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771488

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	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	Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Iranian Government on the new charges being brought against Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe; and what steps the Government has taken to secure her release.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	107988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>We are urgently seeking clarification from the Iranian authorities on reports that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe is subject to further charges. I called the Iranian Ambassador to express my concerns, as did the Foreign Secretary in a call to Foreign Minister Zarif and a meeting with Vice-President Salehi on 11 October. But the scope of any additional charges remains unclear. Our Ambassador is continuing to press the Iranian authorities for further information. Iran’s position on dual-nationality makes progress on our consular cases difficult; nonetheless we continue to raise these cases with the Iranian authorities at the highest levels and at every available opportunity. We assess that our current approach is the one most likely to be in the best interests of our dual-national prisoners in Iran.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/10/2017 15:14:05 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

794333

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	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: Public Expenditure
	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 losses and special payments have been made by his Department in the 2017-18 financial year to date; and what the value of those losses and payments have been.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	115306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The figures requested form part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s annual report submitted to Parliament. The outturn for the 2017-18 financial year has not yet been finalised.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/11/2017 16:37:19 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

808912

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	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: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which fruitless payments in excess of £30,000 his Department has made by (a) recipient of each such payment, (b) purpose of each such payment, (c) value of each such payment and (d) reason that payment was classified as fruitless in the 2017-18 financial year to date.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	120021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The figures requested form part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's annual report submitted to Parliament. To date there have been no fruitless payments for expenditure in the current unaudited 2017-18 financial year.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 21/12/2017 13:35:51 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

843618

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	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	Australia: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has held discussions with his counterpart in the Australian Government on the detention of two UK citizens from Edinburgh East by the Australian Border Force following the letter from the hon. Member for Edinburgh East of 16 January 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	127959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The operation of the Australian Immigration system is a matter for the Australian Government. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has however been assured by the Australian High Commission that a review of the case is taking place.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 22/02/2018 17:21:42 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

861186

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	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	Jerusalem: Palestinians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on the legislation passed by the Knesset on 7 March 2018 to enable that country's Minister of Interior to revoke the permanent residency status of Palestinian residents of Jerusalem; and if he will make an assessment of the compatibility of that law with international (a) humanitarian and (b) human rights law.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	132335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv raised this issue with the Israeli authorities on 15 February, noting the importance of ensuring that the legislation is compatible withe the Israel's obligations under international human rights law.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/03/2018 14:38:50 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

868482

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2018
	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	Chevening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent on Chevening (a) in total and (b) trustees in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	133702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>Chevening House is not funded by the Government and is the responsibility of its trustees. The Prime Minister decides who occupies the building. It is currently shared by the Foreign Secretary, the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union and the Secretary of State for International Trade.</p><p>The following amounts have been spent by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on Chevening House:</p><p>- £25,600 per annum for the last twelve financial years to maintain security systems, including closed circuit television and emergency lighting;</p><p>- In the financial year 2016/17, the FCO paid £80,000 for security enhancements.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/03/2018 16:28:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

868484

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2018
	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	Chevening: Grants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any grant in aid will be provided to the trustees of Chevening during the 2017 Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	133704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>Chevening House is not funded by the Government and is the responsibility of its trustees. The Prime Minister decides who occupies the building. It is currently shared by the Foreign Secretary, the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union and the Secretary of State for International Trade.</p><p>No grant in aid is expected to be given during the 2017 Parliament.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/03/2018 16:25:25 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

869421

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	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	1 Carlton Gardens: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent on repairs and maintenance of No 1 Carlton Gardens fin each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	133935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Comparable figures for expenditure on repairs and maintenance at 1 Carlton Gardens are only available from 2009/10 due to changes in financial recording processes.</p><p>Information is available to the last full financial year.</p><p>2009/10 - £143,711</p><p>2010/11 - £132,399</p><p>2011/12 - £144,641</p><p>2012/13 - £156,302</p><p>2013/14 - £161,773</p><p>2014/15 - £167,435</p><p>2015/16 - £161,963</p><p>2016/17 - £164,725</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 27/03/2018 17:20:24 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt previous answer version 50225 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

872327

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2018
	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	1 Carlton Gardens
	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 annual running cost of 1 Carlton Gardens was for each year between 2006-07 and 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	134241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>Comparable figures for expenditure on running costs at 1 Carlton Gardens are only available from 2009/10 due to changes in financial recording processes.</p><p>Running costs include rent, maintenance, minor improvement and repair costs, cleaning, security, facilities management charges and utilities.</p><p>Running costs for the 2 available financial years are:</p><p>2009/10: £590,830</p><p>2010/11: £716,121</p><p>During 2010/11 Financial Year the Foreign Secretary moved in to the Official Residence at 1 Carlton Gardens. As a result there was an increase in Security costs. The balance of the increase in costs is due to works that were required as a result of the Quadrennial Inspections of listed buildings in 2009, and in accordance with lease obligations. We are required under the terms of the lease for 1 Carlton Gardens to: “as often as necessary, well and substantially to repair, renew, uphold, clean and keep in repair the demised premises.” ​</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 29/03/2018 14:45:23 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

1176739

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2020
	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	India: Nationality
	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 for the implications of his policies of India’s recent Citizenship Amendment Act; and what representations he has made to his Indian counterpart on the human rights implications of that Act.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	13486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The British High Commission in New Delhi and our network of Deputy High Commissions across India are following reports on the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens, as well as the Government of India's response. We raise our concerns with the Government of India. Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon discussed the CAA, and public response to the legislation, with India's Minister of State for External Affairs on 19 December 2019. Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials also raised the issue with the High Commission of India in London on 14 January.</p><p>The UK has long regarded protest as a key part of democratic society. Democratic governments must have the power to enforce law and order when a protest crosses the line into illegality, though we encourage all states to ensure their domestic laws are enforced in line with international standards. Any allegation of human rights violations is deeply concerning and must be investigated thoroughly, promptly, and transparently.</p><p>India has a proud history of inclusive government and religious tolerance. After his re-election, Prime Minister Modi promised to continue this. We trust the Government of India will provide reassurances to its citizens who are expressing concern about the impact this legislation may have. We will continue to monitor the situation.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 11/02/2020 16:00:34 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard