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1363879

registered interest
date	27/10/2021
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	Pakistan: 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, what steps she is taking to support Pakistan with their covid-19 vaccine rollout.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	64612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>The UK is supporting the equitable rollout of vaccines in Pakistan through COVAX (COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access), an international alliance co-led by Gavi, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the World Health Organisation (WHO). The UK has contributed £548 million to COVAX's Advance Market Commitment, which is supplying vaccines for up to 92 developing countries, including Pakistan. The Prime Minister has confirmed that the UK will share the majority of any future UK domestic surplus COVID-19 vaccines through COVAX. In addition, UK-funded programmes are providing technical assistance in support of vaccination roll out at provincial level in Pakistan, enabling mass communication of COVID-19 behaviour change messages, and supporting work to understand the characteristics of beneficiaries and key challenges around vaccine administration.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 04/11/2021 11:33:47 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1340058

registered interest
date	24/06/2021
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	Pakistan: 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, how many travellers returning from Pakistan to the UK tested positive for the (a) alpha, (b) beta, (c) gamma, (d) delta or (e) delta+, variants in the weeks commencing (i) 15 March, (ii) 22 March, (iii) 29 March, (iv) 5 April, (v) 12 April, (vi) 19 April and (vii) 26 April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	21856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // answer text <p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered // answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1330670

registered interest
date	08/06/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Pakistan: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he next plans to review Pakistan's status on the travel red list.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	12098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The allocation of countries to the traffic light system will be reviewed every three weeks, unless concerning evidence means we need to act faster to protect public health.</p><p> </p><p>The next review will take place in the week commencing 21st June 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 14/06/2021 14:13:24 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1316707

registered interest
date	20/05/2021
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	Pakistan: 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, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 pandemic in Pakistan; and what (a) practical assistance and (b) expertise support the Government plans to provide to that country to support its response to the pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	4611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>The UK has stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Pakistan throughout the pandemic. We have already provided £17 million of UK aid to help Pakistan fight COVID-19. This includes funding the World Health Organization (WHO) to build laboratory testing capacity through training and provision of equipment across Pakistan.</p><p>The UK is also supporting the equitable rollout of vaccines in Pakistan through COVAX, an international alliance co-led by Gavi, CEPI and WHO. The UK has contributed £548m to COVAX's Advance Market Commitment, which is helping to provide supply of 1 billion doses for up to 92 developing countries, including Pakistan, in 2021. The Prime Minister has confirmed that the UK will share the majority of any future COVID-19 vaccines from our supply that are surplus to domestic needs with COVAX.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 27/05/2021 15:47:28 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1300424

registered interest
date	08/03/2021
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	Pakistan: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many doses of COVID-19 vaccines they intend to provide to the government of Pakistan; in providing any such vaccines, what account they will take of reports of inequalities affecting minority communities in that country; and what action the UK High Commissioner to Pakistan will take to ensure the fair operation of the COVAX initiative.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL13948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>The UK is supporting the equitable rollout of vaccines in Pakistan and around the world through COVAX, an international alliance co-led by the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and World Health Organization. We are one of the world's largest donors to COVAX, contributing £548 million to date. Decisions about the global rollout of the vaccine are for COVAX, which is committed to prioritising distribution where it will have most impact. We understand that COVAX plans to provide around 90 million vaccine doses to Pakistan. The Government of Pakistan is finalising its vaccination roll out plan for refugees in close consultation with UNHCR and other stakeholders. We are in close contact with the Pakistani authorities to support this effort.</p><p>The UK is providing an additional £4.67 million through the World Health Organisation to support Pakistan's COVID-19 Preparedness and Response plan. This will help provide medical assistance to the seriously ill, infection prevention and control, and increased testing capacity. We will continue to ensure that our programme of COVID-19 assistance to Pakistan helps those at risk and reaches the most vulnerable, including minority communities.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 22/03/2021 16:15:39 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1199408

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Pakistan: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 19 May (HL4378), when they intend to raise with the government of Pakistan the release of prisoners of conscience in relation to the threat of COVID-19 to detainees in prisons in Pakistan.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
uin	HL4901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>We have not raised the issue of release of prisoners in light of COVID-19. We have discussed the impact of COVID-19 in Pakistan regularly with senior officials of the Government of Pakistan. We continue to raise human rights and to urge the Government of Pakistan to guarantee the fundamental rights of its citizens, regardless of their belief. Most recently, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon raised our concerns about Human Rights in Pakistan by letter with Dr Mazari on 5 June. We remain concerned about the situation for prisoners in detention under trial in Pakistan, particularly for blasphemy cases.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 16/06/2020 16:21:12 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

1198781

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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	Pakistan: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of UK (a) nationals and (b) residents residing in Scotland that are stranded in Pakistan as a result of the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	52169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Repatriating British travellers from Pakistan is a priority for the UK Government and we have been working closely with the Pakistani government and airlines to ensure British travellers can return home. Since the outbreak in Wuhan, we estimate that over 1.3 million people have returned to the UK via commercial routes - the majority supported by our work to keep vital routes open. Additionally we have brought home over  35,800 people on 170 flights organised by the Foreign Office from 36 countries and territories of which over 4,400 British travellers and their direct dependents have been repatriated on 21 flights from Pakistan.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) does not have a central registration system for British travellers who wish to return to the UK so we are unable to estimate how many travellers either UK Nationals or residents of Scotland remain. It is difficult to be more precise because there have been instances of multiple registrations by the same individual, people not reporting their return to the UK via other means, and long term residents registering for flights even though they were not eligible. British travellers are only asked to register for flights with Corporate Travel Management when charter flights have been announced for a country. Anyone who registered on the booking portal for a UK charter flight has been offered an opportunity to pay for a seat. Those eligible people who paid were offered seats on flights back to the UK. Any British travellers who did not register or pay for a seat but now wish to return to the UK are being encouraged to use commercial options.</p><p>We have been liaising closely with Scottish Government colleagues and updating them on our repatriation programme.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams grouped question UIN 52172 question first answered 09/06/2020 15:09:02 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 25539 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1198785

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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	Pakistan: Coronavirus
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 his Department has made of the level of demand for repatriation flights from Pakistan to a Scottish airport.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	52172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Repatriating British travellers from Pakistan is a priority for the UK Government and we have been working closely with the Pakistani government and airlines to ensure British travellers can return home. Since the outbreak in Wuhan, we estimate that over 1.3 million people have returned to the UK via commercial routes - the majority supported by our work to keep vital routes open. Additionally we have brought home over  35,800 people on 170 flights organised by the Foreign Office from 36 countries and territories of which over 4,400 British travellers and their direct dependents have been repatriated on 21 flights from Pakistan.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) does not have a central registration system for British travellers who wish to return to the UK so we are unable to estimate how many travellers either UK Nationals or residents of Scotland remain. It is difficult to be more precise because there have been instances of multiple registrations by the same individual, people not reporting their return to the UK via other means, and long term residents registering for flights even though they were not eligible. British travellers are only asked to register for flights with Corporate Travel Management when charter flights have been announced for a country. Anyone who registered on the booking portal for a UK charter flight has been offered an opportunity to pay for a seat. Those eligible people who paid were offered seats on flights back to the UK. Any British travellers who did not register or pay for a seat but now wish to return to the UK are being encouraged to use commercial options.</p><p>We have been liaising closely with Scottish Government colleagues and updating them on our repatriation programme.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams grouped question UIN 52169 question first answered 09/06/2020 15:09:02 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 25540 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1195802

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
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	Pakistan: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan about releasing from prison Saeed Waraich, Professor Mohammad Ismail, Junaid Hafeez and Waqar Ahmad, in the light of the threat of COVID-19 to detainees in prisons in Pakistan.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
uin	HL4378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>In February, I raised concerns about the situation for prisoners in detention under trial in Pakistan, particularly for blasphemy cases including that of Junaid Hafeez, as well as the UK's opposition to the death penalty with Dr Shireen Mazari, Pakistan's Minister for Human Rights. The British High Commissioner to Pakistan, Christian Turner CMG, raised the UK Government's concerns about the death penalty and misuse of blasphemy legislation with Dr Mazari in January.</p><p>Since then we have discussed the impact of COVID-19 in Pakistan regularly with senior stakeholders. We have not raised the issue of release of prisoners in light of COVID-19.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/05/2020 12:43:40 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

1189284

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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	Pakistan: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people are registered with his Department for flights back to the UK from Pakistan.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	38869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>Pakistan is a priority for the UK Government. We have been working closely with the Government of Pakistan and airlines to ensure British Nationals can return home from Pakistan. The UK Government has announced two rounds of special charter flights from Pakistan to bring home British travellers and their direct dependents, operated by Qatar Airways. The first round of flights were between 21 and 27 April, including seven from Islamabad and three from Lahore, to London Heathrow and Manchester. Following high demand for these flights, there will be a second round of nine direct charter flights from 30 April, including one from Karachi.</p><p>We cannot provide an accurate figure for those currently registered for HMG charter flights because many passengers have registered more than once, have already returned by commercial flights or no longer want to return to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 06/05/2020 15:36:00 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar