Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on reports of (a) abuse and (b) harassment of women cyclists.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government aims to reduce violence against women and girls (VAWG) by half over the next decade, and agrees that any abuse or harassment of women cyclists is entirely inappropriate. Enforcement of any offences of this sort is a matter for the police. The Department for Transport is working very closely with the Home Office on their plans for a cross-government VAWG strategy, which is due to be published later this year.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure safe and accessible cycling routes to (a) schools, (b) workplaces and (c) local services for (i) women and girls and (ii) people who trip-chain during peak travel times.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Department and Active Travel England (ATE) work with local authorities and other delivery partners to support active travel outreach programmes for underrepresented groups, including women and girls.

Design guidance for new infrastructure, such as that funded through the Active Travel Fund, requires that new schemes are accessible to all users, including women. ATE is working with local authorities to provide high-quality cycling infrastructure including as part of multi-modal schemes. This includes providing lighting for walking and cycling schemes, improving social safety and delivering road safety improvements to existing schemes.

The Department has not made a specific assessment of the impact of cycling on women’s safety. Annual reported road casualty statistics published by the Department provide a breakdown of reported casualties by sex.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to work with (a) schools, (b) employers and (c) community groups to encourage cycling by women and girls.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Department and Active Travel England (ATE) work with local authorities and other delivery partners to support active travel outreach programmes for underrepresented groups, including women and girls.

Design guidance for new infrastructure, such as that funded through the Active Travel Fund, requires that new schemes are accessible to all users, including women. ATE is working with local authorities to provide high-quality cycling infrastructure including as part of multi-modal schemes. This includes providing lighting for walking and cycling schemes, improving social safety and delivering road safety improvements to existing schemes.

The Department has not made a specific assessment of the impact of cycling on women’s safety. Annual reported road casualty statistics published by the Department provide a breakdown of reported casualties by sex.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of cycling on women's safety.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Department and Active Travel England (ATE) work with local authorities and other delivery partners to support active travel outreach programmes for underrepresented groups, including women and girls.

Design guidance for new infrastructure, such as that funded through the Active Travel Fund, requires that new schemes are accessible to all users, including women. ATE is working with local authorities to provide high-quality cycling infrastructure including as part of multi-modal schemes. This includes providing lighting for walking and cycling schemes, improving social safety and delivering road safety improvements to existing schemes.

The Department has not made a specific assessment of the impact of cycling on women’s safety. Annual reported road casualty statistics published by the Department provide a breakdown of reported casualties by sex.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve reporting mechanisms for women cyclists who experience (a) abuse and (b) intimidation.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Everyone should have the right to travel in safety, and abuse or intimidation of any kind is entirely unacceptable.

In respect of women, including those who cycle, the Department for Transport is working with the Home Office on their plans for a cross-government strategy to reduce violence against women and girls. This is due to be published later this year.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) support and (b) funding is available from her Department for cycle training schemes that (i) are specifically tailored for girls and (ii) have a minimum threshold for the number of girls participating.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Active Travel England provides funding to The Bikeability Trust to deliver Bikeability cycle training to children in England (outside London). In addition, active travel revenue funding can be used by local authorities to deliver cycle training and engagement programmes outside of Bikeability. It is for local authorities to decide on targeted engagement programmes for underrepresented groups, such as women and girls.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken is to decide an in-country application for leave to remain on the basis of private life where (a) minimum income and (b) English language are not required.

Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)

The requested data is not currently available from published data and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the provision of services to survivors of sexual violence in Sudan.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK is a major humanitarian donor to Sudan with £226.5 million provided last financial year (FY) and a further £120 million this FY. Working with a range of humanitarian partners this funding will target over 650,000 people with life-saving aid including support for women and girls that will be delivered through networks of Sudanese responders. Through the Sudan Free of Female Genital Mutilation programme, UK funding will support work on protection, prevention and care services for survivors of sexual violence. Through the Women's Integrated Sexual Health programme, we have also provided sexual and reproductive services to women, girls, persons living with disability and men, with UK aid delivered in camps for internally displaced persons (IPDs) and elsewhere. We have also enhanced our atrocity risk monitoring, including monitoring of conflict-related sexual violence and are working with UN and non governmental organisational partners to provide safe spaces, clinic treatments, dignity kits and psycho-social services for survivors.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote sexual health in Sudan.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK is a major humanitarian donor to Sudan with £226.5 million provided last financial year (FY) and a further £120 million this FY. Working with a range of humanitarian partners this funding will target over 650,000 people with life-saving aid including support for women and girls that will be delivered through networks of Sudanese responders. Through the Sudan Free of Female Genital Mutilation programme, UK funding will support work on protection, prevention and care services for survivors of sexual violence. Through the Women's Integrated Sexual Health programme, we have also provided sexual and reproductive services to women, girls, persons living with disability and men, with UK aid delivered in camps for internally displaced persons (IPDs) and elsewhere. We have also enhanced our atrocity risk monitoring, including monitoring of conflict-related sexual violence and are working with UN and non governmental organisational partners to provide safe spaces, clinic treatments, dignity kits and psycho-social services for survivors.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans his Department has to engage with the Sudanese diaspora in the UK on securing peace in Sudan.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Sudan is a personal priority for the Foreign Secretary. Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Ministers and officials have regularly engaged with members of the Sudanese diaspora since the start of the conflict in April 2023, including during the run up to the 15 April London Sudan Conference. This included a roundtable with representatives of the Sudanese diaspora that the Minister for Africa hosted on 31 March. The FCDO will continue to engage with members of the Sudanese diaspora as part of our ongoing work.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) justice and (b) accountability for survivors of sexual violence in Sudan.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The most effective mechanism to support accountability in Sudan is the UN Human Rights Council Fact-Finding Mission (FFM). It was established following a UK-led resolution and its mandate was extended in October 2024 with an increased majority as a direct result of UK-led advocacy. There is also the UK-funded Centre for Information Resilience (CIR), a research body gathering open-source evidence about the conflict in Sudan with a view to supporting future accountability. We provided over £1 million for the CIR's Sudan Witness Project last financial year, with funding continuing this year. The CIR has been able to assist the FFM in verifying reports of violations through its use of digital information. The UK also strongly supports the International Criminal Court's (ICC) active investigation into the situation in Darfur, including allegations of crimes committed since April 2023.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the targeted use of rape against particular ethnicities as a weapon of war in Sudan.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan has reported that the use of rape and gang rape is widespread and according to the UN more than 12 million people are now at risk of sexual and gender-based violence across Sudan with women and girls most at risk. The Foreign Secretary has stated that the UK will continue to use all tools available to hold those responsible for atrocities to account. This includes public interventions, senior engagements, Council products and sanctions. We also aim to use the momentum provided by the London Sudan conference to sustain pressure on the warring parties to adhere to their commitments under the Jeddah Declaration. We will push hard for those suspected of using sexual violence as a weapon of war to face justice, including through our position on the Security Council and the Human Rights Council.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war in Sudan on children.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan has reported that the use of rape and gang rape is widespread and according to the UN more than 12 million people are now at risk of sexual and gender-based violence across Sudan with women and girls most at risk. The Foreign Secretary has stated that the UK will continue to use all tools available to hold those responsible for atrocities to account. This includes public interventions, senior engagements, Council products and sanctions. We also aim to use the momentum provided by the London Sudan conference to sustain pressure on the warring parties to adhere to their commitments under the Jeddah Declaration. We will push hard for those suspected of using sexual violence as a weapon of war to face justice, including through our position on the Security Council and the Human Rights Council.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war in Sudan.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan has reported that the use of rape and gang rape is widespread and according to the UN more than 12 million people are now at risk of sexual and gender-based violence across Sudan with women and girls most at risk. The Foreign Secretary has stated that the UK will continue to use all tools available to hold those responsible for atrocities to account. This includes public interventions, senior engagements, Council products and sanctions. We also aim to use the momentum provided by the London Sudan conference to sustain pressure on the warring parties to adhere to their commitments under the Jeddah Declaration. We will push hard for those suspected of using sexual violence as a weapon of war to face justice, including through our position on the Security Council and the Human Rights Council.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has reviewed the UK’s exposure to the business interests of the (a) Rapid Support Forces and (b) Sudanese Armed Forces.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK's robust corporate transparency measures, including the Register of Overseas Entities, along with limited trading and investment relationships between the UK and Sudan, safeguard the UK's exposure to such risks. Since the outbreak of the conflict, we have frozen the assets of nine commercial entities linked to the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces. These sanctions were designed to disrupt their financial networks and press the parties to engage in a sustained and meaningful peace process, allow humanitarian access and to commit to a permanent cessation of hostilities.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has reviewed the reasons for Sudanese children forming the largest group of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in 2024-25.

Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office)

Asylum claims from unaccompanied Sudanese children fell in the year ending March 2025, but they were the largest group of UASC in that period due to a decrease in asylum claims from the previous top UASC nationality of Afghanistan.

The Home Office keeps all trends in asylum claims under review, including those from unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC).

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the education of Sudanese children.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

In late 2024, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) assessed that nearly 90 per cent of Sudan's school age children (17 million against a population of 19 million) were no longer in school with armed violence a key driver. We are supporting a range of partners to deliver urgent education services to children in Sudan including UNICEF. In addition, through a contribution to Education Cannot Wait, we are providing safe learning spaces and psychological support to 200,000 vulnerable children in refugee and host communities in Chad, Ethiopia, Libya, South Sudan, Central Africa Republic and Uganda. We are also one of the largest donors to the Global Partnership for Education who are delivering vital support to children across Sudan. The UK is a major donor to the UN-led Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SHF) which provides support to local and national responders, Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) and a consortium of international non-governmental organisations. These frontline workers are working on education provision across Sudan.

Found: Rosie Duffield Ms Stella Creasy Wera Hobhouse Lillian Jones Ellie Chowns Tonia Antoniazzi Anneliese Dodds

Found: Rosie Duffield Ms Stella Creasy Wera Hobhouse Lillian Jones Ellie Chowns Tonia Antoniazzi Anneliese Dodds

Found: Rosie Duffield Ms Stella Creasy Wera Hobhouse Lillian Jones Ellie Chowns Tonia Antoniazzi Anneliese Dodds

Found: Rosie Duffield Ms Stella Creasy Wera Hobhouse Lillian Jones Ellie Chowns Tonia Antoniazzi Anneliese Dodds

Found: Rosie Duffield Ms Stella Creasy Wera Hobhouse Lillian Jones Ellie Chowns Tonia Antoniazzi Anneliese Dodds

Found: Rosie Duffield Ms Stella Creasy Wera Hobhouse Lillian Jones Ellie Chowns Tonia Antoniazzi Anneliese Dodds

Found: Rosie Duffield Ms Stella Creasy Wera Hobhouse Lillian Jones Ellie Chowns Tonia Antoniazzi Anneliese Dodds

Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: It was announced today that International Development Minister Anneliese Dodds had resigned in protest

Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: Conference - Melbourne, Australia NEWS Minister of State for International Development, Anneliese Dodds

Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: They will be joined by the Minister for Development and Women and Equalities, the Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds

Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: They will be joined by the Minister for Development and Women and Equalities, the Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds

Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: Minister Anneliese Dodds has been confirmed as the keynote speaker. 18 November: 15:45-16:45pm.

Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: Minister Anneliese Dodds has been confirmed as the keynote speaker. 18 November: 15:45-16:45pm.

Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: hosting a Ministerial briefing for Parliamentarians with Minister for International Development Anneliese Dodds

Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: Minister Anneliese Dodds has been invited to speak. 6 November: 09:00 - 12:30, Attlee Suite, House

Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: Minister Anneliese Dodds has been invited to speak. 6 November: 09:00 - 12:30, Attlee Suite, House

Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: The APPG wrote to Anneliese Dodds MP congratulating her on her appointment as Development Minister and

Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: Minister Anneliese Dodds has been invited to speak. 6 November: 09:00 - 12:30, Attlee Suite, House

Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: Minister Anneliese Dodds has been invited to speak. 6 November: 09:00 - 12:30, Attlee Suite, House

Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: Columbia – email kjaerbym@parliament.uk to register interest NEWS UK – Development Minister Anneliese Dodds

Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: The Minister for Development, Anneliese Dodds MP, provided the keynote address, which included the

Scientific APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: and Tulip Siddiq MP Matthew Kibble and David Jones MP Thangam Debbonaire MP and Beril Takacs Anneliese Dodds

Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: find relevant text enclosed at Appendix 141 Female Genital Mutilation, 29th January 2020 Anneliese Dodds

Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Found: Mel Stride (exchange with Anneliese Dodds) Public Bill Committee 11th December 2018.