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418965

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Central African Republic: Health and Nutrition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of UK aid funding for health and nutrition programmes in the Central African Republic.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	10300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK is currently the second largest bilateral humanitarian donor to the Central African Republic. Since 2013, DFID has contributed £34 million to programmes supporting healthcare and nutrition for Central Africans and Central African refugees. In 2015, we hope to reach more than 300,000 people with health and nutritional assistance in CAR.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 22/09/2015 11:05:14 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

418925

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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	Central African Republic: Elections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department is giving to the Central African Republic to help ensure safe, fair and transparent elections in that country next month.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	10326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>Following the President of the National Transition Council’s call for a new electoral timetable in his closing speech to the National Assembly on 31 August, elections will not go ahead in the Central African Republic (CAR) in October 2015. CAR’s Electoral Authority will now produce a new electoral timetable. Free, fair and inclusive elections are crucial for the Central African Republic’s future stability and progress towards reconciliation. The UK welcomes the Central African Republic’s Constitutional Court ruling that all citizens of the Central African Republic, including internally displaced people and refugees in neighbouring countries, have the right to vote in upcoming elections and is pleased that electoral registration has now begun in neighbouring countries. The UK is supportive of an EU Electoral Observation Mission to the Central African Republic, subject to further discussions in Brussels later this year.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 21/09/2015 13:31:19 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

419050

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services: Living Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the national living wage on social care providers.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	10452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2015 answer text <p>The impact of the new National Living Wage on local authority finances will be considered during the Spending Review as part of an overall assessment of spending pressures on local authorities.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/10/2015 16:08:12 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

420066

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will initiate all-party discussions on how to ensure that the NHS is financially sustainable in the long-term.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	10717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Rising demands and continued fiscal constraint means that the National Health Service faces challenges in ensuring that it remains financially sustainable in the future. The Government believes that the answer to these challenges lies in changing the way services are delivered and keeping people well and independent for longer, not in altering the fundamental principles that underpin the NHS.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>The Government has committed to increasing spending on the NHS in real terms every year in this Parliament, with spending to be at least £8 billion higher by 2020 over and above inflation. This will fund and support the NHS’s own action plan for the next five years – the NHS Five Year Forward View. Robust discussions on financing the NHS take place regularly in Parliament which will continue to inform the Government.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/10/2015 16:13:54 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

419985

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the effect of recently announced changes in incentives for renewable energy generation on the UK's carbon emissions.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	10780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The potential carbon emissions impacts of individual policy changes on renewable incentives have been set out in the accompanying Impact Assessments.</p><p>Even with the proposed changes, we are still on track to deliver at least 30% of the UK’s electricity from renewable sources by 2020 so our overall carbon savings will remain in line with our original projections.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/10/2015 13:48:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

420194

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current average time taken is to process asylum applications from the point of initial screening interview to substantive asylum interview.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	10811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>The current average time to process an asylum claim is 80 days, from the date of the screening interview to the date the substantive asylum interview has been concluded. This is down from a peak of 142 days in 2008.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/11/2015 15:55:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

420096

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of public sector pay restraint on (a) staff recruitment, (b) staff retention and (c) expenditure on agency staff in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	10812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Over the last five years, neither the NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB) nor the Doctors and Dentist Pay Review Body (DDRB) which make pay recommendations to government for employed non-medical and medical National Health Service staff, have identified any significant recruitment and retention issues because of pay restraint or expenditure on agency staff. In fact there are 8,500 more full time equivalent doctors and 6,800 more nurses since 2010.</p><br /><p>In addition to consolidated and non-consolidated pay increases, over the last five years, just under half of all employed NHS staff also received incremental pay at an average of over 3% each year.</p><br /><p>The Government has said that it will fund public sector workforces for a pay award of 1% for four years from 2016/17. The NHSPRB and DDRB will make recommendations to Government for 2016/17 and in making their recommendations will take into account the funding available to the NHS and expenditure on the workforce, including temporary staffing through agencies. They will also consider how their recommendations might affect the retention, recruitment and motivation of all their remit group.</p><br /><p>It is recognised that the policy of pay restraint is challenging and difficult for NHS staff, however at a time of necessary decisions, the Government’s pay policy will help to ensure the NHS workforce is affordable and protect jobs.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/10/2015 16:51:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

419910

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many units of housing in the UK for military personnel are presently unoccupied in each local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	10817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>The number of Service Family Accommodation properties unoccupied in each area is shown below.</p><br /><p>Properties can be unoccupied for a number of reasons. These include:</p><br /><p>A margin of unoccupied properties is retained, in the short term, to ensure they are available when Service personnel apply for accommodation.</p><br /><p>A number of properties, which could otherwise be disposed of, are being retained pending the outcome of discussions on the future Defence requirement.</p><br /><p>Properties may show as being unoccupied during a gap between allocation to, and occupation by, a Service family.</p><br /><p>Where properties are leased from Annington Homes Ltd, not owned by the Ministry of Defence (MOD), and when the MOD no longer requires those properties the lease is terminated and the properties are handed back to Annington Homes Ltd. Some properties will be awaiting completion of that process.</p><br /><p>A number of unoccupied properties are affected by dilapidations and await repair or disposal.</p><br /> <br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Unoccupied Service Family Accommodation</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ABERDEEN CITY</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ABERDEENSHIRE</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ANGLESEY, ISLE OF</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ANGUS</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ANTRIM AND NEWTOWNABBEY</p></td><td><p>137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ARDS AND NORTH DOWN</p></td><td><p>178</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ARGYLL AND BUTE</p></td><td><p>235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASHFIELD</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASHFORD</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AYLESBURY VALE</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BABERGH</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BARNET</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BIRMINGHAM</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BLAENAU GWENT</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRACKNELL FOREST</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRAINTREE</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRECKLAND</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRIGHTON AND HOVE</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRISTOL, CITY OF</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BROADLAND</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BROMLEY</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BROXTOWE</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CAMBRIDGE</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CAMDEN</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CANTERBURY</p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CARDIFF</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CARLISLE</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE</p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CHARNWOOD</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CHERWELL</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CHICHESTER</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CITY OF EDINBURGH</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COLCHESTER</p></td><td><p>124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CORNWALL</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COTSWOLD</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COUNTY OF HEREFORDSHIRE</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CROYDON</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DARLINGTON</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DOVER</p></td><td><p>117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DUNDEE CITY</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EAST DEVON</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EAST DORSET</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EAST HAMPSHIRE</p></td><td><p>303</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EAST LINDSEY</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EAST RENFREWSHIRE</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EILEAN SIAR</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EXETER</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FAREHAM</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FIFE</p></td><td><p>258</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FOREST OF DEAN</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FYLDE</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GEDLING</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLASGOW CITY</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLOUCESTER</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOSPORT</p></td><td><p>122</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GREENWICH</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GUILDFORD</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GWYNEDD</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HAMBLETON</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HARROGATE</p></td><td><p>196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HARROW</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HART</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HAVANT</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HERTSMERE</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HIGHLAND</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HILLINGDON</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HOUNSLOW</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HUNTINGDONSHIRE</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KING'S LYNN AND WEST NORFOLK</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KINGSTON UPON THAMES</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LICHFIELD</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LINCOLN</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LISBURN AND CASTLEREAGH</p></td><td><p>184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MAIDSTONE</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MEDWAY</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MELTON</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MERTON</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MID AND EAST ANTRIM</p></td><td><p>325</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MID SUFFOLK</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MIDLOTHIAN</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MOLE VALLEY</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MORAY</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NEW FOREST</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NEWRY, MOURNE AND DOWN</p></td><td><p>199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTH AYRSHIRE</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTH DEVON</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTH DORSET</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTH KESTEVEN</p></td><td><p>179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTH LANARKSHIRE</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTH SOMERSET</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTHUMBERLAND</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NUNEATON AND BEDWORTH</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OADBY AND WIGSTON</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ORKNEY ISLANDS</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PEMBROKESHIRE</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PERTH AND KINROSS</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PETERBOROUGH</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PLYMOUTH</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POOLE</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PORTSMOUTH</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>POWYS</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PRESTON</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PURBECK</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RENFREWSHIRE</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RICHMOND UPON THAMES</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RICHMONDSHIRE</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RUGBY</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RUNNYMEDE</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RUSHMOOR</p></td><td><p>135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RUTLAND</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCARBOROUGH</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEVENOAKS</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SHEFFIELD</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SHEPWAY</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SHROPSHIRE</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOMERSET</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOUTH AYRSHIRE</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE</p></td><td><p>136</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOUTH HAMS</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOUTH KESTEVEN</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOUTH SOMERSET</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SPELTHORNE</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ST. EDMUNDSBURY</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STAFFORD</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STIRLING</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STRATFORD-ON-AVON</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SUFFOLK COASTAL</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SURREY HEATH</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SWINDON</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TAUNTON DEANE</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TEIGNBRIDGE</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TELFORD AND WREKIN</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TEST VALLEY</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TEWKESBURY</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THANET</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THREE RIVERS</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UTTLESFORD</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VALE OF WHITE HORSE</p></td><td><p>184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WANDSWORTH</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WEST BERKSHIRE</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WEST DEVON</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WEST LINDSEY</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WEST OXFORDSHIRE</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WESTMINSTER</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WILTSHIRE</p></td><td><p>1117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WINCHESTER</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WOKING</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WOKINGHAM</p></td><td><p>141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WREXHAM</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WYCOMBE</p></td><td><p>145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>YORK</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 19/10/2015 15:44:55 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

420010

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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	Central African Republic: Elections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what technical support his Department plans to provide to the forthcoming elections in the Central African Republic.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	10934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Central African Republic’s Electoral Authority needs to adopt, without further delay, a revised calendar for the holding of elections. Free, fair and inclusive elections are crucial for the Central African Republic’s future stability and progress towards reconciliation. The UK welcomes the Central African Republic’s Constitutional Court ruling that all citizens of the Central African Republic, including internally displaced people and refugees in neighbouring countries, have the right to vote in upcoming elections. The UK recognises the significant progress achieved in the voters registration process in the Central African Republic and emphasises the importance of the registration of refugees in neighbouring countries. The UK is supportive of an EU Electoral Observation Mission to the Central African Republic, subject to further discussions in Brussels later this year.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 19/10/2015 14:22:21 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

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	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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	Central African Republic
	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 he has made of progress of the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration process in the Central African Republic.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	10935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The signing of the agreement on disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation by the transitional government and armed groups at the Bangui Forum in May was an important step towards strengthening security in the Central African Republic. The recent violence in Bangui has demonstrated that it is critical for the agreement to be applied and for international forces to make progress with disarmament.</p><br /> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 19/10/2015 14:45:57 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith