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	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	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	Julian Assange
	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 discussions he has had with his Ecuadorian counterpart on Mr Julian Assange.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	200572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>​I have spoken with the Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Jose Valencia on three occasions since his appointment on 12 June 2018. We have discussed a range of bilateral matters including the Assange issue.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 13/12/2018 17:02:09 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1016269

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	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	Julian Assange
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on providing Julian Assange with safe passage to Ecuador.
	tabling member constituency	St Ives
	tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
	uin	196792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>We have been clear that when Mr Assange leaves the Ecuadorean Embassy, all UK legal processes would need to be completed before he could leave the country. Mr Assange understands that the only way to resolve this issue is to leave the Embassy to face UK justice. No-one is above the law.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 06/12/2018 13:36:38 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

91067

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Julian Assange
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost to the public purse was of the court hearings about the bail sureties given in the case of Julian Assange.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	208510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service records the costs incurred in the operation of all our courts and tribunals and carefully monitors those costs on an ongoing basis. Average costs are published in the HMCTS Annual Report and Accounts. However, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not record the cost of individual cases or hearings due to the complexity and additional costs this would incur.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 24/10/2014 12:54:18 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

91069

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Julian Assange
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list (a) how much and (b) what proportion of the surety offered by each individual to secure bail for Julian Assange has been collected.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	208512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The sums ordered by the court to be paid by those who stood surety for bail on behalf of Julian Assange have been paid in full.</p><p>It should be noted that judicial discretion allows a judge to order a reduced value to be forfeited and that judicial discretion was exercised in this case. The rationale used by the judge when exercising his discretion to order a lower value for payment was set out in full in the judgement.</p><p>The value of sureties offered to secure the bail of Mr Assange, the values ordered by the judge to be paid and the values collected after Mr Assange failed to appear in accordance with the conditions of his bail are shown below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Individual</p></td><td><p>Surety entered into</p></td><td><p>Value ordered for payment</p></td><td><p>Value collected</p></td><td><p>Value collected as a proportion of the value ordered for payment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tricia David</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td><td><p>£10,000</p></td><td><p>£10,000</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caroline Evans</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td><td><p>£15,000</p></td><td><p>£15,000</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Joseph Farrell</p></td><td><p>£5,000</p></td><td><p>£3,500</p></td><td><p>£3,500</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sarah Harrison</p></td><td><p>£5,000</p></td><td><p>£3,500</p></td><td><p>£3,500</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Phillip Knightley</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td><td><p>£15,000</p></td><td><p>£15,000</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sarah Saunders</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td><td><p>£12,000</p></td><td><p>£12,000</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vaughan Smith</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td><td><p>£12,000</p></td><td><p>£12,000</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>John Sulston</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td><td><p>£15,000</p></td><td><p>£15,000</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tracy Worcester</p></td><td><p>£10,000</p></td><td><p>£7,500</p></td><td><p>£7,500</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£140,000</p></td><td><p>£93,500</p></td><td><p>£93,500</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>HMCTS has robust processes in place to ensure court ordered forfeitures are collected in full. .</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/10/2014 14:41:05 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies