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Written questions

Hilary Benn

1,470 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Crimes against Humanity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Minister in his Department is responsible for atrocity prevention; and if he will make a statement.

9 Nov 2015 · Home Office

Syria: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2015 to Question 14454, what (a) funding and (b) other support the Government has offered UNHCR to identify people for resettlement to date.

6 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on (a) temporary agency staff, (b) consultants, (c) non-payroll staff, (d) administration and (e) marketing and advertising in real terms in each year since

6 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many named people from which countries have been subject to UK targeted sanctions in each of the last 10 years.

6 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Atrocities Prevention Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contact his Department has had with the US Atrocity Prevention Board.

6 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Defence

United Nations: Peacekeeping Operations

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK personnel have served in UN peacekeeping missions in each of the last 10 years.

5 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Russian counterpart on recent Russian military action in Syria.

5 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Women's League of Burma

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government is providing to the Women's League of Burma.

5 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of reported irregularities in the run-up to the Burmese election.

5 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on incidents of sexual violence committed by the Burmese army; and what representations he has made to the Burmese government on that matter.

5 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Russia: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) staff of which grades and (b) desk teams were working on Russia in his Department in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2013, (iv) 2014 and (v) the latest date for which figures are

4 Nov 2015 · Department for International Development

World Food Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect on Syrian refugees of fluctuations in the value of food vouchers provided by the World Food Programme.

4 Nov 2015 · Department for International Development

Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her objectives are for the World Humanitarian Summit in May 2016.

4 Nov 2015 · Department for International Development

World Food Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the financial contribution made by (a) the UK and (b) other nations to the UN World Food Programme to meet demand on that programme (i) in 2015 an

4 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

South Sudan: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the creation of 28 states in South Sudan on the prospects for peace in that region.

4 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of Syrian children in Europe who are (a) vulnerable to trafficking and (b) unaccompanied.

3 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on whether cluster munitions have been used in Yemen.

3 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Armed Conflict: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is his policy to (a) support the Safe Schools Declaration which arose from the Oslo conference on safe schools in May 2015 and (b) implement the Guidelines on Protecting School

3 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to his oral Answer of 22 October 2015, Official Report, column 445WH, what steps he has since taken to try and persuade the parties to the conflict to adopt an immediate ce

3 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to his oral Answer of 22 October 2015, Official Report, column 444WH, what steps he has taken to assess whether British-manufactured arms have been used in a responsible ma

2 Nov 2015 · Department for International Development

Yemen: Ports

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2015 to Question 12777, what assessment she has made of whether each party to the conflict is taking reasonable steps to allow access to Yemen's ports for (a

2 Nov 2015 · Home Office

Refugees: Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been identified for resettlement in the UK as part of the vulnerable Syrian refugee resettlement programme since 20 September 2015.

2 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Government has (a) spent to date and (b) allocated for future spending to (i) his Department, (ii) the Department for International Development and (iii) the UNHCR to identif

2 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

South East Asia: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the effects of the recent fires in Indonesia and neighbouring countries; and what steps he he has taken to ascertain whether any UK companies are responsib

2 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2015 to Question 12951, whether all directly employed and contracted staff of his Department are contractually permitted to write to him about their e

22 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Zimbabwe: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of the political situation in Zimbabwe.

22 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Cleaning Services: Living Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of any letters or emails (a) sent to Interserve by his Department and (b) received by his Department from Interserve relating to a letter sent by cl

22 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Ukraine: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Minsk Agreement in reducing fighting in Ukraine.

22 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Cleaning Services: Living Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings he has had with cleaners working in his Department's premises to discuss payment of the living wage.

22 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Contracts for Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has taken steps to ensure that contractors used by his Department do not instigate investigatory proceedings against staff for writing directly to him about their employment co

Source: official written-questions record.