Asked by: Chris Bryant (Labour - Rhondda)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) civil partnerships and (b) gay civil weddings were celebrated in UK embassies and posts in the last year.
Answered by Rory Stewart
UK Diplomatic Missions celebrated 6 civil partnerships and 202 same sex marriages between 1 July 2016 and 6 July 2017.
Asked by: Chris Bryant (Labour - Rhondda)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK embassies and posts plan to display the rainbow flag during local Pride celebrations in 2017-18.
Answered by Alan Duncan
UK Missions overseas are not required to inform the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in advance of how they intend to mark local Pride events. All Missions may fly the rainbow flag where this is possible and the Head of Mission considers it appropriate in local circumstances.
Asked by: Chris Bryant (Labour - Rhondda)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons civil partnerships are not permitted in HM Embassy in South Korea.
Answered by Grant Shapps - Secretary of State for Defence
We are awaiting confirmation from the authorities in the Republic of Korea that they would have no objection to our Embassy registering civil partnerships. Such cooperation is required under UK legislation.
Asked by: Chris Bryant (Labour - Rhondda)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what value of wine from the Government's wine cellar was consumed by each government department in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) the first quarter of 2014-15.
Answered by James Duddridge
I refer the Hon member to the written statement made by my Hon Friend the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr Simmonds), on 17 July 2014, Official Report, columns 86-87WS, the Annual Statement on the Government Hospitality Wine Cellar, covering consumption, stock purchases and costs. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not record the values of wines consumed on a Department by Department basis for official Government events, as to do so would incur disproportionate costs. The overall value of wines consumed since 2011 was as follows: 2011-12 - £55 679 2012-13 - £65 623 2013-14 - £55 805