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	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	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	Afghanistan
	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 (a) total Allied and (b) UK financial contribution to the Afghan National Security Forces will be in the current year; and how much is pledged for each contribution in each of the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	212689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>On 4 September 2014 at the NATO Wales Summit NATO allies and ISAF partners renewed their financial commitments to support the sustainment of the ANSF, including to the end of 2017. At the Wales summit the UK confirmed in principle an annual financial contribution of £70 million to help train the ANSF until at least 2017. This is part of an overall commitment from the international community of around $5 billion per year for the next three years. The majority of this will be provided by the US who have requested up to $4.1 billion in their 2015 budget.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 06/11/2014 12:44:53 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

79048

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	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	Russia
	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 list the occasions on which Russian state servants or military personnel are believed to have committed offences against national security in the UK, or to have infringed UK airspace, territorial waters, land or cyberspace without the legal right to do so, or otherwise to have challenged or threatened UK sovereign interests in the last five years; on what date each such event occurred; what the nature of each such event was; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	206777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>It is the long standing policy of successive Governments not to comment on intelligence matters including matters related to national security.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 01/09/2014 08:18:02 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

61326

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	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	British Indian Ocean Territory
	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 US counterpart on the extension of the lease for Diego Garcia Airbase.
	tabling member constituency	Wyre and Preston North
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Wallace
	uin	200200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>We welcome the US presence on Diego Garcia, and we have said we want to see it continue. The current agreement does not conclude until December 2016, and we have not yet held substantive discussions with the US about this subject. I expect my officials to begin doing so later this year.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 17/06/2014 08:55:58 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
	tabling member	1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace

77130

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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	Iran
	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 has taken to ensure the UK complies with the undertakings agreed to in the Geneva Agreements with Iran on the sale of civil aerospace parts to Iran.
	tabling member constituency	Wyre and Preston North
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Wallace
	uin	205131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>The UK, as part of the E3+3, has fully met its obligations under the Joint Plan of Action agreed with Iran in Geneva, including in the area of sanctions relief. The supply of civil aerospace parts to Iran was permitted under EU sanctions prior to the Joint Plan of Action and remains so (subject to the usual export control procedures).</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 16/07/2014 15:16:09 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace

47244

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	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
	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 his Department has had with the Syrian National Coalition.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	195641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>We have daily discussions with the Syrian National Coalition, most notably with its leadership through the UK Special Representative to Syria, Jon Wilks, but also at Ministerial level. We are in regular touch with the National Coalition representative in London. We have supported the National Coalition since its foundation in 2012 and have consistently encouraged it to reach out to all Syrians as a democratic, inclusive and unified organisation. This has included practical support to the National Coalition, including on strategic communications and design of internal structures and organisation. The UK is a leading member of the “London 11”, the core group of the Friends of Syria, who are the National Coalition's strongest supporters. Most recently we hosted a meeting of senior officials from the London 11 in London on 7 March.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

47246

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of how representative the Syrian National Council is of all Syrian opposition groups.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	195644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Syrian National Council is one part of the National Coalition. I have called for women, in particular, to be represented more in the National Coalition. I am pleased that the National Coalition has made strenuous efforts to broaden its membership to attract all sections of Syrian society, including ethnic and religious minorities and women, stating that it is a Coalition for all Syrians. The most recent organisation to join its ranks is the Kurdish National Council. We continue to work with the National Coalition in their efforts to deliver more services on the ground through the Interim Government.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

47248

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	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
	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 gender balance is of his Department's management board and its sub-committees.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	195624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Management Board consists of 8 executive (5 male and 3 female) and 2 non-executive members (1 male and 1 female).</p><p> </p><p>The Management Board is supported by the four Sub-Committees which are each chaired by a member of the Board; they are Audit &amp; Risk Committee, Human Resources (HR) Committee, Operations Committee and Health and Safety Committee.</p><p> </p><p>The gender breakdown of the committees is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Audit &amp; Risk Committee (ARC): 2 male, 1 female;</p><p> </p><p>HR Committee: 9 male, 10 female; and the 20th position is currently filled by two people (1 male, 1 female) in a job-share;</p><p> </p><p>Operations Committee: 9 male and 8 female; and</p><p> </p><p>FCO Health and Safety Committee: 18 male and 8 female members.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

47249

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what specific steps the UK has taken to encourage more opposition groups to join the Syrian National Coalition.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	195625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>We have publicly and repeatedly urged moderate Syrian opposition groups, inside and outside Syria, to join the National Coalition, underlining the importance of a unified, and effective organisation pressing for a democratic and pluralist Syria. We have consistently encouraged the National Coalition to broaden their membership, and they have made strenuous efforts to attract all sections of Syrian society, including ethnic and religious minorities, and women. They have made clear that they stand for all Syrians. We have worked through the London 11 group in support of the National Coalition, as well as providing practical support to develop its capacity.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

47255

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) male and (b) female (i) HM Ambassadors and (ii) High Commissioners there are from each region of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	195617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>We are unable to breakdown the region that each and every one of our Ambassadors and High Commissioners was born in without incurring disproportionate costs. We are able to breakdown by the constituent country within the UK as follows:</p><p>Male Female<br>England 80 22<br>Scotland 5 1<br>Wales 3 0<br>Northern Ireland 1 0<br>Born outside the UK or not recorded on file 29 7</p><p>There is also one post where the Ambassador's role is shared by one male and one female, both from England.</p><p>The key principle of all FCO appointments is selection by merit through fair and open competition. Place of birth has no effect on our appointments system. All UK based members of staff have to be British citizens.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

47257

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	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
	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 ensure women's equal and meaningful participation in the Syrian peace process.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	195638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>It is vital that Syrian women are able to participate fully in decisions about the future of their country. We continue to raise international awareness of this important issue and the Foreign Secretary has written to the UN Secretary General, the Joint Special Envoy, and a number of Foreign Ministers recommending that Syrian women should be able to participate fully in the peace process. We are providing £200,000 of support to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom to strengthen the capacity of Syrian women's groups to engage in the transition process. The Foreign Secretary was pleased to meet representatives from the Syrian Women's Initiative for Peace and Democracy during Geneva II, and the UK intends to offer further practical support in close coordination with UN Women and donors.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas