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61701

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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	Official Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what visits each of the Ministers in his Department have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	200485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>Details of Ministers' visits overseas are published quarterly and can be found at:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications</a></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 18/06/2014 15:12:28 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

66064

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
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	Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 639W, on official visits, what domestic visits each of the Ministers of his Department has made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	204374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Since January 2013 FCO Ministers have made official domestic visits to the locations set out in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 14/07/2014 15:02:17 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington attachment 1 file name PQ204374 UK Visits Table.docx title UK Visits Table previous answer version 9519 answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

76788

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Official Cars
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 diplomatic cars have been sold by his Department in each year since 2010; how much each car was sold for; and how much was raised in total from such sales.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	204737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Responsibility for purchase and sale of diplomatic vehicles is devolved to Embassies and High Commissions. Diplomatic vehicles are sold when no longer cost-effective to run, or when fewer vehicles are needed. These vehicles are sold for a fair, local market price. Sales of all vehicles raised £777,000 in 2013/14 and £1.166million in 2012/13.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 21/07/2014 11:39:01 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

45019

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress he has made in negotiations with the European Commission on a derogation from the ban on the import or manufacture of incandescent bulbs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	903331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p>Responsibility for energy-using products policy, including negotiations for product-specific regulations under the Ecodesign for Energy-related Products Directive, was transferred from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the Department of Energy and Climate Change on 3rd March 2014.</p><p> </p><p>There are no provisions allowing the European Commission or individual Member States to create exemptions from Regulation 244/2009, which phases out of incandescent bulbs.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has been proactive in pressing to ensure EU policy and legislation takes full account of the potential health implications of artificial lighting, and has raised the issue in two recent meetings in Brussels. EC regulation 244/2009 will be reviewed later this year and we will continue to press for potential health implications to be considered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

45663

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	194219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and can only be provided at disproportionate cost. The directorates of the Department of Energy and Climate Change carry out their own purchasing with professional support from a procurement team.</p><p> </p><p>Contracts of the Department are published on the Cabinet Office Website which can be found at <a href="http://www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department would be able to provide further information by narrowing the scope, if specific procurement projects were identified.</p><p> </p><p>The following table from the Departments financial records show the total spend with 20 suppliers of the highest value. This value can be made up of one or many contracts between April 2013 and February 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Total Procurement Spend from Apr 2013 to February 2014</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Supplier</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MET OFFICE</p></td><td><p>£22,454,098.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office Of Gas &amp; Elect Markets</p></td><td><p>£10,312,175.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>D T Z Debenham Tie Leung</p></td><td><p>£6,223,422.17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FUJITSU SERVICES LTD</p></td><td><p>£5,579,513.01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PA Consulting Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>£4,489,654.19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Energy Saving Trust Ltd</p></td><td><p>£3,618,597.79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS INNOVATION &amp; SKILLS</p></td><td><p>£3,374,346.57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SNR DENTON UK LLP</p></td><td><p>£3,319,774.82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KPMG LLP</p></td><td><p>£2,829,292.91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slaughter &amp; May</p></td><td><p>£2,592,452.03</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASE CONSULTING LTD</p></td><td><p>£2,447,938.74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DELOITTE LLP</p></td><td><p>£2,428,812.08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ENVIRONMENT AGENCY</p></td><td><p>£2,259,766.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SHELL UK LTD</p></td><td><p>£2,200,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>METHODS CONSULTING LTD</p></td><td><p>£2,075,259.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PARITY RESOURCES LTD</p></td><td><p>£1,944,156.57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ricardo-A E A Ltd</p></td><td><p>£1,926,379.88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ERNST &amp; YOUNG LLP</p></td><td><p>£1,676,114.76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DTZ DEBENHAM TIE LEUNG</p></td><td><p>£1,627,647.37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Building Research Establishment Ltd</p></td><td><p>£1,559,234.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£84,938,637.60</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

61676

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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	Official Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what visits each of the Ministers in his Department have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	200483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department's Ministers, from time to time, carry out official visits to different parts of the UK to conduct departmental business. The Department does not keep a central record of such visits.</p><p> </p><p>All overseas travel by the Department's Ministers is published on a quarterly basis on the <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-of-energy-climate-change&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-of-energy-climate-change&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 18/06/2014 13:08:27 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

90670

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 621W, on official visits, what domestic visits she and her predecessor have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	208296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold a list of domestic visits in the format requested. Information about visits, meetings and events held in the diary is not set out in a way that would enable a list to be compiled without exceeding the cost threshold. Domestic visits attended by the current and former Secretary of State would include attendance at events, visits to schools and other institutions as well as external meetings held from May 2010. To compile a list of all domestic visits stating the purpose of each in an accessible format would therefore exceed the cost threshold.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 09/09/2014 16:04:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

76778

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Conflict Pool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent from the Conflict Pool in each country in each year since its launch.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	204829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p><br>The tri-departmental Conflict Pool in its current form was created in 2010. The Conflict Pool is managed on a regional programme basis. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has funded projects in all of the Conflict Pool's five regional programmes: in Afghanistan; in Africa where activity has included work in Nigeria, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya; in the Middle East and North Africa including projects in Syria, Libya, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories; in South Asia where activity has mostly been in Pakistan; and activity through the Wider Europe programme in the Western Balkans, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Activity in all these programmes includes regional, cross-border and multilateral projects as well as country-specific activity. The FCO also funds activity through the Strengthening Alliances and Partnerships Programme (SAP) supporting international organisations, including the UN and international NGOs, to prevent conflict.</p><p>It is therefore not possible to break down spend fully on a country basis. The FCO's spend by programme from FY2009/10 to FY 2013/14 is detailed below:</p><p>Africa <br>2009/10 £11,513,293 <br>2010/11 £10,148,734 <br>2011/12 £23,928,463 <br>2012/13 £22,648,917 <br>2013/14 £24,575,287</p><p>Afghanistan <br>2009/10 £65,015,660 <br>2010/11 £72,260,986 <br>2011/12 £67,391,371 <br>2012/13 £48,274,454 <br>2013/14 £35,123,462</p><p>MENA <br>2009/10 £13,086,773 <br>2010/11 £8,219,371 <br>2011/12 £15,390,246 <br>2012/13 £17,286,896 <br>2013/14 £44,656,803</p><p>South Asia <br>2009/10 £5,162,725 <br>2010/11 £6,886,111 <br>2011/12 £10,048,078 <br>2012/13 £13,382,327 <br>2013/14 £15,238,714</p><p>SAP <br>2009/10 £1,795,450 <br>2010/11 £1,879,215 <br>2011/12 £1,314,659 <br>2012/13 £3,043,310 <br>2013/14 £3,004,862</p><p>Wider Europe <br>2009/10 £22,606,731 <br>2010/11 £9,201,708 <br>2011/12 £8,024,044 <br>2012/13 £11,034,924 <br>2013/14 £15,001,854</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 15/07/2014 16:40:49 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

76781

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Conflict Pool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the eligibility criteria are for projects requiring Conflict Pool funding.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	204734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The Conflict Pool is a tri-departmental resource managed jointly by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Ministry of Defence and the Department for International Development. It funds conflict prevention activity in fragile and conflict affected states that are high priorities for the UK. Conflict Pool projects must support the priorities in the Building Stability Overseas Strategy. These are: early warning; rapid crisis response; and upstream conflict prevention, focusing on supporting free, transparent and inclusive political systems; effective and accountable security and justice (including defence engagement) and developing the capacity of local populations and regional and multilateral institutions to prevent and resolve the conflicts that affect them. Conflict Pool funding is a mix of ODA and non-ODA eligible funding and project work is undertaken by a wide range of implementers including HMG, NGOs and international bodies.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 15/07/2014 09:42:29 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

76789

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Diplomatic Service: Official Hospitality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much each (a) HM Embassy and (b) UK High Commission spend on hosting a party to mark the official birthday of HM Queen Elizabeth II in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	204740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The costs of each Queen's Birthday Party organised across our network of overseas missions are wholly or partially paid for out of locally held budgets in each country. These figures are therefore not available without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Queen's Birthday Party offers an excellent opportunity to promote the United Kingdom and build relations with a wide range of contacts and local opinion formers during this special but dignified occasion.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 15/07/2014 14:52:43 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore