Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the government of St Helena Strategic Plan for the SHG Capital Programme 2020-2030, published on 12 May; and what plans they have to draw up a new compact to change their relationship with that government from a donor-recipient to a development partnership.

The St Helena Strategic Plan for the St Helena Government's Capital Programme 2020-2030 has helped shape UK Government's funding of a multiyear capital investment programme. The UK Government continues to work with St Helena to build a strong a partnership this including: jointly agreeing priority capital investments; support with governance reform and continued COVID 19 support which includes ongoing deliveries of personal protective equipment, testing equipment and a supply of vaccines for the adult population.