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156951

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department takes to monitor the safety and performance of the UK's nuclear deterrent and weapons programme.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	215481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Safety is monitored and regulated by the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator, the Defence Maritime Regulator and by civil regulators. Deterrent performance is assured by the Chief Strategic Systems Executive. The Defence Nuclear Safety Committee provides overarching assurance to the Secretary of State on the adequacy of these arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 25/11/2014 17:59:18 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon previous answer version 30060 answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

156952

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Sonar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research his Department has conducted or reviewed into the effect of military naval sonar on the navigation of whales and other cetaceans since 2004.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	215488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD), together with NATO and other international partners, is actively involved in developing knowledge of the effect that use of military sonar has on the marine ecosystem. Since 2008 it has used the Environmental Risk Management Capability (ERMC), a Decision Support Tool that utilises the underpinning research conducted over the past 20 years.</p><p>The MOD continues to fund relevant research including behavioural effects, marine mammal distribution, and marine mammal mitigation capability. The MOD also maintains a robust independent review process that ensures that relevant science is reviewed against the current ERMC practice and, where necessary, implemented. This ongoing process is supported by leading independent marine science organisations and the Government's Joint Nature Conservation Committee.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 26/11/2014 16:11:29 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

156953

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mefloquine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel have been prescribed Lariam or Mefloquine in each year since 2000; how many such soldiers have reported (a) hallucinations, (b) psychosis and (c) suicidal thoughts; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	215391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The table shows the number of personnel prescribed Mefloquine between 2007 and 30 June 2014 and how many were subsequently seen for an initial assessment at a Ministry of Defence (MOD) Department for Community Mental Health (DCMH) or admission to a MOD in-patient provider for a mental health disorder.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of personnel prescribed Mefloquine</p></td><td><p>Number seen for an initial assessment for a mental health disorder</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>1,163</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>1,523</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2,702</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>3,092</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2,764</p></td><td><p>118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2,075</p></td><td><p>158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3,186</p></td><td><p>189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 (up until 30 June)</p></td><td><p>1,197</p></td><td><p>101</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Of those in the second column, seven had an initial assessment of Psychosis/Bipolar Affective Disorder.</p><p> </p><p>Like-for-like data before 2007 is not available. To provide numbers of personnel reporting with symptoms of hallucinations or suicidal thoughts would require the retrieval and review of individual patient records, which could be achieved only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The data on prescriptions for Mefloquine used in this response were derived from the integrated primary health record within the Defence Medical Information Capability Program data warehouse. It is not possible from this data to identify whether a mental health episode is associated with being prescribed Mefloquine.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/11/2014 17:46:32 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

156954

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Hebrides
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which other (a) NATO and (b) non-NATO nations are investing in defence assets in the Hebrides.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	215437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>International funding to broaden the capability of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Hebrides Range has been agreed, but I am withholding further details as disclosure would or would be likely to prejudice relations between the UK and another State. Separate work to upgrade the Remote Radar Head at Benbecula (North Uist) is being funded entirely by the MOD with no investment from other NATO or non-NATO nations.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 25/11/2014 17:58:11 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

156955

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: interpreters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan interpreters served alongside the British Army in the last 12 months of operations in Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	215465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>A total of 321 locally employed Afghan patrol interpreters worked alongside the British Army between November 2013 and October 2014.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 26/11/2014 16:10:26 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

156956

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Kuwait
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list all meetings between Ministers in his Department and representatives of Kuwaiti defence companies in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	215410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial Meetings with External Organisations are routinely published as part of our Quarterly Transparency Return and can be obtained via our official report:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministers-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</p><p>The data from May 2010 to 31 March 2014 is published there. That from 1 April 2014 will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 25/11/2014 17:01:03 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

156583

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AWE Aldermaston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page Ev 94 of Attachment 1 to the written evidence submitted by the British Pugwash Group, in the Sixth Report of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Session 2009-10, Global Security: UK-US relations, HC 114, on what occasions and for what purposes US nuclear weapons laboratories have used experimental facilities at the UK Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston to conduct tests that were prohibited in the US.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	215163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>None. Under the 1958 Mutual Defence Agreement, joint UK/US experiments have been carried out using facilities at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston to ensure the continued safety, security, and performance of UK and US nuclear warhead stockpiles; these experiments would not have been prohibited in the US.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 26/11/2014 17:06:25 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

156588

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what use his Department has made of the National Wellbeing Index introduced by the Office for National Statistics since its introduction in 2011; and what the principal policies are that his Department has introduced to improve the wellbeing of Britain's armed forces and veterans since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	215315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics well-being questions were added to the Civil Service ‘Your Say’ Survey, which is sent to civil servants and some Service personnel, and the ‘Armed Forces Continuous Attitudes Survey’ (the main source of data on Service personnel’s attitudes and experiences) in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The resulting data is analysed to understand how respondents’ experiences vary between different groups and what shapes these experiences. This evidence, and data such as the New Employment Model and the Armed Forces Covenant plays an important part in developing policies to assess Service personnel wellbeing and in tracking progress.</p><p> </p><p>A Defence People Health and Wellbeing Strategy is being developed for 2015-16, as part of the Defence People Health and Wellbeing Plan.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of service leavers are fit and well. Veterans with health concerns enjoy the same excellent standard of healthcare from the NHS as other UK citizens, and receive priority treatment, subject to clinical need of others, for conditions resulting from service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/11/2014 17:45:52 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

156615

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	West Africa: Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of how much his Department has spent on specific steps to tackle the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to date.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	215222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The cost of the operation has not yet been calculated in detail. However, under an existing arrangement with Department for International Development (DFID) governing military support to humanitarian assistance operations, the majority of costs incurred by the Ministry of Defence will be met by DFID.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 26/11/2014 16:08:43 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

156633

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Qatar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list all meetings between Ministers in his Department and representatives of Qatari defence companies in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	215271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial Meetings with External Organisations are routinely published as part of our Quarterly Transparency Return and can be obtained via our official report:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministers-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings.</p><p>The data from May 2010 to 31 March 2014 is published there. That from 1 April 2014 will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 24/11/2014 17:47:40 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay