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1148943

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Bahrain: Military Bases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding has been allocated to Royal Navy facilities in Bahrain since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The Royal Navy maintains a presence in the Kingdom of Bahrain to provide support for our deployed naval force in the Gulf, enabling our maritime security commitment for Bahrain, the wider region, and the global economy. This deployed force is supported by the UK National Support Facility (UK NSF). Since 2014, the money spent on this facility totals approximately £27 million.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 22/10/2019 15:11:16 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1150493

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: International Cooperation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase the UK's defence representation throughout the world.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	1611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>As noted in the report on the Modernising Defence Programme earlier this year, we are continuing to invest in and grow our Global network of Defence personnel. Since the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review we have strengthened existing Defence Sections, established 12 new Defence Sections and created two new deployed regional British Defence Staffs. We also have measures in place to improve the selection and training of Defence Advisors, Attaches and their support staff.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 24/10/2019 14:30:20 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1150510

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Mali: Peacekeeping Operations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department consulted the Sub-Saharan Africa National Security Strategy Implementation Group and Whitehall Africa Group on the deployment of UK armed forces to the UN mission in Mali.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	1694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The Sub-Saharan Africa National Security Strategy Implementation Group and Whitehall Africa Group were consulted throughout the policy development process, and presented their recommendations to the National Security Council where the deployment of UK forces to the UN mission in Mali was considered.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 22/10/2019 15:11:47 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1150511

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether lessons learned from recent urban operations in Raqqa and Mosul where the UK provided non-combat training and advice to partner forces have informed his Department’s plans to allocate funding for new urban capability to dismounted infantry.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
	uin	1695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>Following any major conflict, lessons are identified and reviewed; changes are then made if required. The recent operations in Raqqa and Mosul are no different and have contributed to initiatives improving the equipment of the dismounted soldier in the urban environment.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 24/10/2019 14:29:53 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1151023

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Navy: Fisheries
	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 3 October 2019 to Question 287578 on Navy: Fisheries, what estimate he has made of the increase in the number of (a) Royal Navy vessels and (b) sea hours allocated to enhancing patrolling capacity at sea.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	2845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>As the hon. Member will be aware, fishery protection is a devolved responsibility, therefore within Scottish waters it is the responsibility of the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency.</p><p>The Royal Navy does not maintain vessels exclusively employed for fishery patrol activities; however, it does have and operate River Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), which conduct fishery patrol tasking alongside their other Defence tasks. These OPVs are used to fulfil the Royal Navy's commitments under the Memorandum of Understanding between the Royal Navy and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).</p><p>As a part of Government's preparations to leave the European Union the MMO, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), The Royal Navy and other bodies assessed the probability of an increase in illegal fishing and the uplift required to patrol English and Welsh waters. The result was a predicted uplift of sea hours from 2000 to 6000, and an increase in presence around the UK. To that extent it is Defence's intent to have two OPVs at sea come 31 October conducting Fishery Protection/Marine Enforcement tasking. They will be joined by two further contracted MMO vessels and the Devolved Administration's own vessels. In addition, the Royal Navy maintains a number of high readiness forces in UK waters that could be called upon to assist if requested.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/10/2019 15:16:36 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1151094

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	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 Red Arrows will go on tour to foreign countries in the next three years; and what recent assessment he has made of the effect on UK based air shows of future Red Arrows international tours.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	2872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The Red Arrows have a long history of overseas tours showcasing Britain at its best and will continue to undertake them. However, at this stage future overseas tours have not been confirmed.</p><p>The RAF fully considers the overall benefits of Red Arrows tours around the UK and weighs this against the benefits of displaying overseas.</p><p>Whilst overseas tours may limit the number of displays the Red Arrows can give in the UK during the summer display season, considerable effort is made to maximise the Red Arrows appearances in the UK. The RAF's other display assets including Typhoon, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and the Falcons Parachute Team will continue to be available for airshows.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 24/10/2019 14:24:16 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1151121

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of new recruits to the armed forces came from the North East of England in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	2885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Proportion of North East of England Intake to the Untrained Regular Armed Forces, by Financial Year and Service</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Royal Navy/Royal Marines</strong></p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>7.8%</p></td><td><p>6.6%</p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td><td><p>5.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td><p>5.3%</p></td><td><p>7.1%</p></td><td><p>6.7%</p></td><td><p>5.7%</p></td><td><p>5.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Royal Air Force</strong></p></td><td><p>4.4%</p></td><td><p>5.9%</p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td><td><p>6.8%</p></td><td><p>6.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) UK Regulars are full-time Service personnel, including Nursing Services and, excluding FTRS personnel, Gurkhas, mobilised Reservists, Military Provost Guarding Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel (LEP), and Non-Regular Permanent Service (NRPS).</p><p>2) Figures include both Officers and Other Ranks.</p><p>3) Region has been identified from Contact Postcode as recorded in the Defence Recruitment System (DRS).</p><p>4) Total includes personnel who do not have a full UK postcode recorded in DRS and those that have a service record that cannot be cross-referenced to DRS.</p><p>5) 2018-19 statistics are not yet available for the Army, and so the latest available figures have been provided.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 24/10/2019 14:26:06 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1150950

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Hybrid Warfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to modernise defence strategy to ensure the UK can address hybrid threats.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
	uin	2911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>Hybrid threats require a whole of Government approach, not just Defence. Accordingly, the UK approach has centred upon using all arms of Government and the levers available to deter, respond to, and counter hostile activity.</p><p>The Modernising Defence Programme, published in 2018, acknowledged that hybrid threats are one of the driving factors fundamentally changing the character of warfare and set out the ways in which Defence would mobilise, modernise and transform to address this. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is actively working to develop the right capabilities, policies and permissions to effectively respond to hybrid threats, and the additional £2.2 billion funding for Defence announced as part of Spending Round 19 is supporting that effort.</p><p>We are also working to protect our conventional capabilities from new threats. The MOD has already invested significantly in cyber defence and security, across a broad range of its capabilities and infrastructure. This includes investing £12 million in the Defence Cyber School, £22 million on the creation of new cyber operations centres, and £40 million in the Cyber Security Operations Capability. £265 million has also been invested in a pioneering approach to root out cyber vulnerabilities within military platforms and wider cyber-dependent systems, helping Defence better understand and mitigate cyber risks.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 24/10/2019 14:22:28 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1151492

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the conclusions of the Journal on the Use of Force and International Law article entitled UK Nuclear deterrence policy: an unlawful threat of force published online on 22 September 2019; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	3709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>I can reassure the hon. Member that the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent is fully compliant and compatible with our international legal obligations.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/10/2019 15:11:42 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1151493

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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, with reference to the Answer of 26 February 2019 to Question 222573 on Nuclear Weapons: International Law, whether (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have read the article referred to; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	3710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence forms its policy considering a wide range of sources. We do not comment on whether, or to what extent, individual pieces of academic writing contribute to or influence policymaking. However, the UK keeps its nuclear deterrence policy and posture under review in light of the international security climate and the actions of our potential adversaries.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 3711 question first answered 28/10/2019 15:12:50 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day