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date	07/10/2016
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	Russia: Sanctions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to hold discussions with his EU counterparts on the potential inclusion of companies and significant people who are involved in the construction of the bridge from Russia to Ukraine on the Russia sanctions list.
tabling member constituency	Huntingdon
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Djanogly
uin	47287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text The UK continues to strongly condemn Russia's ongoing violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. The EU has agreed a robust sanctions package against Russia, including specific measures targeting those responsible for infrastructure projects linking Crimea to Russia. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/10/2016 15:52:54 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1425 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Djanogly

595712

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	Sub-Saharan Africa: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to address the humanitarian crisis in sub-Saharan Africa.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	47449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government is committed to addressing humanitarian crises in Africa through a number of means, including working bilaterally with African countries and through supporting multilateral bodies such as the European Union, United Nations, the International Financial Institutions and the African Union. The UK is also a leading donor in responding to crisis in the region; last year the Department for International Development spent £522m on humanitarian assistance across Africa, including South Sudan, Nigeria and in response to El Nino effects in Ethiopia and Southern Africa.</p><p>We also remain an active partner of the African Union, supporting the organisation to deliver its responsibility for peace and security on the continent, and in its role as the first responder to crisis. In addition,</p><p>Ministerial colleagues and I undertake regular visits to the region where prevention and responses to humanitarian crises are frequently discussed.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/10/2016 16:56:28 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

595713

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of staff employed by his Department are non-UK nationals.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text The total Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) workforce as at 31 March 2016 was 12,563 comprising 4,295 FCO UK based staff and 8,268 FCO local staff. The Aliens' Employment Act 1955 makes it a requirement that all UK-based staff must be British nationals or dual nationals where one of those nationalities is British. We do not collect centrally details of the nationality of our staff employed locally overseas. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/10/2016 15:59:44 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe