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1338498

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 15 December 2020, HCWS652, on Unconscious bias training, what steps he has taken to phase out unconscious bias training in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	19553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>Defence is continually looking at ways to build a fairer, more inclusive, and more effective workplace.</p><p>Last year, the Government Equalities Office commissioned a report into unconscious bias and diversity training. It concluded that the training was not achieving its intended aims and would be phased out. In response to this, the Ministry of Defence has phased out unconscious bias training within the Department.</p><p>To ensure we continue to build fairer and more effective workplaces the <em>Diversity and Inclusion 2020</em> course has been replaced by the <em>Inclusion in the Civil Service </em>course. The Inclusion in the Civil Service course comprises of four modules (Equality, diversity, and inclusion in the Civil Service; Our inclusive workplace; Our customers; the legal framework) and has had the unconscious bias training elements removed.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 28/06/2021 13:33:02 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1587665

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2023
	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	Global Disinformation Index
	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 much funding his Department has provided to the Global Disinformation Index in each of the last three years; for what reason his Department provides funding to that organisation; and how many times his Department has held discussions with that organisation in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	149420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>The FCDO Counter Disinformation and Media Development Programme has funded the Global Disinformation Index since 2019, for activities outside the US, providing £1,999,026 between 2019 and 2022, with a further £600,797 during the current financial year. As a programme beneficiary there will have been frequent contact between the Programme Team and GDI as well as regular performance reports and reviews.</p><p>As graphically demonstrated around its illegal war in Ukraine, Russia has made disinformation central to its foreign and security policies and invested massively in systems to deny, obfuscate and distract from its actions. The Kremlin exploits any issue or system, including internet platforms and social media.</p><p>GDI uses technology to identify malign use of the internet and works with technology companies to respond appropriately.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 24/02/2023 14:37:38 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1599417

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2023
	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	Global Disinformation Index
	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 24 February 2023 to Question 149420 on Global Disinformation Index, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Global Disinformation Index funding is only spent on activities outside the US.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	153719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>Grant agreements between FCDO and the Global Disinformation Index (GDI) related to this project clearly specify the regions in which activities funded by FCDO will take place. I [Minister Docherty] can again confirm that FCDO did not fund GDI activity in the USA. GDI provide formal quarterly performance reports to FCDO and there are frequent informal contacts between GDI and our programme managers.</p><p>All FCDO programmes and projects comply with appropriate HMG programme management, commercial and financial rules and guidance, including monitoring and evaluation of project performance. I can confirm that the FCDO's GDI project complies with these rules.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 02/03/2023 17:03:48 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1606377

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2023
	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	Global Disinformation Index
	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 3 March 2023 to Question 153719 on Global Disinformation Index, whether that Global Disinformation Index funding is spent solely on activities outside the Commonwealth.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	171377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>Between 2020 and 2021, FCDO funded Global Disinformation Index (GDI) activity covering media markets in South Africa, Australia, Canada, Kenya and India, in addition to markets outside the Commonwealth. As with all GDI work of this kind, GDI operated in a transparent way, for example by informing media companies in advance that they would be included in surveys.</p><p>Sadly we have seen many examples over recent years of hostile state and non-state actors exploiting online and traditional media based across a wide range of countries for malign purposes. The work of organisations like GDI is critical in identifying and countering this malign use of the information space.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 29/03/2023 14:59:18 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1609120

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	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	Global Disinformation Index
	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 29 March 2023 to Question 171377 on Global Disinformation Index, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of Global Disinformation Index activity in identifying and countering the potential use of advertising revenue of news publishing companies to support candidates in elections in Commonwealth countries.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	177733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The Global Disinformation Index (GDI) seeks to assess and identify disinformation online and provide information to assist technology and media organisations in deterring such activities and to disrupt revenues that emanate from them. The FCDO has made no assessment of GDI in relation to the use of advertising revenue of news publishing companies to support candidates in elections in Commonwealth countries.</p><p>As with all FCDO programmes and projects, our support for GDI complies with His Majesty's Government's programme management, commercial and financial rules and guidance. This includes quarterly performance reports and frequent informal contacts between GDI and our programme managers. An independent review of our project with GDI conducted in 2022 concluded that &quot;it is clear that GDI is making a real impact in countering disinformation&quot;.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 17/04/2023 16:45:17 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1180839

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Flags
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) Union Jack, (b) St George, (c) Scottish Saltire and (d) Flag of Wales flags her Department owns.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	21192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>DFID has two headquarter buildings in the UK; one at 22 Whitehall and the other at Abercrombie house in East Kilbride.</p><p> </p><p>DFID own and fly flags in accordance with DCMS policy. The total number of flags owned across both buildings are:</p><p>(a) 9 x Union Jacks</p><p>(b) 2 x St George</p><p>(c) 4 x Scottish Saltire</p><p>(d) DFID does not own any Welsh flags.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 05/03/2020 17:43:40 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1181206

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Flags
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many times the (a) Union Jack, (b) St George's flag, (c) Scottish Saltire and (d) flag of Wales has been flown from the headquarters of her Department in London in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	21935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>DFID flies flags in accordance with DCMS policy.</p><p>In the London office the Union Jack is flown every day that another flag is not flown. The Scottish Saltire is flown every day from the DFID office in East Kilbride, Scotland.</p><p>Since 2015, the other flags were flown from the London office as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>St. George</p></td><td><p>Scottish Saltire</p></td><td><p>Wales Flag</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 05/03/2020 17:32:56 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1227563

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2020
	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: Coal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will include imports of coal from Russia in the list of sanctions against that country; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	78590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>The UK is committed to playing a leading role in sanctions against Russia. Sanctions are one of a range of measures we have taken, in concert with others, to defend our security and enhance our capabilities against Russian malign activity. During the transition period, EU sanctions on Russia will continue to apply in the UK. These measures do not currently include sanctions on the import of coal.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 01/09/2020 07:46:02 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1254932

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2020
	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	Homicide: Transgender 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 information his Department holds on the number of (a) people who have been convicted of murder and (b) victims of murder who were transgender around the world.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	119997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>The FCDO does not collect statistics for the number of people convicted of murder, or victims of murder who were transgender, around the world.</p><p>The Government firmly believes that the chance to live with dignity, free from violence or discrimination, should not depend on a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. We directly challenge governments that criminalise homosexuality, at the highest possible level. The UK is currently co-chair and a founder-member of the Equal Rights Coalition, a grouping of 42 countries committed to working together to promote LGBTI equality globally. We work with partner countries and through international organisations, including the UN, OSCE, the Council of Europe and the Commonwealth, to promote inclusion.</p><p>We believe that the strongest, safest and most prosperous societies are those in which all citizens can live freely without fear of violence or discrimination. The international community must uphold the universality of human rights.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 30/11/2020 15:23:17 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1254954

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2020
	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: International Men's Day
	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 his Department took to mark International Men's Day on 19 November 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	120008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>FCDO recognises that men and boys, as well as women and girls, suffer from harmful social norms and violence. International Men's Day offers an opportunity to reflect on how outcomes for men and boys can be improved, as well as how men and boys can play a key role in advancing gender equality.</p><p>FCDO's policy and programmes look to support men and boys as survivors and victims of violence as well as responding to violence against women and girls. Last year we appointed male and female survivor champions to support our work on the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative. We work with whole communities to challenge the acceptability of violence and bring about social change. For example, in Pakistan we supported an intervention which achieved significant reductions in corporal punishment at school and peer violence for boys as well as girls.</p><p>Men and boys can also be powerful change agents in their communities and positive role models. Many of our Girls' Education Challenge projects include activities to target boys and engage them as champions of gender equality. For example, in Mozambique and Nepal, marginalised boys as well as girls will be trained in peer education, life and vocational skills, and business initiatives.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 01/12/2020 15:24:44 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies