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101865

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	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	Afghanistan
	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 (a) total Allied and (b) UK financial contribution to the Afghan National Security Forces will be in the current year; and how much is pledged for each contribution in each of the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	212689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>On 4 September 2014 at the NATO Wales Summit NATO allies and ISAF partners renewed their financial commitments to support the sustainment of the ANSF, including to the end of 2017. At the Wales summit the UK confirmed in principle an annual financial contribution of £70 million to help train the ANSF until at least 2017. This is part of an overall commitment from the international community of around $5 billion per year for the next three years. The majority of this will be provided by the US who have requested up to $4.1 billion in their 2015 budget.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 06/11/2014 12:44:53 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

225466

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2015
	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	NATO
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on (a) how many sets of accounts for expenditure in 2013 by NATO and its agencies have been completed, (b) how many such sets have been audited by the International Board of Auditors of NATO, (c) how many audited accounts have been published together with their audit reports, and on what dates, and (d) what the timetable is for (i) publishing the remaining audited accounts and audit statement and (ii) auditing and publishing any as yet unaudited 2013 accounts.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
	uin	226472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK scrutinises all financial audit reports conducted by the International Board of Auditors of NATO (IBAN) on NATO and its entities. However, the Department does not hold all of the information referred to and has therefore requested it from NATO. <br><br>NATO recently decided to publish all unclassified NATO audit reports as well as a range of other financial information. We welcome this positive step towards improved financial transparency within the Alliance.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 226471 question first answered 10/03/2015 16:45:21 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

225469

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2015
	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	NATO
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on (a) how many sets of accounts for expenditure in 2013 by NATO and its agencies have not been finalised and (b) what the timetable is for completing those accounts and passing them to the International Board of Auditors of NATO; and what assessment he has made of when such accounts will be audited and published.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
	uin	226471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK scrutinises all financial audit reports conducted by the International Board of Auditors of NATO (IBAN) on NATO and its entities. However, the Department does not hold all of the information referred to and has therefore requested it from NATO. <br><br>NATO recently decided to publish all unclassified NATO audit reports as well as a range of other financial information. We welcome this positive step towards improved financial transparency within the Alliance.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 226472 question first answered 10/03/2015 16:45:21 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

226690

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	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	NATO
	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 10 March 2015 to Questions 226471 and 226472, if he will publish by way of further written Answer the further information he has requested from NATO before the dissolution of the present Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
	uin	227292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>NATO has recently adopted a more open policy to the publication of financial information. The UK has welcomed this move towards improved accountability and governance.</p><p> </p><p>Twenty four sets of accounts for common funded expenditure by NATO and its agencies for 2013 have been completed. The International Board of Auditors for NATO (IBAN) has finalised its audit for all but one. Three of the financial audit reports completed by IBAN were published in September 2014. A further three reports should be published in the coming weeks. NATO expects IBAN to audit the remaining accounts by the end of April 2015. The North Atlantic Council will make decisions on the public release of the remaining audit reports before the end of July 2015. NATO’s policy to release unclassified or declassified financial information was only agreed in January 2015 but it is not retrospective which is why none of the 2013 statements have been published so far.</p><p> </p><p>The 2014 financial statements are currently being finalised but have yet to be audited. Based on the current timetable we would expect them to be released between autumn 2015 and summer 2016.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 18/03/2015 16:01:30 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

79048

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	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	Russia
	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 list the occasions on which Russian state servants or military personnel are believed to have committed offences against national security in the UK, or to have infringed UK airspace, territorial waters, land or cyberspace without the legal right to do so, or otherwise to have challenged or threatened UK sovereign interests in the last five years; on what date each such event occurred; what the nature of each such event was; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	206777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>It is the long standing policy of successive Governments not to comment on intelligence matters including matters related to national security.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 01/09/2014 08:18:02 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

61326

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	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	British Indian Ocean Territory
	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 US counterpart on the extension of the lease for Diego Garcia Airbase.
	tabling member constituency	Wyre and Preston North
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Wallace
	uin	200200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>We welcome the US presence on Diego Garcia, and we have said we want to see it continue. The current agreement does not conclude until December 2016, and we have not yet held substantive discussions with the US about this subject. I expect my officials to begin doing so later this year.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 17/06/2014 08:55:58 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
	tabling member	1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace

77130

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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	Iran
	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 ensure the UK complies with the undertakings agreed to in the Geneva Agreements with Iran on the sale of civil aerospace parts to Iran.
	tabling member constituency	Wyre and Preston North
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Wallace
	uin	205131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>The UK, as part of the E3+3, has fully met its obligations under the Joint Plan of Action agreed with Iran in Geneva, including in the area of sanctions relief. The supply of civil aerospace parts to Iran was permitted under EU sanctions prior to the Joint Plan of Action and remains so (subject to the usual export control procedures).</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 16/07/2014 15:16:09 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace

164463

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	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	Thalidomide
	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 representations to the German government on securing funding for British victims of thalidomide.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Steve Baker
	uin	215770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The British Government has made representations to the German Government on behalf of the Thalidomide Trust aimed at securing a meeting between the Trust and the relevant German authorities.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 01/12/2014 13:45:32 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

173830

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	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	Sri Lanka
	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 assessment he has made of the political rights of and economic opportunities for Tamils in Sri Lanka.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Steve Baker
	uin	220697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The election of President Sirisena represents an opportunity for Sri Lanka to grow as a stable prosperous and inclusive country, reflecting the wishes of all of its people. The President’s 100 day programme and manifesto includes social, economic, educational and governance commitments that should benefit Tamil people. These include better access to education in the Tamil language; relief to displaced people; a democratic civil administration in the North and South of the island; bringing an end to racial and religious hatred; and, steps to promote reconciliation between communities.</p><p>We will be following the implementation of President Sirisena’s commitments closely, and stand ready to support Sri Lanka’s path to long term reconciliation.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 21/01/2015 14:35:14 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

179303

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2015
	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	Germany
	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 the government of Germany on financial contributions for British victims of thalidomide.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Steve Baker
	uin	224295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The British Ambassador to Berlin has recently raised the issue of compensation for British survivors of Thalidomide with the German Families Minister Manuela Schwesig. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is currently working with the Thalidomide Trust to secure a meeting between the Trust and the relevant German authorities in support of their campaign to seek compensation for British survivors of Thalidomide.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 23/02/2015 13:08:51 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker