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78716

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date	17/07/2014
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	Kenya
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 he has taken to offer support and advice to UK citizens visiting Kenya.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	206551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>FCO travel advice provides objective information and advice to help British nationals make better informed decisions about foreign travel. Our travel advice is reviewed regularly, and is updated if we are aware of an incident that might significantly affect Britons travelling or living in a particular area. We promote travel advice updates via email alerts and on our social media channels. We advise against travel when we consider the level of risk to British nationals in a particular place is unacceptably high. The current travel advice for Kenya can be found on the GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/kenya</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 22/07/2014 12:45:49 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

78464

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Nigeria: Abduction
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 steps the Government has taken to help the 223 girls kidnapped in North East Nigeria.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	206372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>We remain committed to helping Nigeria to find the schoolgirls abducted from Chibok. On 12 June my Right Honourable Friend, the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), the previous Foreign Secretary, hosted the London Ministerial on Security in Northern Nigeria. At this meeting with Nigeria, her neighbours and other international partners, we agreed a number of further measures designed to help the girls abducted on 14 April by Boko Haram, and the hundreds of others like them. We continue to offer intelligence support to the Nigerian authorities and are also agreeing with them the increased training and tactical support we committed to in London. <br><br>We will review progress further at a Ministerial follow up meeting in Abuja in September.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 21/07/2014 15:33:33 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

78467

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Nigeria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on the delivery of the package of assistance pledged by the Prime Minister to the Nigerian government following the recent kidnapping of schoolgirls in that country.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	206374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>We continue to provide support to the Nigerian authorities in the search for the Chibok schoolgirls. In addition to the support announced by the Prime Minister, on 12 June we announced a further package of assistance. This package includes training and advice to the Nigerian armed forces; support to the Nigerian government in bringing increased development and prosperity to the North East; a commitment to draw 1 million more children into education in Northern Nigeria by 2020 and £1 million for the UN’s Safe Schools Initiative. We are agreeing the implementation of these measures with the Nigerian authorities and look forward to reviewing progress at a Ministerial meeting in Abuja in September.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 21/07/2014 15:31:09 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

78470

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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
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 he is taking to prevent the use and development of nuclear weapons by North Korea; and what assessment he has made of the recent missile tests in the Gongwan Province.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	206223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>We remain extremely concerned by the continued development of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) nuclear and ballistic missile programme, and by its refusal to abide by UN Security Council resolutions. We continue to work closely with partners to press for implementation of the UN’s sanctions regime, to control the DPRK’s access to proliferation sensitive material and to prevent them from exporting arms and technology.</p><p>In the last few weeks the DPRK has undertaken a series of launches of short-range ballistic missiles, mainly of the SCUD class. No prior notice was given in advance of any of these launches. While it is likely that the DPRK is conducting these launches for training and development purposes, it is without doubt also using them to demonstrate its capability, and timing them to maximise political effect. We strongly condemn these, and we urge the DPRK to comply with all of its obligations under relevant UNSCRs and to refrain from any further provocations that cannot help but destabilise the peninsula and the wider region.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 22/07/2014 13:15:32 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

78471

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Pay
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 average salary gap is between women and men in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	206220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Salary in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is determined by a range of factors including grade, performance, and length of time in employment. The latest data on average salaries of FCO staff by gender and grade are set out below and can be found in the FCO Diversity and Equality report, which was published in April 2014 and based on data for 2013. Full details can be found on page 12 of the report.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Grade</td><td><p>Average Female Pay</p></td><td><p>Average Male Pay</p></td><td><p>% Male Pay Exceeds Female Pay</p></td></tr><tr><td>SMS 3&amp;4</td><td>£118,470</td><td>£131,360</td><td>10.88%</td></tr><tr><td>SMS 2</td><td>£88,471</td><td>£89,669</td><td>1.35%</td></tr><tr><td>SMS 1</td><td>£67,030</td><td>£68,286</td><td>1.87%</td></tr><tr><td>D7</td><td>£57,147</td><td>£58,195</td><td>1.83%</td></tr><tr><td>D6</td><td>£47,204</td><td>£47,576</td><td>0.79%</td></tr><tr><td>C5</td><td>£35,581</td><td>£36,233</td><td>1.83%</td></tr><tr><td>C4</td><td>£28,753</td><td>£28,710</td><td>-0.15%</td></tr><tr><td>B3</td><td>£24,690</td><td>£24,612</td><td>-0.32%</td></tr><tr><td>A2</td><td>£20,700</td><td>£20,492</td><td>-1.00%</td></tr><tr><td>A1</td><td>£18,156</td><td>£18,156</td><td>0.00%</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The pay gap between men and women at Senior Management Structure 3&amp;4 is due to the relatively small number of women currently in those grades.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 22/07/2014 09:41:12 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

78472

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Japan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of recent changes in Japan's constitution and its defence doctrine.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	206184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The UK welcomes a more active role for Japan on international peace and security. These reforms, based on a reinterpretation of Japan’s constitution, will allow it to make a greater contribution to international peace and security, including through exercising its right under the UN Charter to collective self-defence. We have worked well with Japan in difficult security environments overseas and we welcome the prospect of greater practical cooperation in these areas.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 22/07/2014 13:12:02 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

78475

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Middle East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the statement of 10 July 2014 by the Secretary General of the UN on the escalating tensions between Israel and Palestine.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Perry Barr
tabling member printed	Mr Khalid Mahmood
uin	206284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>We support the statement of 10 July 2014 from the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. There has now been further escalation with Israel's ground operation started on 17 July. The UK will continue working towards our three policy objectives for the Gaza crisis - to secure a ceasefire, to alleviate humanitarian suffering, and to keep alive the prospects for peace negotiations, which are the only hope of breaking this cycle of violence and devastation once and for all.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 22/07/2014 09:32:34 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1392 label Biography information for Mr Khalid Mahmood

78477

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Middle East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether Israeli military action during Operation Protective Edge has complied with its international legal obligations.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Katy Clark
uin	206229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>We have not yet made a full assessment. We continue to monitor events in Gaza and Israel carefully and call on all sides to ensure that their actions are in line with International Humanitarian Law. International Humanitarian Law requires all sides to distinguish between military and civilian targets and enable unhindered humanitarian access. It is vital that all actions are proportionate, in line with International Humanitarian Law and are calibrated to avoid any further civilian casualties.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 22/07/2014 09:34:08 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

78479

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Cayman Islands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the degree to which the Cayman Turtle Farm is a humane captive breeding facility.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	206226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The elected government of the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory, has devolved constitutional responsibility for animal welfare and conservation including for legislation and policies governing the Cayman Turtle Farm. The UK is responsible for the international relations of the Cayman Islands and for their compliance with obligations arising under international law. The UK has extended the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to the Cayman Islands. The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is providing technical support and advice to support the Cayman Islands in fully meeting its international environmental and conservation obligations. The UK CITES Management Authority has not made a recent assessment of whether the Cayman Turtle Farm is a humane facility, but did commission an independent investigation in 2002 in support of an application for registration as a captive-breeding operation under CITES, which found it was a humane facility.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 21/07/2014 15:37:27 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

78480

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Emergency Travel Documents
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 emergency travel documents were issued in (a) June 2013 and (b) June 2014.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Mark Lazarowicz
uin	206105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office issued 2895 emergency travel documents in June 2013 and 5235 in June 2014 (as at 16 July).</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 22/07/2014 08:14:23 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
tabling member	1411 label Biography information for Mark Lazarowicz