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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

169798

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Territorial Waters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what incursions into UK territorial waters by foreign vessels there have been since January 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	218391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is just one organisation with a role in the security of the United Kingdom's (UK) territorial waters. To reflect this cross-Government responsibility, under the UK National Strategy for Maritime Security, a Ministerial working group, chaired by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, has been established to focus on maritime security in its entirety.</p><p> </p><p>Through the coordination of intelligence and information the National Maritime Information Centre (NMIC) provides the UK with a comprehensive picture of potential threats to UK maritime security and unified situational awareness of maritime activity in UK and international waters.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD contributes to HMG's efforts by providing multi-layered capability to deter incursions into territorial waters. This is delivered through a combination of surface ships, submarines and aircraft, alongside close co-ordination and co-operation with other Government Agencies and our allies.</p><p> </p><p>I am not prepared to disclose further details as this would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois grouped question UIN 218389 225944 question first answered 24/03/2015 17:13:33 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 35719 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

169800

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Territorial Waters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to minimise the risk of a breach of UK territorial waters.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	218389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is just one organisation with a role in the security of the United Kingdom's (UK) territorial waters. To reflect this cross-Government responsibility, under the UK National Strategy for Maritime Security, a Ministerial working group, chaired by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, has been established to focus on maritime security in its entirety.</p><p> </p><p>Through the coordination of intelligence and information the National Maritime Information Centre (NMIC) provides the UK with a comprehensive picture of potential threats to UK maritime security and unified situational awareness of maritime activity in UK and international waters.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD contributes to HMG's efforts by providing multi-layered capability to deter incursions into territorial waters. This is delivered through a combination of surface ships, submarines and aircraft, alongside close co-ordination and co-operation with other Government Agencies and our allies.</p><p> </p><p>I am not prepared to disclose further details as this would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois grouped question UIN 218391 225944 question first answered 24/03/2015 17:13:33 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 35717 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

225141

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aid: Emergencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training his Department provides to military personnel on responding to emergencies and natural disasters; and how many such emergencies and natural disasters personnel of his Department have responded to since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
	uin	226376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Military personnel are trained in a range of skills which can be applied to emergency and natural disaster response. On top of this we routinely provide specific training for personnel deploying on humanitarian and disaster response operations in the UK and overseas. For example we have provided a specific Ebola treatment course at our base in Catterick for medical personnel deploying to Sierra Leone.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, military personnel have responded to 10 significant emergencies and natural disasters overseas and six at home. UK personnel have responded to a number of smaller domestic emergencies in the UK under Military Aid to the Civil Authorities - for example, missing person searches. We also respond to a number of smaller emergencies abroad, for example, the Royal Navy takes part in numerous tasks during hurricane season in the Caribbean, under core tasks.</p><p> </p><p>We have defined 'significant' emergencies as those operations involving more than one hundred personnel. A list of which is given below. A list of all smaller emergencies could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Activity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humanitarian aid mission response to floods in Pakistan.</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Military support in severe cold weather in the UK.</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport of UK nationals following disruption of air travel by ash cloud from volcanic eruption in Iceland.</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haiti natural disaster relief</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Military support to evacuation of British Entitled Personnel from Tripoli, Libya.</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Military support to security for the 2012 London Olympics</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humanitarian aid response to natural disaster in the Philippines.</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Military support in response to East Coast flooding</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Military support to Dept of Communities and Local Government resilience plans to cover fire fighter industrial action.</p></td><td><p>2013 - Ongoing</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humanitarian support to trapped Yazidi community on Mount Sinjar.</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Search for missing airliner MH370 in the Indian Ocean.</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Military support to evacuation of British Eligible Personnel from Tripoli, Libya.</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Military support in response to winter flooding in the UK.</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Military support to the Department of Health resilience plans to cover ambulance driver industrial action.</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Military operation to support Nigeria in response to Boko Haram abductions of female students.</p></td><td><p>2014 – Ongoing</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK response to Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone.</p></td><td><p>2014 - Ongoing</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 23/03/2015 17:41:34 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 49297 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

171937

	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	Libya
	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) a copy of the risk assessment carried out by his Department in relation to the choice of Bassingbourn camp for the general purpose training of Libyan soldiers and (b) the steps taken to address each of the risks identified; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	219659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>I have placed a copy of the Overseas Security and Justice Assistance Human Rights Assessment for General Purpose Force Training in the Library of the House. Risks specific to the UK locations assessed for that training are not recorded on a single document but were considered within the risks of training in the UK. These risks were managed before and after the training programme and supplemented by the Overseas Security and Justice Assistance Human Rights Assessment.</p><p>Bassingbourn offered the required facilities for training and did not affect wider UK military training. As part of the preparation of Bassingbourn for training, security improvements were carried out, such as fencing off areas of the camp from local residences. The Army also held rehearsal meetings at Bassingbourn to identify and coordinate the mitigation of risks, including with the Home Office and the police.</p><p>The overall process of managing risks associated with General Purpose Force training was conducted through meetings of officials between Whitehall departments on a very regular basis, in which risk was a specific item on the agenda. This included consultation with subject matter experts in each department, the police, the Libyan Government through the UK and Libya embassies and the UK Defence Advisory and Training Team.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 03/03/2015 17:33:51 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 38640 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

171939

	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	Libya
	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 18 December 2014 to Question 214129 on Libyan personnel on Bassingbourn base, for what reasons 16 Libyan General Purpose Force trainees were arrested; what information his Department holds on the whereabouts of those 11 trainees not remanded in custody; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	219674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>During the course of training, eleven trainees were arrested but not subsequently charged. All eleven were returned to Libya shortly after their release from police custody with the cooperation of the Libyan authorities. The alleged offences were grievous bodily harm, sexual assault, common assault, rape and an offence under section 4 of the public order act (causing fear or provocation of violence).</p><p>Cambridgeshire Constabulary has advised that the release of further information at this stage could both prejudice the ongoing police investigations into trainees who are currently facing criminal charges and compromise any future criminal justice proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 05/03/2015 17:21:57 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 38638 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

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

176390

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	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 his Department will introduce a compensation scheme for civilian casualties in Iraq.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	222465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>When targeting ISIL terrorists we do all we can to minimise the risk of causing casualties among the civilian population. Overall, the air campaign in Iraq is being conducted with precision and we do not believe that there have been any civilian casualties arising from UK actions. We are currently in discussion with our coalition partners with a view to agreeing a mechanism for tracking, reporting, investigating and responding to allegations of civilian casualties. Responses to individual allegations will vary according to circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 16/03/2015 17:42:07 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 43007 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

224843

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development on what future military support will be provided to Afghanistan.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
	uin	226217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK has made an enduring commitment to Afghanistan. We are now contributing around 470 troops in a non-combat role to the NATO Resolute Support Mission, principally focused on mentoring at the Afghan National Army Officer Academy to help develop the next generation of Afghan military leaders. The UK has also committed £70 million a year until 2017 to help sustain the Afghan National Security Forces and £178 million a year in development aid.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 06/03/2015 14:46:20 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier previous answer version 48343 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

223920

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ukraine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British military personnel have been assigned to support the training of the Ukrainian armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
	uin	225521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>On 24 February 2015 the Prime Minister announced additional UK non-lethal support to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Around 75 British military personnel comprising of military trainers, advisors and liaison staff will provide this support, in the areas of medical, logistics, infantry, and intelligence capacity-building. The exact numbers will vary depending on the scheduling of the training activities.</p><p>This activity is in addition to ongoing defence engagement in areas such as leadership, defence reform, anti-corruption, strategic communications and procurement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 09/03/2015 17:09:45 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 48470 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson