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759315

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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	Caribbean: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
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 the Governments of (a) the Netherlands and (b) France on the response to Hurricane Irma since the Oral Statement made by the Minister for the Americas on 7 September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	9834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>​The Foreign Secretary discussed the response to Hurricane Irma with his Dutch and French counterparts at the EU Foreign Affairs meeting in Tallinn on 7 September. He also spoke to the Dutch Foreign Minister on 11 September to discuss the UK and Dutch response to the crisis. Our Embassies in Paris and the Hague are in regular contact with their host Governments on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 14/09/2017 15:17:57 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

759316

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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	British Overseas Territories: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
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 the Governments of each Overseas Territory on the response to Hurricane Irma since 7 September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	9938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has spoken to the Governors of Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands; the Chief Minister of Anguilla; and the Premier of the British Virgin Islands since Hurricane Irma struck. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has kept in close contact with all the Governors before and since Irma hit the islands</p><p>The Foreign Secretary travelled to the Caribbean on 12 September, visiting Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands, where he saw at first hand the the UK's huge relief effort. During that visit he met with the Governors and others leading recovery efforts. He also visited local communities working to repair major damage.</p><p>We have received formal requests for UK assistance from the Governments of Anguilla, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the British Virgin Islands. We are working in partnership with the Overseas Territories Governments to assess their longer term needs in order to rebuild and how the UK will support that over the weeks, months and years to come.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 14/09/2017 15:19:35 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

759338

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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: Pay
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 had a pay increase (a) above, (b) at and (c) less than one per cent in each of the last three years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the numbers of UK based staff receiving a pay award increase (a) above, (b) at and (c) less than one per cent in the years 2014, 2015 and 2016.</p><table><tbody><tr><td>​</td><td>(​a) above 1%</td><td>​(b) 1%</td><td>(​c) less than 1%</td></tr><tr><td>​2014</td><td>2,152</td><td>0</td><td>2,457</td></tr><tr><td>​2015</td><td>2,042</td><td>0</td><td>2,427</td></tr><tr><td>​2016</td><td>​2,764</td><td>​5</td><td>1,526</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 14/09/2017 15:49:20 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

758695

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Mexico: Magna Carta Fund for Human Rights and Democracy
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 projects in Mexico that (a) have been funded by the Magna Carta Fund between 2015 and 2017 and (b) will be funded through that Fund in 2017 and 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	9375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>All Official Development Assistance programme data up to June 2016 is publicly available on the gov.uk website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/official-development-assistance-oda--2#oda-spend-documents:-fco-strategic-and-bilateral-programme-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/official-development-assistance-oda--2#oda-spend-documents:-fco-strategic-and-bilateral-programme-spend</a>. The Magna Carta Fund was launched in January 2016 to fund projects from Financial Year (FY) 2016/17 and onwards. Prior to that, our fund for Human Rights and Democracy provided activity under similar terms in Mexico. We funded one Magna Carta Fund project during FY 2016/17, spending £154,972. No Magna Carta Fund projects have been funded for Mexico in FY 2017-18. Funding for 2018/19 is still to be determined.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 9376 question first answered 12/09/2017 15:17:56 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

758696

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Mexico: Magna Carta Fund for Human Rights and Democracy
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 funding from the Magna Carta Fund was spent in Mexico in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016; and what estimate he has made of the level of such funding to be spent in (i) 2017 and (ii) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	9376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>All Official Development Assistance programme data up to June 2016 is publicly available on the gov.uk website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/official-development-assistance-oda--2#oda-spend-documents:-fco-strategic-and-bilateral-programme-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/official-development-assistance-oda--2#oda-spend-documents:-fco-strategic-and-bilateral-programme-spend</a>. The Magna Carta Fund was launched in January 2016 to fund projects from Financial Year (FY) 2016/17 and onwards. Prior to that, our fund for Human Rights and Democracy provided activity under similar terms in Mexico. We funded one Magna Carta Fund project during FY 2016/17, spending £154,972. No Magna Carta Fund projects have been funded for Mexico in FY 2017-18. Funding for 2018/19 is still to be determined.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 9375 question first answered 12/09/2017 15:17:56 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

758914

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Free Trade: Gibraltar
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 to establish a free trade area between the UK and Gibraltar after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	9592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>At the most recent Joint Ministerial Council (Gibraltar Europe Negotiations) in July, the Government agreed to continue to work closely with HM Government of Gibraltar on a range of economic issues as the UK prepares to leave the EU.</p><p>We are steadfast in our support of Gibraltar, its people and its economy. The UK is committed to involving Gibraltar fully as we prepare for negotiations to leave the EU, to ensure that their priorities are taken properly into account.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/09/2017 15:11:54 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

758172

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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: Adam Smith International
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 funding from the public purse has been paid by his Department to Adam Smith International since March 2017; how much of that funding is classified as Official Development Assistance; and whether his Department has (a) signed any new contracts or (b) extended existing contracts with Adam Smith International since March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	9083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has paid Adam Smith International £12.1m since 1 April 2017 across six contracts, funding projects in high priority countries affected by conflict in the Middle East, East Africa and South Asia. The FCO has extended three of those contracts since 1 April 2017. All of this funding is Official Development Assistance. The extended programmes will be retendered later this year. The Department has not signed any new contracts.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/09/2017 16:50:09 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan previous answer version 9918 answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

757434

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Turkey: Human Rights
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 his Turkish counterpart on human rights abuses in that country.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>​During my most recent visit to Turkey on 16-17 August, I emphasised the need for Turkey to respect human rights, including press freedom and the rule of law. Our officials in Turkey monitor the human rights situation closely and human rights remains a priority for our support to civil society projects there.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 13/09/2017 15:09:07 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

757436

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	North Korea: Guided Weapons
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 US counterpart on recent missile tests in North Korea; whether he has made any (a) political and (b) military commitments to the US relating to North Korea; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	8499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the statement made by my Rt Hon Friend, the Foreign Secretary on 5 September (<a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-09-05/debates/C42A1D96-73C1-4D71-883E-BC8F83842285/KoreanPeninsula" target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-09-05/debates/C42A1D96-73C1-4D71-883E-BC8F83842285/KoreanPeninsula</a>). The Foreign Secretary regulary speaks to US Secretary of State Tillerson about the situation in North Korea. We are working with the US and our partners in the region to bring this crisis to a diplomatic end.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 13/09/2017 15:04:09 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

757505

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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: State 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 benefits he anticipates will accrue to the British public from President Trump's forthcoming official visit to the UK.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	8647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>​The United States is one of our closest allies and a Presidential visit is an opportunity to further advance that important relationship. It remains in the UK's public interest to work closely with the US on a range of foreign, security and trade policy issues.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/09/2017 15:10:37 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson