Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

512991

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
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: Overseas Companies
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 his Department has taken to ensure that UK businesses that operate in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories are aware of the Overseas Business Risk guidance related to Israel.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	34075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Overseas Business Risk (OBR) service covers 106 different countries. This is voluntary guidance to British businesses, available free of charge on GOV.UK. The guidance is regularly reviewed and updated if necessary. The OBR service is routinely promoted as part of officials’ outreach work with businesses and trade promotion agencies and partners. It is the decision of an individual or company whether to operate in settlements in the Occupied Territories, but the British Government would neither encourage nor support such activity.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/04/2016 16:28:10 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

512996

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
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 discussions his Department has had with G4S on that company's adherence to the terms of the (a) Fourth Geneva Convention and (b) UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights related to the detention of Palestinian prisoners in Israel.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	34141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK considers Palestinians arrested in the OPTs and detained in Israel as contrary to Article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. The UK Government encourages British companies to show respect for human rights in their operations in the UK and internationally and we have made this clear in meetings with G4S.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/04/2016 16:32:12 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

510398

registered interest
date	24/03/2016
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: Detainees
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 Israeli counterpart on the use of administrative detention in that country.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	904414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>We remain concerned about Israel’s extensive use of administrative detention which, according to international law, should be used only when security makes this absolutely necessary. Officials regularly raise concerns about the treatment of administrative detainees with their Israeli counterparts.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/04/2016 15:43:05 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

76777

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Secondment
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 staff of his Department have been seconded to (a) other Ministries of Foreign Affairs and (b) international organisations in each year since 2010; and to which (i) other Ministries of Foreign Affairs and (ii) international organisations such staff have been seconded.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	204741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) staff can be seconded to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) or international organisations on agreement between the Directorate, Post and the MFA or international organisations. These secondments are a valuable tool for the FCO to meet objectives, increase ties with partner governments or international organisations and develop staff skills and experience.</p><p>There is no centrally held record of each of these secondments since 2010 and to answer this question would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/07/2014 11:10:07 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

76778

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Conflict Pool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent from the Conflict Pool in each country in each year since its launch.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	204829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p><br>The tri-departmental Conflict Pool in its current form was created in 2010. The Conflict Pool is managed on a regional programme basis. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has funded projects in all of the Conflict Pool's five regional programmes: in Afghanistan; in Africa where activity has included work in Nigeria, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya; in the Middle East and North Africa including projects in Syria, Libya, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories; in South Asia where activity has mostly been in Pakistan; and activity through the Wider Europe programme in the Western Balkans, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Activity in all these programmes includes regional, cross-border and multilateral projects as well as country-specific activity. The FCO also funds activity through the Strengthening Alliances and Partnerships Programme (SAP) supporting international organisations, including the UN and international NGOs, to prevent conflict.</p><p>It is therefore not possible to break down spend fully on a country basis. The FCO's spend by programme from FY2009/10 to FY 2013/14 is detailed below:</p><p>Africa <br>2009/10 £11,513,293 <br>2010/11 £10,148,734 <br>2011/12 £23,928,463 <br>2012/13 £22,648,917 <br>2013/14 £24,575,287</p><p>Afghanistan <br>2009/10 £65,015,660 <br>2010/11 £72,260,986 <br>2011/12 £67,391,371 <br>2012/13 £48,274,454 <br>2013/14 £35,123,462</p><p>MENA <br>2009/10 £13,086,773 <br>2010/11 £8,219,371 <br>2011/12 £15,390,246 <br>2012/13 £17,286,896 <br>2013/14 £44,656,803</p><p>South Asia <br>2009/10 £5,162,725 <br>2010/11 £6,886,111 <br>2011/12 £10,048,078 <br>2012/13 £13,382,327 <br>2013/14 £15,238,714</p><p>SAP <br>2009/10 £1,795,450 <br>2010/11 £1,879,215 <br>2011/12 £1,314,659 <br>2012/13 £3,043,310 <br>2013/14 £3,004,862</p><p>Wider Europe <br>2009/10 £22,606,731 <br>2010/11 £9,201,708 <br>2011/12 £8,024,044 <br>2012/13 £11,034,924 <br>2013/14 £15,001,854</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 15/07/2014 16:40:49 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

76781

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Conflict Pool
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 eligibility criteria are for projects requiring Conflict Pool funding.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	204734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The Conflict Pool is a tri-departmental resource managed jointly by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Ministry of Defence and the Department for International Development. It funds conflict prevention activity in fragile and conflict affected states that are high priorities for the UK. Conflict Pool projects must support the priorities in the Building Stability Overseas Strategy. These are: early warning; rapid crisis response; and upstream conflict prevention, focusing on supporting free, transparent and inclusive political systems; effective and accountable security and justice (including defence engagement) and developing the capacity of local populations and regional and multilateral institutions to prevent and resolve the conflicts that affect them. Conflict Pool funding is a mix of ODA and non-ODA eligible funding and project work is undertaken by a wide range of implementers including HMG, NGOs and international bodies.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 15/07/2014 09:42:29 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

76782

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent on the GREAT campaign in each country in each year since the campaign's launch.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	204736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>From February 2012 to March 2013 the total budget for the GREAT Britain Campaign was £37m. This was split predominantly between the following 10 markets. <br>Brazil, India, China, Hong Kong, US, Australia, Canada, Japan, France and Germany<br> <br>For April 2013 to March 2014 the total budget was £30m across 12 markets:- China, Hong Kong, India, Brazil, France, Germany, Turkey, South Korea, US, Mexico, Russia, Indonesia.<br> <br>April 2014 to March 2015 the total budget will be £46.5m across 13 markets:- China, Hong Kong, India, Brazil, US, Gulf, France, Germany, Turkey, South Korea, Indonesia, Mexico, Emerging Europe (Poland/Czech Republic/Hungary/Romania/Slovakia)<br> <br>Because of the way the campaign's finances were organised, a breakdown of expenditure by country is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 16/07/2014 15:23:46 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

76783

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Secondment
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 secondees from which other Ministries of Foreign Affairs his Department has received in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	204742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Foreign Service Officers from other Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) are seconded to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on agreement between the Directorate, Post and MFA. These secondments are a valuable tool for the FCO to meet objectives and increase ties with partner governments.</p><p>There is no centrally held record of each of these secondments since 2010 and to answer this question would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/07/2014 11:12:41 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

76784

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Recruitment
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 cost was of his Department's Black and Minority Ethnic campaign.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	204743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) spent £21,968 on the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Campaign in the financial year 2013-14, excluding staff costs. We expect to spend a further £20,000 in financial Year 2014-2015.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion for all its employees. Further diversity and equality information is available from the FCO's Diversity and Equality Report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/07/2014 09:01:05 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

76788

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Official Cars
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 diplomatic cars have been sold by his Department in each year since 2010; how much each car was sold for; and how much was raised in total from such sales.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	204737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Responsibility for purchase and sale of diplomatic vehicles is devolved to Embassies and High Commissions. Diplomatic vehicles are sold when no longer cost-effective to run, or when fewer vehicles are needed. These vehicles are sold for a fair, local market price. Sales of all vehicles raised £777,000 in 2013/14 and £1.166million in 2012/13.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 21/07/2014 11:39:01 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore