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795270

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	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	USA: Armed Conflict
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on reports that the US Government is replacing its Presidential Policy Guidance with Principles, Standards and Procedures governing US lethal actions outside of areas of active hostilities.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	115691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>​Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials have had exploratory discussions with the US Government to seek clarity on the direction of US policy in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 04/12/2017 17:23:12 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

794058

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	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	Mali: Religious Freedom
	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 steps he has taken to promote freedom of religion and belief in Mali.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	115146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK supports the full implementation of the Algiers Accord of 2015 which cites respect for religious freedom as one of its core principles. In addition the UK has supported a Community Reconciliation and Peacebuilding Project for the past three financial years, which works with communities, including mixed faith communities, in Mali to promote mutual understanding and reduce conflict.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 30/11/2017 16:47:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

794078

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	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	Christianity
	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 is taking to prevent the persecution of Christians in countries where they are at risk.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	115166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government condemns all persecution on the grounds of religious identity, faith or belief and calls upon all state authorities to respect and protect the universal right to freedom of religion or belief. This policy is implemented both in multilateral fora through relevant resolutions at the UN Security Council, most recently Resolution 2379 on 21 September or Human Rights Council, and through raising cases of persecution in individual countries. I regularly raised this issue with my counterparts in the region, including on a visit to Pakistan on 8-9 November 2017. The FCO Magna Carter Fund for Human Rights and Democracy supports projects designed to promote greater tolerance and to create conditions less conducive to extremism and persecution.​</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 27/11/2017 16:30:07 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

795096

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2017
	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	Anguilla: Companies
	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 Anguilla’s register of beneficial ownership to be published; for what reasons publication has been delayed; and what support the UK providing to assist Anguilla in publishing the register.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
	uin	115638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>We have committed to provide financial support to Anguilla to create an electronic search platform providing access to beneficial ownership information, as well as support in drafting underpinning legislation. We are working with Anguilla to finalise a Memorandum of Understanding on the terms for provision of support for its beneficial ownership system, and expect that its system will be established in the spring of 2018. Delays have been caused by a need to ensure value for money in the provision of funding and to put in place legislative drafting assistance. In the interim, Anguilla will respond to any requests for information from UK law enforcement authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 04/12/2017 17:24:23 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

510068

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	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: Resignations
	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 officials of his Department resigned in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	33291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>In the past six years, 334 officials resigned from the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office. The breakdown is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Resignations</p></td><td><p>Resignations as %</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures do not include staff recruited locally by our Missions overseas.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/04/2016 16:30:39 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

621964

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2016
	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: Location
	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 senior civil service graded posts in his Department classified as (i) deputy director, (ii) assistant director, (iii) team leader and (iv) policy manager have been based outside London in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	50400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has had the following senior civil service graded posts based outside London in each year since 2014:-</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><strong>2014</strong></td><td><strong>2015</strong></td><td><strong>2016</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Deputy Director</strong></td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Proportion</strong></td><td>1.9%</td><td>1.2%</td><td>1.2%</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We do not have any senior civil service graded posts classified as (i) assistant director, (ii) team leader and (iii) policy manager.</p><p>We have not included senior civil service graded posts overseas.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/11/2016 15:24:34 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

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

662896

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	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	Somalia: Public Relations
	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 contracts the Government has placed with UK-based public relations companies that include work in or on Somalia and (b) with which companies those contracts have been placed.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	58596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>According to our records, and following consultation with relevant officers, I can confirm that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not awarded any contracts to UK-based public relations companies for work in or on Somalia during this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/01/2017 14:14:33 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

532475

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2016
	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: Pay
	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 much has been paid to officials of his Department as an additional incentive for working overtime on top of their normal overtime payments, (b) how much has been offered to any individual staff member for a one-off occurrence, (c) how many staff received such incentivised additional payments, (d) from which budgets such payments were made and (e) at which Ministerial or official level the business cases or payment approval for such payments was made in (i) each of the last five years and (ii) 2016 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	41808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not make any additional incentive payments over and above overtime payments to which staff may be entitled.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/07/2016 16:39:32 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

520964

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	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	EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council
	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 it his policy that the Scottish Government Minister with responsibility for fisheries will chair meetings of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council when the UK holds the presidency of the Council of the EU in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
	uin	905060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>Foreign Policy is a reserved matter under the terms of the Devolution Settlements. A UK Minister will normally take the chair at Council meetings. In the absence of a UK Minister, arrangements are in place whereby a Minister of a devolved administration may take the Chair, subject to certain conditions. No detailed planning for EU Council meetings during the UK Presidency has yet taken place.</p> answering member constituency Runnymede and Weybridge answering member printed Mr Philip Hammond question first answered 24/05/2016 16:22:08 answering member 105 label Biography information for Lord Hammond of Runnymede
	tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan