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622587

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
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 26 August 2016 to Question 45523, for what reasons the Government has not ratified the Convention for extension to the British Indian Ocean Territory.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	50835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The British Government's ratification of the UN International Convention of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has been extended to all of the permanently inhabited Overseas Territories. It has not been extended to the British Indian Ocean Territory as there is no permanent resident population.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/11/2016 16:15:54 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

622588

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
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 26 August 2016 to Question 45523, what plans he has to provide a response to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination's recommendation (CERD/C/GBR//CO18-20) on the British Indian Ocean Territory and the Chagossians.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	50837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK has not extended its ratification of the UN International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to the British Indian Ocean Territory, and therefore considers questions relating to the Territory to be outside the remit of the Committee.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/11/2016 16:14:31 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

622591

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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, pursuant to the Answer of 26 August 2016 to Question 45523, what steps he plans to take to update Parliament, Chagossians and others on progress on the issues discussed in that Answer.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	50834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government will announce developments to Parliament and the public before the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/11/2016 16:27:58 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

622594

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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: Iron and Steel
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 the level of procurement of British steel by his Department in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	50637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>We are unable to provide a break down of the data for the provenance of steel procured in uk and overseas without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/11/2016 16:41:07 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

622598

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many apprenticeships have been created in his Department in each region in each of the last five years; and how many participants in those apprenticeships subsequently secured a job within the Civil Service.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	50808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>In the UK, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) operates only in London and the South East. The FCO offered apprenticeships for the first time in 2015. Given the sensitivity of FCO work, we are only able to offer a limited number of apprenticeships. We offered fewer than ten apprenticeships in this first year, and are therefore unable to confirm the precise numbers or locations since this might enable individual identities to be revealed. Due to the small numbers, we are also unable to confirm the number remaining in a job in the Civil Service. We are currently in the process of recruiting twenty three apprentices, the majority of whom will be offered a position in Milton Keynes (South East) and the rest in London.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 04/11/2016 14:33:33 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

622599

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	Ukraine: Religious Freedom
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 have discussions with his counterparts in other EU member states on ensuring that the observance of the right to freedom of belief and religion is being upheld in Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	50775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>​The Ukrainian Government has made progress in addressing the poor legacy it inherited on human rights, as part of its broader reform programme, including ensuring that religious institutions are free to practise their religion within the framework of Ukrainian law. The UK regularly discusses all aspects of human rights in Ukraine with EU partners, including the ongoing deterioration of human rights, in Crimea, since its illegal annexation by the Russian Federation in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/11/2016 16:37:35 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

621964

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of senior civil service graded posts in his Department classified as (i) deputy director, (ii) assistant director, (iii) team leader and (iv) policy manager have been based outside London in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	50400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has had the following senior civil service graded posts based outside London in each year since 2014:-</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><strong>2014</strong></td><td><strong>2015</strong></td><td><strong>2016</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Deputy Director</strong></td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Proportion</strong></td><td>1.9%</td><td>1.2%</td><td>1.2%</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We do not have any senior civil service graded posts classified as (i) assistant director, (ii) team leader and (iii) policy manager.</p><p>We have not included senior civil service graded posts overseas.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/11/2016 15:24:34 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

622007

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 6 December 2010, Official Report, column 7WS, what consideration his Department has given to the articles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child when making new policy and legislation since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	50462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the response the Minister of State for Vulnerable Children and Families, my Hon. Friend the Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Edward Timpson), gave to PQ50471 and add the following.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office promotes respect for human rights, including the rights of children, throughout the world. British Embassies and High Commissions monitor and raise human rights issues, including children's rights, in their host countries. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office also works through the United Nations and other multilateral fora to encourage respect for children's rights as set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.</p><p>Protecting children from violence and abuse is a particular focus of our work with the United Kingdom's Overseas Territories (OTs). In February 2015 the Government established the Child Safeguarding Unit to work in partnership with the governments of the OTs to support their efforts to strengthen child safeguarding systems, where the protection of children's rights remains primarily the responsibility of territory governments. At the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council last year OT leaders committed to lead national responses and to ensure child-centred and coordinated approaches to safeguarding. The Council will meet this year in London from 1-2 November and will be hosted by the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my noble Friend, the Rt Hon. the Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE, who will co-chair a discussion on good governance and human rights (including children's rights) with the Solicitor General.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 03/11/2016 14:57:17 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

622056

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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	Kashmir: Human Rights
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 request that the Human Rights Council begin an investigation into human rights abuses in Kashmir.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	50331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>We are aware of reports of human rights abuses in Indian-administered Kashmir. Any allegation of human rights abuse in any country is a matter of concern and should be investigated thoroughly, promptly and transparently.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 31/10/2016 15:32:19 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

622057

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2016 to Question 49326, on Ilois: settlement, if he will provide an estimate of in-house costs associated with legal action.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	50497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text ​As details are not held centrally, this information is not readily available and could only be estimated at disproportionate cost. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 31/10/2016 16:01:45 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown