Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what is the status of the UK’s Global Mine Action Programme.

GMAP is currently in its third iteration (GMAP3) and delivers explosive ordnance clearance, explosive ordnance risk education and national capacity building in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Palestine (Gaza), Somalia (Somaliland), Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and Zimbabwe. GMAP3 is scheduled to end on the 31st of March 2027. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is currently undertaking the design process for its successor, GMAP4, which will begin on the 1st of April 2027, subject to approvals.