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802950

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
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	European Union: Flags
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 purchasing EU flags for use in (a) the UK and (b) its missions overseas since June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	118370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>Our management information systems do not separately identify these costs and to compile this would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 13/12/2017 17:04:44 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

784873

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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	Antarctic: Nature Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how the Government is working with international partners to ensure that the wildlife in the Antarctic region is protected from expanding krill fisheries.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	111540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK is a proactive member of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) which is responsible for developing and implementing measures for the conservation of marine life in the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica.</p><p>Krill harvesting is managed in a precautionary manner based on robust scientific data. The current annual catch is around 0.3 percent of the unexploited biomass of the krill population in this region, ensuring there is a healthy breeding population and enough for predators such as penguins and whales.</p><p>UK scientists have been working with other CCAMLR Members to assess any wider ecosystem impacts from krill harvesting, and have encouraged the Association of Responsible Krill (ARK) fishing companies to request their member vessels avoid fishing near biologically sensitive areas, such as penguin breeding colonies.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 13/11/2017 17:57:46 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

670227

registered interest
date	09/01/2017
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: 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 UK-based staff of his Department have resigned since September 2016.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	59135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>Five UK-based staff resigned from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the period 1 October to 31 December 2016.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 16/01/2017 17:39:18 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

652650

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
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: Travel
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 travel that was not standard class in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	56231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>The FCO's spending on non standard class travel is detailed in the table below as First class rail and Business class air travel. The data represents travel originating in the UK and booked through the Government's nominated travel agency.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>First class rail</p></td><td><p>Business class air</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£38,081</p></td><td><p>£4,785,512</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£24,455</p></td><td><p>£5,167,379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£19,724</p></td><td><p>£6,103,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£1,590</p></td><td><p>£5,421,348</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£3,057</p></td><td><p>£4,496,046</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£2,597</p></td><td><p>£4,629,774</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17 (to end November 2016)</p></td><td><p>£142</p></td><td><p>£2,011,741</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>FCO Policy is that public transport should be used whenever possible.</p><p>FCO staff travelling by air are required to book the lowest standard fare possible, subject to budget holder approval. As the FCO is present in over 170 countries there is a need for long distance travel, but FCO officials may fly business class only if the flight is ten hours or longer, although there are occasional exceptions to this rule.</p><p>All FCO staff are directed to use standard class for rail travel unless there are exceptional circumstances e.g. illness, disability or where First class facilities are essential for working while travelling. In these exceptional circumstances, prior line management approval must be given.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 14/12/2016 17:44:19 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

647709

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
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: Billing
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 payments by his Department to small businesses are made on time and in accordance with the prompt payment code.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	55432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office aims to comply with the prompt payment code for all support. In the second quarter of this financial year (July-September), we paid 84.25 % of invoices within 5 days, and 95.45 % of invoices within 30 days.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 06/12/2016 15:34:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

637870

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
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: Procurement
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 times his Department has (a) terminated a contract, (b) imposed a penalty and (c) denied permission for a company to tender on the grounds of grave professional misconduct since November 2015.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	53197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>Our records show no such instances since November 2015.</p><p>Due to devolved contractual authority central FCO records cover only UK let contracts of a value of £80k or more.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 24/11/2016 13:53:54 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

627350

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
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: Agency Workers
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 agency workers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	51619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2016 answer text <p>The FCO has a Temporary Agency worker supply contract with Hays Specialist Recruitment. Records of the FCO's expenditure with them, began in April 2013 and are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Financial Year</td><td>(£m)</td></tr><tr><td>FY 13-14</td><td>6.2</td></tr><tr><td>FY 14-15</td><td>4.3</td></tr><tr><td>FY 15-16</td><td>4.7</td></tr><tr><td>FY 16-17 (to end of September 2016)</td><td>2.6</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 10/11/2016 16:46:05 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

625954

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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: Working Hours
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 officials of his Department have opted out of the EU Working Time Directive.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	51131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>We do not centrally hold details of how many officials at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) have opted out of the EU Working Time Directive. To provide you with this would require us to gather information from the personnel file of each staff member and the cost of doing this would be disproportionate and exceed the appropriate limit. Managers in the FCO are however, expected to reorganise and reprioritise work rather than ask staff to sign voluntary opt outs.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 08/11/2016 16:07:15 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

595700

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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 staff of his Department's resigned in each half of each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	47368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>The following table contains the numbers of UK-based staff that have resigned from the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office in each six month period since 2010:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Six month period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Resignations</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>April - September 2010</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​</p></td><td><p>October 2010 - March 2011</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>​</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>April - September 2011</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​</p></td><td><p>October 2011 - March 2012</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>​</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>April - September 2012</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​</p></td><td><p>October 2012 - March 2013</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>​</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>April - September 2013</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​</p></td><td><p>October 2013 - March 2014</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>​</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>April - September 2014</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​</p></td><td><p>October 2014 - March 2015</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>​</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>April - September 2015</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​</p></td><td><p>October 2015 - March 2016</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>​</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>April - September 2016</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Details are not held centrally for local staff.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/10/2016 16:19:05 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

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