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date	21/01/2015
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	Wildlife: Smuggling
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 foreign UK-based and locally-engaged staff of his Department worked (a) part-time and (b) full-time on tackling the illegal wildlife trade in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15 to date; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	221604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>Prior to 2013, work on the illegal wildlife trade (IWT), in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) was handled by individual geographical departments and figures on staffing are not available without disproportionate cost. In 2013 a dedicated illegal wildlife trade team of three full-time staff, including one funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), was set up in the FCO. This team was responsible for organising the London Conference on IWT in February 2014, working closely with Defra, the lead government department. Following the London Conference, this team was reduced to one full-time staff member. Since July 2014, in the run up to the Botswana Conference, two staff members in the FCO have been working predominantly on IWT, supported by a number of others working part-time.</p><p> </p><p>In the FCO’s overseas network, several UK based and locally engaged staff work part time on IWT. It is not possible to provide a breakdown without disproportionate cost. From January to March 2015, there has been one UK based member of staff working full time on the IWT temporarily seconded to support the government of Botswana.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 27/01/2015 16:20:57 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

171804

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date	02/01/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Wildlife: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 11 of her Department's publication, Red Tape Challenge - Environment Theme Implementation Plan, what the reasons are for the review of Regulations on Control of Trade in Endangered Species being delayed from April 2014 until 2015.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	219580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>The Review has not progressed as swiftly as originally intended due in part to the volume and complexity of the work needed fully to assess the anticipated impacts of the proposals for changes to the Regulations, and in part to the focus required on other urgent priorities, including the preparations for the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade and its follow up.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to the Red Tape Challenge commitment to rationalise the number of CITES-related pieces of domestic legislation currently in place, the review has looked at, amongst others, proposals relating to new requirements brought about by amended EU regulations, the designation of ports of entry and exit to be used when importing and exporting CITES specimens and the updating of enforcement requirements to reflect the evolution of the illegal wildlife trade and enforcement trends.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The work on the Regulations is now nearing completion and it remains our intention to issue as soon as possible a public consultation on proposals to update and improve the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations, together with the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Ports of Entry) Regulations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/01/2015 13:59:46 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

170756

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Wildlife: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to incorporate into the Serious Organised Crime Strategy the conclusions of the document, UK commitment to action on illegal wildlife trade, published in February 2014.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	218936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office continues to work with other departments to ensure that the Government delivers on the UK Commitment to Action on the Illegal Wildlife Trade. The Government will review its progress against the UK’s commitments <br>early next year.<br><br>The Serious and Organised Crime Strategy applies the successful framework we use to counter terrorism to drive and coordinate our response to serious and organised crime, which encompasses illegal wildlife trade. The National Crime <br>Agency and its law enforcement partners focus on disrupting those serious and organised criminals that present the highest risk to the UK and its communities, including in areas such as child sexual exploitation and modern <br>slavery. Where high-risk organised criminals are engaged in illegal wildlife trade, the Agency will lead, support or coordinate an appropriate level of response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 05/01/2015 16:41:35 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick