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443209

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people of each gender work in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	21482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>The requested information, as at 1 October 2015, is provided below:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>Female</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Regular Armed Forces</p></td><td><p>136,750</p></td><td><p>15,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Future Reserves 2020 Volunteer Reserve</p></td><td><p>28,740</p></td><td><p>4,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Defence core civilian personnel</p></td><td><p>22,140</p></td><td><p>14,970</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Full analyses of UK Armed Forces and Ministry of Defence civilian diversity statistics are published on a regular basis and can be found at the following links:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-2015</a></p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-civilian-personnel-quarterly-report-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-civilian-personnel-quarterly-report-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 12/01/2016 17:28:56 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

443210

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Stoke on Trent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many jobs in (a) his Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies, executive agencies, non-ministerial departments, advisory bodies and other accountable statutory bodies (i) have been abolished or relocated from Stoke-on-Trent since 2010 and (ii) will be abolished in or relocated from Stoke-on-Trent by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
uin	21444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p><p>In April 2010 there were 20 Ministry of Defence (MOD) civilian personnel employed at locations within the Unitary Authority of Stoke-on-Trent; in October 2015 there were 10. All numbers are rounded.</p><p>Full details of how the planned reductions in MOD civilian staff numbers announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review will be profiled over the next five years are not yet available and will be developed as programmes mature.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/01/2016 16:24:11 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

443211

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Regiment of Scotland: Reserve Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) establishment and (b) strength personnel of (i) 6 SCOTS and (ii) 7 SCOTS have failed a medical in each year from 2012 to 2015.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	21458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>Army medicals result in the allocation of a graded &quot;medical deployability standard&quot; reflecting those active roles for which personnel are declared fit. It is not a simple pass or fail. Unlike their regular counterparts, Army Reserve personnel do not undertake annual medical assessments. The only mandatory medicals are during the recruitment process and during mobilisation. The medical care of Reserve personnel lies with their General Practitioners and the National Health Service unless they are mobilised at which point the medical care responsibility transfers to the Defence Medical Services.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 14/01/2016 16:15:34 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

443212

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Mediterranean Sea
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 cost of Royal Navy search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	21465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>The Royal Navy has supported one dedicated Search and Rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea over the past five years, which was Op WEALD in 2015. This constituted the UK's contribution to the international efforts in response to the migrant crisis. The additional cost of the Royal Navy support to this operation was £2.58 million, which was funded through the UK Aid Budget.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/01/2016 17:22:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

443213

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Food Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will direct the armed forces to drop emergency food aid to the under siege town of Madaya in Syria.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	21436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>A joint UN/Syrian Arab Red Crescent/International Committee of the Red Cross operation delivered humanitarian assistance, including food, non-food items, and medical supplies, to Madaya on 11 January. With land access available there are no plans for the RAF to deliver humanitarian assistance by air.</p><br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/01/2016 17:23:29 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

443214

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Fisheries: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which military assets provide fisheries protection within the UK's exclusive economic zone.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	21579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The River Class Offshore Patrol Vessels HMS TYNE and HMS SEVERN and the Survey Vessel HMS ECHO currently provide the Royal Navy's contribution to fishery protection duties within the United Kingdom's exclusive economic zone.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/01/2016 16:19:21 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

443215

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Regiment of Scotland: Reserve Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the total strength of (a) 6 SCOTS and (b) 7 SCOTS attended (i) more than 50 per cent and (ii) more than 75 per cent of regular duties in each year between 2012 and 2015.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	21576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 15/01/2016 14:22:24 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

443216

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to build facilities to simulate the possibility of the future F35B Lightning II aircraft operating in austere operating bases.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	21578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is procuring a Lightning II Integrated Training Centre (ITC) at its main operating base at RAF Marham. The ITC will house full mission simulators with the capability of simulating the full range of bases from which the F-35 may be required to operate.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 14/01/2016 16:16:08 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

443217

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the decision was made not to proceed with developing a future theatre nuclear weapon (FTNW); and how much had been spent on (a) the vehicle element and (b) the warhead element of the FTNW programme up to that point.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	21550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2016 answer text <p>On 18 October 1993, the then Secretary of State for Defence informed Parliament (Official Report, column 32): &quot;we have concluded that our previous requirement for a new stand-off nuclear weapon capability is not a sufficiently high priority to justify the procurement of a new nuclear system in the current circumstances. Instead, we will plan, after the WE177 eventually leaves service in the long term, on exploiting the flexibility and capability of the Trident system to provide the vehicle for the delivery of our sub-strategic deterrent.&quot;</p><br /><p>Also on 19 July 1993 (HC Deb vol 229 cc83-4W), the then Minister for Defence Procurement provided the following information about expenditure to evaluate options for the Future Theatre Nuclear Weapon:</p><br /><p>Expenditure to the end of March 1993 on studies of possible vehicles:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>£</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1989-90</p></td><td><p>928,518</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1990-91</p></td><td><p>1,372,329</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1991-92</p></td><td><p>1,870,285</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1992-93</p></td><td><p>2,658,471</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Information on costs incurred on the Future Theatre Nuclear Weapon warhead programme was withheld for reasons of national security. Those reasons no longer apply but this information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><br /><p><br></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 15/01/2016 13:27:37 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name Hansard Extracts HOC 21550.docx title Nuclear Weapons
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

443218

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Cadets and Reserve Forces: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the outcome was of the recruitment campaign organised by the Reserve Forces and Cadet Association of Northern Ireland in Summer 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	21536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <br /><br /><p>The Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Association for Northern Ireland (RFCA NI) is responsible for an ongoing campaign to recruit adult instructors for the Air Training Corps and Army Cadet Force in Northern Ireland. This is a highly effective campaign which has resulted in full staffing. Further details of the activities of RFCA NI can be found at the following address: <a href="http://www.reservesandcadetsni.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.reservesandcadetsni.org.uk/</a></p><br /><p>The Ministry of Defence is responsible for recruitment into the Reserve Forces. For information on the numbers of Reserve personnel stationed in Northern Ireland I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 20 October 2015 to Question 11478 to the hon. Member for East Antrim (Mr Wilson).</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-10-12/11478/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-10-12/11478/</a></p><br /><p><br></p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 12/01/2016 17:20:46 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 20 October 2015.docx title Reserve Forces: Northern Ireland
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell