Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent guidance his Department has provided to UK Government departments and agencies on the status of (a) commercial and (b) other contracts with Brunei.

There has been no change of advice to British Government departments or agencies on the status of (a) commercial or (b) other contracts. Government departments and agencies have no commercial contracts in Brunei beyond those to cover the day-to-day running and maintenance of the British High Commission and the British Forces Brunei.