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458437

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Islamic State: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the total number of military personnel supporting operations against Daesh in each month since December 2015; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	30370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>The UK is one of over 60 nations contributing to US-led Operation Inherent Resolve, the overarching anti-Daesh global coalition. This global coalition, which includes the US, Arab, European, Asian and Australasian partners, is working with the Government of Iraq and regional neigbours to defeat Daesh in both Iraq and Syria.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot comment on the size of contributions made by other nations, but the UK plays an important role both in terms of numbers of personnel supporting the mission and the unique capabilities we contribute.</p><p>The UK contribution in terms of numbers of personnel has remained relatively constant since December 2015 at around 2,000, of which around 1,000 are deployed across the region.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/03/2016 14:42:02 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

458443

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Islamic State: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2016 to Question 24285, how many times (a) Brimstone missiles, (b) Hellfire missiles and (c) Paveway IV guided bombs were deployed against targets in (i) Iraq and (ii) Syria since 24 January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	30303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the number and type of missiles fired from RAF aircraft in Iraq and Syria between 24 January 2016 and 9 March 2016.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Munitions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Iraq</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Syria</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brimstone</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hellfire</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paveway IV</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/03/2016 13:56:49 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

456663

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Islamic State: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) regular RAF personnel and (b) RAF volunteer reserves have been deployed to (i) Iraq since September 2014 and (ii) Syria since December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	29126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>The number of individual Regular RAF personnel who have been deployed to Iraq for a period greater than 24 hours at any point between 1 September 2014 and 31 January 2016 was 470.</p><p>There were fewer than 5 RAF Volunteer Reserve personnel who have been deployed to Iraq for a period greater than 24 hours at any point between 1 September 2014 and 31 January 2016.</p><p>There were no RAF personnel deployed to Syria between 1 December 2015 and 31 January 2016.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/03/2016 16:07:46 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

454109

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Islamic State: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF airstrikes have taken place against Daesh targets in (a) Iraq and (b) Syria since 2 December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	28134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>From 2 December 2015 till 23 February 2016 there have been a total of 362 strikes against Daesh targets. Of these 319 have taken place in Iraq and 43 in Syria.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/02/2016 14:23:58 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

450715

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Islamic State: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of recent progress of the international coalition to tackle Daesh.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	25887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The Global Coalition is making good progress against Daesh in Iraq. Over 30% of the territory that Daesh took in 2014 has been re-taken. The Iraqi security forces have substantially cleared Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, and are working to make the area safe for displaced people to return. Further north, Kurdish forces have driven Daesh from the Sinjar area. In Syria, the Coalition is continuing to strike Daesh economic targets, including oilfields where we judge that recent strikes on its illicit oil industry have reduced Daesh's revenues by some 10%.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/02/2016 16:42:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

450716

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Islamic State: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contribution the armed forces are making to the international coalition to tackle Daesh.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	25888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>Around 1,000 British personnel are directly contributing to the counter-Daesh coalition. RAF Tornado, Typhoon and Reaper aircraft are carrying out strike and reconnaissance missions against Daesh over Syria and Iraq, together with C130, Voyager and Sentinel aircraft. In Iraq, UK troops are also delivering counter-IED training to the Iraqi (including Kurdish) security forces together with other infantry skills, weapons maintenance and combat medical techniques as well as providing a key contribution at Coalition HQs throughout the region.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/02/2016 16:43:01 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

450719

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Islamic State: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2016 to Question 23290, whether it is his policy for the House to be given an opportunity to debate in advance any decision to (a) launch airstrikes against ISIL/Daesh targets outside Syria and Iraq and (b) deploy UK military personnel, embedded within other nations' armed forces, on military operations against ISIL/Daesh targets outside Syria and Iraq.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	25918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the convention that, before UK troops are committed to conflict, Parliament should have an opportunity to debate the matter, except when such action is necessary in an emergency. The Government will inform the House of any exceptional operation where there has not been prior debate in Parliament, as the Prime Minister did on 7 September 2015 in relation to the precision airstrike that took place on 21 August 2015.</p><p>The embedding of UK forces in the armed forces of allies is a valuable and commonplace activity governed through long standing and frequently reciprocal international arrangements. Although it is not policy for the House to be given the opportunity to debate their deployment we are committed to continued transparency about UK Service personnel embedded in other nations' armed forces on operations and I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement I made on 17 December 2015 (Official Report, column 97-98WS) which updated the House on this.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 09/02/2016 17:53:41 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

449788

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Islamic State: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the operational capacity of the (a) Royal Navy and (b) RAF to extend military operations against ISIL/Daesh beyond Syria and Iraq.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	25291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>The future operational capacities of the UK Armed Forces are set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review. Should there be a requirement for new military operations against Daesh beyond Syria and Iraq, these would need to be balanced against the commitments at the time and the capabilities available.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 05/02/2016 14:25:19 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

448628

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Islamic State: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the number of casualties that have resulted from the UK's use of (a) Brimstone missiles, (b) Hellfire missiles and (c) Paveway IV guided bombs on the most recent occasions on which those weapons were deployed against targets in (i) Iraq and (ii) Syria.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	24666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes any allegations of civilian casualties very seriously. We do an assessment after every British strike of the damage that has been caused, and check very carefully whether there are likely to have been civilian casualties. As has always been the case, we consider all available credible evidence to support such assessments.</p><p>There is no such evidence to date that RAF airstrikes have caused any civilian casualties.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 02/02/2016 15:55:16 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

447858

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Islamic State: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times (a) Brimstone missiles, (b) Hellfire missiles and (c) Paveway IV guided bombs have been deployed against targets in (i) Iraq since September 2014 and (ii) Syria since December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	24285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>The number of weapons fired by each weapon type in each country during the period requested up to 24 January 2016 is shown below:</p><br /><p>RAF Weapon Usage on Op SHADER in Iraq and Syria</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Weapon Type</p></td><td><p>Number of weapons fired at targets in Iraq From September 2014</p></td><td><p>Number of weapons fired at targets in Syria From 2 December 2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hellfire</p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dual Mode Seeker Brimstone</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paveway IV</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The Ministry of Defence provides a regular update on airstrikes at http//www.gov.uk/government/news/update-air-strikes-in-Iraq</p><br /><br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 29/01/2016 14:04:05 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry