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1015535

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2018
	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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Integrity Initiative
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has (a) funded, (b) provided contracts to and (c) procured the services of the Integrity Initiative in each financial year since 2015/16.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	196177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Institute for Statecraft is an independent, Scottish, charitable body whose work seeks to improve governance and enhance national security. They launched the Integrity Initiative in 2015 to defend democracy against disinformation.</p><p>In financial year 2017/18, the FCO funded the Institute for Statecraft's Integrity Initiative £296,500. This financial year, the FCO is funding a further £1,961,000. Both have been funded through grant agreements.</p><p>At the Eastern Partnership Summit in November 2017, the Prime Minister announced that the UK Government has committed £100m over five years to tackling this threat internationally.</p><p>Such funding furthers our commitment to producing important work to counter disinformation and other malign influence.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/12/2018 10:04:06 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

1019916

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Integrity Initiative
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2018 to Question 196177 on Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Integrity Initiative, if he will publish his Department's (a) documents and (b) correspondence on grant agreements for the Integrity Initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	198810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The FCO's Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme is designed to protect national security by countering disinformation directed at the UK and its Allies from Russia. Russia persistently uses disinformation to target its perceived enemies. An example was the Russian disinformation campaign that followed the attack in Salisbury, which was intended to distract from Russian culpability. Documents and correspondence about projects within the Programme will not be published, as this information could then be used to actively attempt to disrupt and undermine the Programme's effectiveness.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 10/12/2018 14:26:49 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

1019918

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Integrity Initiative
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2018 to Question 196177 on Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Integrity Initiative, whether the funding provided to the Institute of Statecraft was through the FCO-led Russian Language Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	198811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Russian Language Programme was launched in 2014 following Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea. In April 2016 we launched a new four year strategic communications and media development programme authorised by the National Security Council, called the Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme. The former Russian Language Programme was amalgamated into this. The funding provided to the Institute for Statecraft was funded from the Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 10/12/2018 16:24:20 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

1019921

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Integrity Initiative
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2018 to Question 196177 on Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Integrity Initiative, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people employed to work (a) on the Integrity Initiative and (b) for the Institute of Statecraft that hold (i) posts and (ii) honorary posts in the British military.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	198812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office do not have an estimate for the number of people employed by the Institute for Statecraft. None of those employed in the Integrity Initiative are serving members of the UKforces. Two are in the reserves, and one holds a purely honorary role.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 10/12/2018 17:14:20 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

1019924

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Russian Language
	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 (a) amount and (b) recipient name was for grants paid through the FCO-led Russian Language Programme in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	198813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The FCO's Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme is designed to protect national security by countering disinformation directed at the UK and its Allies from Russia. Russia persistently uses disinformation to target its perceived enemies. An example was the Russian disinformation campaign that followed the attack in Salisbury, which was intended to distract from Russian culpability. Information about individual projects within the Programme will not be published, as this information could then be used to actively attempt to disrupt and undermine the Programme's effectiveness.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 10/12/2018 16:25:23 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

1027315

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	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	Russia: Disinformation
	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 list (a) the recipients of funding allocated from the public purse under the Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme and (b) the amounts allocated to each recipient under the Programme in each financial year since 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	202753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The FCO's Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme is designed to protect national security by countering disinformation directed at the UK and its Allies from Russia. Russia persistently uses disinformation to target its perceived enemies. An example was the Russian disinformation campaign that followed the attack in Salisbury, which was intended to distract from Russian culpability. Documents and correspondence about projects within the Programme will not be published, as this information could then be used actively to attempt to disrupt and undermine the Programme's effectiveness.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 20/12/2018 17:19:40 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

1027330

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Russian Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding his Department allocated to each recipient under the Russian Language Programme since financial year 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	202768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Russian Language Programme was launched in 2014 following Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea. The Programme was funded from the Cross-Government Conflict, Stability, and Security Fund (CSSF). In April 2016 we launched a new four year strategic communications and media development programme, called the Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme, designed to protect national security by countering disinformation directed at the UK and its Allies from Russia. The former Russian Language Programme was amalgamated into this. Documents and correspondence about projects within the Programme will not be published, as this information could then be used actively to attempt to disrupt and undermine the Programme's effectiveness.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 20/12/2018 17:21:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

1027331

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	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	Russia: Disinformation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) content and (b) level of disinformation spread by (a) the Russian state,(b) agents of the Russian state, (c) Russian, non-state actors in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	202769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK is at the forefront of a growing international consensus on the need to take action against disinformation, regardless of source or intent. The Government continues to monitor the nature and level of the threat posed by Russian state-sponsored disinformation. As the Prime Minister said in her Mansion House speech in November 2017, Russia is seeking to weaponise information, deploying its state-run media organisations to plant fake stories and photo-shopped images in an attempt to sow discord in the West and undermine our institutions. Following the Salisbury attack in March 2018, the Russian state and Russian state media pushed out a deluge of disinformation with over 40 different narratives to confuse audiences and distract from Russian culpability.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 24/12/2018 13:55:50 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

1028601

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Bulldog Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made any payments to The Bulldog Trust in each financial year since 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	203869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not made any payments to The Bulldog Trust in any financial year since 2015-16.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 07/01/2019 16:03:18 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

1045597

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	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	Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Opinion 28/2016 adopted in August 2016 calling for the immediate release by Iran of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is legally binding.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	210520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>​The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention is not a judicial body, and its opinions are not legally binding. However, I would encourage the Iranian authorities to co-operate and engage fully with the UN regarding the conclusions and recommedations of this report.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 29/01/2019 17:58:03 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson