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604750

registered interest
date	18/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Islamic State: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral contribution of 24 May 2016, Official Report, column 422, on the number of British citizens who have travelled abroad to support Daesh, what progress his Department has made in obtaining that data; and if he will place that data in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	49107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="5"><p> </p></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="5"><p>In my letter to the hon. Member on 6 June, I set out that approximately 850 UK-linked individuals of national security concern have travelled to take part in the Syrian conflict. My understanding from the Home Office is that the position has not changed.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 21/10/2016 11:07:09 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

604009

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims under the Human Rights Act 1998 against British soldiers in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan the Government subsequently found to be spurious in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	48816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>Legal actions citing the Human Rights Act, whether judicial reviews or personal injury claims, are normally brought against the Secretary of State for Defence rather than against individual Service personnel (on the basis that the Ministry of Defence is vicariously liable for their acts). The Courts allow or dismiss claims in whole or in part. There have been approximately 1,400 such judicial review claims and 1,000 personal injury claims stemming from our military oprations in Iraq and Afgahnistan. The vast majority of them have not yet been heard, as they are queued behind a small number of lead cases. It is the view of the Government, based on the findings of the Al-Sweady public inquiry and other evidence, that large numbers of these claims are likely to be exaggerated or spurious.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/10/2016 14:37:40 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

581977

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Yemen: 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 oral contribution of the then Minister for Defence Procurement of 24 May 2016, column 403, on Yemen: cluster munitions, that his Department is investigating allegations that Saudi Arabia used UK-supplied cluster munitions, if he will (a) provide an update on the progress and conclusions of those investigations and (b) confirm whether those investigations also explored the possibility that UK-supplied aircraft were used to drop those munitions.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	45960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government takes these allegations very seriously. We have analysed the case carefully and raised the issue with the Saudi-led Coalition.</p><p> </p><p>The key test for our continued arms exports to Saudi Arabia in relation to International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is whether there is a clear risk that those weapons might be used in a serious violation of IHL. This is kept under careful and continual review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 45513 question first answered 13/10/2016 15:06:31 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon previous answer version 12061 answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

539516

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Kingston upon Hull
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to reduce the number of military planes flying over Hull particularly at night.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	43214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes its responsibilities to the general public very seriously indeed and would prefer not to cause any disturbance to the general public, including to those in Hull. However, there are no uninhabited areas of the UK large enough to cater for essential training needs.</p><p>Flying operations in the UK Military Low Flying System are avoided within major built-up areas (generally those with a population of over 10,000), although it is not always possible to avoid flying over the outskirts of towns and villages. A range of measures are in place to provide a balance between military training requirements and the need to avoid excessive noise on the ground. These include restrictions placed on the height, speeds and operating procedures of military aircraft in the UK Military Low Flying System.</p><p>Realistic training at night is essential to ensure aircrew are proficient in the necessary skills and to exploit our technological edge. The amount of night low flying remains proportional to the operational requirement.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 43246 question first answered 21/07/2016 15:17:31 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

539771

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures his Department has to minimise the (a) number of military flights over urban areas and (b) noise pollution such flights cause.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	43246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes its responsibilities to the general public very seriously indeed and would prefer not to cause any disturbance to the general public, including to those in Hull. However, there are no uninhabited areas of the UK large enough to cater for essential training needs.</p><p>Flying operations in the UK Military Low Flying System are avoided within major built-up areas (generally those with a population of over 10,000), although it is not always possible to avoid flying over the outskirts of towns and villages. A range of measures are in place to provide a balance between military training requirements and the need to avoid excessive noise on the ground. These include restrictions placed on the height, speeds and operating procedures of military aircraft in the UK Military Low Flying System.</p><p>Realistic training at night is essential to ensure aircrew are proficient in the necessary skills and to exploit our technological edge. The amount of night low flying remains proportional to the operational requirement.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 43214 question first answered 21/07/2016 15:17:31 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

439368

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many press and public relations staff are employed by (a) his Department, (b) the Defence Electronics and Components Agency, (c) the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, (d) the UK Hydrographic Office, (e) the National Army Museum, (f) the National Museum of the Royal Navy, (g) the Royal Air Force Museum, (h) the Single Source Regulations Office and (i) the Oil and Pipelines Agency; how many of these employees earn more than (i) £50,000 and (ii) £100,000; and what the total expenditure was on press and public relations by each of those organisations in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	20602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>The following table outlines the number of civilian and military press and public relations staff posts in Defence (including vacant posts) and press and public relations expenditure in the financial year 2014-15. This expenditure includes £30 million for Armed Forces advertising and marketing - the vast majority of which is advertising and marketing in direct support of Armed Forces recruitment campaigns. It also includes £12 million for staff costs.</p><br /><p>Annual salaries are dependent upon grade/rank. Of those in press and public relations staff posts, there are:</p><br /><p>No civil servants or military personnel with salaries of more than £100,000.</p><br /><p>10 civil servants with salaries of more than £50,000.</p><br /><p>24 military personnel with salaries of more than £50,000.</p><br /> <br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Department/Agency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Press and Public Relations Staff Posts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Salary £50,000 and above</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Salary £100,000 and above</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Press and Public Relations Expenditure</strong> <strong>Financial Year (FY)2014-15 (£000)<strong>[1]</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Defence[2]</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>9 Civilian 3 Military</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>5,772</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Armed Forces (Royal Navy, Army, RAF and Joint Forces Command)</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>0 Civilian 21 Military</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>41,437 (Including advertising and marketing for Armed Forces recruitment campaigns)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA)</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>N/A[3]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)</p></td><td><p><br>2</p></td><td><p><br>1 Civilian</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)</p></td><td><p><br>3</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>1,436</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Army Museum</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>339</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Air Force Museum (RAF Museum)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO)</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Oil and Pipelines Agency (OPA)</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>183</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>34</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50,038</strong>[4]</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <br /><p>[1] All figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000, therefore the total may not be equal to the sum of rounded values.</p><p>[2] Including Directorate of Defence Communications, Defence Business Services, Ministry of Defence Police, Defence Infrastructure Organisation, and Defence Equipment and Support.</p><p>[3] DECA was formed on 1 April 2015 as a Trading Agency following the Sale of the Defence Support Group therefore separate communications outturn for FY2014-15 is not available.</p><p>[4] This figure includes £30million for Armed Forces advertising and marketing - the vast majority of which is advertising and marketing in direct support of Armed Forces recruitment campaigns. It also includes £12million for staff costs.</p><br /><br /> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 07/01/2016 17:42:31 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

421911

registered interest
date	16/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	War Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have qualified for a war pension as a result of contracting Hepatitis C or HIV from an infected blood transfusion while serving in the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	12264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 21/10/2015 15:08:51 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

386588

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Red Arrows
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Strategic Defence Review will consider the future of the Red Arrows.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	4939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The Strategic Defence and Security Review will look at all defence capabilities. As I, and the Prime Minister have made clear, so long as there is a Conservative Government, the Red Arrows will continue to fly.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 06/07/2015 15:21:46 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

45332

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to section 42 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 which corresponds to an offence contrary to any provision specified in the table in paragraph 3 of the Schedule of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009 in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	193734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>The information will take time to collate, I will write to the hon. Member shortly.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 194029 question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

45470

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to section 42 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 which (a) corresponds to an offence contrary to any provision specified in part 1 of the table in paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009 and was committed in circumstances specified in the entry in the second column of that part of that table which corresponds to the relevant entry in the first column of that part of that table or (b) corresponds to an offence contrary to a provision specified in part 2 of that table in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	194029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>The information will take time to collate, I will write to the hon. Member shortly.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 193734 question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson