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1060729

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans she has for another international meeting on ending violence against women in conflict following the Global Summit to end sexual violence in conflict in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	221013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>​My noble Friend, Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Prime Minister's Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, will host the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict International Conference from 18-20 November 2019. The conference will celebrate progress, address remaining challenges, and secure further commitments to action, five years on from the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 18/02/2019 17:27:31 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1000271

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
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	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
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 money his Department has allocated to tackle sexual violence in conflict since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	187340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) was launched in 2012; we do not hold distinct data on tackling sexual violence in conflict from before that date. From the financial year 2012/13 to the financial year 2017/18, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office spent approximately £42.67 million on preventing sexual violence in conflict. In the current financial year, we have allocated approximately £3.38 million to tackling sexual violence in conflict.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 12/11/2018 09:39:54 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1000272

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
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	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to tackle conflict-related sexual violence.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	187341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Since launching the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) in 2012, the UK has continued to lead global efforts to end the horror of sexual violence in conflict, and we have committed over £44 million in UK funding across 26 countries. The Ministry of Defence has trained 17,000 000 national and international police and military personnel, including peacekeepers, on sexual and gender-based violence issues, including in Kenya, Nigeria, DRC, Malawi and Iraq. The UK’s PSVI Team of Experts has been deployed over 90 times, to build the capacity of partner governments, the UN and NGOs. We have launched the first and second editions of the International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict, and employed the Protocol to build the capacity of governments, judiciary, police, military and civil society to gather evidence of sexual violence in conflict and strengthen prosecutions. It has also been used by many NGOs and international organisations such as the ICC and UN OHCHR. To help tackle the stigma of sexual violence, we launched the ‘Principles for Global Action: preventing and addressing stigma associated with conflict-related sexual violence’ at the UN General Assembly in September 2017. These principles have been used by organisations including the UN, for example as part of the Stigma Alleviation Program in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The UK will host a PSVI International Conference in November 2019 to galvanise the world into further action, and demonstrate the UK’s continued global leadership on tackling sexual violence in conflict.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 12/11/2018 09:46:00 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

828190

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, of how many experts the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative multidisciplinary team is comprised.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	124150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Team of Experts currently consists of 38 independent experts (26 women), including criminal lawyers, policing advisers, gender based violence experts, international investigating officers, training experts and psychosocial experts. ​</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 29/01/2018 15:38:11 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

712947

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
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	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
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 commit new research funding to the UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security to support the Government's commitment to the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict initiative.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	68807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to producing the next UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, in a focused, consultative and inclusive way. While HMG funding on Women, Peace and Security is focused on the implementation rather than the production of the UK National Action Plan, we have provided funding to enable civil society consultations in four focus countries and we are working with partners to ensure UK civil society and academic views are taken into account in the revision of the UK National Action Plan. The Government has funded an external, independent evaluation of the current UK National Action Plan, which will make recommendations for the next iteration of the plan for the next financial year to include research on stigma and preventing sexual violence against men and boys. This is part of our on-going efforts to produce an evidence base to inform and shape our Women, Peace and Security policy and more broadly on Gender Equality/Women and Girls, where there is a wide volume of funding for research, including through DFID funding.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 24/03/2017 14:53:45 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

712959

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
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	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department plans to host another Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	68650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>This year marks five years since the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative was founded. The 2014 Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict was the biggest Summit of its kind. Significant progress has been made since 2012, including through:</p><ul><li>training over 17,000 military and police personnel;</li><li>deploying the UK Team of Experts over 85 times;</li><li>funding of over £35 million to support more than 70 projects in 26 countries to provide capacity building on advocacy, protection, survivor support, evidence gathering, judicial reform, prosecution and reparations work.</li></ul><p>The British Government will host an international meeting in 2019 to review commitments made at the 2014 Summit and galvanise further international action and commitment. The 2019 meeting will focus on what further action is needed to end sexual violence in conflict, including how we can further support survivors and tackle the stigma and negative attitudes associated with sexual violence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/03/2017 16:00:12 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

390777

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which teams from which countries is the UK Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative expert team working in partnership with.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	7597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK Team of Experts supports the work of national and international bodies and NGOs in preventing and responding to sexual violence in conflict. Each deployment is tailored to local needs and circumstances. Since November 2012 we have carried out 60 deployments to nine conflict-affected countries or countries supporting displaced populations.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 21/07/2015 12:57:16 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

390778

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
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 compliance of signatories to the Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict with the terms of that declaration.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	7598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>To date, 155 countries have endorsed the Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. Some of these governments made subsequent commitments at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. Others have reformed their legislation, introduced new army codes or improved their military training. We have not formally assessed each endorsing government’s compliance. But through our Embassies and High Commissions we seek regular updates on their progress in tackling sexual violence including the implementation of relevant commitments.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 21/07/2015 12:58:39 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

390789

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
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 budget was of the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI) in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15; and what budget has been allocated for the PSVI in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	7559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Since 2012/13 the FCO has allocated at least £29 million to PSVI-related work overseas. This includes funding to support work with survivors, contributions to international organisations, training on the International Protocol and deployments of members of the PSVI Team of Experts. We spent approximately £1.3 million in 2012-13, approximately £5 million in 2013-14, and approximately £15 million in 2014-15. So far this financial year we have allocated over £8.2 million to PSVI-related work.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 21/07/2015 12:56:45 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

390791

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to which countries the UK Prevention Sexual Violence Initiative experts were deployed in 2014-15; and to which countries that team will be deployed in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	7533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK Team of Experts supports the work of national and international bodies and NGOs in preventing and responding to sexual violence in conflict. Each deployment is tailored to local needs and circumstances. Since November 2012 we have carried out 60 deployments to nine conflict affected countries or countries supporting displaced populations. In 2014-15 experts from the team deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Jordan, Kosovo, Mali and Turkey. Our current plans for 2015-16 include deployments to Mali, the Syrian borders, the DRC and Iraq.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 21/07/2015 12:55:07 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy