Drew Hendry – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Drew Hendry on 2015-11-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development on contributing to the European Commission’s North Africa Trust Fund.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

The UK continues to contribute to the North Africa Trust Fund at the same level as comparable EU states, and has allocated funds to tackle the root causes of migration from the Horn of Africa. There have been no recent discussions between the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and the Secretary of State for International Development on contributing to the European Commission’s North Africa Trust Fund.