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647168

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
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: Legal Costs
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 relating to the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	55254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The FCO has not spent anything on external legal advice relating to the UK leaving the EU.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 06/12/2016 15:04:37 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

644319

registered interest
date	25/11/2016
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: Official Gifts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to which countries his Department has gifted equipment costing less than £300,000 per gift in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	54908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not record centrally the gifts that it makes with a value less than £300,000. Consequently, details of these gifts could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Parliament is notified of any gifts above £300,000. Such gifts are typically of items of equipment we might provide to friendly countries.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 05/12/2016 17:17:08 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

643890

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Government last made an assessment of the safety and stability of manmade structures of the outer islands of the British Indian Ocean Territory; and when the Government next plans to make such an assessment.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	54666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>No official structural surveys have been made of the manmade structures on the Outer Islands. However a British patrol regularly checks these islands. Guidance for visiting yachtspeople makes clear that these structures are unsound and are out of bounds. Those who enter the structures do so at their own risk. Fines are issued to those who are caught damaging buildings.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 02/12/2016 14:41:34 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

643891

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: Post Offices
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 customers have used the British Indian Ocean Territories post office (a) in person and (b) online in each year for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	54665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>Definitive numbers are not available.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 02/12/2016 14:44:24 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

643895

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: Post Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what arrangements are in place for the ownership and management of the British Indian Ocean Territories post office.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	54664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>The British Indian Ocean (BIOT) Post Office on Diego Garcia is managed and run by Sure, the on-island telecoms provider through a contract with the BIOT Administration. The Post Office is located in a building owned and managed by Sure.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 02/12/2016 14:55:58 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

643902

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: Visits
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 his Department takes to monitor the (a) number and (b) behaviour of private visitors to the British Indian Ocean territory.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	54702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>The only private visitors to the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) are yachtspeople who stop off in the Outer Islands of the Territory if they have been granted a permit. The masters of vessels which have been issued mooring permits are expected to provide daily updates to British Forces HQ on their position whilst in the waters of the Territory and to ensure compliance with all conditions attached to the permission to enter the Territory. These waters are regularly patrolled and monitored by Visiting Vessels Control Officers and other authorised persons, who are empowered to take all necessary action against those who breach any condition imposed by a mooring permit, or who otherwise act in a way that is contrary to the law.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 02/12/2016 14:56:43 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

643903

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: Sailing Boats
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for how many years the Government has been issuing mooring permits for yachts visiting the British Indian Ocean territory; and how many such permits have been issued in each year for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	54701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is not a tourist destination and permits to moor in the Outer Islands of BIOT are only issued where this is necessary to facilitate a vessel's safe passage across the Indian Ocean. Laws specifically enabling the Administration of BIOT to issue mooring permits (or the equivalent) were introduced in December 1993, but records of the total number of such permits issued only go back to 2004. The following numbers have been recorded: 2004 - 2; 2005 - 3; 2006 - 4; 2007 - 40; 2008 - 68; 2009 - 82; 2010 - 99; 2011 - 42; 2012 - 41; 2013 - 27; 2014 - 36; 2015 - 51; 2016 - 17 (to date).</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 02/12/2016 14:54:02 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

643913

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
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	Turkey: Press Freedom
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 government of Turkey on the imprisonment of journalists and curtailment of the free press in that country.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	54852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>We continue to follow developments in Turkey closely and underline the importance of the rule of law and the protection of freedom of expression.</p><p>I raised these issues during my visit to Turkey on 19 October, and most recently with Turkey's Minister for Europe, Omer Celik, in a phone call on 7 November. HMG also regularly discusses such issues in international fora.</p><p>The EU issued a statement on 8 November expressing concern at recent events in Turkey, including the detention of MPs.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 02/12/2016 14:43:45 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

642945

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
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	BBC Monitoring
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 meetings Ministers and officials of his Department have had with Ministers and officials of the (a) Ministry of Defence, (b) Foreign and Commonwealth Office and (c) Department for International Development to discuss negotiations on the new scheme for BBC monitoring services and the closure of Caversham Park.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	54427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>Cabinet Office officials have held five meetings with Ministry of Defence officials, one meeting with a Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister and five meetings with Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials, related to negotiations of the 2017 BBC Monitoring Agreement.</p><p>Cabinet Office officials have not held meetings with the Department for International Development as DfID is not one of the six 'key customers' for the HMG BBC Monitoring service.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 30/11/2016 17:17:24 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

642946

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
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	BBC Monitoring
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what risk assessments government departments have carried out of the proposed restructuring of BBC monitoring services and the closure of Caversham Park; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	54451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>Risk assessments on the restructuring and closure of Caversham Park are matters for the BBC. HMG has ensured that products and services will continue to be provided to HMG by BBCM, during and after the restructuring, through the negotiation of the new BBC Monitoring Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 30/11/2016 16:54:54 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery