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634009

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date	11/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of women are employed by his Department on non-London pay structures in the following pay grades (a) Administrative Assistant, (b) Administrative Officer, (c) Executive Officer, (d) Higher Executive Officer, (e) Fast Streamer, (f) Senior Executive Officer, (g) Grade Seven, (h) Grade Six, (i) Senior Civil Service Band 1, (j) Senior Civil Service Band 1A, (k) Senior Civil Service Band 2 and (l) Senior Civil Service Band 3.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	52632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>The proportion of women employed by my Department on an outer London pay structure, by pay grade, is as follows:</p><p>Admin Assistant/Officer: 0.3%</p><p>Executive Officer: 0.5%</p><p>Higher/Senior Executive Officer: 3.1%</p><p>Grade Six/Seven: 2.1%</p><p>The Cabinet Office is headquartered in London and therefore these figures will reflect that.</p><p>The Government is committed to improving female representation and tackling the gender pay gap in the Civil Service. As part of the Talent Action Plan the commitments we will take forward include a critical talent review and to review our approach to maternity leave and returning to work. We have already introduced shared parental leave across the Civil Service and a new online job share portal to help people identify job share opportunities across the organisation.</p><p>From April 2017 we will be introducing new measures that require all organisations across the private, voluntary and public sector to regularly publish gender pay gap analysis and statistics, to bring greater transparency to pay disparities between men and women across the UK.</p><p>There is no central policy on moving civil servants between London and the regions. Departments determine their own workforce requirements and the Civil Service has significant UK-wide presence. Workforce planning is primarily the responsibility of each department to determine based on their individual operational and policy requirements.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 16/11/2016 08:58:41 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

631801

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Burma: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his Burmese counterpart on respect by the Burmese military, Tatmadaw, for democratic accountability and adherence to international law and human rights.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	52316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not met with his Burmese counterpart or any other members of the Burmese military (Tatmadaw.)</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/11/2016 16:15:52 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

631845

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	Turkey: Arrests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Turkish counterpart on the arrests of Idris Baluken, Ferhat Encu, Gulser Yildirim, Leyla Birlik, Nursel Aydogan, Selma Irmak and Abdullah Zeydan of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic party in Turkey.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	52313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text I refer the Hon. Member to my written answer to written question 51984. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 14/11/2016 14:54:37 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

631847

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	Colombia: Trade Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Colombian authorities on the recent attempted murder of Esneider Gonzalez, a member of the Colombian agricultural workers' union FENSUAGRO.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	52314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text Our Embassy in Bogota is aware of the recent attempted murder of Mr Esneider Gonzalez. At UK instigation, we expect it to be raised in future correspondence between the local EU Human Rights Working Group and the Colombian Attorney General. The Group has already raised similar cases of attacks against human rights defenders and trade unionists, including other FENSUAGRO members. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 14/11/2016 14:15:32 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

631848

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	Burma: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Burma.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	52315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>Burma has made considerable strides forward on human rights since State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi came to power in April 2016. The new Burmese Government has released over 300 political prisoners, begun to abolish draconian laws, initiated a peace process to resolve the long-running internal conflict, and established a new Rakhine Advisory Commission led by Kofi Annan. Despite this progress, we continue to have a number of concerns about human rights. We are concerned by reports of violations in Northern Shan and Kachin involving civilian casualties and the restriction of humanitarian access to internally displaced people. We are also concerned by the ongoing persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State and allegations of human rights abuses in the security response to the 9 October attacks on Border Guard Police posts in northern Rakhine. The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my noble Friend, the Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE, visited Burma from 9-12 November specifically to address issues of human rights, with a focus on the prevention of sexual violence in conflict.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/11/2016 14:23:20 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

631146

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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	Turkey: Human Rights
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 human rights situation in Turkey since the attempted military coup on 15 July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	51983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my answer to written question 43847.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 14/11/2016 15:04:15 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

631147

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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	Turkey: Arrests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Turkish counterpart on the arrest of the joint leaders of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic party in Turkey, Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	51984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text ​We continue to follow developments in Turkey closely and underline the importance of the rule of law and the protection of freedom of expression. I raised these issues most recently with Turkey's Minister for Europe, Omer Celik, in a phone call on 7 November, and in a meeting with Turkey's Ambassador on 10 November. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 14/11/2016 15:03:08 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

631148

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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	Turkey: Civil Liberties
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 he has made of the level of political freedom in Turkey since the detention of Peoples' Democratic Party parliamentarians in Ankara on 4 November 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	51985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text We continue to follow developments in Turkey closely and underline the importance of the rule of law and the protection of freedom of expression. I raised these issues most recently with Turkey's Minister for Europe, Omer Celik, in a phone call on 7 November, and in a meeting with Turkey's Ambassador on 10 November. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 14/11/2016 15:02:06 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

631275

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	British Home Stores: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2016 to Question 51499, whether he intends to meet with (a) Sir Philip Green or (b) any employees of British Home Stores on that company's move into administration.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	52002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>Neither my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State nor I intend to meet with Sir Philip Green or the employees at this stage.</p><p> </p><p>The Insolvency Service is conducting an investigation into the conduct of those controlling BHS and this will cover the reasons for the administration. As part of that investigation the Insolvency Service may, if appropriate, meet with Sir Philip Green or any other relevant party, including current and former employees.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/11/2016 16:31:19 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

631276

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	British Home Stores: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2016 to Question 51499, whether he intends to meet (a) Sir Philip Green or (b) any employees of British Home Stores on arrangements for former employees' pensions.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	52003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>Neither my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State nor I have met with Sir Philip Green or British Home Stores employees to discuss the pension arrangements. This is a matter for the independent Pensions Regulator, which oversees work-based pension schemes and has launched an anti-avoidance case in respect of the BHS schemes. This must be allowed to run its course, so it would be inappropriate for Ministers to meet those involved with the schemes at this time.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 14/11/2016 16:44:24 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West