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	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	223520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>As of 31 January 2019, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) employed 99 apprentices, of whom 57 work for our Trading Fund, FCO Services. This is 1.69 per cent (an increase of 0.34 per cent from January 2018) of the total of FCO and FCO Services UK-based staff worldwide, and 2.59 per cent (an increase of 0.59 per cent from January 2018) of our staff working in the UK. We expect a further 22 staff to enrol on an apprenticeship by 31 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 25/02/2019 17:11:11 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

1086673

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	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	Ilois: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2018 to Question 170339 on Ilois Finance, how much of the £40 million fund for Chagossians has been allocated to date; to whom that funding has been allocated; and for what purposes that money has been allocated.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	230807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>​£312,899.37 of the £40 million fund has been spent to date, largely on implementing an expanded programme of Heritage Visits for Chagossians to the British Indian Ocean Territory. Officials are continuing work to identify areas for broader support package funding. The bulk of the funding will be allocated once we have a clear assessment of need, and an agreed mechanism for effectively and fairly disbursing funds in collaboration with the Chagossian communities in the UK, Seychelles and Mauritius.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 14/03/2019 16:00:17 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

1086679

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	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: Environment Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Chagos Conservation Trust has returned any unspent funds that were provided by his Department for the purposes of the Chagossian Outreach Programme; and how much in total (a) was and (b) remains to be provided for that programme.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	230811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Chagos Environmental Outreach Project (later named Connect Chagos) ran from March 2012 to December 2015. In total just over £330,000 was provided by the British Indian Ocean Territory Administration to the Chagos Conservation Trust and Zoological Society for London for the delivery of the programme. At the end of the programme, an underspend of £16,745 was reported. The British Indian Ocean Territory Administration is in discussions with the Chagos Conservation Trust about options for the use of this underspend. No additional funding remains to be provided.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 14/03/2019 16:01:34 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

1089464

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2019
	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	Ilois: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2019 to Question 230807 on Ilois Finance, how many visits £312,899.37 has financed, and how many Chagossians have to date (a) expressed interest but not yet participated and (b) participated in those visits from (i) Seychelles, (ii) Mauritius, (iii) the UK and (iv) other countries.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	233007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>76 Chagossians have participated in five Heritage Visits to date which have been funded by the Support Package. This breaks down by country:</p><p> </p><p>Seychelles: 7<br>Mauritius: 18<br>UK: 51<br>Other countries: 0</p><p> </p><p>There have been 156 initial expressions of interest who have not participated in a Heritage Visit. Not all went onto complete questionnaires, and of those who did, not all met the requirements to participate in a Heritage Visit.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 20/03/2019 16:02:30 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

1092644

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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	Ilois: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2019 to Question 233007 on Ilois: Finance, on what dates were the visits organised by the British Indian Ocean Territory Administration between 2000 and 2016 to allow Chagossians access to their homeland; and how many Chagossians participated in each of those visits.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	235302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Between 2000 and 2015, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office funded a total of 10 visits, involving 164 Chagossian participants, to the British Indian Overseas Territories. A breakdown is included below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Number of Chagossians</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>February – March</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>October - November</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>(dates not available)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>October – November</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>April – May</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>(no visits)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>On 16 November 2016, I announced the UK's decision to fund a package to improve support for Chagossians. This included an expanded programme of visits to the British Indian Oceans Territories.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 26/03/2019 16:55:19 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane