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1690447

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Syria: Earthquakes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what support his Department is providing to Syria following the earthquake in that country last year.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	14854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>In 2023, the UK committed up to £43 million to support the response to the earthquakes in Northwest Syria and Turkey, including £28 million for Syria. The UK also committed up to £150 million to support Syrians at the Brussels Pledging Conference in June 2023. In financial year 2022/23 UK aid in north west Syria supported the provision of over 203,000 health consultations and nutrition support to over 27,000 women and children.</p><p>Since 2012, the UK has spent over £3.8 billion to provide lifesaving and life-sustaining assistance to those in need, both inside Syria and to refugee hosting countries.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 28/02/2024 17:21:53 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1695680

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Members
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if the Secretary of State will hold briefing sessions for Members of Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	18515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary remains fully committed to ongoing engagement with Parliament. He, Ministers and FCDO officials routinely meet with parliamentarians to brief them on relevant topics, and we will consider future briefing sessions for parliamentarians on topical events as needed.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 21/03/2024 12:46:00 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1701793

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Western Sahara: Politics and Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether Morocco is listed by the UN as the Administering Power of Western Sahara.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	22212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>Morocco is not listed as the administering Power of Western Sahara on the United Nations' list of Non-Self-Governing Territories.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 25/04/2024 14:04:49 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1701795

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Western Sahara: Civil Liberties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will raise in the UN Security Council reports of restrictions to freedom of (a) expression and (b) association in the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	22214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide, including in Morocco and Western Sahara, and we raise human rights issues with the Moroccan Government accordingly. We also engage on these issues at the UN and have consistently supported language in the relevant UN Security Council Resolutions which encourages the parties to continue their efforts to enhance the promotion and protection of human rights in Western Sahara.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 25/04/2024 14:04:02 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1695070

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Conferences: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what the cost to the public purse was of each international summit held in the UK since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	17881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is not centrally held, and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the department. The budget for international summits are often held by different departments and therefore FCDO would not necessarily hold or record the complete costs for all summits.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 14/03/2024 17:02:06 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1695071

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Conferences: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what the average cost was to host an international summit in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	17882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is not centrally held and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the department.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 14/03/2024 17:17:21 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1696615

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much overseas development aid has been paid by his Department (a) directly and (b) indirectly to consultancies in each year since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	19050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 21/03/2024 12:33:33 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1700170

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Haiti: Humanitarian Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he is taking steps to provide humanitarian support in Haiti.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	21216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK remains concerned by the deteriorating security situation in Haiti which exacerbates pre-existing humanitarian and economic crises. We continue to support Haiti through our contributions to UN agencies, multi donor, pooled NGO funds, and institutions such as the World Bank Group, who are active in addressing Haiti's significant humanitarian challenges.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 22/04/2024 10:44:20 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1694653

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Defamation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to paragraphs 7.16 and 7.17 of the Ministerial Code, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department have informed the Law Officers that they are the defendants in a libel action in (a) their personal capacity, (b) their official position and (c) both since 19 December 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	17488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The FCDO are unable to confirm these details in line with paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code which states: &quot;The fact that the Law Officers have advised or have not advised and the content of their advice must not be disclosed outside Government without their authority.&quot;</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 12/03/2024 16:31:30 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1691401

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Software
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much funding his Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on software updates to legacy computer systems in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	15454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The majority of FCDO IT is delivered through strategic commercial partners, as a managed service and it is not possible to breakdown the components that relate to support of legacy software. We continue to work with these suppliers to drive value for money in providing these services alongside ensuring we are aligning to advancements in technology.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 06/03/2024 17:21:01 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds