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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/712945/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The following numbers of UK-based staff were employed in overseas roles in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region (including Russia) in each Financial Year since 2012/13. As reported in the 2012/13 FCO Annual Report and Accounts on page 29 in February 2013, the FCO realigned previous staffing figures to better reflect guidance issued by the Office of National Statistics, for example it excluded all staff working for the UK Border Agency (UKBA) overseas, and staff working for Wilton Park and FCO Services. This means that we are unable to provide reliable comparable figures prior to this date.<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>\u200b<\/p><\/td><td><p>\u200b<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012/13<\/p><\/td><td><p>89<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013/14<\/p><\/td><td><p>74<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2014/15<\/p><\/td><td><p>74<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2015/16<\/p><\/td><td><p>76<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2016/17<\/p><\/td><td><p>77<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>\u200b<\/p><\/td><td><p>\u200b<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>The number of designated language speaker slots in this region was as follows.<\/p><p>2014/15 50<\/p><p>2015/16 57<\/p><p>2016/17 61<\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/712947/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government is committed to producing the next UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, in a focused, consultative and inclusive way. While HMG funding on Women, Peace and Security is focused on the implementation rather than the production of the UK National Action Plan, we have provided funding to enable civil society consultations in four focus countries and we are working with partners to ensure UK civil society and academic views are taken into account in the revision of the UK National Action Plan. The Government has funded an external, independent evaluation of the current UK National Action Plan, which will make recommendations for the next iteration of the plan for the next financial year to include research on stigma and preventing sexual violence against men and boys. This is part of our on-going efforts to produce an evidence base to inform and shape our Women, Peace and Security policy and more broadly on Gender Equality/Women and Girls, where there is a wide volume of funding for research, including through DFID funding.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding Women's security-related projects in (a) Afghanistan, (b) Bosnia, (c) Kosovo, (d) the Democratic Republic of Congo, (e) Somalia and (f) South Sudan received from the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund in each year between 2008 and 2015.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1438", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/712950/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Conflict Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) only started in April 2015. The table attached gives a breakdown of Women, Peace and Security-related projects in (a) Afghanistan, (b) Bosnia, (c) Kosovo, (d) the Democratic Republic of Congo, (e) Somalia and (f) South Sudan including their funding allocations by financial year.<\/p><p>The CSSF recognises at its core the importance of mainstreaming gender in all CSSF funded interventions. We do this, for example, by ensuring all programmes are compliant with the Gender Equality Act through requiring the design of all programmes to pay due consideration to the impact on gender equality . Examples of such projects include &quot;Increasing access and participation of Women in the political process in Bosnia&quot; and &quot;Afghanistan, the Security Sector and Peace Building Programme&quot; which supports the participation of women in the Afghan national police force.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding Women, Peace and Security-related projects in (a) Afghanistan, (b) Bosnia, (c) Kosovo, (d) the Democratic Republic of Congo, (e) Somalia and (f) South Sudan received from the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-17.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1438", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/712951/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>We currently consider calling for his release would risk the progress we have made in his case, including legal access and our own access to him. Our consular priorities continue to be Mr Tsege's wellbeing, his access to legal representation, and to ensure that the death sentence is not carried out. We keep our case strategy under regular review.<\/p>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-03-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of negotiating Andy Tsege's return to the UK.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1491", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kerry McCarthy"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Kerry McCarthy"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/712952", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/712952/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>\u200bThe UK remains concerned about cases of Ali Mohammed al-Nimr, Dawood al-Marhoon and Abdullah al-Zaher. Our Embassy in Riyadh last raised the three men's cases on 19 January 2017 and our expectation remains that they will not be executed. We will continue to closely follow their cases.<\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4591", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sarah Olney"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sarah Olney"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/712953/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>\u200bIn 2013, the FCO designated all speaker slots across the network as minimum C1 Operational level. This is equivalent to degree level. Officers no longer take exams at Functional/ Intermediate or Confidence levels.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The number of officers who have passed the exams at the requested levels is as follows:<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p>C1/C2<\/p><\/td><td><p>Functional<\/p><\/td><td><p>Confidence<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010<\/p><\/td><td><p>100<\/p><\/td><td><p>57<\/p><\/td><td><p>119<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>96<\/p><\/td><td><p>57<\/p><\/td><td><p>118<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>111<\/p><\/td><td><p>78<\/p><\/td><td><p>108<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>90<\/p><\/td><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2014<\/p><\/td><td><p>126<\/p><\/td><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2015<\/p><\/td><td><p>121<\/p><\/td><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>154<\/p><\/td><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1423", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Boris Johnson"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of his Department's staff passed a language examination at (a) Extensive, (b) Operational, (c) Functional and (d) Confidence levels in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1536", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Emily Thornberry"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Emily Thornberry"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/712954/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>\u200bAs of February 2017, the FCO has 648 speaker slots across 111 countries. Officers in speaker slots complete a period of full time language training in advance of taking up their role overseas. This training enables officers to reach C1 Operational level (equivalent to degree level) in the language spoken in the country to which they are posted.<\/p><p>Currently 65 per cent of full-time language training is in 5 languages (Arabic, French, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish). In addition, along with Farsi, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Turkish, which are the other priority languages in our Priority Skills Statement, the figure increases to 80 per cent. Full-time language training is also provided in a further 36 languages.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many members of staff his Department employs overseas in roles requiring an ability to speak the local language; in which countries such staff are based; and in which languages such staff are required to be proficient.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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