Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) financial and (b) technical support the Government has provided to the government of the Maldives in each of the last five years.

No bilateral financial support has been provided to the Government of Maldives by the UK in the last five years. In addition to supporting civil society, UK funding - including through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) - has provided technical assistance to the Maldivian police and Maldivian Government since 2019. This has included work to increase capabilities on risk and disaster management, to counter extremism, and to improve the security of tourist accommodation. The CSSF has also provided technical support to the media sector and the independent Presidential Commission on Deaths and Disappearances.