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225182

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date	04/03/2015
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	South Sudan
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 raise in UN fora the forcible recruitment of child soldiers in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	226425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text The UK has consistently raised the issue of the forcible recruitment of child soldiers in South Sudan in United Nationas (UN) fora, most recently, as part of the UN Security Council Working Group on Children in Armed Conflict. In addition, the report of the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict is due to be discussed at the Human Rights Council this month. This will present a further opportunity to highlight the need for the Government of South Sudan to recommit to its action plan to end and prevent the recruitment of child soldiers, as they underlined during the roundtable on Children and Armed Conflict that I hosted at the UN General Assembly in September 2014. answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 09/03/2015 15:50:32 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

225252

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
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	Rendition
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 establish a fully independent judicial inquiry into UK involvement in rendition and torture.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	226282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to my answer to the Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas) of 5 January 2015 (PQ 218898).</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/03/2015 17:06:44 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

224704

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
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	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 meet the Religious Liberty Commission to discuss global religious persecution.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	226107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave on 26 February 2015 to PQ 224376.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 06/03/2015 13:02:39 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

224706

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
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	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which British Embassies and High Commissions have included the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative within their business plans; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Broadland
tabling member printed	Mr Keith Simpson
uin	225996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>We have PSVI strategies and engagement in place for a range of conflict affected countries, key partners and multilateral posts including Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Iraq, Syria, the USA, the United Nations and the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 06/03/2015 12:34:57 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	126 label Biography information for Mr Keith Simpson

224707

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
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	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
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 he plans to take to incorporate lessons learned from the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative into teaching at the Diplomatic Academy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Broadland
tabling member printed	Mr Keith Simpson
uin	225997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>Lessons from the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI) campaign are being incorporated into a range of teaching materials on campaigning, communications strategies, and policy development for the Diplomatic Academy. Additionally, the Diplomatic Academy materials on conflict and multilateral engagement will include sections on preventing sexual and gender based violence as well as related issues such as combatting violence against women and girls.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 06/03/2015 12:36:44 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	126 label Biography information for Mr Keith Simpson

224708

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
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	Algeria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what independent assessment has been made of the number of refugees living in the Tindouf camps; and what the most recent estimate of that number is.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Robertson
uin	225990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>We have no access to independent figures on the number of refugees living in the Tindouf camps. The UK supports the language in the UN Secretary General’s latest report on the situation in Western Sahara (S/2014/258), which cites a figure of 90,000 refugees.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 06/03/2015 12:38:37 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson

224709

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
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	Algeria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on when the report to the European Anti Fraud Office on food aid for the Tindouf refugee camps was (a) undertaken, (b) completed and (c) published.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Robertson
uin	225992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text The European Anti Fraud Office (OLAF) report on food aid in Tindouf refugee camps was undertaken from 2003, drafted in 2007 and released in 2015 following an intervention by the EU Ombudsman. answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 06/03/2015 12:40:48 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson

224710

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
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	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
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 (a) full-time UK-based and (b) locally-engaged staff in his Department are working to support the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative in (i) London and (ii) overseas; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Broadland
tabling member printed	Mr Keith Simpson
uin	225994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>There are seven full time members of staff working in the London based Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI) team. The team is supported by colleagues from geographic and thematic desks whose portfolios cover PSVI issues. In addition the team works closely with other government departments including Stabilisation Unit and DFID. It is not possible to provide accurate figures of all UK and locally engaged staff around the FCO network who work on PSVI but over the last twelve months the London PSVI team has worked with staff in over eighty posts to take forward PSVI objectives.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 06/03/2015 12:33:14 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	126 label Biography information for Mr Keith Simpson

224713

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
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
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 population is of each of the UK Overseas Territories.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Meg Munn
uin	226032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The populations for each of the UK Overseas Territories are:</p><p>Anguilla: 16,318 (2010) <br>Bermuda: 61,777 (2014) <br>British Antarctic Territory: no permanent settled population<br>British Indian Ocean Territory: no permanent settled population.<br>Cayman Islands: 56,700 (2012) <br>Falkland Islands: 2,932 (2012) <br>Gibraltar: 29,441 (2010) <br>Montserrat: 4,922 (2011) <br>Pitcairn, Henderson Ducie and Oeno (Commonly known as the Pitcairn Islands): 36 (2014)<br>South Georgia &amp; the South Sandwich Islands: no permanent settled population.<br>Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia: 9,700 (2011) Cypriot nationals and 5,800 temporary based UK Defence personnel and families.<br>St Helena: 4000 (2009/2010) <br>Ascension Island: No indigenous population and no right of abode<br>Tristan da Cunha: 267 (2014) <br>Virgin Islands (Commonly known as the British Virgin Islands): 28,054 (2010)</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 09/03/2015 14:14:31 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge previous answer version 48076 answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn

224716

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
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	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, how many staff in his Department's Human Rights and Democracy section work in the area of freedom of religion or belief.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	226038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>Within the Human Rights and Democracy Department (HRDD), the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has one full time Desk Officer wholly dedicated to Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB), who works closely with the Team Leader in the Equalities and Non-Discrimination Team, who themselves spend approximately 50% of their time on FoRB. Additionally, the Head and the Deputy Head of HRDD spend approximately 5% and 20% respectively of their time on FoRB issues; one Human Rights Advisor spends 5% and one HRDD Communications Officer approximately 10%.</p><p>As FoRB is one of only six thematic human rights priorities for the FCO, a considerable number of other FCO officials in London and overseas are engaged directly on FoRB as part of their wider human rights work.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 06/03/2015 12:10:21 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron