Nov. 03 2023
Source Page: Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): Science, technology and global health receptionFound: Just 2 weeks ago we held the first ASEAN-UK dialogue on Science, Technology and Innovation in the Philippines
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: Apply for a certificate to confirm you pay UK National Insurance when working in a country that has a social security agreement with the UK (CA9107)Found: going to work in: Barbados Bermuda Canada Chile Israel Jamaica Japan Jersey Guernsey Mauritius the Philippines
Asked by: Chris Grayling (Conservative - Epsom and Ewell)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list the organisations that received (a) Darwin and (b) Darwin Extra funding and are also represented on the Darwin expert panel in each of the last three years.
Answered by Rebecca Pow - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Darwin Initiative website details successful grants applications and names its Expert Committee members, alongside their associated organisations.
Darwin Expert Committee members have declared an interest in 13 of the 107 organisations awarded Darwin Initiative grants in the past 3 years. Committee members must recuse themselves from the assessment of any application in which they have declared an interest.
The 13 organisations are: Bangor University, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, C3 Philippines, Fauna and Flora International, International Institute for Environment and Development, Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh, Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, The Nature Conservancy, United Nations Environment Programme, University of Oxford, Wildlife Conservation Society, World Wide Fund for Nature UK and the Zoological Society of London.
Asked by: Sarah Jones (Labour - Croydon Central)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Prison Transfer Agreements were in place in each year since 2010.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The removal of Foreign National Offenders is a Government priority and my department continues to work closely with the Home Office to maximise the number of deportations.
The total number of voluntary and compulsory Prisoner Transfer Agreements agreed since 2010 is set out below. For PTAs, the receiving country and their judiciary needs to consider and accept each individual transfer case.
Year: | Total PTA agreements |
2010 | 99 |
2011 | 99 |
2012 | 100 |
2013 | 100 |
2014 | 101 |
2015 | 102 |
2016 | 103 |
2017 | 103 |
2018 | 104 |
2019 | 106 |
2020 | 106 |
2021 | 107 |
2022 | 108 |
2023 | 110 |
2024 | 110 |
We are looking to negotiate new Prisoner Transfer Agreements with key EU Member States and wider-world countries. We signed a Prisoner Transfer Agreement with the Philippines in October 2023, and made a new arrangement with Albania in May 2023 to increase the number of transfers under the agreement signed in May 2022.
Jan. 15 2024
Source Page: Research partnership building to enhance aquaculture systems in South East AsiaFound: will support UK Project Leads (PL) to work with International Co-project leads in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Asked by: Derek Thomas (Conservative - St Ives)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps the Government is taking to encourage other countries to ratify the Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement.
Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
The UK continues to be proactive in supporting other, particularly developing, countries, to implement and ratify the Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement. The UK has provided a significant contribution to the BBNJ Voluntary Trust Fund to enable participation by developing countries in UN discussions on preparatory work. The UK also continues to support the BBNJ Informal Dialogues, discussions that bring together participants from a wide range of countries online to discuss implementation. The UK also co-funded and organised a workshop for Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries to share best practice and support the implementation and ratification of the BBNJ Agreement in the Philippines on 15-17 November.
Jan. 16 2024
Source Page: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund annual report 2022 to 2023Found: other basic needs and urban search and rescue supported over 600 women in conflict-prone areas in the Philippines
Jan. 16 2024
Source Page: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund annual report 2022 to 2023Found: other basic needs and urban search and rescue supported over 600 women in conflict-prone areas in the Philippines
Written Evidence May. 14 2024
Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015Found: 2010 and 2022 shows that 28 cases involved British nationals purchasing OSEC materials from the Philippines
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Oral Statement of 16 October 2023 on Prison Capacity, Official Report, column 61, which countries his Department has had discussions with on prisoner transfer deals.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The removal of Foreign National Offenders is a Government priority. The Ministry of Justice continues to work closely with the Home Office to maximise the number of deportations.
The UK, alongside 71 other countries, has ratified the Council of Europe Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons. The full list of countries who have ratified can be found on the Council of Europe website: Full list - Treaty Office (coe.int)
To develop bilateral Prisoner Transfer Agreements, we engage with key countries in the European Union and the rest of the world.
We signed a Prisoner Transfer Agreement with the Philippines in October 2023, and made a new arrangement with Albania in May 2023 to increase the number of transfers under the agreement signed in May 2022.