Cabinet Office<p><del class="ministerial">The requested information is not readily available. The information requested can only be provided at disproportionate cost. </del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong><em> </em></strong></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">National Security Strategy and Implementation Groups (NSSIGs) were established after the 2017 National Security Capability Review to support the delivery of national security priority programmes, including by better utilising the full range of national security capabilities. Each NSSIG is chaired by a Senior Responsible Official (SRO), who is accountable to the National Security Council.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Gulf Delivery Board has not met since the establishment of the Gulf & Iran NSSIG, which subsumed its primary roles and responsibilities in April 2018. Cabinet Office officials are members of the Gulf & Iran NSSIG and attend all meetings. The Cabinet Office also provides some secretariat support to the NSSIG, alongside that provided by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.</ins></p><p> </p>Lord Young of Cookham2018-11-20trueLord Young of Cookham2018-11-20T16:57:28.727Z2018-11-20T17:09:59.22Z53Cabinet OfficeCabinet Office2018-11-06Gulf National Security Secretariat Implementation Group2House of LordsTo ask Her Majesty's Government what role, if any, the Gulf National Security Secretariat Implementation Group (NSSIG) has within the Cabinet Office; and how the role and responsibilities of the NSSIG differs from those of the Integrated Delivery Board.falseLord ScrivenHL11333Foreign and Commonwealth Office<p>The noble Lord will have seen the statement on 4 November by the Minister for the Middle East and North Africa expressing our concerns on the latest sentence. The Minister also raised this with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to London when they spoke on 5 November. We understand that Sheikh Ali Salman and his co-defendants have a further right of appeal. The UK will continue to closely monitor this process.</p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon2018-11-19false2018-11-19T15:38:05.347Z16Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeForeign and Commonwealth Office2018-11-05Sheikh Ali Salman2House of LordsTo ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Bahrain about the life imprisonment of Bahrain's opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman.falseLord ScrivenHL11287Foreign and Commonwealth Office<p>We understand that there are currently 18 people who have been given capital sentences in Bahrain, with each at different stages in the appeals process. There are currently three individuals who have completed the appeals process.</p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon2018-11-19false2018-11-19T15:38:18.843Z16Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeForeign and Commonwealth Office2018-11-05Bahrain: Capital Punishment2House of LordsTo ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of individuals on death row in Bahrain; and of those, how many they estimate have exhausted all legal remedies.falseLord ScrivenHL11288Foreign and Commonwealth Office<p>No reports under the referred guidance were lodged by staff in Bahrain in the period December 2017 to October 2018.</p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon2018-11-19false2018-11-19T15:38:31.377Z16Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeForeign and Commonwealth Office2018-11-05Bahrain: Torture2House of LordsTo ask Her Majesty's Government, further to Written Answer by the Minister of State for the Middle East on 11 January (120822), how many reports they received under their Torture and Mistreatment Reporting Guidance from their staff in Bahrain between December 2017 and October 2018; and what measures, if any, they have taken in response.falseLord ScrivenHL11289Foreign and Commonwealth Office<p>We do not hold figures for the number of prisoners in Bahrain.</p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon2018-11-19false2018-11-19T15:38:53.477Z16Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeForeign and Commonwealth Office2018-11-05Bahrain: Political Prisoners2House of LordsTo ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of political prisoners in Bahrain’s Isa Town prison.falseLord ScrivenHL11290Foreign and Commonwealth Office<p>Officials from our Embassy regularly attend hearings relating to a number of cases and will continue to do so. We do not have precise figures of the number of times officials have attended court sessions.</p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon2018-11-19false2018-11-19T15:39:13.683Z16Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeForeign and Commonwealth Office2018-11-05Bahrain: Trials2House of LordsTo ask Her Majesty's Government whether British embassy staff in Manama are monitoring the trials of any individuals in Bahrain; and if so, how many they have monitored since the start of 2018.falseLord ScrivenHL11291Foreign and Commonwealth Office<p>We have been clear in our concerns about the revocation of nationality where it renders a person stateless, and we have raised this at a senior level with the Government of Bahrain. We do not hold figures for the number of individuals affected in Bahrain.</p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon2018-11-19false2018-11-19T15:40:14.737Z16Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeForeign and Commonwealth Office2018-11-06Bahrain: Nationality2House of LordsTo ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made for the number of individuals whose Bahraini citizenship has been revoked by the government of Bahrain leaving them stateless so far this year.falseLord ScrivenHL11328Foreign and Commonwealth Office<p>The Government works with a number of implementation partners and beneficiaries to support Bahraini-led reform. These programmes aim to support progress on building effective and accountable institutions, strengthening the rule of law, and justice reform. All of our work is in line with international standards, and aims to share the UK's expertise and experience. Any training provided by, on or behalf of, the British Government fully complies with our domestic and international human rights obligations. The UK continues to encourage the Government of Bahrain to ensure upcoming elections are transparent, fair and inclusive.</p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon2018-11-19false2018-11-19T15:40:41.527Z16Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeForeign and Commonwealth Office2018-11-06Bahrain: Technical Assistance2House of LordsTo ask Her Majesty's Government what funding they have provided the Bahraini Council of Representatives Secretariat from the technical assistance programme; what assessment they have made of the role of that body in the prevention of opposition parties from participating in the elections in May 2018; and, in the light of any such assessment, whether providing it with funding is consistent with the UK’s international obligations.falseLord ScrivenHL11329Foreign and Commonwealth Office<p>Amongst the range of activities supported through the Integrated Activity Fund, there is one technical assistance programme, which is in Bahrain and is managed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.</p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon2018-11-19false2018-11-19T15:29:32.24Z16Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeForeign and Commonwealth Office2018-11-06Integrated Activity Fund2House of LordsTo ask Her Majesty's Government which Government departments received funding in the last financial year from the Integrated Activity Fund to carry out their technical assistance programmes in (1) the Gulf, and (2) Bahrain.falseLord ScrivenHL11330Foreign and Commonwealth Office<p>I refer the noble Lord to my answer of 23 October 2018 (PQ HL10585). I understand there are avenues of appeal open to Najah Yusuf. We will continue to closely follow this case.</p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon2018-11-19false2018-11-19T15:38:45.31Z16Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeForeign and Commonwealth Office2018-11-06Najah Ahmed Yousif2House of LordsTo ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the upholding of the three year sentence of the Bahraini political activist, Najah Yusuf, following reports that her confession was extracted under torture and sexual assault.falseLord ScrivenHL113311001435