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1699957

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Venezuela: Elections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Venezuela on reports that the opposition leader of the Unitary Platform has been blocked as a candidate from July’s presidential elections in Venezuela.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	20868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK does not to accept the legitimacy of the administration put in place by Nicolás Maduro. In my [Minister Rutley] tweet on 28 January, I registered our concern regarding the situation of María Corina Machado. Her disqualification from holding public office is a backwards step. All opposition candidates should be allowed to stand unimpeded for election in 2024. We urge the implementation of electoral guarantees in line with the Barbados Agreement of October 2023.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 22/04/2024 10:49:34 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1699984

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Argentina: Diplomatic Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports of the expulsion of Argentinian diplomats from the Argentinian Embassy in Bogota.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	20873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Diplomatic relations between Colombia and Argentina are a matter for those two countries.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 22/04/2024 12:37:55 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1699985

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	St Helena: Restitution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had discussions with the St Helena Government on steps to return the remains of formerly enslaved people from St Helena to their ancestral homes.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	20874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Approximately 8000 former slaves died after being taken to St Helena by the Royal Navy's West African Squadron trying to halt the slave trade in the mid-nineteenth century; their ancestral homes are not known. 325 Skeletons were unearthed during the construction of St Helena Airport and the UK Government provided support for their reburial on 21 August 2022. St Helena Government plans to create a memorial and interpretation centre to honour those who died.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 22/04/2024 12:39:05 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1700000

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Syria: Bombings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the car bombing in Azaz on 30 March 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	20876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government remains concerned by the increased violence in north-west Syria in recent months, particularly since October 2023. The escalating violence is causing immense suffering to the civilian population. We call on all parties to de-escalate. We continue to press - including at the UN Security Council - for progress in the UN-facilitated political process. Only a political settlement in line with UN Security Council resolution 2254 can deliver a lasting peace for Syria.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 22/04/2024 15:24:27 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1700001

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Venezuela: Politics and Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will have discussions with his Venezuelan counterpart on reports that Venezuelan security services used gangs to attack exiled opponents living in exile in Colombia.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	20877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK does not accept the legitimacy of the administration put in place by Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. The UK strongly condemns activity which reaches across borders to interfere with individuals' safety and freedom. Our Embassy in Bogota is active in defending the democratic rights of the Venezuelan opposition in Colombia. During my visit to Colombia last month, I [Minister Rutley] met with Vice Foreign Minister Coy and urged Colombia to continue to use its influence to encourage Venezuela to hold fair and competitive elections.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 22/04/2024 10:46:00 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1700012

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Argentina: Foreign Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the speech by the President of Argentina of 2 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	20880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK is committed to upholding the Falkland Islanders' right of self-determination. As the Foreign Secretary made clear on his recent visit to the Falkland Islands, as long as the Islanders want to remain part of the UK family, there can be no discussions on sovereignty. The UK looks forward to developing a constructive relationship with Argentina where we can agree to disagree politely on the issue of the Falkland Islands, whilst restarting mutually beneficial co-operation on areas of shared interest.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/04/2024 07:02:58 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1700170

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Haiti: Humanitarian Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he is taking steps to provide humanitarian support in Haiti.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	21216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK remains concerned by the deteriorating security situation in Haiti which exacerbates pre-existing humanitarian and economic crises. We continue to support Haiti through our contributions to UN agencies, multi donor, pooled NGO funds, and institutions such as the World Bank Group, who are active in addressing Haiti's significant humanitarian challenges.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 22/04/2024 10:44:20 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1700181

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Nature Conservation: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2024 to Question 18175 on Nature Conservation: Finance, what estimate he has made of the total budget that is (a) unspent and (b) unallocated as of 12 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	21051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>Between financial years 2021/22 and 2022/23 the UK spent £763 million on climate change interventions that protect and restore nature and biodiversity leaving £2.2 billion to spend between 2023/24 and 2025/26. This figure will be updated when total spend for the financial year for 2023/24 is finalised later this year. There is currently over £3 billion allocated to nature programming between 2021/22 and 2025/26.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/04/2024 16:32:49 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1700302

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Diplomatic Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many requests for consular support were made to each British Embassy or Consulate in 2023; and how many of those were responded to by officials within a period of 24 hours.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	21077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Our consular staff endeavour to give appropriate and tailored assistance 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year, to British nationals overseas and their families in the UK who need support. In 2023, in addition to long running cases, we provided support to around 22,000 British nationals, see breakdown by Post in the table below. The FCDO reports publicly on consular delivery through the FCDO Outcome Delivery Plan [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foreign-commonwealth-development-office-outcome-delivery-plan]. Publishing our transparency data is currently on hold while we embed a new Case Management system.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>COUNTRY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Afghanistan</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Algeria</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angola</p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Argentina</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Armenia</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Australia</p></td><td><p>414</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Azerbaijan</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahrain</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barbados</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belarus</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolivia</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bosnia and Herzegovina</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Botswana</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>166</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambodia</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cameroon</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chile</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombia</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Congo (Democratic Republic)</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Costa Rica</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cuba</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>441</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czechia</p></td><td><p>141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominican Republic</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ecuador</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>383</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiji</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>1027</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Georgia</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>662</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>936</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guatemala</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guinea</p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guyana</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong SAR</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indonesia</p></td><td><p>196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ivory Coast</p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica</p></td><td><p>179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Japan</p></td><td><p>167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jerusalem</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jordan</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kazakhstan</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kyrgyzstan</p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Laos</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lebanon</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liberia</p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Madagascar</p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malaysia</p></td><td><p>138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritius</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mexico</p></td><td><p>207</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moldova</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mongolia</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montenegro</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morocco</p></td><td><p>222</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Myanmar (Burma)</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Namibia</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Zealand</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oman</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>376</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panama</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paraguay</p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peru</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Philippines</p></td><td><p>283</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>242</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Qatar</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russia</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rwanda</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td><td><p>166</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senegal</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serbia</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seychelles</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sierra Leone</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Singapore</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p>195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Korea</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>4143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sri Lanka</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Lucia</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taiwan</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tajikistan</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tanzania</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thailand</p></td><td><p>1383</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Gambia</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trinidad and Tobago</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tunisia</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkey</p></td><td><p>947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ukraine</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Arab Emirates</p></td><td><p>658</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States</p></td><td><p>1649</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uruguay</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uzbekistan</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Venezuela</p></td><td><p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p>188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zambia</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>NB We do not publish data where figures are 5 or below to comply with GDPR</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 19/04/2024 08:17:43 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1700310

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Termination of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many staff have left his Department since its creation.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	21085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>2,350 UK based staff have left the FCDO between the data of the merger and 31st December 2023. This includes staff who have moved to other Government Departments. As of 31st March 2024 we have 8,167 UK based staff.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 23/04/2024 11:10:38 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight