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714367

registered interest
date	22/03/2017
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	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, what role his Department has in the protection of endangered species abroad.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	909524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>Illegal wildlife trade is a serious threat to the world’s endangered species and combating it is a priority for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. It is a serious criminal industry worth more than £6 billion a year. It is fuelled by corruption and undermines good governance and the rule of law. We work with our overseas network, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for International Development to secure global action to combat it.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 28/03/2017 14:34:51 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

712945

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
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: Overseas 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 many members of his Department's staff employed in overseas roles were based in the Russian and Eastern Europe region in each year since 2010; and how many such staff were in roles requiring the ability to speak a local language.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	68753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>The following numbers of UK-based staff were employed in overseas roles in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region (including Russia) in each Financial Year since 2012/13. As reported in the 2012/13 FCO Annual Report and Accounts on page 29 in February 2013, the FCO realigned previous staffing figures to better reflect guidance issued by the Office of National Statistics, for example it excluded all staff working for the UK Border Agency (UKBA) overseas, and staff working for Wilton Park and FCO Services. This means that we are unable to provide reliable comparable figures prior to this date.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>​</p></td><td><p>​</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​</p></td><td><p>​</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of designated language speaker slots in this region was as follows.</p><p>2014/15 50</p><p>2015/16 57</p><p>2016/17 61</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 27/03/2017 14:48:54 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

712953

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
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: 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 of his Department's staff passed a language examination at (a) Extensive, (b) Operational, (c) Functional and (d) Confidence levels in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	68749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>​In 2013, the FCO designated all speaker slots across the network as minimum C1 Operational level. This is equivalent to degree level. Officers no longer take exams at Functional/ Intermediate or Confidence levels.</p><p> </p><p>The number of officers who have passed the exams at the requested levels is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>C1/C2</p></td><td><p>Functional</p></td><td><p>Confidence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 27/03/2017 14:27:53 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

712954

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
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: Overseas 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 many members of staff his Department employs overseas in roles requiring an ability to speak the local language; in which countries such staff are based; and in which languages such staff are required to be proficient.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	68750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>​As of February 2017, the FCO has 648 speaker slots across 111 countries. Officers in speaker slots complete a period of full time language training in advance of taking up their role overseas. This training enables officers to reach C1 Operational level (equivalent to degree level) in the language spoken in the country to which they are posted.</p><p>Currently 65 per cent of full-time language training is in 5 languages (Arabic, French, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish). In addition, along with Farsi, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Turkish, which are the other priority languages in our Priority Skills Statement, the figure increases to 80 per cent. Full-time language training is also provided in a further 36 languages.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 27/03/2017 14:35:56 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

712955

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
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: Overseas 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 many members of staff his Department employs overseas in roles based in the Middle East and North Africa region in each year since 2010; and how many such staff were in roles requiring an ability to speak a local language.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	68751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>The following numbers of UK-based staff were employed in overseas roles in the Middle East and North Africa region in each Financial Year since 2012/13. As reported in the 2012/13 FCO Annual Report and Accounts at page 29 in February 2013, the FCO realigned previous staffing figures to better reflect guidance issued by the Office of National Statistics, for example it excluded all staff working for the UK Border Agency (UKBA) overseas, and staff working for Wilton Park and FCO Services. This means that we are unable to provide reliable comparable figures prior to this date.</p><p>UK based staff positions in Middle East and North African posts:</p><p>2012/13 219</p><p>2103/14 197</p><p>2014/15 181</p><p>2015/16 219</p><p>28 Feb 2017 239</p><p>The numbers of speaker positions is as follows:</p><p>March 2015 78</p><p>March 2016 95</p><p>March 2017 93</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 27/03/2017 14:38:39 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

710526

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
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	Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2017 to Question 66551, for what reasons the Government has not yet ratified the Protocol V of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	67660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>​The UK is currently assessing the implications for Government Departments which would result from ratification of Protocol V of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). The UK already abides by the spirit of the Protocol and is committed to its humanitarian aims.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 16/03/2017 16:29:52 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

710532

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
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: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund and Prosperity Fund
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 total amount of funding his Department received from the (a) Conflict, Stability and Security Fund and (b) Prosperity Fund was for the 2016-17 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	67558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>a) The Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office received approximately £661.7 million from the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund in the financial year 2016/17. This figure includes assessed Peacekeeping contributions.</p><p>b) The Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office received approximately £55 million funding from the Prosperity Fund in the financial year 2016/17.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 21/03/2017 16:23:45 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

710536

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
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: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund and Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in which countries his Department spent funds allocated from the (a) Conflict, Stability and Security Fund and (b) Prosperity Fund in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	67568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>a) Below is a list of countries in which the FCO spent funds allocated from the core discretionary allocation Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) in FY16/17 in line with NSC direction and oversight. Some exclusions have been made on the grounds of operational security;</p><p>Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Burma, Burundi, Chad, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia , Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Mali, Morocco, Moldova, Nepal, Nigeria, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Overseas Territories, Pakistan , Peru, Serbia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Yemen.</p><p>The CSSF also funded, as part of its spending review settlement, migration work in France , China, Eritrea, Ghana, Greece, India, South Africa, Turkey, Vietnam, Zimbabwe and Counter Terrorism Programme work in Indonesia, Maldives, Philippines, and Turkey.</p><p>b) In 2016/17, the FCO spent Prosperity Fund money in Argentina, Brazil, Burma, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, France, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Ireland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, South Africa , South Korea, Tanzania, , Turkey, USA. The FCO also spent Prosperity Fund money allocated to the Commonwealth Marine Economies programme in Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Fiji, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Kiribati, Maldives, Mauritius, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Seychelles, Solomon islands, St Lucia, St Vincent &amp; The Grenadines, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 21/03/2017 16:25:12 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

710537

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
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: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund and Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which projects were funded by his Department from the (a) Conflict, Stability and Security Fund and (b) Prosperity Fund in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	67569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>Details of projects funded by the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund and the Prosperity Fund will be released in Spring 2017 as part of the FCO's Official Development Assistance spend data. Both funds plan to release an annual report on 2016/17 this year.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 21/03/2017 16:25:47 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

710538

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
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	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the total amount to be spent by his Department in 2016-17 which will count towards the target of 0.7 per cent of gross national income spent on official development assistance.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	67567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office was allocated £466 million to spend on official development assistance (ODA) in 2016-17. ODA is formally measured on a calendar year basis. Provisional spending figures for 2016 will be published in April.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 21/03/2017 16:04:00 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry