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Written Question
Horn of Africa
Tuesday 14th May 2024

Asked by: Chi Onwurah (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne Central)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, how many full-time equivalent staff from his Department work on programmes relating to the Horn of Africa.

Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)

The FCDO employs 480-499 full-time equivalent staff in UK missions overseas and in Africa Directorate at headquarters covering the Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan). Further support on the Horn of Africa is provided by other teams across the rest of the organisation. The UK delivers a wide range of programmes across the region, benefiting millions of people.

Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Home Office

May. 10 2024

Source Page: Modern Slavery: NRM and DtN statistics, January to March 2024
Document: (ODS)

Found: Modern Slavery: NRM and DtN statistics, January to March 2024

Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 30 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) development 30 and our work on Sudan and securing funding to stave off a famine in Ethiopia. - Speech Link
2: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) Could the Deputy Foreign Secretary update us on the state of our relations with Djibouti, and his assessment - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) As he knows, we are taking up this matter with the authorities in Djibouti. - Speech Link

Parliamentary Research
Developing Countries Trading Scheme - CBP-9994
Apr. 18 2024

Found: , Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, DRC, Djibouti

Parliamentary Research
The Horn of Africa and the Red Sea - CBP-10000
Apr. 18 2024

Found: The Horn of Africa and the Red Sea

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Home Office

Apr. 17 2024

Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 11 March 2024 to 3 April 2024
Document: Immigration Rules archive: 11 March 2024 to 3 April 2024 (PDF)

Found: and is not a civil partner, and has not formed an independent family unit; and (iv) he can and

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Apr. 16 2024

Source Page: UK Government to tackle global financial corruption
Document: https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/aldcafrica2020_en.pdf (PDF)

Found: whereas others do, including Ethiopia, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone.

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Apr. 16 2024

Source Page: Joint statement on Multilateral Development Bank Callable Capital
Document: IBRD (PDF)

Found: below by S&P, Moody’s and Fitch); and (ii) the three largest borrowers (all currently rated BB+ and

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Home Office

Apr. 12 2024

Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024
Document: Immigration Rules archive: 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024 (PDF)

Found: and is not a civil partner, and has not formed an independent family unit; and (iv) he can and

Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
UK Visas and Immigration

Apr. 12 2024

Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024
Document: Immigration Rules archive: 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024 (PDF)

Found: and is not a civil partner, and has not formed an independent family unit; and (iv) he can and