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576821

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date	06/09/2016
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: Staff
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) consultants and (b) seconded staff (i) are working and (ii) have been recruited to work at his Department in the last three years; and from which (A) companies, (B) departments and (C) other organisations such staff were recruited or seconded.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	45153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>A) Consultants</p><p>The data that the FCO holds on consultancy projects is tracked by project rather than by individual. Consultants are not always appointed as individuals, rather the project in question is delivered via a company, which allocates the work to experts according to requirements. It is not therefore possible to provide, at proportionate cost, data on the number of consultants recruited to work at the FCO in the last three years. We can however confirm that the FCO has spent the following on consultancy projects in the last three years:</p><p>Financial Year 2015/16 - £1.1m<br>Financial Year 2014/15 - £1.6m<br>Financial Year 2013/14 - £1.5m</p><p>The FCO’s consultancy expenditure is primarily for specialist advice that supports our diplomacy and where ‘in-house’ expertise is not available, such as de-mining surveys.</p><p>B) Secondments</p><p>With regards to staff on loan from other Government Departments and those seconded from the private sector, the numbers are as follows, based on the year the loan started:</p><p>In 2016 (to date) 147 Civil Servants, 1 public servant, and 1 secondee from the private sector have joined the FCO on loan.</p><p>In 2015, 161 Civil Servants, and 3 public servants joined the FCO on loan. There were no secondments from the private sector.</p><p>In 2014, 149 Civil Servants, 1 public servant and 1 secondee from the private sector joined the FCO on loan.</p><p>Due to the small numbers of loans from individual organisations, it is not possible to give a breakdown of all the organisations from which they were loaned, without risking identification of individuals in breach of data protection rules. However the largest numbers of officers loaned to the FCO in all three years came from:</p><p>2016 2015 2014<br>DFID 21 25 11<br>Home Office 20 20 20<br>Cabinet Office 10 9 20<br>HM Treasury 11 11 10<br>MOD 13 14 12<br>BIS 14 12 14<br>DECC 12 4 10<br>MOJ 6 14 9</p><p>Fewer than five individuals a year were loaned from any other department. The public servants loaned to the FCO were all Parliamentary staff or Police Officers.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/09/2016 15:06:10 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

576823

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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: Resignations
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 of his Department's staff have resigned in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	45229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text Thirty eight UK-based staff have resigned from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in the last six months. Details are not held centrally for local staff. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/09/2016 14:59:32 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

573433

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Turkey: Military Coups
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 that the human rights of Turkish people imprisoned as a result of the failed coup in July 2016 are respected; and what reports he has received on the alleged abuse of those prisoners by the Turkish authorities.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	44132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text The Government condemns unreservedly this failed coup. In the aftermath of the coup attempt we have emphasised the need for Turkey to respect human rights, including press freedom, and the rule of law. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has also raised concerns about reports of ill-treatment in detention. The Turkish Government’s response to the coup attempt should be lawful and proportionate, and undertaken in line with Turkey’s international obligations. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/09/2016 14:53:41 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

573436

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Turkey: Military Coups
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 received on allegations of beatings and torture, including rape, in official and unofficial detention centres in Turkey in the period following the failed coup in July 2016.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	44133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government condemns unreservedly this failed coup. In the aftermath of the coup attempt we have emphasised the need for Turkey to respect human rights, including press freedom, and the rule of law. The Foreign and Commonwelath Office has also raised concerns about reports of ill-treatment in detention. The Turkish Government’s response to the coup attempt should be lawful and proportionate, and undertaken in line with Turkey’s international obligations.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/09/2016 14:51:28 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

573440

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Diego Garcia: USA
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 Government has refused any request for a US administration flight to land on Diego Garcia.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	44262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text Use of the defence facility in Diego Garcia is governed by the Exchange of Notes between the UK and US, which places treaty obligations on both parties. No request for a US administration flight has been refused under existing procedures. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/09/2016 14:48:42 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

573441

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Diego Garcia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 15 July 2014 to Question 205172, what assessment his Department carried out prior to July 2014 of the suitability for storing hard copy records in the building used on Diego Garcia.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	44264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text Prior to July 2014 hard copy records were held in storage facilities on Diego Garcia that local immigration officials deemed to be suitable for the task. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/09/2016 14:37:09 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

573449

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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: Private Education
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 his Department spent on private school fees for children whose parents are stationed (a) in the UK and (b) overseas in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	44011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text The total cost of 179 diplomatic officers stationed in the UK in receipt of school fees is £6,005,124. The total cost of 173 diplomatic officers stationed overseas in receipt of school fees is £6,403.938. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office pays and supports a further 1108 children who are stationed with their parents and educated locally with a total cost of £14,207,444. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/09/2016 14:57:58 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

573676

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Diego Garcia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 15 July 2014 to Question 205172, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the weather in June 2014 on the storage of records in Diego Garcia.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	44552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text Since June 2014, all historic flight records dating from before January 2014 were brought to London where they were digitised and remain in storage. Remaining records in Diego Garcia are now held in a different location. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/09/2016 14:00:58 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

573681

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Gibraltar: Spain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Spanish counterparts on recent incursions by Spanish vessels into British Territorial Waters around Gibraltar.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	44598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson) has made clear publicly that the UK will continue to protect and promote Gibraltar’s interests. This includes challenging and protesting against all incursions into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters. The Foreign Secretary has also reaffirmed our sovereignty assurances to Gibraltar never to enter into arrangements under which the people of Gibraltar would pass under the sovereignty of another State against their wishes, nor to enter into a process of sovereignty negotiations with which Gibraltar is not content.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/09/2016 13:54:30 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

573682

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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: Brexit
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 his Department has spent on legal advice related to the UK voting to leave the EU from (a) the Government Legal Service and (b) external legal firms; and how much he plans to spend on such advice over the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Clegg
uin	44595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not spent anything on external legal advice related to the UK voting to leave the EU. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/09/2016 13:57:22 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg