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1146997

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Diplomatic Service: 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, what estimate his Department has made of the number of instances of UK citizens using a non-UK EU consulate in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	292274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>We estimate the number of requests to EU consular services to be very low, as British Nationals can access UK consular assistance remotely.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 03/10/2019 10:20:51 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1147052

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Yemen: Armed Conflict
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 Sudanese counterpart on the removal of their troops from Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	292077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>​Sudan is a member of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. UK policy is that the use of any national force in another country must be authorised under international law. British Embassy Khartoum routinely engages with the recently appointed civilian government in Sudan on key priority areas and how we can support them, including on human rights and rule of law.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 03/10/2019 15:09:57 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1147082

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
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 he is taking to secure the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	292320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>​The British Government remains extremely concerned about Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's welfare. We repeatedly call for her release at the highest levels and our Embassy in Tehran continues to request consular access. The Prime Minister raised his concerns about dual national detentions with President Rouhani on 24 September. The Foreign Secretary raised his concerns with Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif on 17 September and met Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband on 2 September to reinforce the UK's support in bringing his wife home. We are in regular contact with Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's family and we urge Iran to release Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe so they can be reunited.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 03/10/2019 10:54:09 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1147191

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Chief Scientific Advisers
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 meetings he had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser from 1 June to 31 August 2019.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	292161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has not met with his Chief Scientific Adviser in the period 1 June to 31 August 2019. However, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers’ have continued to have contact with the Department's Chief Scientific Adviser, and her office, during this period.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 07/10/2019 12:15:38 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1147193

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Sino-British Joint Declaration
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 (a) the Chinese Government's compliance with the Sino-British Declaration and (b) the effect of that declaration under international law.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	292079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>​The Sino-British Joint Declaration is a legally binding treaty, registered with the UN, that remains in force. The UK, as a co-signatory, has an obligation to monitor its implementation closely, and we are committed to doing so. We respect China's sovereignty but we also believe it is important to speak out where we have concerns and to make sure that the Joint Declaration, recognised in international law, is upheld.</p><p>The government reports to Parliament at six monthly intervals on implementation of the Joint Declaration. The next Six Month Report will be published shortly. The government has not assessed to date that China has explicitly breached the Joint Declaration, with the exception of the involuntary removal of Mr Lee Po, a British citizen, to mainland China without any due process under Hong Kong Special Administrative Region law in 2015. That incident constituted a serious breach and undermined the principle of &quot;One Country, Two Systems&quot; which assures Hong Kong residents of the protection of the Hong Kong legal system.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 07/10/2019 12:04:58 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1147194

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Hong Kong: Violence
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 on (a) human rights, (b) police violence and (c) repression in Hong Kong to (i) his Chinese counterpart, (ii) the Chinese Ambassador to the UK and (iii) the Government in Hong Kong; and what response has been received to those representations.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	292080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>​We are in regular contact with the Governments of Hong Kong and China on this issue. The Foreign Secretary spoke to Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on 9 August, where he raised our concern about the situation in Hong Kong and the police's response to the protests. He also raised Hong Kong with Chinese State Counsellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi in Bangkok on 31 July, where he underlined that the UK and China have a joint and legal commitment to the freedoms enshrined in the Joint Declaration.</p><p>The Chinese Ambassador to the UK was summoned to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on 3 July to meet the Permanent Under Secretary and Head of the Diplomatic Service, Sir Simon McDonald, where he was told the comments he made on UK policy towards Hong Kong were unacceptable and inaccurate. Since that date FCO officials have been in regular and frequent contact with senior officials at the Chinese Embassy in London to discuss the situation in Hong Kong, including on the right to peaceful protest and the use of force by police in Hong Kong.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 07/10/2019 12:07:25 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1147195

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Hong Kong: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have plans to hold meetings with the delegation from Fight for Freedom Stand With Hong Kong to discuss the recent events in Hong Kong.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	292081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Neither the Foreign Secretary nor other Foreign and Commonwealth Office ministers have plans to meet this organisation, but we will consider all meeting requests on their merits when they are received.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 07/10/2019 12:09:13 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1147313

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Travel
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 ministerial travel by (a) first class, (b) second class and (c) in total in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	292413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign annd Commonwealth Office (FCO) is by definition a global organisation which uses travel as an essential part of its role.</p><p>The table below details the FCO's expenditure for financial years 2016/17 and 2017/18 on ministerial travel by First class rail; Second class rail; Business class air travel; Premium Economy class air travel; Economy class air travel; and a total of these five sums.</p><p>The figures represent travel booked through the Government's nominated travel agency.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>First Class Rail Travel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Standard Class Rail Travel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>First Class Air Travel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Business Class Air Travel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Premium Economy Air Travel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Economy Air Travel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£159.10</p></td><td><p>£2,057.00</p></td><td><p>£802,152.04</p></td><td><p>£16,095.19</p></td><td><p>£65,341.90</p></td><td><p>£885,805.23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£324.40</p></td><td><p>-£2,916.27</p></td><td><p>£752,078.99</p></td><td><p>£39,535.85</p></td><td><p>£87,474.29</p></td><td><p>£876,497.26</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 07/10/2019 14:48:36 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1147326

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Travel
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 ministerial travel by (a) first class, (b) second class and (c) in total in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	292423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is by definition a global organisation which uses travel as an essential part of its role.</p><p>The table below details the FCO's expenditure for financial years 2017/18, and 2018/19 on ministerial travel by First class rail; Second class rail; Business class air travel; Premium Economy class air travel; Economy class air travel; and a total of these five sums.</p><p>The figures represent travel booked through the Government's nominated travel agency.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>First Class Rail Travel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Standard Class Rail Travel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>First Class Air Travel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Business Class Air Travel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Premium Economy Air Travel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Economy Air Travel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£324.40</p></td><td><p>-£2,916.27</p></td><td><p>£752,078.99</p></td><td><p>£39,535.85</p></td><td><p>£87,474.29</p></td><td><p>£876,497.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£230.00</p></td><td><p>£87.30</p></td><td><p>£2084.00</p></td><td><p>£827,716.94</p></td><td><p>£46,250.87</p></td><td><p>£116,323.74</p></td><td><p>£992,692.85</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 07/10/2019 14:53:52 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1147335

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	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 refreshments in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	292432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) expenditure is tracked by financial year. Spend on refreshments is captured as part of the FCO's total Catering costs.</p><p>The total spent on Catering Services for the financial year 2018/19 was £2,460,089.42 . The total spent on Catering Services for the financial year 2017/18 was £2,588,495.42 .</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 07/10/2019 14:56:04 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones