastern Europe. This includes, where appropriate, supporting projects through Official Development Assistance funding. Due to the ...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 902859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of raising the minimum income requirement for family visas.
Answer: The Family Immigration Rules, including the MIR, need to balance a respect for family life whilst also ensuring the economic wellbeing of the UK is maintained.Under the previous government net migration reached a record high. We have paused the current MI...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
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