The UK has been clear that the scheduled expiry of the UN conventional arms embargo in October 2020 would have major implications for regional security and stability. The Foreign Secretary discussed this with Secretary Pompeo during his recent visit to Washington and with his French and German counterparts on 10 September. The UK Government continue to engage regional partners, the US, and others, to find a solution to Iranian proliferation in the region, whilst upholding the authority and integrity of the UN Security Council. We will also continue to enforce sanctions regimes including those under UNSCRs 1540, 1701, and 2216 which prohibit the proliferation of weapons to Lebanese Hizballah and the Houthis in Yemen. The UK encourages all states to implement national export control best practice in support of these regimes. The EU arms embargo and UN ballistic missile restrictions on Iran will also remain in place until at least 2023.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4366", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for James Cleverly"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Braintree"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "James Cleverly"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-09-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "91734"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-09-24T13:47:40.623Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "type" : "http://data.parliament.uk/schema/parl#WrittenParliamentaryQuestion"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1237458", "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1237458/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The UK has been clear that the scheduled expiry of the UN conventional arms embargo in October 2020 would have major implications for regional security and stability. The Foreign Secretary discussed this with Secretary Pompeo during his recent visit to Washington and with his French and German counterparts on 10 September. The UK Government continue to engage regional partners, the US, and others, to find a solution to Iranian proliferation in the region, whilst upholding the authority and integrity of the UN Security Council. We will also continue to enforce sanctions regimes including those under UNSCRs 1540, 1701, and 2216 which prohibit the proliferation of weapons to Lebanese Hizballah and the Houthis in Yemen. The UK encourages all states to implement national export control best practice in support of these regimes. The EU arms embargo and UN ballistic missile restrictions on Iran will also remain in place until at least 2023.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4366", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for James Cleverly"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Braintree"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "James Cleverly"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-09-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "91735"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-09-24T13:47:40.577Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "type" : "http://data.parliament.uk/schema/parl#WrittenParliamentaryQuestion"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1239134", "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1239134/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Deaths are monitored on the Abortion Notification (HSA4) form and will be recorded and included in official abortion statistics.<\/p>
Any complication known to the practitioner terminating the pregnancy should be reported to the Chief Medical Officer on the Abortion Notification (HSA4) form. All serious incidents should be reported by the provider to their commissioner, the Care Quality Commission and other relevant organisations in line with the serious incident framework published by NHS England and NHS Improvement at the following link:<\/p>
https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/serious-incident-framework/<\/a><\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1002118/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The contracted minimum hours (including meal breaks) for the highest paid member of staff from the Serious Fraud Office, the Government Legal Department, and Crown Prosecution Service are:<\/p> <\/p> SFO<\/p><\/td> 42<\/p><\/td><\/tr> GLD<\/p><\/td> 42<\/p><\/td><\/tr> CPS<\/p><\/td> 42<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> This is in line with the terms and conditions of SCS appointments.<\/p> <\/p> The highest paid member of staff from HM Crown Prosecution service is contracted to work 36 hours a week, not including meal breaks, plus additional hours as may, from time to time, be reasonable and necessary.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, what the contracted hours are for the highest paid member of staff in the (a) Serious Fraud Office, (b) Government Legal Department, (c) Crown Prosecution Service and (d) HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been charged to date under sections (a) 2A and (b) 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 who could not have been charged using sections (i) 2 and (ii) 4.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1002569/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The quantity of electricity and natural gas used by the Attorney General\u2019s Office and the Law Officers Departments (CPS, SFO, GLD and HMCPSI) is published in the CPS annual report (page 12) and can be found here<\/a>.<\/p> The figures are also shown below.<\/p> <\/p> (MWh) Megawatt hours<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> FY<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2015-16<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2016-17<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2017-18<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Electricity<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 7,844<\/p><\/td> 5,412<\/p><\/td> 6,993<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gas<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 3,115<\/p><\/td> 3,579<\/p><\/td> 5,586<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> It is not possible to break these figures down any further without incurring disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, what the quantity was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) the Attorney General's Office, (ii) the Crown Prosecution Service, (iii) the Government Legal Department and (iv) the Serious Fraud Office in each of the last three years for which figures are available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1002570/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The cost of electricity and natural gas used by the Attorney General\u2019s Office and the Law Officers Departments (CPS, SFO, GLD and HMCPSI) is published in the CPS annual report (page 12) which can be found here<\/a>.<\/p> The costs are also shown below.<\/p> <\/p> Financial Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Electricity Spend (£)<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Gas Spend (£)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015-16<\/p><\/td> 1,080,192<\/p><\/td> 113,302<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016-17<\/p><\/td> 1,008,263<\/p><\/td> 96,623<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2017-18<\/p><\/td> 968,829<\/p><\/td> 83,167<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> It is not possible to break these figures down any further without incurring disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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