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709674

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
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	Colombia: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met his counterpart in the Republic of Colombia; and what issues were discussed at that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	67249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>I have met Foreign Minister Holguin on several occasions, most recently on 2 November 2016 during the State Visit of President Santos. We discussed progress in the Colombian peace process, likely challenges to its implementation, the Colombian Government’s approach to tackling human rights issues, and opportunities for further UK/Colombia cooperation.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 14/03/2017 17:09:20 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

709677

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
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	USA: Intelligence Services
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 US Administration on the effect on UK security of leaks from US intelligence agencies.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Mrs Theresa Villiers
uin	67364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>​It is the longstanding policy of successive British Governments not to comment on intelligence matters. The Government deplores the leaking of any classified information, wherever it occurs. Such leaks can make the work of maintaining the security of our own country and that of our allies more difficult.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 14/03/2017 17:11:12 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

708962

registered interest
date	07/03/2017
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	Europe: Migration
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 is taking in consultation with other EU member states to discourage migrants from travelling to Europe by sea.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	66936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>​The UK and the EU are pursuing a comprehensive approach, addressing the root causes and consequences of migration. The Malta Declaration, which followed the Valletta Informal European Council in February, sets out areas where the EU can collectively help address the rising number of refugees and migrants crossing the Central Mediterranean. We also remain committed to working with our European partners to ensure that the EU-Turkey Statement is implemented in an effective and sustainable way.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 15/03/2017 17:31:13 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

708517

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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: Civil Servants
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 Civil Service positions in his Department was vacant for a week or longer in each year since 2010; and what the average turnover rate for civil servants in his Department has been in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	66692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>We do not hold centrally details of the proportion of FCO UK based Civil Service positions that were vacant for a week in each year since 2010.</p><p>Since 2012/13, average turnover rates for FCO UK based Civil Servants are as follows:-</p><table><tbody><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>2013/14</td><td>2014/15</td><td>2015/16</td><td>2016/17*</td></tr><tr><td>5%</td><td>8%</td><td>9%</td><td>9%</td><td>6%</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*up to 28th Feb 2017</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 14/03/2017 17:07:08 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

708519

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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: Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's main policy priority is for 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	66667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has three Strategic Objectives: to protect our people; project our global influence; and promote our prosperity. Our Annual Report and Accounts, published and presented to Parliament every year in June, reports on our progress.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 14/03/2017 17:13:21 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

708525

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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	Visegrad Countries
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 make it his policy to support the Three Seas Initiative of the Visegrad Group; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	66740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>We have followed with interest the Three Seas Initiative following the Summit in Dubrovnik in August 2016 and its joint declaration for co-operation on energy security, transport, digital communications and the economy. We have strong relationships with the countries of the Visegrad Group and we support their joint efforts to promote regional cooperation.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 14/03/2017 17:05:12 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

707623

registered interest
date	03/03/2017
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	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 agreement the Government has made with the BBC on (a) who will receive the proceeds of the sale of Caversham Park, Reading and (b) permitted uses of those proceeds.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	66480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>No agreement has been made. Who will receive the proceeds of a sale, and the use of those proceeds is dependent on ownership, which the Government is in the process of clarifying.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 08/03/2017 16:24:28 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

707670

registered interest
date	03/03/2017
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	Nuclear Disarmament
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK ambassador to the UN in New York, the UK Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, officials from the UK mission to the UN in New York or other officials of his Department attended the first organisational meeting on negotiating a ban on nuclear weapons in New York in February 2017; and whether he plans to monitor the (a) working papers produced by participating states and (b) negotiations.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	66495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK did not participate in the organisational meeting on negotiating a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons on 16 February and will not attend the substantive negotiations starting on 27 March. We do not believe these negotiations will lead to effective progress on global nuclear disarmament. The best way to achieve this goal is through gradual multilateral disarmament negotiated using a step-by-step approach and within existing international frameworks.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 13/03/2017 17:27:05 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

707724

registered interest
date	03/03/2017
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	EU Grants and Loans: Falkland Islands
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 EU funding the Falkland Islands has received in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	66512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The Falkland Islands has received funding from the European Commission's voluntary scheme for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Territories of European overseas (BEST) Programme and the European Development Fund (EDF).</p><p>According to the Falkland Islands Government, over the last 5 years, they have received €491,032 of BEST payments and the following EDF payments:</p><ul><li>2012: €0</li><li>2013: €0</li><li>2014: €1,030,000</li><li>2015: €925,000</li><li>2016: €950,000</li></ul> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 13/03/2017 17:57:45 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

706116

registered interest
date	28/02/2017
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	Intelligence Services: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which of the recommendations set out by the Intelligence Services Commissioner in the Supplementary Report to the Annual Report of 2015, HC 458, the Government has implemented.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	65920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>​In the written statement of 15 September 2016, HCWS 157, the Prime Minister confirmed that the Government would look carefully at the Intelligence Services Commissioner's report and take steps to address the issues where he has identified shortcomings in the response at the time, drawing upon the report's recommendations. It is the long standing policy of successive Governments not to comment on the intelligence agencies and their work.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 06/03/2017 16:25:44 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael