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1198781

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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	Pakistan: Coronavirus
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 UK (a) nationals and (b) residents residing in Scotland that are stranded in Pakistan as a result of the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	52169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Repatriating British travellers from Pakistan is a priority for the UK Government and we have been working closely with the Pakistani government and airlines to ensure British travellers can return home. Since the outbreak in Wuhan, we estimate that over 1.3 million people have returned to the UK via commercial routes - the majority supported by our work to keep vital routes open. Additionally we have brought home over  35,800 people on 170 flights organised by the Foreign Office from 36 countries and territories of which over 4,400 British travellers and their direct dependents have been repatriated on 21 flights from Pakistan.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) does not have a central registration system for British travellers who wish to return to the UK so we are unable to estimate how many travellers either UK Nationals or residents of Scotland remain. It is difficult to be more precise because there have been instances of multiple registrations by the same individual, people not reporting their return to the UK via other means, and long term residents registering for flights even though they were not eligible. British travellers are only asked to register for flights with Corporate Travel Management when charter flights have been announced for a country. Anyone who registered on the booking portal for a UK charter flight has been offered an opportunity to pay for a seat. Those eligible people who paid were offered seats on flights back to the UK. Any British travellers who did not register or pay for a seat but now wish to return to the UK are being encouraged to use commercial options.</p><p>We have been liaising closely with Scottish Government colleagues and updating them on our repatriation programme.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams grouped question UIN 52172 question first answered 09/06/2020 15:09:02 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 25539 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1198782

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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 Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus
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 repatriation flights the Government has chartered to date; and what the (a) departure airport and (b) UK arrival airport was of each flight.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	52170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>.British travellers who need and want to return to the UK is one of the Government's highest priorities. Since the outbreak in Wuhan, we estimate that over 1.3 million people have returned to the UK via commercial routes - the majority supported by our work to keep vital routes open. Since the Foreign Secretary announced £75m to support repatriation efforts on 30 March, the Government has so far delivered a programme of over 170 charter flights from where commercial options are no longer viable. These flights have brought over 35,800 people from 36 countries and territories, back to UK airports in the East Midlands, London and Manchester.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 08/06/2020 15:54:01 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 25538 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1198783

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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	Pakistan International Airlines: Accidents
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 the effect of the crash of the PAI flight on 22 May 2020 on the level of service and availability of PAI flights from Pakistan to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	52171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life in the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crash on 22 May. The Foreign Secretary expressed his condolences, along with other UK Government Ministers. Her Majesty the Queen sent a message of condolence.</p><p>We are following carefully the investigation into the cause of the crash. We are aware that many British nationals use PIA flights and since early April over 21,000 British visitors to Pakistan used PIA flights to return to the UK. PIA continue to operate flights to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 09/06/2020 15:21:59 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1198785

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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	Pakistan: Coronavirus
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 his Department has made of the level of demand for repatriation flights from Pakistan to a Scottish airport.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	52172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Repatriating British travellers from Pakistan is a priority for the UK Government and we have been working closely with the Pakistani government and airlines to ensure British travellers can return home. Since the outbreak in Wuhan, we estimate that over 1.3 million people have returned to the UK via commercial routes - the majority supported by our work to keep vital routes open. Additionally we have brought home over  35,800 people on 170 flights organised by the Foreign Office from 36 countries and territories of which over 4,400 British travellers and their direct dependents have been repatriated on 21 flights from Pakistan.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) does not have a central registration system for British travellers who wish to return to the UK so we are unable to estimate how many travellers either UK Nationals or residents of Scotland remain. It is difficult to be more precise because there have been instances of multiple registrations by the same individual, people not reporting their return to the UK via other means, and long term residents registering for flights even though they were not eligible. British travellers are only asked to register for flights with Corporate Travel Management when charter flights have been announced for a country. Anyone who registered on the booking portal for a UK charter flight has been offered an opportunity to pay for a seat. Those eligible people who paid were offered seats on flights back to the UK. Any British travellers who did not register or pay for a seat but now wish to return to the UK are being encouraged to use commercial options.</p><p>We have been liaising closely with Scottish Government colleagues and updating them on our repatriation programme.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams grouped question UIN 52169 question first answered 09/06/2020 15:09:02 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 25540 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1198786

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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 Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus
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 from the public purse has been spent on repatriation flights to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	52173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed up to £75 million to help thousands of British travellers return home and this work is ongoing. A proportion of this commitment has been spent to date across the repatriation effort - not only directly on the transport required to get people home - including charter flights to the UK - but also on the costs of ground transport and internal flights to get people to the departure airport. As with all spend, we are committed to ensuring value of money for the taxpayer. Provision of a detailed breakdown at this point would impact ongoing and future tenders for charter flights and include currently commercially sensitive information.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 04/06/2020 12:02:55 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1187088

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
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	Kuwait: Coronavirus
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 UK nationals stranded in Kuwait; what discussions he has had with his Kuwaiti counterpart on allowing UK nationals to return home; what support the Government will provide to UK Nationals to return to the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	33630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p><strong>As Parliament rose earlier than planned and the first day for answer of this PQ was after the Easter recess, due to the pace of developments during the COVID-19 crisis, I submitted a response by email on 27 March, with the following response. The Table Office have agreed this approach.</strong></p><p>We are working closely with local authorities, commercial airlines and other diplomatic missions to enable British people to get home. Our consular team is working around the clock to provide support, advice and information. We are working intensively with the Governments of those countries, including Kuwait, that have closed their borders to people travelling to and from the UK, to enable airlines to bring back British people to the UK, if that is what they want.</p><p>We have also published advice for British nationals who do not have immediate departure options available to them: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-advice-novel-coronavirus#if-youre-abroad-and-you-want-to-return-to-the-uk.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 21/04/2020 11:21:27 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1129357

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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	Saudi Arabia: Arms Trade
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 his oral contribution of 14 May 2019, Official Report column 75, how many of those 226 arms export request refusals were for sales to Saudi Arabia.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	259318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>In 2018 the Government refused no licences to Saudi Arabia.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 06/06/2019 13:57:03 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1127503

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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	Saudi Arabia: Arms Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Written Statement of 25 March 2014 on Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, what effect the killing of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabian embassy in Turkey on 2 October 2018 has had on the application of guidance under sub paragraphs (a) and (b) of criteria six to decisions on licensing exports to Saudi Arabia; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	256325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>A licence would not be issued to Saudi Arabia or any other destination if to do so would be inconsistent with any provision of the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria. The situation is kept under careful and continual review. As the Foreign Secretary has said, the Government condemns Jamal Khashoggi’s killing in the strongest possible terms. The Government remains clear that anyone found responsible must be held fully accountable. The UK was signatory to the joint statement on 7 March at the United Nations Human Rights Council which reiterated condemnation of the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. The statement called for investigations into the killing to be prompt, effective and thorough, independent and impartial, and transparent.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 23/05/2019 15:32:40 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1110443

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
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 1 April 2009 to Question 237799 on Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, whether as a result of the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion, the Government plans to relinquish its claim to membership as a coastal State under Article IV of the Agreement for the establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission in favour of Mauritius.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	242192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>This is an Advisory Opinion, not a judgment. We reiterate our longstanding commitment to cede sovereignty when the territory is no longer required for defence purposes. We will continue to seek a bilateral solution to what is a bilateral dispute with Mauritius.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 16/04/2019 14:07:54 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1105472

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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	Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, under what membership criteria the United Kingdom claims current membership of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	237799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK is a member of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) in right of the British Indian Ocean Territory, which is a coastal state within the geographic scope of the IOTC (see article IV of the IOTC Agreement).</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 01/04/2019 16:49:29 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown