Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when departmental staff last visited Western Sahara.
We are closely monitoring the situation in Western Sahara. We have regular discussions with the parties and remain in close contact with MINURSO, the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara. UK officials visit Western Sahara periodically. A visit planned for 2020 was postponed due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, as was the case elsewhere.