Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is providing support to (a) Mozambique and (b) the Southern African Development Community to help restore security in Cabo Delgado.

The UK provides support to the Armed Forces of Mozambique (FADM) through our Resident Defence Adviser and Defence Section, which opened in July 2023. Our defence cooperation, including professional military education, defence policy and initial training, is delivered under the framework of a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding. The UK has not provided support to the Southern African Development Community mission in Mozambique, although my recent visit to South Africa explored opportunities for doing so.