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733102

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date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Climate Change Convention: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions (a) he and (b) officials of his Department have had with counterparts in the US on the effect of President Trump's decision to remove the US from the Paris Climate Change Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	1461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>My Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister spoke to the US President following his decision to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement, expressing her disappointment with the decision and stressing that the UK remained committed to the Paris Agreement, as she set out at the G7 Leaders’ Summit.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is in frequent contact with the US Administration, including on issues related to climate change.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with the US to encourage them to show the leadership they have in the past on reducing carbon emissions.</p><p> </p><p>The Paris Agreement is irreversible and its integrity is key for the security and prosperity of our planet, societies and economies.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 05/07/2017 14:07:57 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

733103

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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	USA: Climate Change Convention
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 (a) he and (b) officials of his Department have had with counterparts in the US on the effect of President Trump's decision to remove the US from the Paris Climate Change Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	1462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary discussed President Trump’s announcement on US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement with Secretary Tillerson on 6 June, and officials at the British Embassy in Washington have had further discussions with representatives of the US Administration. We have made clear our disappointment with the decision, and reiterated the UK’s continued commitment to the Paris Agreement as the right global framework for protecting the prosperity and security of future generations, while keeping energy affordable and secure for our citizens and businesses. We will continue to draw on our longstanding, strong and special relationship with the US to encourage them to show leadership on reducing carbon emissions.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 04/07/2017 15:10:59 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

733104

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many full-time equivalent staff of her Department, at what grades, have been seconded to the Department for International Trade.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	1463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>DFID has loaned five staff to the Department for International Trade. Grades are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Civil Service</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Executive Officer</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/07/2017 10:13:02 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

732687

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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: Departmental Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of their time new joint Department for International Development and Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Ministers will spend at the FCO.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	1133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Mr Burt and Mr Stewart will split their time between the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development. They will of course prioritise based on events and issues as they arise.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 04/07/2017 15:11:40 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

732696

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Somaliland: Election Observers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding the Government is providing for election monitoring in the 2017 elections in Somaliland.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	1239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The UK plans to fund independent international monitoring of the delayed Somaliland Presidential election, now scheduled for November 2017. Procurement is underway. The UK is providing an additional £1.4 million to support the broader Somaliland electoral cycle. The UK confirmed in an international statement on 26 January 2017 that no UK funding would be used to cover additional costs associated with electoral delays.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/06/2017 16:29:13 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

732707

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	South Wales Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many armed police officers were trained for deployment in the South Wales Police in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14, (d) 2014-15 and (e) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	1044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office annually publishes statistics on the number of authorised firearms officers (AFOs) in the ‘Police use of Firearms statistics, England and Wales’ series. An AFO is a police officer who has been selected, trained, accredited and authorised by their chief officer to carry and use a firearm.</p><p>The data tables for the latest publication can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-use-of-firearms-statistics-england-and-wales-april-2015-to-march-2016-data-tables" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-use-of-firearms-statistics-england-and-wales-april-2015-to-march-2016-data-tables</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 3 of the data tables gives the number of AFOs by force for the years ending 31 March 2009 to 31 March 2016.</p><p>The Home Office will publish ‘Police use of Firearms statistics, England and Wales, 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017’ in July.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 29/06/2017 15:14:14 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

732708

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Ministers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of time joint Department for International Development-Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers will spend at her Department.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	1046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>Mr Burt and Mr Stewart will split their time between the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development. They will of course prioritise based on events and issues as they arise</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/06/2017 16:57:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

732709

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many civil service staff, by grade, work in her Department's Special Advisers' Office.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	1047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>DFID’s Special Advisers’ Office is supported by 2 Civil Servants at Grade B2/Executive Officers. These staff members also perform broader roles within the Secretary of State’s office and DFID’s Top Management Group.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/06/2017 14:49:09 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

732710

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the proportion of official development assistance which will be spent by other Departments in each year until 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	1048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>Table 1 below provides the estimated proportion of Official Development Assistance (ODA) to be spent by other government departments and cross-government funds. Funding is dispersed across a wide range of departments and cross-government funds. Expected proportions are based on ODA budget allocations in order to meet the government’s commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI) on ODA in each calendar year.</p><p>Table 1: Expected proportion of ODA to be spent by other government departments, 2017/18-2019/20</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>.</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2018/19</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2019/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-DFID departmental spend (incl cross-gov funds)</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/06/2017 14:52:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

732366

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Departmental Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the ministerial responsibilities within her Department are of the new joint Department for International Development-Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>Mr Stewart and Mr Burt will build on the existing close cooperation between DFID and the FCO to strengthen the coordination of Britain's diplomatic and development work around the world. Individual responsibilities for all of our Ministers are available on our <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development" target="_blank">website</a> (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/people/rory-stewart" target="_blank">Rory Stewart OBE MP</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/people/alistair-burt" target="_blank">Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP</a>).</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/06/2017 15:36:07 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty