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1247346

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to make redundancies in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	109547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>As with all departments, workforce plans will be considered through the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 04/11/2020 15:48:33 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1247347

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to make any staffing changes before the publication of the integrated review.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	109548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>The future size and shape of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is yet to be established. This will be determined in coming months through the ongoing organisational design work, and the outcome of the spending review and the integrated review.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams grouped question UIN 109549 question first answered 06/11/2020 13:52:29 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1247348

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the strategic direction of his Department set out in the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy will be used to inform any future staffing restructure in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	109549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>The future size and shape of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is yet to be established. This will be determined in coming months through the ongoing organisational design work, and the outcome of the spending review and the integrated review.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams grouped question UIN 109548 question first answered 06/11/2020 13:52:29 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1247351

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is planning to undertake equality impact assessments of any proposed staffing restructure in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	109550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>The FCDO is committed to putting inclusion, belonging, diversity and respect at its heart, and is working towards its aspiration to be the most inclusive government department. Consistent with this and the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/149), the FCDO conducts Equality Impact Analysis for all key decisions.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 04/11/2020 15:50:55 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1245508

registered interest
date	21/10/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many people were employed by his Department on 1 September 2020; and what assessment he has made of the number of employees needed to fulfil the functions of his Department.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	107086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>On 1 September the Foreign Secretary was responsible for 13,500-13,999 staff working for the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office (UK based &amp; Local Staff). On the 2nd September, following the creation of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs was responsible for 16,500-16,999 members of staff.</p><p>The future size and shape of the FCDO is yet to be established. This will be determined in coming months through the ongoing organisational design work, and the outcome of the spending review and the integrated review<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 02/11/2020 11:08:17 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1237906

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference page 5 of the Sixth Special Report of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Merging success: Bringing together the FCO and DFID: Government Response to Committee’s Second Report, published on 24 September 2020, HC 809, page 5 printed on the 22 September, whether his Department plans to make voluntary redundancies due to the merger of his Department with the Department for International Development.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	95720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>As with all departments, workforce plans will be considered through the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 05/10/2020 16:57:59 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1230599

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2020 to Question 76829, how much of the £774 million has been disbursed to multilateral institutions to date.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	84322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>The £774 million so far committed to combat Covid-19 and to reinforce the global effort to find a vaccine includes funding to multilaterals. Below is a table of the breakdown of this funding, with funding to multilaterals in bold. Of this total, all funding to multilaterals - UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP and the WHO - totalling £145 million, has been disbursed.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Institutions</p></td><td><p>Amount (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AU African Union Covid19 Response Fund</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEC</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Expertise &amp; misc. support</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Red Cross (IFRC /ICRC/Nat Soc)</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NGO support</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UNFPA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UNHCR</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UNICEF</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UNICEF (Education Cannot Wait)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNILEVER coalition</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>WFP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>WHO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>75</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FIND</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wellcome/Gates Foundation/ Mastercard Therapeutics Accelerator</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CEPI</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Joint Initiative for Epidemic Preparedness / Wellcome Trust</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMF Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GRAND TOTAL</p></td><td><p>774</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 22/09/2020 16:41:33 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1228992

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Human Rights: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking support proposals for a UN Convention on the Rights of Older People.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	82257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The UK is committed to protecting the human rights of all persons, including older persons. We recognise the serious human rights issues that older persons often face in many parts of the world. The UK engages in the annual sessions of the UN Open Ended Working Group on Ageing (OEGWA), supports resolutions on the rights of older persons at the UN Human Rights Council and at the UN General Assembly, and engages constructively in the debate in other fora. We are supportive, in principle, of a multilateral instrument dedicated to the rights of older persons and welcome OEGWA's work to help deepen our understanding of these important issues, before we consider what might be the most appropriate solution. We will continue to work closely with academia, civil society and national human rights institutions to draw on their expertise and ensure that our approach takes account of their views.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 24/09/2020 12:50:38 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1229312

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the G20 covid-19 action plan includes a strategy for economic recovery in countries affected by fragility, crisis, and displacement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	82261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government is working closely with international partners to deliver a robust and coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including through the G7, G20 and other fora, and has been advocating for economic resilience and recovery to be at the heart of this approach. With India, the UK pressed for the G20 Action Plan that agreed a package of measures to mitigate the economic impact on the worst affected countries, including through debt relief. The UK is also leading on 'recovering better for sustainability' work which will report to a UN General Assembly meeting later this month.</p><p>Specifically, the UK has pledged £774 million to the international response to COVID-19, including for vaccine R&amp;D, support to UN agencies, NGOs and the Red Cross, as well as over £130 million to accelerate the University of Oxford and Imperial University's vaccines work. Beyond this, many existing programmes have been refocused to address the primary and secondary impacts of the pandemic. On 2 September, the UK launched a global call to action to address the risk of famine, underpinned by £119 million of new UK aid funding.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams grouped question UIN 82264 question first answered 08/09/2020 14:59:57 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1229784

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to support global efforts to tackle the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	82264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government is working closely with international partners to deliver a robust and coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including through the G7, G20 and other fora, and has been advocating for economic resilience and recovery to be at the heart of this approach. With India, the UK pressed for the G20 Action Plan that agreed a package of measures to mitigate the economic impact on the worst affected countries, including through debt relief. The UK is also leading on 'recovering better for sustainability' work which will report to a UN General Assembly meeting later this month.</p><p>Specifically, the UK has pledged £774 million to the international response to COVID-19, including for vaccine R&amp;D, support to UN agencies, NGOs and the Red Cross, as well as over £130 million to accelerate the University of Oxford and Imperial University's vaccines work. Beyond this, many existing programmes have been refocused to address the primary and secondary impacts of the pandemic. On 2 September, the UK launched a global call to action to address the risk of famine, underpinned by £119 million of new UK aid funding.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams grouped question UIN 82261 question first answered 08/09/2020 14:59:57 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill