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57755

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date	04/06/2014
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	Libya
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 (a) military and (b) humanitarian aid the UK provided to the Libyan government in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	199015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>Due to our accounting structures we are only able to provide exact spending figures for financial years rather than calendar years. In this time, the UK has provided military aid to Libya in the form of the defence portion of the tri-Departmental (MOD, FCO, DfID) Conflict Pool, and core defence funding for Defence Engagement activity. This has been:<br><br>• 2010/11 - £3000<br>• 2011/12 - £200,000<br>• 2012/13 - £2,173,000<br>• 2013/14 - £3,521,000<br><br>This has formed part of a total of over £25m stabilisation assistance to the Libyan government through the Arab Partnership and Conflict Pool programme during the period 2011-2013. <br><br>During the period 2011-13 the UK provided humanitarian aid to Libya for protection of civilians, assistance for survival and effective international humanitarian coordination, especially through the UN, broken down as follows:<br><br>• 2011/12 - £7,843,227.40<br>• 2012/13 - £304,100.37<br>• 2013/14 - £0 <br><br>The UK no longer provides this type of humanitarian aid to Libya but instead is providing technical support for security, justice and rule of law capacity building, through the Arab partnership and Conflict Pool.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 11/06/2014 11:50:02 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

57756

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Western Sahara
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 effectiveness of MINURSO in implementing its role in Western Sahara.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	199050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>MINURSO is effective in implementing its role in Western Sahara. MINURSO is mandated to monitor the ceasefire between Morocco and the POLISARIO: the situation in Western Sahara is generally calm and the ceasefire continues to hold.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 09/06/2014 11:25:56 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

57757

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Western Sahara
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 reports he has received of changes in the number of Moroccan troops along the Berm in Western Sahara from the levels specified in the 1991 agreement.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	199052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>In its 2014 report to the UN Security Council, the UN peacekeeping operation in Western Sahara (MINURSO) recorded that the estimated number of troops along the Berm has not recently changed. It also states that this number is believed to exceed the provisions of the 1991 agreement.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 09/06/2014 11:27:19 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

50288

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
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
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 set out the steps he plans to take to remove UK nuclear weapons from deployment and their subsequent destruction.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	198199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government committed in 2010 to reduce the UK's nuclear weapons stockpile by the mid 2020s, down to no more than 120 operationally available warheads and no more than 180 warheads. Nevertheless, the United Kingdom will retain a credible, continuous and effective minimum nuclear deterrent for as long as the global security situation makes that necessary. The 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review sets out the Government's approach in more detail.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

49380

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what active steps his (a) Department has taken and plans to take to facilitate the convening of a conference on the establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	197556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>The UK is fully committed to convening a Conference on the establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and all other weapons of mass destruction as soon as possible, in line with the 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference Action Plan. The Foreign Secretary, Ministers and officials have discussed the Conference with their counterparts from the region, and will continue to do so. Officials have attended, and supported, recent informal consultations between the Facilitator and states of the region at Glion in Switzerland, and will engage in future informal consultations to build agreement. The UK continues to provide financial support for the work of the Facilitator, Finnish Under Secretary of State Jaakko Laajava.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

48536

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representation the UK will have at the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in New York in May.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	196792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>The UK Head of Delegation is Dr Matthew Rowland, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament. Dr Rowland is supported by officials from the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office, Ministry of Defence and Department for Energy and Climate Change.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn