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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

573688

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: Vacancies
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 new job vacancies have been advertised in his Department each month in 2016 to date.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	44377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Since 31 December 2015, the FCO has advertised 68 new UK-based job vacancies in the Conflict Security and Stability Fund (CSSF) and the Prosperity Fund, which are cross-Whitehall programmes administered by the FCO. These jobs are funded by the CSSF and Prosperity Fund respectively, not by the FCO administrative budget. The jobs are advertised at 5 weekly intervals.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/09/2016 12:59:28 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

573694

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 many of his Department's staff are in receipt of support for private school fees for children whose parents are stationed (a) in the UK and (b) overseas.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	44198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>The number of diplomatic officers stationed in the UK in receipt of school fees is 179. The number of diplomatic officers stationed overseas in receipt of school fees is 173. The FCO supports a further 1108 children who are stationed with their parents and educated locally.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 07/09/2016 16:39:33 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

573695

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	British Indian Ocean Territory
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 Government's policy is on the renewal of the lease on the Chagos Islands that ends on 31 December 2016; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	44535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government supports the US presence on Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory, and wishes it to continue. This presence is underpinned by an Exchange of Notes which will roll over automatically for a further 20 years if neither side decides to terminate it before 30 December this year.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 07/09/2016 15:48:57 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

573697

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: Consultants
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 publish a list of all secondees to his Department from (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) KPMG and (e) other consulting firms in the last three financial years; and what the role was of each of those secondees.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
uin	44330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text There have been no secondees to the FCO from any of the named companies, or any other consulting firm, in any of the last three financial years. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/09/2016 14:33:20 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

573698

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	Laurence Soper
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Kosovo on the extradition of Abbot Laurence Soper.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	44384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>My Officials have been in close contact with the Kosovo authorities about this case. Abbot Laurence Soper was deported from Kosovo to the UK on 21 August as he was in breach of his immigration status in Kosovo. He was arrested by the UK Police on his arrival, and is now in custody in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 07/09/2016 15:46:01 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

573700

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: Consultants
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 used the services of (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) KPMG and (e) other consulting firms in the last three financial years; and what (i) work was undertaken and (ii) the cost to the public purse was on each such occasion.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
uin	44350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>DELOITTE <br>2013/14:£69,000 <br>2014/15:£33,000<br>2015/16:£121,000</p><p>ERNST &amp; YOUNG<br>2013/14:£480,000<br>2014/15:£328,000<br>2015/16:£181,000</p><p>KPMG<br>2013/14:£140,000<br>2014/15:£116,000<br>2015/16:£132,000</p><p>PWC<br>2013/14:£355,000<br>2014/15:£377,000<br>2015/16:£1,420,000</p><p>Consultants<br>2013/14:£1,500,000<br>2014/15:£1,600,000<br>2015/16:£1,100,000</p><p> </p><p>All applicable expenditure with these companies is published as part of HMG's Transparency Agenda at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/foreign-office-spend-over-25000.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/09/2016 14:13:36 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

574084

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	Intelligence and Security Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department have declined to disclose information to the Intelligence and Security Committee under Schedule 1 of the Justice and Security Act 2013; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	44846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is unable to find any record of having declined to disclose information to the Intelligence and Security Committee under Schedule 1 of the Justice and Security Act 2013. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/09/2016 13:04:02 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael