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458491

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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	Brazil: Olympic Games
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans the Government has to implement the recent UN General Assembly Resolution on an Olympic truce during the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Gary Streeter
uin	30348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom co-sponsored the General Assembly resolution “Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal”, which calls for Member States to observe the Olympic Truce – a cessation of hostilities around the Olympic Games – within the framework of the Charter of the United Nations, and to promote peace through sport. As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, the UK already works to uphold the UN Charter and its commitment to the maintenance of international peace and security.</p><p>For the 2012 Olympic Games in London the UK was the first ever nation to get all 193 UN Member States to sign the Olympic Truce. We are actively involved in building links between countries through sport. HM Government supported the successful London 2012 International Inspiration programme that reached 25m children in twenty countries through the power of sport and continues to support a range of other related initiatives around the world such as the British Council's Premier Skills and Try Rugby programmes. Looking ahead to next year's IAAF World Athletics Championships due to be hosted in London, the Government, through UK Sport, is supporting LEAP (Leadership and Excellence in Athletics Programme) which aims to develop youth athletics in a number of countries around the world.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 16/03/2016 17:17:07 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

458492

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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	Pitcairn Islands: Shipping
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 ensure that the new ship contract agreed for the Pitcairn Islands supply run will include best practice stipulations regarding biosecurity and waste disposal.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	30359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>The Pitcairn Island Government is currently in the process of tendering for a new freight and passenger service. We will stress to them the importance of the need for best practice for biosecurity and waste disposal.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 11/03/2016 13:20:59 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

458493

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of his Department's (a) Senior Civil Servants and (b) core policy civil servants are based in London.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	30311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>a) The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has 143 Senior Civil Servants based in London (representing 40% of the Department’s Senior Civil Servants);</p><p>b) The FCO has 2491 Civil Servants based in London (representing 54% of the Department’s Civil Servants).</p><p>These are headcount figures as at 31st December 2015.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 15/03/2016 14:46:52 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

458494

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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: Islamic State
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 7 March 2016 to Question 29560, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of active Daesh fighters in (a) Iraq, (b) Libya and (c) Syria in each of the last 24 months; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	30296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>As outlined in our response to PQ 29560 the latest available public figures on the number of Daesh fighters in Iraq and Syria come from the US. These put the number at approximately 19,000 – 25,000, compared to 20,000 – 31,000 fighters in 2014.</p><p>Our current estimate for the number of Daesh fighters in Libya is between 3,000 – 6,000. We do not have earlier estimates from which we could extrapolate a trend. The vast majority of Daesh fighters in Libya are foreigners rather than Libyans. While some Daesh figures have called for foreign fighters to go to Libya rather than Iraq/Syria, we have not seen any evidence to suggest this has happened.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/03/2016 14:05:15 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

458495

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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	Islamic State: Yazidis
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 estimate he has made of how many Yazidi civilians are held by Daesh forces in Iraq and Syria.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	30304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>We do not hold figures for the numbers of Yezidi civilians who are being held by Daesh forces. The situation is desperate for many communities within Syria and Iraq. We condemn in the strongest terms the targeting and persecution by Daesh of Yezidis, Christians, Muslims and all other communities.</p><p>Ultimately, the best way of preventing future atrocities is to defeat Daesh and its violent ideology. That’s why the UK is playing a leading role in the Global Coalition of 66 countries and international organisations committed to tackling Daesh.</p><p>We are also using our aid budget to alleviate the humanitarian suffering caused by Daesh and the wider conflict in Syria. The UK has now pledged a total of over £2.3 billion, our largest ever response to a single humanitarian crisis. The funding is providing support, such as food, medical care and relief items, to over a million people including those targeted by Daesh. This includes life-saving maternal and child health-care, child protection services, and specialized support for those who have escaped Daesh’s terror.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/03/2016 14:25:41 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

458496

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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	Israel: Palestinians
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 rocket fire into Israel from Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Sutton and Cheam
tabling member printed	Paul Scully
uin	30247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>Our Embassy in Tel Aviv and our Consulate General in Jerusalem give us regular updates on the current situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. These updates include reports on rockets being fired from the Gaza Strip into the sea; any rocket fire from Gaza into Israel; and any retaliatory Israeli air strikes on Gaza. However they do not keep a record of the numbers, but according to UN figures, in January 2016 a total of three rockets were fired into Israel by Gazan militant groups.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/03/2016 14:27:53 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully

458497

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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	Thailand: Christianity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he is making to (a) the UN and (b) his Thailand counterpart on the detention of Pakistani Christians fleeing religious persecution in Thailand despite being UN-registered asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	30233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>We are concerned about the treatment of refugees and asylum seekers in Thailand. We continue to work with the UNHCR in Thailand on a wide range of refugee issues. However, Thailand is not a signatory to the 1951 UN Convention on Refugees. Once any form of legal immigration status expires, refugees and asylum claimants may be deemed to be in Thailand illegally even if they have registered with the UNHCR. Nonetheless, we have pressed the Thai authorities to apply international humanitarian norms and standards when handling these vulnerable groups. We are also working with the Thai authorities to improve conditions of detention.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 16/03/2016 16:54:36 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

458498

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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	Diego Garcia: Military Bases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects discussions to begin with the US government on extending the lease for the military base on Diego Garcia.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	30252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>We have been clear that we want to see US presence continue. No decisions have yet been made about whether and when to have discussions with the US about their continued presence on Diego Garcia.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 11/03/2016 12:58:48 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

458499

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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: Christianity
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 representatives of the Nigerian government on the persecution of Christians in Nigeria.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	30187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>Religious freedom in Nigeria is protected by the Nigerian Constitution. Boko Haram seeks to undermine this constitutional provision by attacking all Nigerians who do not subscribe to its extremist views. It has committed atrocities against people of all faiths, including Christians and Muslims, with the majority of those killed having been Muslims. We regularly discuss with the Nigerian Government at the highest levels our concern about the threat Boko Haram poses to communities of different faiths and ethnicities. We will continue to work with the Nigerian Government, non-governmental organisations and civil society to improve the security situation and human rights for all in Nigeria.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 11/03/2016 13:06:58 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

458500

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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: Capital Punishment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his North Korean counterpart on the reported recent execution of Ri Yong-gil in that country.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>We are aware of reports of the execution of General Ri Yong-gil, the Chief of Staff of the Korean People’s Army, on Wednesday 10 February 2016. Due to the closed nature of the regime in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), we cannot verify the accuracy of these reports. The UK, working with the EU and Japan, has ensured that annual UN resolutions consistently call on the DPRK to end its use of the death penalty and adhere to international standards on judicial procedures. We also use our diplomatic relations to raise our concerns directly with North Korea officials in London and Pyongyang.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 16/03/2016 16:43:51 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West