Mentions:
1: Rob Roberts (Ind - Delyn) I declare an interest, as chair of the all-party parliamentary group for the Philippines. - Speech Link
2: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) sets out a really important position, and we want to continue to support and work closely with the Philippines - Speech Link
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Wood Green)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, how many UK-based staff from his Department worked in (a) HM Embassy or the High Commission and (b) Consulates General, Consulates or Deputy High Commissions in (i) China, (ii) South Korea, (iii) Vietnam, (iv) the Philippines, (v) India and (vi) the Asia Pacific region in 2023.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Mar24 UKB Data | |||
Location | A | B | |
(v) | India | 30-39 | 10-19 |
(iv) | Philippines | 10-19 | No UKB Staff |
(ii) | South Korea | 10-19 | No UKB Staff |
(iii) | Vietnam | 10-19 | Fewer than 10 |
(vi) | Asia Pacific Region | 180-199 | Fewer than 10 |
Scope | |
British Embassy | A |
British High Commission | A |
British Consulate | B |
British Consulate General | B |
British Deputy High Commission | B |
Countries in Scope of Asia Pacific Region |
Australia |
Brunei |
Cambodia |
Fiji |
Indonesia |
South Korea |
Laos |
Malaysia |
Myanmar |
New Zealand |
Papua New Guinea |
Philippines |
Samoa |
Singapore |
Solomon Islands |
Thailand |
Tonga |
Vanuatu |
Vietnam |
Staff in scope: UKB | |
Headcount data is presented as at: Mar24 | |
Locations:China (Withheld), India, Philippines, South Korea, Vietnam (Part (i) to (v), see list for (Part (vi). | |
Staff out of scope: Contingent Labour, Unpaid Liabilities, Ministers / NeDs / SpAds etc, third party suppliers, Staff working for other government departments, CB staff. | |
Headcounts are banded for release in line with advice from FCDO Information and Cyber Security Unit. |
May. 23 2023
Source Page: Marriage in the PhilippinesFound: Marriage in the Philippines
May. 23 2023
Source Page: Marriage in the PhilippinesFound: Marriage in the Philippines
May. 09 2024
Source Page: Letter dated 07/05/2024 from Lord Bellamy to Lord Jackson of Peterborough and others regarding questions and comments raised during the debate on Prisons: Foreign National Offenders: Albanian organised crime, engagement with Jamaica on prisoner transfers, prisoner transfer agreement with the Philippines, strategy for prisoner transfer agreements with partner countries, religious conversion and asylum claims, changes to the Early Removal Scheme. 3p.Found: organised crime, engagement with Jamaica on prisoner transfers, prisoner transfer agreement with the Philippines
Mentions:
1: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) Committee on progress in respect of existing prisoner arrangements, including the new one with the Philippines - Speech Link
2: Lord McNally (LD - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Jackson, mentioned the one with Albania, and we also concluded one with the Philippines - Speech Link
3: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) agreement is to enable British prisoners in the foreign prison to come back—a recent example was from the Philippines—rather - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Wendy Chamberlain (LD - North East Fife) Whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in the Philippines on the case of Leila De Lima. - Speech Link
2: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) The UK’s ambassador has repeatedly raised this case with the Philippines Government, and visited her - Speech Link
3: Wendy Chamberlain (LD - North East Fife) What representations are the Government making to their counterparts in the Philippines, via the ambassador - Speech Link
4: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) The UK Government regularly engage with the Government of the Philippines on the full range of our human - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) Many are young men and women, for example from the Philippines, who are wonderfully hard-working, caring - Speech Link
2: Rob Roberts (Ind - Delyn) I declare an interest as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group for the Philippines. - Speech Link
3: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) I recognise the contribution that medical professionals from the Philippines make to the UK; indeed, - Speech Link
May. 23 2023
Source Page: Marriage in the PhilippinesFound: Marriage in the Philippines
Dec. 11 2023
Source Page: FCDO spokesperson statement on incidents in the South China SeaFound: spokesperson said: The UK condemns the unsafe and escalatory tactics deployed by Chinese vessels against the Philippines