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date	09/12/2014
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	Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) legal and (b) other costs have been incurred by the Government in association with (i) investor-state dispute case brought by Eurotunnel against the UK and French governments in 2003, (ii) in the investor-state dispute brought by Mr Ashok Sancheti against the Government under the UK-India Bilateral Investment Treaty and (iii) any other such cases since 1994; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	217934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Legal and other costs relating to work done within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on specific cases are not recorded separately.</p><p>We do not hold detailed records dating back so far so complete records of costs for external legal spending, for example for instructing Counsel, are no longer held for these cases. However, the Department scrutinises external spending carefully, in order to ensure that costs are kept as low as possible.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 16/12/2014 16:32:46 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

168935

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
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	Staff
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 (a) consultants, (b) temporary staff and (c) contingent labour in each of the last five years; how many people have been so employed; what the length of contract of each such person was; and what equivalent civil service salary band each was on.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	217777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) departmental spend in these categories in the last five years is set out in the table below.</p><p>2010/2011: Consultancy: £19.2m Contingent Labour/temporary staff: £5.2m<br>2011/2012: Consultancy: £12.0m Contingent Labour/temporary staff: £4.3m<br>2012/2013: Consultancy: £3.5m Contingent Labour/temporary staff: £5.8m<br>2013/2014: Consultancy: £1.5m Contingent Labour/temporary staff: £6.2m<br>2014/2015: Consultancy: £1.2m Contingent Labour/temporary staff: £3.4m</p><p>Since March 2010, the provision of contingent labour/temporary staff in the FCO has been provided by Hays Specialist Recruitment as part of a managed service for the provision of temporary labour. Under the current government; a Cabinet Office freeze on management consultancy has led to all governmment departments driving down consultancy costs. This reflected in the steady reduction in consultancy spend from 2011 onwards; our spend on consultancy in 2013/14 was 92% lower than in 2010/2011.</p><p>It is not possible to specify over this period how many people have been employed; their contract lengths and their equivalent civil service salary band without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 16/12/2014 18:06:32 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

168652

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects that a response will be sent to the letter from the hon. Member for Chesterfield to the British Embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe, regarding the death of Ron Tolley, Junior.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	217683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) received the hon. Member’s letter on 28 November, when it arrived at our Embassy in Zimbabwe. The FCO aims to respond to all MPs' letters within 20 working days of receipt, in line with Cabinet Office guidelines. answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/12/2014 17:24:46 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

168656

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the EU ban on imports from Crimea and Sevastopol on his Department's policy on restrictions on imports from other territories.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	217644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text The European Union imposed restrictions on the import into the EU of goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol as part of a range of measures to give practical effect to its policy of non-recognition of the illegal annexation of these territories to the Russian Federation. This is a targeted action which forms part of the EU’s wider package of measures imposed as a result of actions that have undermined the independence and integrity of Ukraine. On 17 November EU Foreign Ministers reaffirmed their commitment to further action. The EU remains ready to reverse its decisions and reengage with Russia when it starts contributing actively and without ambiguities to finding a solution to the Ukrainian crisis. The EU’s wider policy on import restrictions will continue to be assessed according to the policy objectives in each situation. answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/12/2014 15:38:49 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden