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1000273

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	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	Wildlife: Smuggling
	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 nations have now signed up to the London Declaration from the International Wildlife Trade Conference 2018; and what assessment he has made of the implications of that number for the endangered species trade.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	187342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>57 countries have adopted the London 2018 Declaration committing to action to protect endangered species around the globe, with more expected to sign. This important pledge of international action reflects the success of the Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference in London in October, which was attended by more than 70 countries and more than 400 organisations. The conference focused the minds of international governments on the issue and energized global cooperation to fight the illegal wildlife trade. We will continue to work with our international partners to make progress on commitments pledged at the event.</p><p>We do not have direct information on the likely impact that action by the 57 countries who adopted the London <ins class="ministerial">2018 </ins>Declaration will have on endangered species, but the growing number of signatories <ins class="ministerial">signifies </ins>growing global ambition to <del class="ministerial">funding</del> <ins class="ministerial">tackling </ins>the illegal wildlife trade, which will increase the protection for <del class="ministerial">endagered</del> <ins class="ministerial">endangered </ins>species.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 12/11/2018 16:27:27 question first ministerially corrected 23/11/2018 15:08:04 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field previous answer version 84424 answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

757111

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Burma: Foreign Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met his counterpart in Myanmar; and what was discussed at that meeting.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	8413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>​My Rt Hon Friend the Foreign Secretary met his counterpart Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma during his visit in January 2017 and during Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to the UK in May 2017. <ins class="ministerial">The Foreign Secretary also spoke to Aung San Suu Kyi on 7 September 2017.</ins> On <del class="ministerial">both</del> <ins class="ministerial">all three</ins> occasions they discussed a range of issues, including the situation in Rakhine State and the Burmese Peace Process.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 07/09/2017 16:30:19 question first ministerially corrected 08/09/2017 13:30:40 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field previous answer version 8960 answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

997393

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	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 Council: Staff
	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 (a) are employed directly by, (b) are seconded to and (c) work under contract in the British Council.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	185152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>(a) Employed directly -10750</p><p>(b) Secondees - 0</p><p>(c) Work under contract*- 1115</p><p>Total 11865</p><p> </p><p><strong>* </strong>This figure is a total of external Non-Permanent Workers (NPW) that the British Council have recorded both in the UK and overseas, this however does not capture invigilators/examiners, those provided by other companies to fulfil contracts or other cases of short term duration external workers.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 01/11/2018 16:06:23 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

917541

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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	Peacekeeping Operations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of UK citizens serving as UN peacekeepers.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	150239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>740 British forces personnel are currently serving in seven UN missions in six countries: primarily in South Sudan, Cyprus and Somalia, with smaller deployments to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mali and Libya. Further data including a detailed breakdown of troop contributions to UN missions by country can be found on the UN website at <a href="https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/troop-and-police-contributors" target="_blank">https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/troop-and-police-contributors</a>.</p><p>Alongside troops and police, there are 12,830 civilians currently serving in UN peacekeeping operations. These civilians are employed directly by the UN. A number of these civilians will be British citizens. Information on the number of British citizens working for the United Nations is not collected by the British Government. Data relating to civilian personnel in UN peacekeeping missions can be found on the UN website at https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/data.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 12/06/2018 15:41:54 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

800599

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	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	Burma: Rohingya
	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 ensure that the security and protection of the Rohingya are prioritised in the Bangladesh-Myanmar deal on returning Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	117220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p><br>The Government has been clear throughout the current crisis that the Rohingya refugees who have fled into Bangladesh must be able to return to their homes in Burma safely, voluntarily and in dignity. The UK proposed and secured a UN Security Council Presidential Statement on 6 November which called for these conditions to be met and urged the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh to invite the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to participate fully in the implementation of anyreturns process.</p><p>I made clear in my 20 November meeting with the Chief of Staff to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi that the UK expects that the Burmese authorities to ensure the safety and security of all Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh on their return to Burma. I also discussed the agreement with Bangladesh Minister of State Shahriar Alam on 30 November, setting out that any returns should be voluntary, safe, and in dignity.</p><p>The agreement signed on 23 November between the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh includes a commitment from the Government of Burma to allow refugees who fled to Bangladesh since October 2016 to return to their original places of residence in Burma or a safe and secure place of their choice. The UK will work with international partners to ensure any returns take place in line with international norms and under international monitoring.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 12/12/2017 17:21:38 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

997219

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	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	Freedom of Expression
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Foreign Secretary announces free speech funding, published on 2 November 2017, how much of the £1 million free speech funding allocated to support freedom of expression projects globally has been spent to date.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	185109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p><strong><em>On 2 November 2017, the former Foreign Secretary announced that the UK would spend £1m &quot;over the next financial year&quot; on projects to support media freedom, in countries where it is under significant pressure. The FCO issued a call for bids for projects on Media Freedom through the Magna Carta Fund on </em></strong><a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank"><strong><em>www.Gov.uk</em></strong></a><strong><em> in May 2018. Selected Posts around the network have also put out separate, country-specific calls for bids. </em></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>The criteria was for projects which addressed restrictions on media freedom, for example through legislation or policy, and/or supported the training and protection of journalists. Projects needed to offer good value for money and demonstrate potential for impact, sustainability and replication. Posts also took into account specific local criteria. Decisions on funding were made by officials within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and by officers at Posts around the network. </em></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>30 applications were received in relation to the call for bids on </em></strong><a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank"><strong><em>www.Gov.uk</em></strong></a><strong><em>. A number of other bids have been received directly by our network of Posts. We have allocated over£1.5m for media freedom and freedom of expression projects this financial year under the Magna Carta Fund. We are funding 15 projects in 14 countries. Expenditure is ongoing as we have not reached the end of this financial year.</em></strong> <em><strong>Further programme funding is available for press freedom work through the Good Governance Fund which covers Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine, and through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF).</strong></em></p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field grouped question UIN 185110 185111 185112 185113 question first answered 01/11/2018 17:03:03 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

997220

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	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	Freedom of Expression
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Foreign Secretary announces free speech funding, published on 2 November 2017, how organisations apply for the funding announced in that press release.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	185110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p><strong><em>On 2 November 2017, the former Foreign Secretary announced that the UK would spend £1m &quot;over the next financial year&quot; on projects to support media freedom, in countries where it is under significant pressure. The FCO issued a call for bids for projects on Media Freedom through the Magna Carta Fund on </em></strong><a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank"><strong><em>www.Gov.uk</em></strong></a><strong><em> in May 2018. Selected Posts around the network have also put out separate, country-specific calls for bids. </em></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>The criteria was for projects which addressed restrictions on media freedom, for example through legislation or policy, and/or supported the training and protection of journalists. Projects needed to offer good value for money and demonstrate potential for impact, sustainability and replication. Posts also took into account specific local criteria. Decisions on funding were made by officials within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and by officers at Posts around the network. </em></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>30 applications were received in relation to the call for bids on </em></strong><a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank"><strong><em>www.Gov.uk</em></strong></a><strong><em>. A number of other bids have been received directly by our network of Posts. We have allocated over£1.5m for media freedom and freedom of expression projects this financial year under the Magna Carta Fund. We are funding 15 projects in 14 countries. Expenditure is ongoing as we have not reached the end of this financial year.</em></strong> <em><strong>Further programme funding is available for press freedom work through the Good Governance Fund which covers Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine, and through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF).</strong></em></p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field grouped question UIN 185109 185111 185112 185113 question first answered 01/11/2018 17:03:03 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

