Africa: Development Aid
(asked on 24th November 2021) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their strategy for (1) development, and (2) the provision of official overseas aid, in Africa.
This question was answered on 2nd December 2021
The Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy sets out the Government's vision for the UK in the world, including in relation to African countries and our development and official overseas aid work in Africa. HMG's approach to Africa was set out in Lord Parkinson's response on behalf of the FCDO to the House of Lord's International Relations and Defence Committee report on Sub-Saharan Africa in the House of Lords on 8 September Development [Hansard vol. 841 column 230GC-238GC https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2021-09-08/debates/472E179A-7BAF-4972-A47E-D3E48B0B90D8/Sub-SaharanAfrica(ReportFromTheInternationalRelationsAndDefenceCommittee)?highlight=lord%20parkinson#contribution-6AEEBD7E-C265-4004-B14C-6403DB6CF932]
The Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy sets out the Government's vision for the UK in the world, including in relation to African countries and our development and official overseas aid work in Africa. HMG's approach to Africa was set out in Lord Parkinson's response on behalf of the FCDO to the House of Lord's International Relations and Defence Committee report on Sub-Saharan Africa in the House of Lords on 8 September Development [Hansard vol. 841 column 230GC-238GC https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2021-09-08/debates/472E179A-7BAF-4972-A47E-D3E48B0B90D8/Sub-SaharanAfrica(ReportFromTheInternationalRelationsAndDefenceCommittee)?highlight=lord%20parkinson#contribution-6AEEBD7E-C265-4004-B14C-6403DB6CF932]
Work in Africa will also be guided by HMG's International Development Strategy, which is due to be published in Spring 2022.