Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what technical assistance his Department has provided to the government of Bahrain in addition to the support and training already provided to the Ombudsman Office, the Special Investigations Unit and the judiciary.

There has been progress in the reform programme being put in place in Bahrain. The UK Government has been and will continue to support the Government of Bahrain in implementing its human rights and political reform programme through the provision of technical assistance, training, and sharing best practice sharing. In addition to the support that we are already providing to the Ombudsman Office, the Special Investigations Unit and the judiciary, we are engaged on a number of projects including capacity building engagement with youth Non-Governmental Organisations and working on reform of the security sector and the youth justice system.