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446792

registered interest
date	21/01/2016
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	Israel: Palestinians
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 received on the case of the Hares Boys; what discussions he has had with the Israeli authorities on that case; and what information he holds on the current situation.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	23710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has received a number of parliamentary questions from Members of the House of Commons, letters from Members of Parliament on behalf of their constituents and letters and emails from members of the public on the case of the Hares Boys.</p><p>An official from our Embassy in Tel Aviv met Chief Military Prosecutor, Maurice Hirsch, on 23 November to raise our concerns over this case in addition to our broader concerns about Israel’s child detention policy. We were informed by the Chief Military Prosecutor that the Hares boys agreed to a plea bargain resulting in their imprisonment for 15 years. We continue to monitor developments in the case of the Hares boys and raise the issue with the Israeli authorities.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 28/01/2016 15:04:44 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

446795

registered interest
date	21/01/2016
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	North Korea: 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 information the Government holds on whether blueprints of (a) UK Magnox reactor designs and (b) URENCO uranium enrichment plant designs have been used by North Korea to manufacture plutonium and highly enriched uranium as fissile materials for use in its nuclear warhead programme.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	23642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text We remain deeply concerned by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) development of a nuclear programme. We do not know whether the DPRK, in the development of its reactor, drew upon UK Magnox reactor designs which were made public in the 1950s and 60s. While the DPRK has made frequent public statements regarding its nuclear capabilities and WMD development, it provides little substantive information on the precise nature of those capabilities. UN Security Council Resolutions prohibit the provision of technical training, advice, services or assistance related to the manufacture of the DPRK’s nuclear-related programmes; the UK strongly supports international efforts to uphold this provision to prevent the proliferation of WMD. answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 29/01/2016 13:01:30 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

446796

registered interest
date	21/01/2016
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	Yemen: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2016 to Question 22275, what assessment his Department made of the risk that items might be used in the commission of a serious violation of international humanitarian law as defined in the Export Control Act 2002 and the EU Common position when making the decision to grant licences for the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	23647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government takes its arms export responsibilities very seriously and operates one of the most robust arms export control regimes in the world. All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, taking account of all relevant factors at the time of the application including International Humanitarian Law. The Government is satisfied that extant licences for Saudi Arabia are compliant with the UK’s export licensing criteria.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 29/01/2016 13:48:37 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

446798

registered interest
date	21/01/2016
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Languages
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 officials of his Department and at which grades are classified speakers of foreign languages for each such language spoken.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	23665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>Records from the last 5 years (up to the end of 2015) show that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has 505 officers with an Operational level (C1) exam pass across 33 different languages. This figure comprises 94 Senior Management Staff officers and 411 officers from the delegated grades.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 29/01/2016 13:33:09 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

446799

registered interest
date	21/01/2016
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	North Korea: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has formulated plans to assist a mass humanitarian emergency response if instability were to occur in North Korea.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	23510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text All humanitarian crises are assessed on a case by case basis, along with any potential role for UK intervention. answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 29/01/2016 12:25:30 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

446800

registered interest
date	21/01/2016
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	North Korea: 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, if his Department will increase funding for human rights projects in North Korea.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	23511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>We currently deliver a range of projects in the DPRK through our bilateral project fund, many of which are intended to deliver improvements in human rights. We will be assessing future projects on human rights for the next year under the Magna Carta Fund for Human Rights and Democracy where we will consider the practicalities and implications of delivering human rights projects in DPRK and how to improve the appalling human rights situation. We will continue to support humanitarian work aimed at alleviating the plight of the most vulnerable in DPRK's society.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 29/01/2016 12:27:17 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

446801

registered interest
date	21/01/2016
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	North Korea: 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, whether the UK has identified any people or ministries responsible for human rights violations in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	23512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>We have strongly supported the work of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The UN Commission of Inquiry documents serious human rights violations committed by the state in the DPRK and we have urged the DPRK authorities to respond in detail to the contents of the report. The report, which can be found at http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/CoIDPRK/Pages/CommissionInquiryonHRinDPRK.aspx, includes details of human rights violations committed by officials from a number of state institutions and ministries. There must be no impunity for those accused of serious human rights violations.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 29/01/2016 13:23:03 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

446802

registered interest
date	21/01/2016
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	Iran: Sanctions
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 funding from UK sources is estimated to become available to Iran following the signing of the nuclear deal and sanctions relief.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	23560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>We expect that approximately <del class="ministerial">£525 million</del><ins class="ministerial">£657,830,000</ins> of Iranian assets in the UK have been unfrozen following Implementation Day of the nuclear deal on 16 January, when the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that Iran had taken all the necessary steps to trigger the lifting of nuclear-related financial and economic sanctions against Iran.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 29/01/2016 13:31:49 question first ministerially corrected 18/03/2016 12:48:54 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 41991 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

446333

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
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	Syria: Military Intervention
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 disclose a summary of his Department's legal advice to the (a) Joint Committee on Human Rights and (b) Intelligence and Security Committee relevant to the drone strike that killed Reyaad Khan on 21 August 2015.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	23431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer on this subject given to him by the Prime Minister on 25 January 2016, UIN 23433.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 28/01/2016 14:58:43 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

446334

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
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	Israel: Churches
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 UK Embassy in Israel has taken to monitor attacks on Christian places of worship.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	23464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>Our Embassy in Tel Aviv is in regular contact with representatives of churches on a range of issues, including to discuss concern about attacks on places of worship. The last attack occurred on 17 January 2016 where the Dormition Abbey compound of the Orthodox Church in the Old City of Jerusalem was vandalised with anti-Christian slogans. The ‘Tag Meir’ organisation has listed 44 cases of vandalism and arson on Christian and Muslim places of worship in Israel and the West Bank since December 2009.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 28/01/2016 15:00:44 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane