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Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: World Bank 109th Development Committee Meeting: UK Governor's statement
Document: (PDF)

Found: under the Common Framework to countries taking tough decisions on economic reforms from Nigeria to Egypt


Select Committee
Correspondence from the Foreign Secretary relating to the Shortages of medical supplies in Egypt - 26 March 2024

Correspondence Apr. 23 2024

Committee: International Development Committee (Department: Department for International Development)

Found: Correspondence from the Foreign Secretary relating to the Shortages of medical supplies in Egypt - 26


Select Committee
Correspondence to the Foreign Secretary relating to the Shortages of medical supplies in Egypt - 4 March 2024

Correspondence Apr. 23 2024

Committee: International Development Committee (Department: Department for International Development)

Found: Correspondence to the Foreign Secretary relating to the Shortages of medical supplies in Egypt - 4 March


Parliamentary Research
Israel-Iran April 2024: UK and international response - CBP-10002
Apr. 23 2024

Found: Egypt and Jordan have offered similar statements.


Written Question
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
Tuesday 23rd April 2024

Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much humanitarian aid has been delivered to civilians in Gaza with the support of Armed Forces personnel in each month since October 2023.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

UK Armed Forces personnel have been deployed as planning teams with Allies and partners to support the wider delivery of humanitarian aid. UK Armed Forces have directly delivered over 225 tonnes on humanitarian aid to support the civilian population of Gaza since October 2023. It is broken down by month below.

UK Armed Forces directly delivered to aid agencies via Egypt

October 2023

21 tonnes

November 2023

53 tonnes

December 2023

87 tonnes of UK and Cypriot aid

January 2024

Nil

UK Armed Forces directly delivered to Gaza

February 2024

(4 tonnes of UK aid air dropped by Jordan)

March 2024

42 tonnes

April 2024 (to 17 April)

24 tonnes


Written Question
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
Tuesday 23rd April 2024

Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much humanitarian aid his Department has delivered into Gaza by (a) land crossings, (b) maritime deliveries and (c) airdrops in each month since October 2023.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

With the exception of airdrops, the Ministry of Defence has not delivered humanitarian aid directly into Gaza.

In October one RAF flight delivered 21 tonnes of aid and in November three RAF flights delivered 53 tonnes to Egypt for land crossings. In December RFA Lyme Bay delivered 87 tonnes UK and Cypriot aid into Port Said, Egypt also for land crossings.

In March the RAF airdropped 28 tonnes of aid over Gaza, with a further 36 tonnes between 1-17 April, as part of the Jordanian led mission.


Commons Chamber
Sudan: Government Response - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tobias Ellwood (Con - Bournemouth East) Egypt has also engaged in those, so can he update the House on the prospect of what is happening bringing - Speech Link
2: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) happening in early May, and we are extremely grateful to the Saudis for that and for inviting the UAE, Egypt - Speech Link
3: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) May I ask what conversations he has had with his counterparts in Egypt, who, as far as I understand, - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) We have an extremely effective embassy team in Cairo and elsewhere in Egypt, with very close relations - Speech Link


Written Question
Diplomatic Service
Friday 19th April 2024

Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many requests for consular support were made to each British Embassy or Consulate in 2023; and how many of those were responded to by officials within a period of 24 hours.

Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Our consular staff endeavour to give appropriate and tailored assistance 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year, to British nationals overseas and their families in the UK who need support. In 2023, in addition to long running cases, we provided support to around 22,000 British nationals, see breakdown by Post in the table below. The FCDO reports publicly on consular delivery through the FCDO Outcome Delivery Plan [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foreign-commonwealth-development-office-outcome-delivery-plan]. Publishing our transparency data is currently on hold while we embed a new Case Management system.

COUNTRY

2023

Afghanistan

22

Albania

63

Algeria

23

Angola

Argentina

34

Armenia

8

Australia

414

Austria

92

Azerbaijan

12

Bahrain

48

Barbados

113

Belarus

6

Belgium

152

Bolivia

12

Bosnia and Herzegovina

12

Botswana

15

Brazil

88

Bulgaria

166

Cambodia

112

Cameroon

30

Canada

181

Chile

21

China

143

Colombia

73

Congo (Democratic Republic)

22

Costa Rica

39

Croatia

114

Cuba

29

Cyprus

441

Czechia

141

Denmark

88

Dominican Republic

67

Ecuador

13

Egypt

383

Estonia

19

Ethiopia

104

Fiji

21

Finland

49

France

1027

Georgia

27

Germany

662

Ghana

85

Greece

936

Guatemala

43

Guinea

Guyana

17

Hong Kong SAR

110

Hungary

131

Iceland

17

India

360

Indonesia

196

Iraq

46

Ireland

104

Israel

39

Italy

411

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

179

Japan

167

Jerusalem

61

Jordan

71

Kazakhstan

14

Kenya

146

Kuwait

30

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

29

Latvia

20

Lebanon

34

Liberia

Lithuania

23

Luxembourg

10

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

138

Malta

106

Mauritius

14

Mexico

207

Moldova

13

Mongolia

6

Montenegro

33

Morocco

222

Myanmar (Burma)

8

Namibia

9

Nepal

21

Netherlands

287

New Zealand

127

Nigeria

74

Norway

149

Oman

50

Pakistan

376

Panama

17

Paraguay

Peru

58

Philippines

283

Poland

242

Portugal

524

Qatar

96

Romania

89

Russia

28

Rwanda

7

Saudi Arabia

166

Senegal

21

Serbia

29

Seychelles

11

Sierra Leone

15

Singapore

105

Slovakia

38

Slovenia

17

South Africa

195

South Korea

40

Spain

4143

Sri Lanka

86

St Lucia

21

Sudan

34

Sweden

110

Switzerland

157

Taiwan

22

Tajikistan

6

Tanzania

36

Thailand

1383

The Gambia

48

Trinidad and Tobago

40

Tunisia

75

Turkey

947

Uganda

52

Ukraine

56

United Arab Emirates

658

United States

1649

Uruguay

10

Uzbekistan

8

Venezuela

Vietnam

188

Zambia

22

Zimbabwe

26

NB We do not publish data where figures are 5 or below to comply with GDPR


Parliamentary Research
The Horn of Africa and the Red Sea - CBP-10000
Apr. 18 2024

Found: known as the Council of Arab and African Coastal States of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden ) with Egypt


Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Ministry of Defence

Apr. 18 2024

Source Page: Graves of five soldiers of the York and Lancaster Regiment identified on the Western Front
Document: Graves of five soldiers of the York and Lancaster Regiment identified on the Western Front (webpage)

Found: On 18 July 1915 he arrived in Egypt and was posted to 1st Battalion who were fighting in Gallipoli.