https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales<\/a>.<\/p>The latest data show that, as at 31 March 2019, there were 8,329 BAME police officers in the 43 forces in England and Wales, representing 6.9% of all officers who stated their ethnicity.<\/p>
Police professional training standards are set and maintained by the College of Policing which the Government established as the first professional body for the police in 2012.<\/p>"}
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, "title" : "Police Workforce England and Wales - March 2019 "}
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\u200bThe British Government is deeply concerned by all civilian casualties in north east Syria. The allegations that white phosphorous has been used against civilians are extremely worrying and it is important that the full facts are established before any other action is considered. The UN Commission of Inquiry has responsibility for investigating alleged violations of international law in Syria. White phosphorus is not classed as a chemical weapon or covered by the Chemical Weapons Convention. But we have repeatedly called on all parties to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law which prohibits attacks against civilians irrespective of the weapon used.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that 13-year old Mohammed Hamid Mohammed, admitted to Tal Tamir Hospital following the bombing of Ras-al Ain by Turkey, is a victim of white phosphorus; and whether they intend to refer any such use of white phosphorus to the International Criminal Court to seek justice for the reported violations of the Geneva Convention and the Chemical Weapons Convention.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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\u200bWe have agreed that funding for the office of the Prime Minister\u2019s Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief should adequately cover travel and administrative costs. For this financial year we expect this to be £73,453. Future funding will be decided at a later stage.<\/p>"}
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We are not aware of any initiative to send international observers to monitor the upcoming District Council elections in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong district council elections will be an important opportunity for the citizens of Hong Kong to use the rights enshrined in the Basic Law to make their voices heard. With this in mind, we will of course follow the conduct of the elections closely.<\/p>"}
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The China Department in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office deals with our relations with China, including Hong Kong. In light of the ongoing situation in Hong Kong, and our commitment to uphold the rights, freedoms and high degree of autonomy enshrined in the Joint Declaration, we have increased the number of FCO staff in this Department and keep this under regular review.<\/p>"}
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I am grateful for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Rights of the Rohingya's sustained work and attention on the Rohingya crisis response. I wrote to the Co-Chair of the Group, Anne Main MP, on 27 September in response to the report. The UK has recently announced further funding to the crisis, bringing our total commitment to the response in Bangladesh since August 2017 to £256 million, and making us the second largest donor to the 2019 international Joint Response Plan.<\/p>
<\/p>
DFID\u2019s latest funding to the crisis will maintain and improve protection and humanitarian assistance provided to refugees, including through the provision of food, healthcare, water, sanitation, care and counselling for sexual violence survivors, and protection of vulnerable groups. Over 75,000 children and adolescents from the refugee and host communities will have access to education and skills training and over £20 million of new support will be provided to the thousands of already vulnerable Bangladeshi families in Cox\u2019s Bazar district. The UK is also one of the largest donors in Rakhine State, Myanmar, where over 600,000 Rohingya remain in need of assistance. The UK is committed to justice for the Rohingya, and has led international efforts on sanctions and establishing an evidence gathering mechanism.<\/p>"}
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The UK has already imposed, through the EU, sanctions on 14 individuals responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses in Myanmar. This includes individuals from the Myanmar military and border guard police. When the UK leaves the EU, these listings will be maintained in an autonomous UK sanctions regime.<\/p>
The UK has also announced an intention to establish a UK autonomous global human rights sanctions (\u2018Magnitsky\u2019) regime once we leave the EU. A global sanctions regime would allow us to respond to serious human rights violations or abuses anywhere in the world. Though we cannot pre-announce designations, the sanctions regime could be used as a tool to hold perpetrators of serious human rights abuses or violations to account.<\/p>
The UK worked through the UN Human Rights Council to establish a Fact Finding Mission, to investigate allegations of serious human rights abuses in Rakhine, and elsewhere in Myanmar. Following its initial report, we worked closely with the OIC and the EU to establish a mechanism to collect and preserve evidence of atrocities in Myanmar. The mechanism will ensure any future justice process, domestic or international, does not find that evidence has been lost or degraded. The Mechanism became operational in September.<\/p>
<\/p>"}
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