Written Question·Home Office·UIN 73894

Development Aid: Tunisia

Tabled: 1 September 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department uses to determine whether contracts for projects funded by the UK Government in Tunisia should be suspended due to alleged violations of human rights; and whether those cr

Answer

Alex Norris
The UK Government routinely carries out Overseas Security and Justice Assistance assessments before agreeing to undertake capacity building and other collaborative activities with overseas governments and agencies.