997221

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	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	Freedom of Expression
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Foreign Secretary announces free speech funding, published on 2 November 2017, what criteria applications for the funding announced in that press release are judged against.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	185111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p><strong><em>On 2 November 2017, the former Foreign Secretary announced that the UK would spend £1m &quot;over the next financial year&quot; on projects to support media freedom, in countries where it is under significant pressure. The FCO issued a call for bids for projects on Media Freedom through the Magna Carta Fund on </em></strong><a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank"><strong><em>www.Gov.uk</em></strong></a><strong><em> in May 2018. Selected Posts around the network have also put out separate, country-specific calls for bids. </em></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>The criteria was for projects which addressed restrictions on media freedom, for example through legislation or policy, and/or supported the training and protection of journalists. Projects needed to offer good value for money and demonstrate potential for impact, sustainability and replication. Posts also took into account specific local criteria. Decisions on funding were made by officials within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and by officers at Posts around the network. </em></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>30 applications were received in relation to the call for bids on </em></strong><a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank"><strong><em>www.Gov.uk</em></strong></a><strong><em>. A number of other bids have been received directly by our network of Posts. We have allocated over£1.5m for media freedom and freedom of expression projects this financial year under the Magna Carta Fund. We are funding 15 projects in 14 countries. Expenditure is ongoing as we have not reached the end of this financial year.</em></strong> <em><strong>Further programme funding is available for press freedom work through the Good Governance Fund which covers Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine, and through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF).</strong></em></p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field grouped question UIN 185109 185110 185112 185113 question first answered 01/11/2018 17:03:03 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

997223

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	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	Freedom of Expression
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Foreign Secretary announces free speech funding, published on 2 November 2017, what body makes decisions on applications for the funding announced in that press release.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	185112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p><strong><em>On 2 November 2017, the former Foreign Secretary announced that the UK would spend £1m &quot;over the next financial year&quot; on projects to support media freedom, in countries where it is under significant pressure. The FCO issued a call for bids for projects on Media Freedom through the Magna Carta Fund on </em></strong><a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank"><strong><em>www.Gov.uk</em></strong></a><strong><em> in May 2018. Selected Posts around the network have also put out separate, country-specific calls for bids. </em></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>The criteria was for projects which addressed restrictions on media freedom, for example through legislation or policy, and/or supported the training and protection of journalists. Projects needed to offer good value for money and demonstrate potential for impact, sustainability and replication. Posts also took into account specific local criteria. Decisions on funding were made by officials within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and by officers at Posts around the network. </em></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>30 applications were received in relation to the call for bids on </em></strong><a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank"><strong><em>www.Gov.uk</em></strong></a><strong><em>. A number of other bids have been received directly by our network of Posts. We have allocated over£1.5m for media freedom and freedom of expression projects this financial year under the Magna Carta Fund. We are funding 15 projects in 14 countries. Expenditure is ongoing as we have not reached the end of this financial year.</em></strong> <em><strong>Further programme funding is available for press freedom work through the Good Governance Fund which covers Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine, and through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF).</strong></em></p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field grouped question UIN 185109 185110 185111 185113 question first answered 01/11/2018 17:03:03 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

997224

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	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	Freedom of Expression
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Foreign Secretary announces free speech funding, published on 2 November 2017, how many applications for the funding announced in that press release have been (a) received and (b) decided on.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	185113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p><strong><em>On 2 November 2017, the former Foreign Secretary announced that the UK would spend £1m &quot;over the next financial year&quot; on projects to support media freedom, in countries where it is under significant pressure. The FCO issued a call for bids for projects on Media Freedom through the Magna Carta Fund on </em></strong><a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank"><strong><em>www.Gov.uk</em></strong></a><strong><em> in May 2018. Selected Posts around the network have also put out separate, country-specific calls for bids. </em></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>The criteria was for projects which addressed restrictions on media freedom, for example through legislation or policy, and/or supported the training and protection of journalists. Projects needed to offer good value for money and demonstrate potential for impact, sustainability and replication. Posts also took into account specific local criteria. Decisions on funding were made by officials within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and by officers at Posts around the network. </em></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>30 applications were received in relation to the call for bids on </em></strong><a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank"><strong><em>www.Gov.uk</em></strong></a><strong><em>. A number of other bids have been received directly by our network of Posts. We have allocated over£1.5m for media freedom and freedom of expression projects this financial year under the Magna Carta Fund. We are funding 15 projects in 14 countries. Expenditure is ongoing as we have not reached the end of this financial year.</em></strong> <em><strong>Further programme funding is available for press freedom work through the Good Governance Fund which covers Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine, and through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF).</strong></em></p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field grouped question UIN 185109 185110 185111 185112 question first answered 01/11/2018 17:03:03 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris