British Overseas Territories: Disaster Relief
(asked on 14th November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what disaster relief measures he has in place to mitigate the impact of extreme weather phenomena on British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean region.
Answered by
David Rutley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK Government supports the Overseas Territories to prepare for and respond to the impacts of major natural hazard events. The UK supports Overseas Territories to strengthen local disaster response capability and critical national infrastructure.
Royal Navy ship HMS Medway is deployed to the Caribbean for North Atlantic Hurricane Season. Embarked disaster relief engineers have specialist capabilities to reopen ports and deliver emergency supplies. In September, HMS Medway and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship Tideforce supported the Turks and Caicos Islands and Cayman Islands to respond to Hurricanes Fiona and Ian.