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806551

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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: Arms Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has received from the Government of Germany on planned UK-Turkey defence cooperation following that country's decision to freeze defence exports to Turkey.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	119627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>None.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 21/12/2017 12:20:03 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

801109

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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	Syria: Chemical Weapons
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 plans to make representations to his Russian counterpart Russia’s veto of the UN Security Council draft resolution on extending the mandate of the Joint Investigative Mechanism investigating use of chemical weapons in Syria.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	117668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has strongly condemned repeated Security Council vetoes by Russia - on 24 October, 16 and 17 November - which have blocked the renewal of the mandate for the UN Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (UN-OPCW) Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM). In a written statement to Parliament on 30 November, the Foreign Secretary condemned Russia's &quot;overriding determination to protect their allies in the Syrian regime, whatever the crimes committed.&quot; The UK remains determined to continue to seek accountability for the use of chemical weapons in Syria and continues to raise the issue with Russia bilaterally.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/12/2017 11:40:35 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

801110

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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	North Korea: British Nationals Abroad
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 British nationals travelling independently to North Korea have informed the British Embassy in Pyongyang of their visit in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	117669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office advises British Nationals to avoid all but essential travel to North Korea. As a result, very few British people visit North Korea and those that do are usually part of an organised tour. Whilst we encourage British nationals living or visiting North Korea to inform the British Embassy of their travel plans, not all will do so. Accordingly accurate numbers are not available for any given year.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 13/12/2017 13:20:59 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

773984

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
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	Iran: Nuclear Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the decision of the US President to de-certify the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	108681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>Since President Trump's announcement of his decision not to re-certify the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action to Congress, we have engaged with our international partners, including the US, the EU and Iran, to examine the implications. The Prime Minister spoke to President Trump in advance of his announcement, and had conversations with European partners at the European Council on 19 October. The Foreign Secretary spoke to Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif and US Deputy Secretary of State Sullivan on 13 October, and discussed the issue with EU partners at the Foreign Affairs Council on 17 October.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 24/10/2017 15:43:41 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

772180

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	Russia: Military Exercises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Russian counterpart on the number of troops committed to the Zapad 17 military exercise.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	108299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has not had an opportunity to talk to Foreign Minister Lavrov about the Zapad military exercise. In advance of the exercise, the Russian Ministry of Defence briefed Defence Attaches, including from the British Embassy, that 12,700 troops would be involved.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 25/10/2017 16:11:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

751774

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
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	Ascension Island: Aviation
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 effect the re-routing of the South Africa Air Bridge has had on (a) medical treatment and (b) aeromedical evacuation for residents of (i) Ascension Island, (ii) St Helena and (iii) the Falkland Islands.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	4812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Emergency medevacs are unaffected by the rerouting of the South Atlantic Airbridge. The existing runway on Ascension is still able to be used for this purpose. Cases from St Helena go direct to Cape Town and those on the Falkland Islands usually go to a country in the region.</p><p>More routine medical treatment remains possible on all the islands. For medical appointments off island those on Ascension have been able to use the Ministry of Defence tactical flights to the UK, those on St Helena travel via the Royal Mail Ship to Cape Town, and those on the Falklands continue to use the South Atlantic Airbridge.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 20/07/2017 12:16:25 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

750912

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: 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 his Department spent on new stocks of wines and spirits for hospitality purposes in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	4258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>No central record is held of global expenditure on wines and spirits in the UK and overseas by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).</p><p>The Government Wine Cellar is managed by the FCO's Protocol Departmentand has been self-financing since 2011. All costs covered by sales of older, higher value stock. Since 2012 the FCO has spent the following amounts on new stocks of wines and spirits:</p><p>2011/12 - £48 955</p><p>2012/13 - £45 866</p><p>2013/14 - £50 054</p><p>2014/15 - £70 432</p><p>2015/16 - £40 177.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/07/2017 16:36:18 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

750913

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: 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 his Department has spent on hospitality in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	4259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>This information is publicly available on the Gov.uk website. The FCO accounts for hospitality expenditure under Business Hospitality and representations of the FCO.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/07/2017 16:41:40 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

750914

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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	Russia: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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 representations he has made to his Russian counterpart on that country increasing its funding contribution to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	4237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>I have not raised the issue of financial contributions to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe with my Russian counterpart. The amount each participating State pays to the organisation is calculated based on a scale of assessment. Efforts to amend that scale are ongoing. The UK argues strongly in these discussions that a new scale should be based on the capacity to pay, applying the UN methodology based on Gross National Income (GNI). Adoption of this new scale would result in increased contributions from a number of countries including Russia.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 19/07/2017 13:32:26 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

750915

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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	Armenia and Azerbaijan: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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 discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Armenia and (b) Azerbaijan on those states increasing their funding contributions to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	4236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>I have not held bilateral discussions with Armenian or Azerbaijani counterparts about their financial contributions to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The amount each participating State pays to the Organisation is calculated on a scale of assessment. Efforts to amend that scale are ongoing. The UK argues strongly in these discussions that a new scale should be based on the capacity to pay, applying the UN methodology based on Gross National Income (GNI). Adoption of this new scale would result in increased contributions from a number of countries including Armenia and Azerbaijan.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 18/07/2017 16:26:09 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones