Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Monday, 28 November 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 30 November 2022. It was answered by David Rutley (Conservative) on Tuesday, 6 December 2022 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

British Overseas Territories: Town Twinning

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans his Department has in place to promote county and town twinning arrangements between settlements in the British Overseas Territories and the UK.

Answer: Individual Overseas Territories have twinned with places in the United Kingdom, such the city of Stanley which is twinned with Whitby and Portsmouth. The FCDO has been working to build working partnerships between the public services in each Overseas Territory and their counterparts in the United Kingdom, notably in the field of policing and social services. In the case of Montserrat, successful partnerships have been built up between the local social services and police with their counterparts in Suffolk. The FCDO are working to expand these partnerships across the Overseas Territories and the increase the range of sector they include.

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