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523851

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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	Neighbourhood Development Plans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 5 November 2015 (HL2969), whether the government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment, as verified by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation in December 2014, posed a terrorist threat to British nationals in the United States and the international community.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>The destructive cyber attack directed against Sony Pictures Entertainment in November 2015 was condemned at the time by the Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond). The ability of both state and non-state actors to conduct sophisticated cyber attacks is something the UK takes seriously and we have committed to investing £1.9 billion in cyber security over the next 5 years. The Government does not hold information on British nationals involved in the Sony incident.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 20/06/2016 12:40:19 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

523853

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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	Government Departments: Contracts for Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the allegations of violence by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s against its citizens, and its use of threats to the international community for the purpose of advancing its political cause.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2016 answer text <p>The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea's (DPRK) arbitrary use of violence against its citizens, as documented in the UN Commission of Inquiry report, underlines the brutality of the regime and its lack of respect for basic human rights. The Government has made clear its concerns about the appalling human rights situation in North Korea, directly with the regime and in international fora, including at the UN General Assembly and the Human Rights Council.</p><p>The DPRK’s flagrant violation of UN Security Council Resolutions and its continuing provocative behaviour is a clear threat to regional stability and international security. The UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2270 on 2 March 2016 in response to the DPRK’s nuclear test of 6 January and satellite launch, using ballistic technology, of 7 February. The EU has implemented additional measures.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 21/06/2016 13:35:10 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

523878

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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	Mental Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what have been the retention rates of Civil Service Fast Streamers in the Diplomatic Service since 2000.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>Our records before 2010 do not show whether an officer joined the Diplomatic Service as a Fast Streamer. However, we have confirmed that all but eight of the 165 Fast Streamers who have joined the Diplomatic Service since 2010, are either still working in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO); are on loan to another department; or are currently on special unpaid leave and are expected to return to the FCO in due course.</p><p>This would be equivalent to an attrition rate of around 5 per cent over five years.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 14/06/2016 15:00:09 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

523897

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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	Students: Loans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many British citizens are resident in each European Union member state; how many from each of those states are resident in the UK; and in each case how many are of pensionable age.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2016 answer text <p>There is no legal obligation on a British citizen living overseas to register with the British Embassy, but the UN estimated that in mid-2015 there were more than 1.2 million UK citizens living permanently elsewhere in the EU. These estimates do not include British citizens travelling or residing for part of the year in another Member State.</p><p> </p><p>* Population of UK citizens permanently resident in the European Union; UN estimate, mid-2015</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Total (thousands)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL UK IN EU</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,216.0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>27.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>40.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>18.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>185.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>103.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>17.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>254.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>65.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>12.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>49.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>34.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>17.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>308.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>25.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Office for National Statistics data show that, between January and December 2014, there were approximately 2.9 million European Union member state nationals resident in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>* Population resident in the United Kingdom, excluding some residents in communal establishments, by nationality; ONS statistics August 2015 (2014 data)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Total (thousands)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL EU IN UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,940</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>853</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Ireland</p></td><td><p>331</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are many different ways of defining and calculating migration data so different sources will not necessarily be comparable.</p><p> </p><p>No information is available on the numbers of UK and EU citizens in receipt of a UK State Pension broken down by nationality. This is because the UK State Pension is a contributory based pension, where nationality or citizenship do not form part of the eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p>There is no data available on the number of European Union member state nationals resident in the UK who are of pensionable age.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 30/06/2016 15:37:22 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

523950

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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	Philippines: Hostage Taking
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 he has had with his Canadian counterpart on steps to secure the release of foreign hostages held by Muslim extremists in the Philippines.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	39891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2016 answer text We maintain a close dialogue with our international partners on terrorism and kidnapping, both on a bilateral basis and through international fora. G7 leaders have recently reaffirmed their commitment not to pay ransoms to terrorists, to protect the lives of our nationals, including by reducing terrorist groups access to funding. We do not comment on individual cases. answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 17/06/2016 12:26:20 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

523951

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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	China: Prisoners
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 14 March 2016 to Question 29803, what representations his Department made to the government of China at the annual UK-China Human Rights Dialogue held in April on accusations of the harvesting of organs in that country.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	39875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK-China Human Rights Dialogue is an important forum for us to raise the full range of our human rights concerns, including organ harvesting, with the Chinese authorities. We were not able to hold the Dialogue in April as initially scheduled, but we aim to hold it soon. In the meantime, we continue to discuss human rights issues with the Chinese, most recently when the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), met the President of the Chinese Supreme People’s Court, Zhou Qiang, on 9 June.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 17/06/2016 12:21:53 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

523952

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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	UN Secretariat: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received representations to support the candidacy of Argentine Foreign Minister Susanna Malcorra for the position of UN Secretary General; what assessment he has made of the potential effect on UK sovereignty over the Falkland Islands of such an appointment; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
uin	39873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2016 answer text I have received notice that Argentina’s Foreign Minister, Susana Malcorra, is bidding for the role of UN Secretary-General. We want a strong Secretary-General, one with integrity, a proven track record, first class communication skills, suitable and relevant experience and unimpeachable character. They should be committed to transparency and accountability, have strong leadership skills, a bold vision for an activist UN at the heart of the rules-based system, and be committed to cost-effective management and reform. It is imperative that any Secretary-General serves the whole membership. We judge all candidates on their merits. The United Kingdom has no doubt about its sovereignty over the Falklands and surrounding maritime areas, nor about the Falkland Islanders’ right to decide their own future. answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 17/06/2016 12:15:39 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

523953

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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	Marine Protected Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress his Department has made on supporting the establishment of marine protected areas in the high seas.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	39961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK led negotiations within the Commission on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources which resulted in the establishment of the world’s first high-seas Marine Protected Area (within the Antarctic Treaty area) and supports the establishment of further Marine Protected Areas within the area covered by the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. The UK is also a leading member of the OSPAR Commission which has designated seven Marine Protected Areas in the high seas of the North-East Atlantic and works closely with other regional and international organisations to manage these.</p><p>The UK supports, and is fully engaged, in the work at the United Nations seeking an agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity and the need to establish a mechanism to deliver marine protected areas in areas beyond national jurisdiction.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 14/06/2016 14:59:08 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge previous answer version 3466 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

523954

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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 Overseas Territories: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which departmental budget is supporting the Government's blue belt policy to protect marine biodiversity in the UK Overseas Territories.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	39962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The delivery of the UK Overseas Territories Blue-Belt policy is a cross-Government initiative and as such will receive cross-departmental funding.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 14/06/2016 15:20:35 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

523957

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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 Overseas Territories: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department plans to publish a strategy for its blue belt policy to protect marine biodiversity in British Overseas Territories.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	40037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The overarching policy framework is currently being developed by Government in consultation with the UK Overseas Territories, with the objective of delivering a demonstrable increase in the protection of marine biodiversity. The UK Overseas Territories are constitutionally responsible for the conservation of their natural environments and as such will develop bespoke solutions, where necessary, to implement this policy.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 14/06/2016 15:21:19 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park