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512993

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
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	Office of UK Permanent Representative to EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what total amount of expenses was claimed by officials working for the UK Permanent Representation to the EU in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	34059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text We cannot provide a figure for the total amount of expenses claimed by officials working for the UK Permanent Representation to the EU (UKRep) in each of the last five years, except at disproportionate cost. Expense claims made by UKRep officials are incorporated into budgets that are aggregated across the Government’s Brussels platform as a whole, which consists of UKRep, the British Embassy in Belgium, including UKTI and Consular operations, the UK Joint Delegation to NATO and Corporate Services Benelux. answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 04/05/2016 15:20:40 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

506480

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	EU Law
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 he has made of the number of Government officials engaged in matters relating to policies from the EU; and what the staff cost of such engagement is.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	32684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text Departments are appropriately resourced to support the Government's priorities in Europe. The staff costs of engagement on EU business cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost. answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 18/04/2016 12:52:21 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

506481

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	EU Institutions
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 estimate the cost of travel for (a) Ministers and (b) officials to attend EU meetings in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	32685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government publishes information about ministers' and senior officials' visits overseas on a quarterly basis in the transparency data section of the gov.uk website. Information on travel overseas for staff at Senior Civil Service Band 1 and below could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 18/04/2016 12:57:48 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

348183

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	Tony Blair
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 publish details of each (a) meeting and (b) overnight stay by Tony Blair in each UK embassy in each year between 2010 and 2014.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and can only be collated at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 08/06/2015 13:21:33 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

177165

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
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	Tony Blair
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any official visits from (a) Kazakhstan, (b) Azerbaijan, (c) Kuwait, (d) Abu Dhabi, (e) Albania and (f) Libya were arranged or accompanied by Tony Blair since Mr Blair left office.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	222869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is not aware of Mr Blair’s involvement in any official visits from (a) Kazakhstan, (b) Azerbaijan, (c) Kuwait, (d) Abu Dhabi, (e) Albania or (f) Libya. That would be a matter solely for Mr Blair and the governments of those countries.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 09/02/2015 16:13:17 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

177166

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
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	Tony Blair
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any officials of his Department have been seconded to work directly for Tony Blair on (a) the Quartet and (b) other projects since Mr Blair left office.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	222870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office seconded two full-time members of staff to the Office of the Quarter Representative from 2007 until 2013.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/02/2015 16:16:18 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

177168

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
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	Office of the Quartet Representative
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 his Department holds on the cost of Tony Blair's work for the Quartet.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	222867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>Since its inception in 2007, the Office of the Quartet Representative (OQR) has been funded by donations from Quartet members, including the European Commission, EU member states and the US. Donations are pooled in a trust fund which is managed and administered by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).</p><p>In November 2007 the then Secretary for State for International Development approved a one-off payment of £400,000 from the UK to UNDP to help with the costs of setting up the OQR. Other countries also contributed to the set up costs: Norway gave $1 million; the European Commission $2 million; and the US provided IT equipment.</p><p>The UK does not currently provide financial support to cover the costs of the OQR.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/02/2015 16:15:16 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

177169

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
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	Tony Blair
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 his Department has received from Tony Blair on (a) Kazakhstan, (b) Azerbaijan, (c) Kuwait, (d) Abu Dhabi, (e) Albania and (f) Libya since Mr Blair left office.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	222871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>We have searched the available records to provide this answer. To search archived records would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>There is no record of representations received from Mr Blair on (a) Kazakhstan, (b) Azerbaijan, (c) Kuwait, (d) Abu Dhabi, (e) Albania or (f) Libya since he left office.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 09/02/2015 16:14:47 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

177170

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
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	Tony Blair
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Tony Blair has been provided with (a) transport and (b) accommodation in posts in (i) Azerbaijan, (ii) Kazakhstan, (iii) Kuwait, (iv) Abu Dhabi, (v) Albania and (vi) Libya since Mr Blair left office.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	222872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>We have searched the available records to provide this answer. To search archived records would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>From the information available, there is no record of Mr Blair having been provided with transport or accommodation in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Albania or Libya since leaving office.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/02/2015 16:55:34 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

46545

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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
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 Italian counterpart on the status of foreign lecturers in Italian universities.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	194913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>The discrimination faced by UK and foreign national lecturers in Italy is unacceptable and illegal. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague) raised the ‘lettori' with the then Italian Foreign Minister, Emma Bonino, on 25 October 2013. I met the then Italian Europe Minister, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, on 19 November 2013, and stressed the importance of progress. I also met the Chairman of the Association of Foreign Lecturers in Italy (ALLSI), David Petrie, on 28 November 2013, and assured him of the Government's commitment to keep up the pressure on the Italian authorities. I raised the issue with Italian Deputy Foreign Minister, Marta Dassu, when I met her on 15 January. Most recently, the Minister of State for Universities and Science, my right hon. Friend the Member for Havant (Mr Willetts), has written to the new Italian Minister for Education, Research and Universities, Stefania Giannini, and underlined the importance of finding a solution.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen