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418697

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
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	Mediterranean Sea: Refugees
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 is taking to address the root causes of the migrant situation in the Mediterranean.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	10164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The government believes that the root causes of migration must be addressed, and not just the symptoms. A comprehensive solution is needed that will reduce the pull and push factors causing people to leave their countries of origin. We must also address the transit routes being used, as well as disrupting the criminal elements who are smuggling and trafficking humans. We are working closely with EU and international partners to find such a solution.</p><p>Because it is the gateway to western Mediterranean irregular migration, the government is also working with other countries to bring about a functioning government in Libya.</p><p>The government has provided substantial development and humanitarian assistance to help refugees from the civil war in Syria. The Unted Kingdom has now committed more than £1 billion of aid to help people displaced by the conflict there, both within Syria and in neighbouring countries, and to encourage stability. This makes the UK the EU’s largest donor, and second largest donor (after the USA) overall.</p><p>United Kingdom support has helped to provide more than 20 million food rations, 2.5 million medical consultations, and given 1.6 million people access to clean water . The UK is providing education to a quarter of a million children in the area.</p><p>Additionally, the Prime Minister announced on 7 September that the UK will resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees from the region over the course of this parliament.</p><p>An EU/Africa Summit in Valletta in November offers the opportunity to develop a robust and comprehensive set of proposals to deal with the upstream cause of irregular migration. We are fully engaged in the preparations.</p><p>The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), The Secretary of State for International Development, my right hon. Friend the member for Putney (Ms Greening) and I have all discussed preparations for Valetta with other European governments and the European Commission.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 22/09/2015 15:27:53 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

416733

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2015 to Question 7650, how many people HMS Enterprise has rescued from the Mediterranean sea in each week since 29 June 2015.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart McDonald
uin	8772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>Since deploying to the Mediterranean on 3 July 2015 in support of the EU Naval Forces Operation tackling migrant smuggling and trafficking (EUNAVFOR Med), HMS ENTERPRISE has rescued 453 migrants. All of the 453 migrants were rescued over the weekend of 22-23 August.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/09/2015 16:09:22 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

391993

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what Ministry of Defence costs in respect of naval operations concerning migrants in the Mediterranean are currently being funded by the Department for International Development.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL1756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department for International Development is not providing funding for current Ministry of Defence naval operations concerning migrants in the Mediterranean.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 30/07/2015 13:44:16 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

390732

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many migrants his Department has rescued from the Mediterranean sea each week since (a) HMS Bulwark and (b) HMS Enterprise commenced operations in that area.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart McDonald
uin	7650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>The total number of migrants rescued each week by HMS BULWARK since she commenced search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean in May 2015 are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Week commencing</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Migrants rescued</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>04-May 2015</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11-May 2015</p></td><td><p>617</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18-May 2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25-May 2015</p></td><td><p>739</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01-June 2015</p></td><td><p>1,449</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08-June 2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15-June 2015</p></td><td><p>915</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22-June 2015</p></td><td><p>927</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>29-June 2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>4,747</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The figure of 4,747 corrects the figure of 4,752 given in the answer I gave on 13 July 2015 to Question 6011 to the hon. Member for Kettering (Philip Hollobone). This was due to a counting error.</p><p>HMS ENTERPRISE has not rescued any migrants since deploying to the Mediterranean to support the Common Security Defence Policy operation EUNAVFOR Med.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/07/2015 15:45:35 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

388961

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking (a) to ensure that children who have migrated across the Mediterranean are adequately protected when they arrive in Europe and (b) in relocating highly vulnerable, unaccompanied children to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	6381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The protection of unaccompanied children is the responsibility of the country in which they are located, which will often be Italy where they have crossed the Mediterranean.</p><p>The EU Dublin Regulation includes family unity provisions which may enable an asylum seeker to come to the UK if they have close family members legally residing here. There are also provisions under our family reunification policy to enable this to take place. In other cases we do not believe that relocation of illegal migrants is the answer.</p><p>It simply moves the problem from one country to another, rather than dealing with it at source and in the case of children would add unnecessary further disruption to already vulnerable cases.</p><p>Instead, we should continue to focus on practical co-operation to assist those frontline Member States under pressure and to deal with the human traffickers who are exploiting these vulnerable migrants.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 21/07/2015 13:05:05 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

388597

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
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	Mediterranean Sea: Refugees
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 tackling the root causes of the refugee situation in the Mediterranean.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	6229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK is using its international development programme and diplomatic efforts to alleviate poverty and bring about greater political stability in countries of origin and transit. We are working with partners in Europe and Africa to disrupt smuggling networks.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 16/07/2015 13:48:59 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

389603

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
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	Mediterranean Sea: Refugees
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 is taking to address the root causes of the refugee situation in the Mediterranean.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Jo Churchill
uin	901008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK is leading the way through alleviating poverty and working to stabilise countries of origin and transit. We are disrupting smuggling networks. We are tackling the perception that getting on a boat will lead to automatic entry into the EU and we continue to work closely with EU and African partners.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 14/07/2015 14:29:24 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill

388163

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many refugees the Royal Navy has rescued in the Mediterranean (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of all those rescued.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	6011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>To date, the Royal Navy has rescued <del class="ministerial">4,752</del> <ins class="ministerial">4,747</ins> persons under its Search and Rescue mission in the Mediterranean. The Royal Navy does not record whether a rescued person is a refugee or an economic migrant; this is the responsibility of the receiving nation (in this instance, Italy). The Ministry of Defence does not hold overall statistics of all those rescued at sea by other nations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/07/2015 16:24:35 question first ministerially corrected 23/07/2015 11:40:32 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 13486 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

388379

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to address the root causes of attempted migration to Europe across the Mediterranean.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	900810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Last week I announced a package of initiatives that will provide emergency aid as well as jobs and education to help to address the root causes of the migrant crisis. This includes support worth £217 million to help some 2.5 million refugees and vulnerable people in Africa, and an additional £100 million to help those who have been displaced as a result of the Syria crisis.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 08/07/2015 13:20:59 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

388382

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to address the root causes of attempted migration to Europe across the Mediterranean.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	900812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Last week I announced a package of initiatives that will provide emergency aid as well as jobs and education to help to address the root causes of the migrant crisis. This includes support worth £217 million to help some 2.5 million refugees and vulnerable people in Africa, and an additional £100 million to help those who have been displaced as a result of the Syria crisis.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 08/07/2015 13:22:25 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith