Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean)

Organisations: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Responsibilities

The Minister’s responsibilities include:

• Africa
• Caribbean and Small Island Developing States
• Latin America
• conflict, stabilisation and mediation
• international finance, except British International Investment (BII)
• safeguarding
• global education, gender and equality, and scholarships

Previous holders of this role

1. Vicky Ford

   2021 to 2022

Announcements

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• Conflict in Ethiopia: UK Minister for Africa's statement
  • 01 September 2022
  • Government response
• UK announces nearly £40 million to provide vital food and water to West Africa
  • 23 August 2022
  • Press release
• UK commits millions to helping the world's most vulnerable on World Humanitarian Day
  • 19 August 2022
  • Press release
• Humanitarian crisis in East Africa: Minister Ford statement
  • 22 July 2022
  • Press release
• Africa Debate 2022: Minister Ford's speech
  • 06 July 2022
  • Speech
• New UK Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa and Red Sea appointed
  • 21 June 2022
  • News story
• UK Government supports top Scottish global affairs experts at London networking event
  • 13 June 2022
  • News story
• A strong partnership continues: Minister Ford visits Sierra Leone
  • 26 May 2022
  • News story
• Guatemala: UK statement on the re-election of the Guatemala Attorney General
  • 18 May 2022
  • Government response
• Somalia elections: Minister for Africa's statement, May 2022
  • 16 May 2022
  • News story

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