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1046934

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Sikhs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many Sikhs are employed in his Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) religious group.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	211863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is not an employer in its own right. The Ministry of Justice are the employer of staff working in the Office. As at 31 December 2018, fewer than five staff had recorded themselves as Sikh as a religious group. To protect the identification of staff, an exact number cannot therefore be provided.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 30/01/2019 12:44:43 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

932322

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that temporary housing is available to people who urgently require such housing.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	158798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>Time spent in temporary accommodation means people are getting help and itbensures no family is without a roof over their head.</p><p><br>We have clearly set out in legislation in what circumstances it is necessary to provide temporary accommodation.</p><p><br>It is our expectation that local authorities adhere to this and provide people with temporary accommodation where appropriate having fully considered their circumstances on a case by case basis.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 03/07/2018 15:50:55 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1228992

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	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	Human Rights: Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking support proposals for a UN Convention on the Rights of Older People.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	82257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The UK is committed to protecting the human rights of all persons, including older persons. We recognise the serious human rights issues that older persons often face in many parts of the world. The UK engages in the annual sessions of the UN Open Ended Working Group on Ageing (OEGWA), supports resolutions on the rights of older persons at the UN Human Rights Council and at the UN General Assembly, and engages constructively in the debate in other fora. We are supportive, in principle, of a multilateral instrument dedicated to the rights of older persons and welcome OEGWA's work to help deepen our understanding of these important issues, before we consider what might be the most appropriate solution. We will continue to work closely with academia, civil society and national human rights institutions to draw on their expertise and ensure that our approach takes account of their views.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 24/09/2020 12:50:38 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1229312

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the G20 covid-19 action plan includes a strategy for economic recovery in countries affected by fragility, crisis, and displacement.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	82261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government is working closely with international partners to deliver a robust and coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including through the G7, G20 and other fora, and has been advocating for economic resilience and recovery to be at the heart of this approach. With India, the UK pressed for the G20 Action Plan that agreed a package of measures to mitigate the economic impact on the worst affected countries, including through debt relief. The UK is also leading on 'recovering better for sustainability' work which will report to a UN General Assembly meeting later this month.</p><p>Specifically, the UK has pledged £774 million to the international response to COVID-19, including for vaccine R&amp;D, support to UN agencies, NGOs and the Red Cross, as well as over £130 million to accelerate the University of Oxford and Imperial University's vaccines work. Beyond this, many existing programmes have been refocused to address the primary and secondary impacts of the pandemic. On 2 September, the UK launched a global call to action to address the risk of famine, underpinned by £119 million of new UK aid funding.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams grouped question UIN 82264 question first answered 08/09/2020 14:59:57 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1229784

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to support global efforts to tackle the covid-19 pandemic.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	82264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government is working closely with international partners to deliver a robust and coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including through the G7, G20 and other fora, and has been advocating for economic resilience and recovery to be at the heart of this approach. With India, the UK pressed for the G20 Action Plan that agreed a package of measures to mitigate the economic impact on the worst affected countries, including through debt relief. The UK is also leading on 'recovering better for sustainability' work which will report to a UN General Assembly meeting later this month.</p><p>Specifically, the UK has pledged £774 million to the international response to COVID-19, including for vaccine R&amp;D, support to UN agencies, NGOs and the Red Cross, as well as over £130 million to accelerate the University of Oxford and Imperial University's vaccines work. Beyond this, many existing programmes have been refocused to address the primary and secondary impacts of the pandemic. On 2 September, the UK launched a global call to action to address the risk of famine, underpinned by £119 million of new UK aid funding.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams grouped question UIN 82261 question first answered 08/09/2020 14:59:57 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1230599

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2020
	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	Developing Countries: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2020 to Question 76829, how much of the £774 million has been disbursed to multilateral institutions to date.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	84322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>The £774 million so far committed to combat Covid-19 and to reinforce the global effort to find a vaccine includes funding to multilaterals. Below is a table of the breakdown of this funding, with funding to multilaterals in bold. Of this total, all funding to multilaterals - UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP and the WHO - totalling £145 million, has been disbursed.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Institutions</p></td><td><p>Amount (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AU African Union Covid19 Response Fund</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEC</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Expertise &amp; misc. support</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Red Cross (IFRC /ICRC/Nat Soc)</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NGO support</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UNFPA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UNHCR</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UNICEF</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UNICEF (Education Cannot Wait)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNILEVER coalition</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>WFP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>WHO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>75</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FIND</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wellcome/Gates Foundation/ Mastercard Therapeutics Accelerator</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CEPI</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Joint Initiative for Epidemic Preparedness / Wellcome Trust</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMF Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GRAND TOTAL</p></td><td><p>774</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 22/09/2020 16:41:33 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1237906

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2020
	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: Redundancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference page 5 of the Sixth Special Report of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Merging success: Bringing together the FCO and DFID: Government Response to Committee’s Second Report, published on 24 September 2020, HC 809, page 5 printed on the 22 September, whether his Department plans to make voluntary redundancies due to the merger of his Department with the Department for International Development.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	95720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>As with all departments, workforce plans will be considered through the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 05/10/2020 16:57:59 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1245508

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2020
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many people were employed by his Department on 1 September 2020; and what assessment he has made of the number of employees needed to fulfil the functions of his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	107086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>On 1 September the Foreign Secretary was responsible for 13,500-13,999 staff working for the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office (UK based &amp; Local Staff). On the 2nd September, following the creation of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs was responsible for 16,500-16,999 members of staff.</p><p>The future size and shape of the FCDO is yet to be established. This will be determined in coming months through the ongoing organisational design work, and the outcome of the spending review and the integrated review<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 02/11/2020 11:08:17 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1247346

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2020
	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: Redundancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to make redundancies in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	109547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>As with all departments, workforce plans will be considered through the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 04/11/2020 15:48:33 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1247347

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2020
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to make any staffing changes before the publication of the integrated review.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	109548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>The future size and shape of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is yet to be established. This will be determined in coming months through the ongoing organisational design work, and the outcome of the spending review and the integrated review.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams grouped question UIN 109549 question first answered 06/11/2020 13:52:29 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill