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1716969

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the decision to suspend funding to UNRWA on trends in the level of humanitarian support provided in Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	25531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>Allegations that UNRWA staff were involved in the events that took place on 7 October in Israel are appalling, which is why we took decisive action to pause future funding to the organisation.</p><p>The Prime Minister has been clear that the UK will set out its position on future funding to UNRWA following careful consideration of Catherine Colonna's final report, UNRWA's response and the ongoing UN Office for Internal Oversight Services investigation into these allegations.</p><p>The UK is playing a leadership role in alleviating the suffering in Gaza. We more than trebled our aid commitment last financial year, to over £100 million, and we are doing everything we can to get more aid in as quickly as possible by land, sea and air.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 20/05/2024 16:58:23 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1656838

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Chevening Scholarships Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Chevening scholarships have been awarded for the 2023-24 academic year; and how many were awarded in the most recent year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	196528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>Chevening operates in over 160 countries and territories. For the 2023-24 academic year, our budget of £57.7 million Official Development Assistance (ODA), £1.6 million non-ODA funding, and additional income of around £13.2 million from tuition fee-waivers and external partners allowed us to offer 1440 awards of which over 1383 were from ODA funding and 57 from non-ODA funding. Of these, 1380 have so far accepted awards. This compares to 1399 who took up awards for the academic year 2022-2023.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 08/09/2023 14:06:52 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1656839

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Chevening Scholarships Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Chevening scholarships have been awarded to each country for awarded for the 2023-24 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	196529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>Chevening operates in over 160 countries and territories. For the 2023-24 academic year, our budget of £57.7 million Official Development Assistance (ODA), £1.6 million non-ODA funding, and additional income of around £13.2 million from tuition fee-waivers and external partners allowed us to offer 1440 awards of which 1383 were from ODA funding and 57 from non-ODA funding. Attached is a table indicating numbers from each eligible country. For countries where we offered fewer than five places we withhold the exact number as this would contravene one of the data protection principles. In this case, Sections 40(2) and 40 (3A)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act apply.</p><table><tbody><tr><td>ODA</td><td>Country</td><td>Awards made (incl. full/part partner funded awards)</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>AFGHANISTAN</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>ALBANIA</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>ALGERIA</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>ANGOLA / SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>ARGENTINA</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>ARMENIA</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>AZERBAIJAN</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>BANGLADESH</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>BELARUS</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>BELIZE</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>BHUTAN</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>BOLIVIA</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>BOTSWANA</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>BRAZIL</td><td>46</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>BURUNDI</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>CAMBODIA</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>CAMEROON / CHAD / EQUATORIAL GUINEA / GABON</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>CHINA</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>COLOMBIA</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>CONGO, The Democratic Republic Of The/Central African Republic/Republic of Congo</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>COTE D'IVOIRE</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>CUBA</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>DJIBOUTI</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>DOMINICAN REPUBLIC/HAITI</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>EAST CARIBBEAN ODA (GRENADA, ST LUCIA, DOMINICA, ST VINCENT &amp; THE GRENADINES, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA)</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>EAST TIMOR</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>ECUADOR</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>EGYPT</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>EL SALVADOR</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>ERITREA</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>Eswatini</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>ETHIOPIA</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>GAMBIA</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>GEORGIA/South Caucasus</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>GHANA / BENIN / TOGO /BURKINA FASO</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>GUATEMALA / HONDURAS</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>GUINEA</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>GUYANA / SURINAME</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>INDIA</td><td>38</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>INDONESIA</td><td>43</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>IRAQ</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>JAMAICA</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>JORDAN</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>KAZAKHSTAN</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>KENYA</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>KOSOVO</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>KYRGYZ REPUBLIC</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>LAOS</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>LEBANON</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>LESOTHO</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>LIBERIA</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>LIBYA</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>MADAGASCAR/COMOROS</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>MALAWI</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>MALAYSIA</td><td>41</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>MALDIVES</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>MALI</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>MAURITANIA</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>MAURITIUS</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>MEXICO</td><td>34</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>MOLDOVA</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>MONGOLIA</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>MONTENEGRO</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>MOROCCO</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>MOZAMBIQUE</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>MYANMAR</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>NAMIBIA</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>NEPAL</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>NIGER</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>NIGERIA</td><td>39</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>NORTH MACEDONIA</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>OVERSEAS TERRITORIES</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>PACIFIC POOL</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>PAKISTAN (DOES NOT INCLUDE FELLOWS)</td><td>46</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>PANAMA</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>PARAGUAY</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>PERU</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>PHILIPPINES</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>RWANDA</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>SAMOA + COOK ISLANDS</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>SENEGAL / CAPE VERDE /GUINEA-BISSAU</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>SERBIA</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>SIERRA LEONE</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>SOMALIA</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>SOUTH AFRICA</td><td>47</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>SOUTH SUDAN</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>SRI LANKA</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>SUDAN</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>SYRIA</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>TAJIKISTAN</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>TANZANIA</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>THAILAND</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>TUNISIA</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>TURKEY</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>TURKMENISTAN</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>UGANDA</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>UKRAINE</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>UZBEKISTAN</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>VENEZUELA</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>VIETNAM</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>YEMEN</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>ZAMBIA</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>ODA</td><td>ZIMBABWE</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Non-ODA</td><td>AUSTRALIA</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>Non-ODA</td><td>BAHAMAS</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>Non-ODA</td><td>BARBADOS (+ ST KITTS AND NEVIS)</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>Non-ODA</td><td>BRUNEI</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>Non-ODA</td><td>CANADA</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>Non-ODA</td><td>CHILE</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>Non-ODA</td><td>HONG KONG</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>Non-ODA</td><td>ICELAND</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>Non-ODA</td><td>ISRAEL</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>Non-ODA</td><td>JAPAN</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>Non-ODA</td><td>NEW ZEALAND</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>Non-ODA</td><td>SEYCHELLES</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>Non-ODA</td><td>SINGAPORE</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Non-ODA</td><td>SOUTH KOREA</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>Non-ODA</td><td>TAIWAN</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Non-ODA</td><td>TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>Non-ODA</td><td>URUGUAY</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>1350</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 08/09/2023 14:23:32 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1587354

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Elizabeth Truss
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many photographers were employed by his Department to work with the Rt hon. Member for South West Norfolk when she was Secretary of State; and what the cost to the public purse was of employing those photographers.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	148687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>We are in a digital age, where social media and digital communications are an essential part of government. Such supporting staff are a cross-government resource, who document the work of government, assisting departments and ministers, performing an essential role in the government's digital communications activity with the public.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 01/03/2023 17:39:11 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1582865

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Russia: Sanctions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Russian nationals subject to UK sanctions are resident in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	137890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government cannot disclose information on residency status of those on the sanctions list. Details of all sanctioned individuals and entities are listed on the UK sanctions list, which can be found on gov.uk:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-uk-sanctions-list</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 09/02/2023 15:20:05 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1581794

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Pakistan: Ahmadiyya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Pakistani counterpart on the alleged persecution of Ahmadi Muslims in that country.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	135401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>Protecting freedom of religion or belief for minority communities is central to the UK Government's human rights engagement in Pakistan. Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for South Asia and Minister responsible for Human Rights, raised the treatment of Ahmadi Muslims with Pakistan's Minister for Human Rights, Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada, on 30 January. On 9 January, Minister of State for Development Andrew Mitchell raised this issue with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Lord Ahmad also raised the matter with Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on 14 December 2022, and with Ministry of Interior officials on 8 December 2022.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 07/02/2023 14:42:43 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1567620

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	West Bank: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Israeli counterpart on the destruction of Palestinian villages located within Masafer Yatta in the West Bank.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	125448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The UK is clear that in all but the most exceptional of circumstances, demolitions and evictions are contrary to International Humanitarian Law. Our opposition to the demolition of Palestinian property and the evictions of Palestinians from their homes is long-standing. The practice causes unnecessary suffering to Palestinians and is harmful to efforts to promote peace. The Minister for the Middle East, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon reinforced this message during a visit to a UK donor funded school facing demolition on 12 January.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 25/01/2023 17:24:58 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1567155

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Alaa Abdel Fattah
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Egyptian counterpart on the detention of British citizen Alaa Abd El-Fattah since 21 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	124042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government makes regular representations about Mr Alaa Abd El-Fattah's imprisonment, welfare and lack of consular access and will continue to do so until his case is resolved. The Foreign Secretary and his Ministerial team have raised Mr El-Fattah's case on a number of occasions. Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for the Middle East and North Africa, most recently raised Mr El-Fattah's case with the Egyptian Ambassador on 5 December. The British Embassy Cairo also raise his case regularly with the Egyptian authorities.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 25/01/2023 17:47:41 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1421912

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she travelled to Russia on 10 February 2022 on a commercial flight.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	122778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary did not travel on a commercial flight to Russia, she flew with the RAF.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 25/02/2022 14:59:39 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1388668

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Turing Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the financial impact on the British Council of losing the contract to run the Turing Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	94479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>Decisions relating to the future operation of the Turing scheme were carefully considered by the Department for Education as part of the tendering process. The financial assessment alongside wider commercial activities are a matter for the British Council which were taken into account as part of their bid.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 11/01/2022 15:58:58 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western