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1603332

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Russia: Ukraine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to support the international response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	904029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK, our allies and partners are responding decisively to provide military and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. The UK continues to be recognised as a leading nation providing support to Ukraine; training over ten thousand recruits, providing £2.4 billion of support including hundreds of thousands of rounds of artillery ammunition and leading the world on the gifting of vital capabilities such as MLRS and Challenger II main battle tanks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey grouped question UIN 904033 question first answered 13/03/2023 16:23:37 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

854856

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	EU Defence Policy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to maintain defence co-operation with the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	904171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister said in her 17 February speech in Munich, Europe’s security is our security.</p><p> </p><p>We want to co-operate closely with the full range of European partners, including the EU, to keep our citizens safe from threats and to defend our shared values.</p><p> </p><p>This could include continued UK participation in specific EU-led operations and missions. We are also cooperating with EU partners to develop Europe’s military capabilities in a way that strengthens NATO and our wider alliances too.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 05/03/2018 17:02:48 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

964524

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence,what the cost to the public purse has been of his Department hiring additional staff to cover issues related to the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	168932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has a small central team who have been appointed to deal exclusively with Defence issues relating to the UK's decision to leave the EU. This team draws on a range of colleagues from across the MOD who support EU exit related work, in addition to their normal duties. Given the interactions between EU exit work and the MOD's other priorities it is not possible to provide an accurate assessment of these costs. answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/09/2018 10:11:51 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

517823

	registered interest
	date	05/05/2016
	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, with reference to the oral evidence given to the Committees on Arms Export Controls on 27 April 2016, if he will publish the reports the Saudi Arabian military has shared with his Department on airstrikes carried out by the Saudi-led Coalition in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	36660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>We will not release this information as coalition military reporting shared with the UK is sensitive operational information which we have received on privileged terms and which belongs to another country and its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice relations between the United Kingdom and another state. Likewise, we would expect our allies and partners to protect any operational information we shared with them.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 10/05/2016 15:03:47 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

882436

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 13 March 2018, Spring Statement, HCWS 540, if he will publish a list of where the £12.7 million in EU exit funding for his Department will be allocated.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	135498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend, the Minister for Defence Procurement on 16 March 2018 to Question 132371 to the hon. Member for Bootle (Peter Dowd).</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 19/04/2018 16:04:25 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name 20180316_132371_MOD_Public_Expenditure.docx title WQnA extract on MOD: Public Expenditure
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

638329

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Joint Declaration for the Export and Subsequent Use of Armed or Strike-Enabled Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, whether the Government plans to engage in discussions on international standards for the export and use of armed drones with other signatory countries.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	53491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>Yes, we expect the UK to participate in multi-lateral discussions with other Signatories.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/11/2016 16:04:40 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

731277

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Islamic State
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 28 March 2017 to Answer 69549, what strategic and tactical changes have been made to coalition operations against Daesh since the (a) Ministerial Plenary for the Global Coalition Working to Defeat ISIS on 22 March 2017 and (b) inauguration of President Trump.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	33
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>We have made no strategic or tactical changes to Coalition operations during the period in question because the military campaign against Daesh is going well. Significant progress has been made in liberating territory formerly held by the terrorists, and although the fight is not yet over, millions of people across Iraq and Syria have been able to resume normal life.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 28/06/2017 15:24:56 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

523448

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	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, with reference to the Answer of 26 April 2016 to Question 35103, what the role is of the Liaison Officers deployed in Saudi coalition headquarters.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	39711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>UK Liaison Officers located in Saudi Headquarters exchange information between the UK and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to give the UK a better degree of insight into Saudi processes.</p><p>They remain under UK command and control and are not embedded with the Saudis. They do not provide training or advice on International Humanitarian Law compliance, and have no role in the Saudi targeting chain.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 13/06/2016 15:22:06 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

756872

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which EU legislation within his Department's responsibilities will (a) be incorporated into UK law through the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill and (b) require to be amended under powers in that Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	7908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill will convert European Union law into UK law as it applies in the UK at the moment of exit. This will ensure that, wherever possible, the same rules and laws will apply the day after exit as they did before.</p><p>The Government is still making a detailed assessment of what corrections will be required to make that law function appropriately on exit day. The Government's current estimate is that we will need to make between 800 and 1,000 statutory instruments to make exit a reality in UK law.</p><p>The only EU-derived domestic legislation within the responsibility of the Ministry of Defence which will continue to have effect through clause 2 of the Bill and require to be amended under powers in that Bill are the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/1848).</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 12/09/2017 15:50:32 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1125669

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	EU Defence Policy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Common Security and Defence Policy (a) missions and (b) operations the UK contributes to; and which other countries participate in each of those missions.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	252467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK deploys personnel to two military Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) operations (Operation ALTHEA and Operation SOPHIA), two military training missions in Mali and Somalia, and three civilian missions in Georgia, Kosovo and Ukraine. As an EU Member State, we also provide common funding for all CSDP operations and missions, both military and civilian.</p><p> </p><p>Other countries contribute personnel, equipment and funding to all of the CSDP operations and missions in which we take part. We can provide a snapshot of contributions by other states for the week ending 5 May 2019:</p><p> </p><p>Operation ALTHEA: Austria; Bulgaria; Czech Republic; Greece; Spain; France; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Slovenia; Slovakia; UK; Albania; Switzerland; Chile; Northern Macedonia and Turkey.</p><p>Operation SOPHIA: Austria; Bulgaria; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Germany; Denmark; Estonia; Greece; Spain; Finland; France; Croatia; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Latvia; Malta; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Sweden; Slovenia and UK.</p><p> </p><p>EU Treaty Mission (EUTM) Mali: Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Czech Republic; Germany; Estonia; Greece; Spain; Finland; France; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Latvia; Netherlands; Portugal; Romania; Sweden; Slovenia; UK; Albania; Georgia; Montenegro and Serbia.</p><p> </p><p>EUTM Somalia: Spain; Finland; Italy; Portugal; Romania' Sweden; UK and Serbia.</p><p> </p><p>EU Rule of Law Mission (EULEX) Kosovo: Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Germany; Estonia; Greece; Spain; Finland; France; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Lithuania; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal' Romania; Sweden; Slovakia; Slovenia; UK and Switzerland.</p><p> </p><p>EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) Georgia: Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; France; Germany; Estonia; Greece; Spain; Finland; Croatia; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Latvia; Malta; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Sweden; Slovakia; Slovenia and UK.</p><p> </p><p>EU Advisory Mission (EUAM) Ukraine: Austria; Bulgaria; Czech Republic; Germany; Denmark; Estonia; Greece; Spain; Finland; France; Croatia; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Lithuania; Latvia; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Sweden; Slovakia; Slovenia; UK and Canada.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/05/2019 15:23:08 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake