Asked by: Meg Munn (Labour (Co-op) - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the population is of each of the UK Overseas Territories.
Answered by James Duddridge
The populations for each of the UK Overseas Territories are:
Anguilla: 16,318 (2010)
Bermuda: 61,777 (2014)
British Antarctic Territory: no permanent settled population
British Indian Ocean Territory: no permanent settled population.
Cayman Islands: 56,700 (2012)
Falkland Islands: 2,932 (2012)
Gibraltar: 29,441 (2010)
Montserrat: 4,922 (2011)
Pitcairn, Henderson Ducie and Oeno (Commonly known as the Pitcairn Islands): 36 (2014)
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands: no permanent settled population.
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia: 9,700 (2011) Cypriot nationals and 5,800 temporary based UK Defence personnel and families.
St Helena: 4000 (2009/2010)
Ascension Island: No indigenous population and no right of abode
Tristan da Cunha: 267 (2014)
Virgin Islands (Commonly known as the British Virgin Islands): 28,054 (2010)
Asked by: Meg Munn (Labour (Co-op) - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress his Department has made on implementation of the recommendations of the third Pitcairn Child Safety Review.
Answered by James Duddridge
The third independent Pitcairn Child Safety Review (CSR) provided a further assessment of child safety and safeguarding measures with 21 recommendations put forward. A summary of the recommendations was placed in the House of Commons Library last year. The majority of the recommendations have been implemented with a small number on going. A further CSR is under discussion.
Her Majesty's Government (HMG) has upgraded its presence on the island with a newly arrived Administrator. Officials visited the island in 2013 and had detailed discussions on child safeguarding with the Council. Child Matters Trust, a New Zealand based Non Governmental Organisation, visited the island in 2014 to deliver training. The new Governor based in New Zealand has re-iterated the importance of child safeguarding during his first visit in November.
There is a stronger partnership between HMG and the Pitcairn Island Council on child safeguarding. We work closely with the Council to implement all the recommendations. Our commitment to strengthen the protection of children, young people and their families on Pitcairn remains a top priority. Established policies and procedures are in place for handling child protection concerns. This includes the retention of a restrictive applications process for visits to Pitcairn by minors. There is a community of professionals on Pitcairn, including a police officer, a trained social worker, a teacher and a doctor, who all play an important role in child safety. Until such time as a future report shows no risk to children on the island, the very robust safeguarding measures will remain in place.
Asked by: Meg Munn (Labour (Co-op) - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to publish the implementation plan for the UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security.
Answered by James Duddridge
Although we have committed to develop and publish the UK’s first Implementation Plan by the end of 2014, we in fact hope to publish the document before then.
The Implementation Plan will include indicators and baseline data and will build on the National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security. It will be used to assess the impact of UK efforts on Women, Peace and Security throughout the life of this NAP. The Implementation Plan will focus on Afghanistan, Burma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Libya, Somalia and Syria; all countries facing very different situations but where more can be done to protect women; to involve them in building long-term security; and where the UK can make a real difference.