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166318

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Burma
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance his Department is providing to the internally displaced Rohingya.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	216019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>UK support to internally displaced persons of Rakhine State, including the Rohingya community, is provided by the Department for International Development (DFID). In April, DFID announced an additional £5.8m humanitarian funding for Rakhine State – bringing our total allocation for humanitarian work there to £12m since 2012 and making us one of the largest bilateral donors. Our aid supports shelter, water sanitation and hygiene programmes, nutrition and protection activities, as well as non-food items for over 114,000 people. We also provide support to the United Nation’s coordination of the international humanitarian response. <br><br>The humanitarian situation in Rakhine State remains of concern. We continue to urge the Burmese government to work toward a long-term solution to bring peace and reconciliation.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 03/12/2014 13:01:28 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

166320

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Burma
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of fighting in Kachin State and northern Shan State in Burma.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	216008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The recent fighting in Kachin and Shan States, and the shelling of a training camp in Kachin which killed 23 people on 19 November, has been widely reported. We have concerns about the impact it will have on the peace process in Burma. We call for an end to the violence to allow for the resumption of meaningful negotiations towards a Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 03/12/2014 13:03:02 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

166321

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Business: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to review the Government's Business and Human Rights Action Plan.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	216002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text We are committed to reviewing our Action Plan in 2015. We will use a cross-Government approach, as we did when developing the National Action Plan, to reflect the fact that business and human rights runs across a broad range of Government activities and responsibilities. A cross-Government Steering Group, led by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the department for Business Innovation and Skills, and including around 10 other government departments, oversees delivery of the Action Plan. A detailed implementation plan sets out the action needed to deliver against each of the Action Plan commitments, and the departments responsible for taking this forward. This provides a mechanism for ensuring that all Whitehall departments understand their roles in delivering the Action Plan, and for monitoring progress and holding departments to account. We are committed to reporting on progress in the FCO’s Annual Human Rights and Democracy Report. We are working with business and civil society to ensure that the Action Plan delivers real impacts and contributes to preventing human rights abuses by companies wherever they operate, or providing remedy when they occur. We will continue to consult and collaborate with key stakeholders in monitoring delivery of this plan and helping to refresh and update it in future. answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 03/12/2014 16:11:07 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

166322

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance is being given by the UK to the effort to discover what happended to Malaysian Airlines Flight 17.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	216194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>We continue to work with the Dutch Public Prosecutors Office (OM) on their report into war crimes, terrorism, murder and the destruction of MH17. Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) are providing advice and support to the Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team (JIT) which operates under the mandate of UNSCR 2166, and we have placed two UK police Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) specialists into the DVI Team in the Netherlands.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 03/12/2014 17:46:53 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

166324

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Take-away Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on take-away food for staff since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	216095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text It is not possible to answer this question without incurring disproportionate cost. answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 04/12/2014 14:19:31 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

166325

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Middle East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the new High Representative for the EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on Palestinian statehood and the EU's position on encouraging a two-state solution in the Middle East.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	216195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt hon. Friend the Member for Runnymead and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) spoke to the new High Representative for the EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (Federica Mogherini) about the Middle East Peace Process on 11 November. She updated the Foreign Secretary on her trip to the Middle East and discussions with the US Secretary of State John Kerry. There were further discussions at the Foreign Affairs Council on 17 November.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 03/12/2014 12:55:04 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

166326

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	216186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The net amount spent on hospitality and catering with the contracted caterer at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in the UK during the period May 2010 to November 2014 is £818,259. The equivalent figure for spend with the contracted caterer for the period 2005-2010 is £1,599,274.</p><p> </p><p>The FCO provides hospitality for a wide range of Government events to support the UK's national interests, promote British business and attract foreign investment. All spending is rigorously scrutinised to ensure that it represents good value for money for British taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p>Expenditure by overseas posts is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 03/12/2014 15:08:55 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

166329

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on catering and hospitality since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	216187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department has spent the following on hospitality in each financial year:</p><p> </p><p>Financial year £</p><p> </p><p>2009-10 937,578.56</p><p> </p><p>2010-11 629,478.02</p><p> </p><p>2011-12 452,893.27</p><p> </p><p>2012-13 385,998.40</p><p> </p><p>2013-14 193,591.20</p><p> </p><p>2014-15 (to 27/10/14) 95,621.56</p><p> </p><p>For 2013-14, the most recent annual data, this represented £743,987.36 reduction on 20019-10, the last full year of data for the previous Government.</p><p> </p><p>These costs include the provision of refreshments for external meetings and visitors hosted in the Department's buildings. Departmental policy is not to provide refreshments for internal meetings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 03/12/2014 17:47:49 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

166330

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Surgical Mesh Implants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the working group on transvaginal mesh implants has made; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gosport
tabling member printed	Caroline Dinenage
uin	216204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The working group on vaginal tapes and mesh, chaired by NHS England and including patient representatives, clinical representatives, the Department and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, has been set up to understand and address the concerns which have been raised about transvaginal mesh implants. The working group is aiming to make recommendations in spring next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/12/2014 17:14:22 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage

166331

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dialysis Machines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the clinical rationale is for NHS England's proposal to decommission dialysis as a specialised service.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	216239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group (PSSAG) is a Department of Health appointed expert committee which was established in 2013 to provide the Secretary of State with advice and recommendations on Specialised Services. PSSAG meets multiple times a year. PSSAG met and formulated its recommendations on 30 September 2014. PSSAG felt that renal dialysis services no longer met the criteria for specialised commissioning and the responsibility for commissioning the service should be transferred to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that they are in dialogue with key stakeholders about both the opportunities and challenges of transferring responsibility for renal services. The head of the Specialised Services Task Force in NHS England recently met stakeholders from renal service representative groups and heard their concerns directly. A new Task &amp; Finish group is being established by NHS England through the NHS Commissioning Assembly. This group will look specifically at what support CCGs would require to be able to safely and effectively commission services devolved to them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has launched a public consultation to consider how to transfer commissioning responsibility and what would need to happen to ensure a smooth transition and maintain both service standards and patient safety. This consultation closes on 9 January 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is committed to issuing commissioning guidance for the safe transfer of services from national NHS England responsibility to local CCG responsibility.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/12/2014 17:29:45 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper