International Assistance: Security

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered at on 29 September 2020.

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Photo of Dan Jarvis Dan Jarvis Labour, Barnsley Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Human Rights and Democracy Report published on 16 July 2020, on how many occasions (a) a Minister in his Department was consulted on Overseas Security and Justice Assistance cases during 2019-20 and (b) did a Minister in his Department decide that UK assistance should be provided.

Photo of Nigel Adams Nigel Adams Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The Human Rights and Democracy Report published on 26 July 2020 provides an estimate for the number of Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJA) cases for 2019- 2020. The FCDO does not hold a record centrally of the number of times an FCDO Minister was consulted on OSJA cases or the number of times a Minister decided assistance should be provided.

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