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1544391

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
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	Development Aid: Armed Conflict
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 much and what proportion of the UK aid budget has been targeted at those living in fragile and conflict-affected countries in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	93603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>Official statistics on the UK Government's bilateral Official Development Assistance broken down by recipient country (including fragile and conflict affected states (FCAS)), is published annually in Statistics on International Development which is available online on GOV.uk.</p><p>As set out in the International Development Strategy, HMG will target its work in FCAS, including ensuring our work takes account of the causes and effects of conflict and draws on our combined diplomatic, defence and development capabilities.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 25/11/2022 14:59:33 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1544396

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
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	Zimbabwe: Sanctions
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 impact of economic sanctions on (a) healthcare and (b) energy security in Zimbabwe.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	93702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK does not have economic sanctions on Zimbabwe. The UK has targeted sanctions on five Zimbabwean individuals to hold them to account for serious human rights violations and corruption. These sanctions do not target, and specifically seek to avoid impact on, the wider economy and the people of Zimbabwe. Therefore we assess that UK sanctions do not impact the healthcare sector or energy security in Zimbabwe.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 25/11/2022 15:01:05 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1544539

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
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	Myanmar: Arms Trade and Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with regional partners on Myanmar since his appointment; and whether he has made representations for the suspension of (a) jet fuel and (b) arms sales to Myanmar.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	93600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK regularly raises the situation in Myanmar with regional counterparts, including at Ministerial and Secretary of State level.</p><p>The UK has been clear that we oppose the provision of jet fuel, arms and military equipment to Myanmar. Since the military coup on 1 February 2021, the UK has imposed 12 tranches of sanctions targeting the military's leadership and its access to revenue, arms and military equipment. On 27 March, the UK coordinated a statement, agreed by 47 countries, on working together to prevent the flow of arms to Myanmar. The UK is exploring both sanction and non-sanction measures to tackle the Myanmar military's air capabilities and ability to target civilians.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 25/11/2022 14:59:57 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1544569

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
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	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
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 was the budget of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict team in each of the past three years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	93605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>The Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) remains a top priority for the UK Government. Since 2012, the FCDO has allocated over £50 million to PSVI-related activities. The UK committed £2.6 million in FY 20-21 and £4.2 million in FY 21-22 to the PSVI. On 28 November at the PSVI International Conference, the Foreign Secretary will announce a new PSVI Strategy and programmes over the next three years to deliver PSVI strategic objectives. Across these objectives, we will harness world-class UK expertise, including the UK's PSVI Team of Experts and by bringing our diplomatic and defence levers to bear on tackling the scourge of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). PSVI funding is complemented by wider investments across FCDO, such as the What Works to Prevent Violence: Impact at Scale programme, which will contribute to generating a world-class evidence base on what works to prevent CRSV.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 25/11/2022 14:22:27 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1544572

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
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	Ukraine: Development Aid
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 much Official Development Assistance has been disbursed to projects in Ukraine in (a) conflict prevention and resolution and (b) ending violence against women and girls in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	93606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK has committed £394 million in economic and humanitarian aid in response to the current crisis in Ukraine. As part of our humanitarian response to the Ukraine crisis in 2022, we have provided £1m to UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) which provides urgent sexual and reproductive health assistance to women and girls in Ukraine who have experienced gender-based violence. We have also deployed UK experts as part of the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative to Ukraine, to support the work of national and international bodies and NGOs. The last five years of ODA spend can be found in the more detailed breakdowns of UK ODA, published annually in Statistics on International Development publications (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-international-development).</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 25/11/2022 14:59:39 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1544215

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
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	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
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 FTE staff have been in the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative team of experts in each (a) calendar and (b) financial year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	92308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) Team of Experts is a roster of 28 independent specialists in sexual and gender-based violence, psychology and training, law and social work, hosted within the Civilian Stabilisation Group (CSG) of the Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation (OCSM). Given it is a roster of deployable experts there are no full-time employees (FTE) in the PSVI Team of Experts. Members of the Team of Experts are contracted for specific pieces of work, which are advertised for recruitment through the CSG and are generally contracted on a self-employed basis. Deployments include supporting the development of FCDO policy and building capacities of governments, the UN and NGOs overseas. The Team of Experts has deployed over 90 times to countries such as Ukraine, Bangladesh, Uganda and Ethiopia.</p><p>The PSVI is made up of dedicated teams covering policy issues around conflict-related sexual violence and the PSVI international conference (temporary team). The PSVI sits within the Gender and Children in Conflict (GCiC) department, part of OCSM, and is supported by GCiC Social Development Advisers.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 24/11/2022 14:46:41 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1543564

registered interest
date	18/11/2022
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	Ukraine: Aviation
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 recent steps he has taken to help ensure that the people convicted of the murder of people on Flight MH17 are brought to justice.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	90795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The conviction of three individuals in relation to the downing of Flight MH17 is an important step in securing justice for the victims and their families. We thank the Dutch authorities and the Joint Investigation Team for their work on this complex case. The downing of MH17 was a violation of international norms, which keep our societies safe, and serves as a reminder of the human cost of Russia's actions in Ukraine over many years. The UK Government will continue to support the Dutch authorities in their efforts to ensure those responsible are held to account.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 24/11/2022 10:35:39 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1543643

registered interest
date	18/11/2022
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	Academic Technology Approval Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November to Question 86512 on Academic Technology Approval Scheme, how many applications are awaiting decision; and for how many days the oldest outstanding application has been waiting for a decision.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	90825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>So far in 2022 we have received over 45,000 applications. We currently have 3382 applications under consideration, including those within the target processing time; the oldest outstanding application is 324 days. FCDO staff have regular meetings with the Higher Education Sector to discuss a variety of topics relating to the protection of sensitive research and that includes ATAS. In addition, FCDO works closely with other government departments to ensure that ATAS policy is fully understood and communicated in their conversations with the sector. It is not possible to make a calculation of the impact of delays to course start dates as a result of ATAS assessments because not all ATAS applications lead to a visa application and courses start throughout the year.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 90826 90827 question first answered 23/11/2022 17:33:15 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry

1543644

registered interest
date	18/11/2022
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	Academic Technology Approval Scheme
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 discussions he has had with representatives of universities and colleges on the Academic Technology Approval Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	90826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>So far in 2022 we have received over 45,000 applications. We currently have 3382 applications under consideration, including those within the target processing time; the oldest outstanding application is 324 days. FCDO staff have regular meetings with the Higher Education Sector to discuss a variety of topics relating to the protection of sensitive research and that includes ATAS. In addition, FCDO works closely with other government departments to ensure that ATAS policy is fully understood and communicated in their conversations with the sector. It is not possible to make a calculation of the impact of delays to course start dates as a result of ATAS assessments because not all ATAS applications lead to a visa application and courses start throughout the year.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 90825 90827 question first answered 23/11/2022 17:33:15 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry

1543646

registered interest
date	18/11/2022
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	Academic Technology Approval Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made a recent estimate of the number of post graduate international students unable to commence their course of studies in the UK due to delays in applications being processed under the Academic Technology Approval Scheme; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of delays in processing these applications on the UK's reputation as a destination for (a) international students and (b) academic research.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	90827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>So far in 2022 we have received over 45,000 applications. We currently have 3382 applications under consideration, including those within the target processing time; the oldest outstanding application is 324 days. FCDO staff have regular meetings with the Higher Education Sector to discuss a variety of topics relating to the protection of sensitive research and that includes ATAS. In addition, FCDO works closely with other government departments to ensure that ATAS policy is fully understood and communicated in their conversations with the sector. It is not possible to make a calculation of the impact of delays to course start dates as a result of ATAS assessments because not all ATAS applications lead to a visa application and courses start throughout the year.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 90825 90826 question first answered 23/11/2022 17:33:15 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry