Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in Uganda who have been (a) charged, (b) imprisoned and (c) sentenced to death under anti-LGBTQ+ legislation since the introduction of that legislation.

I condemn the Government of Uganda's enactment of the deeply discriminatory Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023, in particular the introduction of the death penalty for so-called 'aggravated homosexuality'. I strongly urge the Government of Uganda to protect the rights and freedoms of all Ugandans under the constitution.

As of 8 June 2023, we are not aware of anyone being charged, imprisoned or sentenced to death under the Anti-Homosexuality Act since its implementation on 30 May 2023. Regarding prior anti-LGBT+ legislation, this has existed since the colonial era penal code, which criminalised 'unnatural acts' but did not impose the death penalty. We have no reliable information on those charged or imprisoned under previous anti-LGBT+ legislation.