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169452

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Bahrain
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what accommodation will be constructed at the UK's new naval base in Bahrain; and how much of this will be allocated to the families of service personnel.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	218011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has had a naval base in Bahrain since the 1950s. Under the arrangement (signed at the Manama dialogue in December 2014), the UK and Bahrain will work together to enhance facilities at the base. Negotiations are ongoing on the detailed design for the living and transit accommodation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 02/03/2015 16:21:21 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 35434 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

171931

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Iraq
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's policy on the disclosure of information concerning lethal strikes in Iraq.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	219723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>Our policy on the disclosure of information regarding air strikes by Royal Air Force aircraft engaged on Operation <em>Shader</em> in Iraq is that the detail of each individual strike is carefully considered against the necessary constraint of maintaining operational security, but our over-riding principle is to seek to place information on each strike in the public domain in a prompt and timely manner.</p><p> </p><p>This is consistent with, and a continuation of, Ministry of Defence practice for any operational information. It reflects the necessity for the Armed Forces of a democracy such as the UK not just to conduct military operations in a highly disciplined, careful and proportionate manner within the rule of law, but to demonstrate transparency and accountability for such activity. The need for this is all the more important when the military operations are being conducted against a terrorist organisation such as ISIL which wholly disregards the rule of law and relies on a perverted ideology and deceitful propaganda. This policy has been followed ever since the start of air strike operations in support of the Iraqi authorities, following the Parliamentary vote on 26 September. The primary channel for publishing this information is the Government website <a title="http://www.gov.uk/" href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>, and the information thus disclosed has been regularly reported in the British and international media.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 02/03/2015 16:32:00 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 38634 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

171089

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Bahrain
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish all correspondence and documentation held or produced by his Department on how the Government's Overseas Justice and Assistance Human Rights Guidance would affect the decision to enter an agreement with Bahrain to establish a naval base in the Gulf; and what assessment he has made of the compatibility of this decision with (a) international human rights treaties to which the UK is a party and (b) the promotion of human rights in Bahrain.
	tabling member constituency	Islington North
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
	uin	219272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK has had a naval presence in Bahrain since the 1950s which has supported naval patrols operating in and around the Gulf. Under the new arrangement signed by the Foreign Secretary in December 2014, the UK and Bahrain agreed to working together to enhance the existing facilities at the port. This arrangement is fully in accordance with the UK's international human rights obligations, which the Government takes extremely seriously.</p><p>The Government's Overseas Security and Justice Assistance Guidance (OSJA) is a tool to ensure that security and justice assistance provided by the UK to a government overseas meets our human rights obligations and values. The recent defence agreement does not involve the provision of assistance to Bahrain, and therefore no assessment was required.</p><p>However, the UK Government is supporting the government of Bahrain in its reform programme, including work to help Bahrain strengthen its human rights and justice sector, and all elements of this work that could have implications for human rights are subject to an Overseas Security and Justice Assistance assessment.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 02/03/2015 16:11:47 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 37066 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

155809

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Deployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many deployments of UK military personnel have been on the basis of a UN resolution in the last five years; what the cost of those deployments has been; and what funds the UN has contributed towards the cost of those deployments.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	214595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The UN deploys peacekeepers on missions which hold a UN mandate; these are missions whereby the UN Security Council drafts a Resolution which contains a mandate authorising the UN itself to take action (unilaterally or with partners), usually through the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.</p><p> </p><p>Over the past five years, UK military personnel have been deployed to four separate UN mandated peacekeeping missions: Cyprus (UNFICYP), Mali (MINUSMA), South Sudan (UNMISS) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO).</p><p> </p><p>The number of military personnel who have deployed on the various UN operations is set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNFICYP</p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MINUSMA</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNMISS</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MONUSCO</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The cost of UN peacekeeping operations is $8.0 billion for Financial Year 2014-15 of which the UK Government provides an assessed contribution of 6.68% ($534 million or £341.8 million) to the UN.</p><p> </p><p>Until late-2014, the UN reimbursed the country of origin with $1,101 per deployed soldier, per month (this has risen to $1,332 from July 2014). As an estimate, based on 300 personnel deployed, the UN has historically reimbursed the UK approximately £4 million per annum.</p><p> </p><p>Additional costs associated with the specific deployment of UK troops on UN missions are met by the Conflict Pool. The information below shows the additional costs for UK military staff on UN Peacekeeping Operations:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNFICYP</p></td><td><p>£18 million</p></td><td><p>£18 million</p></td><td><p>£17.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other UN missions</p></td><td><p>£1.2 million</p></td><td><p>£1.505 million</p></td><td><p>£680,000 up to January 2015</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The UK’s reimbursement from the UN is invested back into the Conflict Pool to bolster that fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 02/03/2015 16:31:17 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 29714 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

177799

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aviation Authority
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the letter with reference DG/03/01/MOD STRAT dated 8th February 2011 between the Director General of the Military Aviation Authority and the Second Permanent Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Defence.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	uin	223407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>A copy of the letter has been placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 02/03/2015 16:16:08 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois attachment 1 file name 20110208-MAA_TOR_GR4_CWS_CBA-RM-DG (2)[1].DOC title 223407 - Letter between DGMAA and a 2nd PUS previous answer version 45007 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson