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605907

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date	19/10/2016
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: Departmental Responsibilities
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 confirm which Minister of his Department has responsibility for (a) Akrotiri and Dhekelia and (b) Gibraltar.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	49329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister responsible for Cyprus and Gibraltar is the Minister for Europe and the Americas (Sir Alan Duncan MP). The Secretary of State for Defence, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Sevenoaks (Michael Fallon) is responsible for the Sovereign Base Area of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 27/10/2016 16:02:02 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

605908

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
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	Ilois: Resettlement
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 total cost to the public purse to date is of defending legal action against HM Government in all courts on the expulsion and right of resettlement for the population of the Chagos Islands.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	49326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text The costs paid by the Government for defending these legal actions to date are approximately £2,660,000. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 24/10/2016 16:32:14 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

605910

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
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	Qatar: Football
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 meet his counterparts in the Qatari government to discuss the human rights situation and working conditions of foreign workers assisting that country in building stadia for the 2022 World Cup.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	49548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson), last spoke to Qatar's foreign minister on 7 September about preparations for the World Cup. He offered continued UK support in partnering with Qatar to deliver a successful event in 2022. We continue to raise the issue of workers' rights with the Government of Qatar; most recently on 15 September to offer UK expertise in addition to support we already give. I am meeting my Qatari counterpart in Doha later this year and will raise this issue again then.</p><p>We support the steps that the Qatari Government has taken to respond to concerns about the treatment of migrant workers and we welcome the Government of Qatar's commitment to the ongoing, systematic reform of Qatar's labour laws.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 26/10/2016 13:00:25 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

605976

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
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: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
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 budget is for projects in (a) Israel and (b) the Palestinian territories within the Conflict, Security and Stability Fund (i) in 2016-17 and (ii) as projected for 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	49492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>​(i) The total allocation for 2016-17 for both Israel and the OPTs is £7m. It is not separated into individual, distinct budgets as some of our projects and implementing partners deliver simultaneously in both (a) and (b).</p><p>(ii) We do not yet have a projected budget for 2017-18 so cannot provide this information.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/10/2016 16:19:36 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

605978

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
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: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which projects in Israel and the Palestinian territories were supported from the Conflict, Security and Stability Fund in 2016-17; and what the level of funding and support was for each such project.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	49493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The following projects are funded from the Conflict, Security and Stability Fund (CSSF) during the current financial year (2016/17). These are projected spend figures and so are subject to change.</p><p>- Small training team as part of the United States Security Coordinator to provide institutional development and professionalisation of the Palestinian Authority Security Forces. £2.23m.</p><p>- Technical assistance to the Palestinian Ministry of Interior (MOI) to improve its capability to provide oversight and management of the security services. £1.8m.</p><p>- Support to EU Coordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support. £0.067m.</p><p>- Empowerment of young Israeli leaders to strengthen support for peace in their communities. £0.3m.</p><p>- UK-Israel Informal Security Dialogue. £0.025m.</p><p>- Legal Aid and Settlement Monitoring in the West Bank. £1.5m.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/10/2016 16:25:48 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden