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391433

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2015
	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 Nationals Abroad: Crime
	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 the Government is taking to ensure that crimes committed against British nationals by family members overseas are investigated and prosecuted.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	8100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text Whilst we cannot interfere in the investigation or judicial processes in that country, we will also consider making appropriate representations to the local authorities if there are concerns that the investigation is not carried out in line with local procedures; if there are justified complaints about discrimination against the person who has died or their family; or where we judge that a local delay or decisions creates significant distress for the bereaved. Details of the support we offer to all British victims of crimes overseas are set out in our public statement: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/317474/FCO_Brits_Abroad_2014.pdf The investigation of crimes overseas are the responsibility of the country in which they occurred. We cannot interfere in investigations overseas and may be considered a third party by some countries and therefore not entitled to updates on the investigation or court process. We recommend that families engage a local lawyer who can make efforts to ensure that local standards are met and can seek updates from the local authorities and courts. We do though retain close interest in cases, and seek updates where we are able to. We can also formally note our interest in an investigation, in particular if a British National is murdered or dies in suspicious circumstances. answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 07/09/2015 13:47:45 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

389822

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	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	Zimbabwe: Overseas Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons Zimbabwe: Commercial Opportunities, published by the British Embassy in in Harari, in June 2015, did not refer to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	7149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text The focus of the Commercial Opportunities paper was to provide UK companies with information about potential areas for commercial activity and where the British Embassy can assist. The Embassy routinely briefs UK firms on doing business in Zimbabwe, promoting ethical and corporate best practice as well as compliance with relevant legislation. answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 21/07/2015 12:47:44 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

416494

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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	Nigeria: Bombings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department is providing to government authorities in northern Nigeria to tackle the effect of recent bomb attacks in the city of Gombe.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	8473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text Terrorist attacks by Boko Haram in Gombe, elsewhere in Nigeria and in the wider region have brought untold misery to many. The UK remains firm in our determination to support Nigeria, and its neighbours, in their fight against terrorism. We are providing a substantial package of UK military, intelligence and development support to help Nigeria tackle Boko Haram. This package includes counter-terrorism cooperation, providing training on the response to terrorist attacks and bomb scene management. We are also working closely with Nigeria and our international partners to support the large numbers of people displaced by the conflict in the North East. answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 11/09/2015 09:56:29 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

417717

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Medical Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what guidelines her Department follows in regards to health data sharing in the countries in which it works.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	9609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>When working in the health sector, DFID usually relies on national data sets or those collected by other partners, such as Demographic and Health Surveys. We usually encourage sharing of data and have worked with the World Health Organization and other UN agencies to encourage them to share data more actively with permission from governments.</p><p> </p><p>Research funded by DFID is covered by our Research Open and Enhanced Access Policy. Open access refers to irrevocable and free online access by any user worldwide to the full version of the scientific and scholarly material. The policy includes the sharing of data from which any research is derived. The policy recommends that raw datasets are deposited in a suitable open access discipline or institutional repository within 12 months of final data collection. Researchers should also retain and provide free on request raw datasets for a minimum of five years after project completion.</p><p> </p><p>The full open access policy is available online: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-research-open-and-enhanced-access-policy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-research-open-and-enhanced-access-policy</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 11/09/2015 12:18:49 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

390975

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2015
	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	Andargachew Tsege
	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 representations to his US counterpart urging President Obama to raise the case of detained British national Andargachew Tsege with the Ethiopian government during President Obama's forthcoming visit to that country.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	7789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2015 answer text <p>We have not asked for President Obama to raise the case of Andargachew Tsege with the Government of Ethiopia during his visit. The Secretary of State for Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon friend, the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Philip Hammond MP) and the Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service, my Rt Hon friend, the Member for Witney (David Cameron MP) have raised the case directly and at the highest levels of the Ethiopian government and will continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 27/07/2015 12:00:42 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

390781

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2015
	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	Diplomatic Service
	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 Consular (a) hubs and (b) spokes there are in each region; and what criteria his Department has set for deciding those numbers.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	7669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>We do not operate a hub and spoke network as such. In line with the FCO’s Consular Strategy 2013-2016, we focus resources on those who need us most and are most at risk. We route calls to all our consular posts overseas to three contact centres in Malaga, Hong Kong and Ottawa. Urgent cases, and those that require local support, are passed to posts across eight consular regions.</p><p>The number and location of our consular posts is based on the number of British nationals travelling and living overseas, and the number and complexity of consular cases. The number of posts in each region is as follows:</p><p>Eastern Europe &amp; Central North-Eastern Asia 25<br>Europe North 26<br>Europe South 36<br>Latin America 18<br>Middle East, North Africa &amp; South Asia 37<br>North America &amp; Caribbean 23<br>South East Asia Pacific 23<br>Sub-Saharan Africa 37</p><p>In support of these posts there are 217 Honorary Consuls operating in 86 countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 21/07/2015 12:59:18 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

417634

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	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	South Korea: Embassies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons civil partnerships are not permitted in HM Embassy in South Korea.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	9596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>We are awaiting confirmation from the authorities in the Republic of Korea that they would have no objection to our Embassy registering civil partnerships. Such cooperation is required under UK legislation.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 11/09/2015 09:08:14 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

389884

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sanitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions are taking place among member states of the UN to ensure that clean water and sanitation remains a sustainable development goal.
	tabling member constituency	Elmet and Rothwell
	tabling member printed	Alec Shelbrooke
	uin	6984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>United Nations member states have been holding discussions on thematic areas, including water and sanitation (WASH), in preparation for the September UN Summit to adopt the post-2015 development agenda. These discussions follow the report of the UK co-chaired Post-2015 High Level Panel and the report of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals both of which included proposals for a dedicated water goal. The UK supports the inclusion of WASH in the Sustainable Development Goal framework.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 22/07/2015 14:59:28 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke

416738

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Africa: Conflict Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of its funding to the African Union Gender, Peace and Security Programme on each country in receipt of such funding.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
	uin	8731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>UK support to the African Union Gender, Peace and Security Programme (GPSP) comes from the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office (FCO), which has funded the programme since financial year 2014/15. GPSP has delivered a number of high-impact outcomes, including the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI). To date the GPSP has: established and supported the role of Special Envoy for Women, Peace and Security within the AU, raising the political profile of Gender across the continent; deployed a team of sexual violence experts to the Central African Republic to help care for victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse; supported the formulation of the Gender Mainstreaming action plan for AMISOM, the African Union’s peacekeeping operation in Somalia; funded a conduct and discipline officer to work with the AU Peace Support Operations Department in embedding gender into all agreements between the AU and Troop Contributing Countries; and supported the African Union in responding to allegations of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Somalia by delivering initiatives such as a helpline for victims.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 09/09/2015 16:17:31 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

416514

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the Government spent on climate finance for (a) mitigation and (b) adaptation to developing countries in each year between 2009 and 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	8923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>UK Government support to help people both adapt to the impacts of climate change, and to mitigate its future impacts, is delivered in an integrated way through a range of programmes. Tracking spend on adaptation and mitigation only began in 2011 when the International Climate Fund (ICF) was established. Since 2011/12 approximate funding has been as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Adaptation</p><p> </p><p>2011/12 - £136m</p><p>2012/13 – £212m</p><p>2013/14 – £228m</p><p> </p><p>Mitigation</p><p> </p><p>2011/12 – £199m</p><p>2012/13 - £272m</p><p>2013/14 - £418m</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data for 2014/15 and 2015/16 will be published once available.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 11/09/2015 12:10:41 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy