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652329

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
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	United Arab Emirates: 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 Government plans to raise reports of human rights violations in the United Arab Emirates during the 2017 UK-UAE Year of Culture.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	56107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>Our close relationship with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) allows us to discuss important issues such as Human Rights and where the UK has cause for concern we raise it at official and Ministerial level. The 2017 UK-UAE Year of Culture presents an excellent opportunity for strengthening and developing dialogue between our two countries.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/12/2016 15:46:42 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

652330

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
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	United Arab Emirates: Rape
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 British women were arrested for reporting rape in the United Arab Emirates (a) between 2011 and 2016 and (b) during 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	56108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>​We are unable to give information on the number of British nationals that have reported rape to the Emirati authorities. Due to the low numbers involved, this may lead to individuals being identifiable.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/12/2016 15:48:26 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

652331

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
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: International Assistance
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 (a) his US counterpart and (b) the UN on the potential use of the Joint Precision Airdrop System to deliver humanitarian relief supplies to (i) Aleppo and (ii) elsewhere in Syria.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	56103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>Getting humanitarian supplies to the nearly 1 million people living in the besieged areas in Syria, including eastern Aleppo, is a priority for this Government. The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson) discusses the issue of humanitarian access with international partners on a regular basis. He spoke to US Secretary of State, John Kerry, about the humanitarian situation in Syria most recently during a telephone call on 20 November. They also discussed these issues with like-minded partners during the meeting convened by the Foreign Secretary in London on 16 October. These high-level discussions have not gone into detail on specific types of technology. At working level the UK is working closely with the US and UN on possible options to get aid into besieged areas.</p><p>We continue to support the UN's efforts to get humanitarian supplies to people across Syria. This is most effectively done by road. Airdrops are more dangerous and harder to implement successfully than ground access. In many cases, aid is just a few miles away from those in besieged areas and could reach people in need if the Syrian regime allowed UN road convoys in. This is true in eastern Aleppo where the opposition has agreed the UN's four point plan. We continue to urge the regime to agree it too; and we press Russia and Iran to use their influence with the regime to make this happen urgently.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 08/12/2016 15:13:09 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

652332

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
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	British Indian Ocean Territory: Fines
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 2 December 2016 to Question 54666, how many fines have been issued to those caught damaging buildings in the British Indian Ocean Territory for each year in the last 30 years for which records are available; and what the (a) individual and (b) total amount of such fines was in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	56089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>Records of fines in the Territory only date back to 2013. There have been no fines issued for the damage of property during this time. In 201<ins class="ministerial">5</ins><del class="ministerial">4</del> a building on Diego Garcia was damaged. The perpetrators paid for the repairs and so were not prosecuted.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 16/12/2016 14:03:59 question first ministerially corrected 23/03/2017 17:19:58 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan previous answer version 26971 answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

650310

registered interest
date	02/12/2016
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	Burma: Rohingya
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 Burmese counterpart on the statement of 20 June 2016 by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights that patterns of violence against the Rohingya may amount to crimes against humanity; and what steps his Department is taking to protect the Rohingya community.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	55950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>Neither I nor my Ministerial colleagues have specifically discussed the UN Office for the High Commissioner of Human Rights' report of 20 June with Burmese counterparts. However, the Government has repeatedly raised concerns about the persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Burma. I last raised this when I met the Burmese Minister of Construction on 29 November. The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my noble Friend, the Rt Hon. the Baroness of Anelay of St Johns raised our concerns when she visited Burma from 9-12 November. The British Government remains one of the largest bilateral aid donors in Rakhine State. In response to the recent escalation of violence in Rakhine, I and other Government Ministers have called on the Government of Burma to resume immediately humanitarian aid and conduct an independent investigation into allegations of human rights violations. The Government of Burma has now committed to do so. We will continue to monitor the situation closely.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 07/12/2016 16:34:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

649411

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
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	Prosperity Fund
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 (a) expand or (b) reduce the number of countries eligible for Prosperity Fund Projects in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	55868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The Cross-government Prosperity Fund is primarily Official Development Assistance (ODA) and is open to all countries that remain ODA eligible under the OECD Development Assistance Committee classification. Detailed design of the Prosperity Fund is still ongoing, and in order to maximise impact, Ministers have agreed that the Fund should concentrate on countries with large numbers of poor people and that still face significant development challenges but which are also key for driving future global prosperity. Those countries will be kept under regular review throughout the duration of the Fund.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 06/12/2016 15:38:11 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

649412

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
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	Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what official development assistance funding has been allocated to the Prosperity Fund for 2016-17 by (a) recipient country and (b) sector.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	55859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>For the first year of the fund, 2016-17, the Cross-government Prosperity Fund has allocated Official Development Assistance across a range of programmes, focusing primarily on countries, but also focusing on certain key sectors.</p><p><strong>Countries</strong></p><p>Approximately £39 million was allocated by country, broken down as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>​<strong>AFRICA</strong> ​</p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>AMERICAS​</strong> ​</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​Kenya</p></td><td><p>​£651,000</p></td><td><p>​Argentina</p></td><td><p>£76,000​</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​Mozambique</p></td><td><p>​£81,000</p></td><td><p>​Brazil</p></td><td><p>​£3.8 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​Nigeria</p></td><td><p>​£752,000</p></td><td><p>​Chile</p></td><td><p>​£846,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​South Africa</p></td><td><p>​£471,000</p></td><td><p>​Colombia</p></td><td><p>​£923,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​Southern Africa Region</p></td><td><p>​£384,000</p></td><td><p>​Mexico</p></td><td><p>​£4.6 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​Africa Region</p></td><td><p>£769,000​</p></td><td><p>​Peru</p></td><td><p>​£1.5 m</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>​<strong>ASIA PACIFIC</strong> ​</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>​<strong>EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA ​</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​Burma</p></td><td><p>​£407,000</p></td><td><p>​EECA Region</p></td><td><p>£230,000​</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​China</p></td><td><p>​£9.8 m</p></td><td><p>​Kazakhstan</p></td><td><p>​</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><p>​Indonesia</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>​£634,000</p></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="1"><p>​<strong>MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA</strong> ​</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><p>​Malaysia</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>​£584,000</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>​Iran</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>£307,000​</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><p>​Philippines</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>​£646,000</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>​Jordan</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>​£1.5 m</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><p>​SE Asia Region</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>​£946,000</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>​Lebanon</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>£1.5 m</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><p>​Thailand</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>​£169,000</p></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="1"><p>​<strong>SOUTH ASIA ​</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><p>​Vietnam</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>​£880,000</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>​India</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>£5.4 m​</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Sectors </strong></p><p>Just over £10 million was allocated to sectors and programmes for 2016/17 as follows:</p><ul><li>​Anti-Corruption: £5m</li><li>Commonwealth Marine Economies: £5.6m</li></ul> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 06/12/2016 15:36:57 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

649413

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
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	Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of official development assistance spending allocated to the Prosperity Fund in 2016-17 was provided to (a) companies, (b) non-governmental organisations, (c) educational institutions, (d) scientific institutions, (e) trade bodies and (f) financial or legal institutions headquarted or registered in (i) the UK and (ii) UK Overseas Territories.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	55875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The information required to answer this question is not held centrally and can only be collated accurately at a disproportionate cost to the department. Prosperity Fund allocations in 2016-17 were devolved to a number of government departments and across the FCO network. Each will use a range of partners to support the implementation of their projects in order to ensure impact and in line with programme best practice.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 06/12/2016 15:16:26 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

649467

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
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	Development Aid
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 spending which counts as official development assistance spending was allocated to each recipient (a) country and (b) sector in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	55877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>All Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Offical Development Assistance (ODA) expenditure is recorded in HMG’s annual Statistics on International Development (SID) published by the Department for International Development (DfID). The most recent SID was published on the 17 November 2016 and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/572669/data-underlying-SID-2016A.ods This gives details of FCO (and other Government departments) expenditure both by country and by sector.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 06/12/2016 15:02:43 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

649468

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
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: Serbia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which locations were visited using his official government car during his state visit to Serbia on 11 November 2016.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	55856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>On 11 November 2016 , using transport provided by the Serbian government and the embassy, the Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson) and his delegation attended a Remembrance Day event at Belgrade New Cementary with Prime Minister Vucic, visited Kalemegdan Castle to record FCO video message about his visit to the Western Balkan, he also attended a closed meeting in Serbia's oldest booksore to discuss press freedoms with authors, journalists and editors.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 06/12/2016 17:38:13 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne