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1271110

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Declassified UK
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the parent unit was of the military officer referred to in the Government's review of the Defence Communications Directorate’s response to Declassified UK.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	129124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>It's not appropriate to disclose information about individuals, particularly those not found to be at fault in this matter. The conclusion of Tom Kelly's review into the Declassified issue was announced in Parliament by myself on 7 December 2020 and a copy of the report placed in the House of Commons Library.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 17/12/2020 17:16:31 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1403851

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Diaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish in full his Ministerial diary for 20 May 2020.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	uin	106882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>Ministers regularly meet with Departmental officials and external stakeholders. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly and can be found on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 24/01/2022 14:37:54 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1378290

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment he has made of the impact on armed forces personnel and their families of the decrease in average annual real-term growth from 2021 to 2025 in day-to-day spending of his Department, as a result of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	uin	904142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2021 answer text <p>Defence’s budget is growing year on year over the spending review period. We received a record settlement for Defence in 2020 of £16.5 billion. From 2019-20, the total Defence budget’s annual growth is 1.5% in real terms, with CDEL increasing from £10.3 billion in 2019-20 to £16.2 billion in 2024-25, and RDEL increasing from £30.6 billion to £32.4 billion.</p><p>This year Defence also received over £2 billion additional funding for running costs to counteract costs arising from the Health and Social Care Levy and expected increases in inflation in the wider economy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 08/12/2021 12:45:15 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 32245 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1239230

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Iran: Foreign Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last spoke to his Iranian counterpart.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	97671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence regularly engages with a range of stakeholders across the Middle East to discuss bilateral and regional issues.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 09/10/2020 09:02:02 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1246285

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	International Military Services
	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 12 October 2020 to Question 99688 on International Military Services: Legal Costs, when IMS last put the provision of legal services out to public tender; and for how long IMS has had the same principal legal provider.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	107697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>IMS has used the same legal advisors (Clifford Chance) since at least 1991.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 02/11/2020 12:18:02 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1246286

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	International Military Services: Legal Costs
	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 12 October 2020 to Question 99688 on International Military Services: Legal Costs, what steps he and IMS take to ensure that IMS pays value for money legal fees; and when (a) his Department and (b) IMS last made a comparative assessment of the value for money of (i) IMS costs and (ii) the rates of its legal services provider.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	107698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>The IMS Board of Directors and the Ministry of Defence keep all such costs under review with the aim of ensuring value for money.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 02/11/2020 12:18:31 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1246287

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	International Military Services: Legal Costs
	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 12 October 2020 to Question 99688 on International Military Services: Legal Fees, whether his Department holds adequate information on how much IMS has continued to pay its principal legal provider since IMS ceased operations in 1991; and whether that sum is less than £40 million.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	107699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>IMS records show the total legal fees paid by the company since 1991 amount to £26,507,705.42.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 02/11/2020 12:19:13 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1252858

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what risk assessment his Department undertook on the decision to postpone the IMS trial until after the original release date of Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe; whether that assessment included the risk of new charges being brought against her to extend her sentence; and what mitigating steps his Department is taking to prevent that eventuality.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	116598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The adjournment of the November hearings came at the request of Iran's Ministry of Defence and Support for Armed Forces, not from Her Majesty's Government. It would be inappropriate to comment further on the ongoing legal proceedings<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 23/11/2020 10:02:14 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1287063

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	International Military Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a list of the outstanding supply commitments International Military Services Ltd had at the time of its operational close down in 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	155265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>IMS Ltd had no outstanding supply commitments when it ceased trading in 2010.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 01/03/2021 14:51:54 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1287064

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	International Military Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many employees of his Department are contracted to work at International Military Services Ltd.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	155266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>No Ministry of Defence employees are contracted to work at IMS Ltd.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 01/03/2021 14:52:13 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq