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	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	World War I: Anniversaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to support the (a) National Army Museum, (b) National Museum of the Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force Museum to mark the centenary of the Armistice.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	188708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Royal Navy, Army, and Royal Air Force support their respective museums through an annual Grant in Aid payment, which is used by the museums for any exhibition or theme that it wishes to support.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 12/11/2018 15:46:48 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1133400

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	World War I: Anniversaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to commemorate the scuttling of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow in June 1919.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	266856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The Royal Navy provided support to the Orkney Islands Council 'Scapa 100' commemorative events on 21 June 2019. The commemorations remembered the fifteen German lives lost as a result of the scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet on 21 June 1919.</p><p>Ceremonial dives were conducted by Royal Navy and German Navy divers to place wreaths on SMS DRESDEN. Royal Navy and German Navy representatives attended a commemorative service at the Royal Naval Cemetery in Lyness where the Royal Marines Band Service, together with the German Navy Band, provided the music.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 25/06/2019 14:36:51 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

451446

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	World War I: Anniversaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the armed forces have to commemorate the Battle of the Somme.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	26404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is the lead Government Department for the Somme Centenary Commemorative Programme.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence and Her Majesty's Armed Forces are providing significant support to the three major events in Thiepval, London and Manchester and also providing support to a large number of other events that are being run by Regiments and other military organisations. These other events are taking place not only in France at the scene of the Battle but also in regions across the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 22/02/2016 16:14:59 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

832905

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	World War I: Anniversaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to support commemorations of the First World War during 2018; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Ross Thomson
	uin	125221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government and the nation will never forget the service and sacrifice of those who served during the First World War. It is our duty to remember and honour the fallen.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has contributed significantly to the Government's four-year First World War commemorative programme, both at home and abroad, and continues to do so; the programme is led by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). This is in addition to single Service initiatives delivered at, for instance, Regimental (or equivalent) level.</p><p>In 2018 the MOD will further support the Government's programme at a commemorative event to mark the appointment of Marshal Foch as Supreme Allied Commander on the Western Front, a service to mark the Battle of Amiens, and at a number of events throughout the UK to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice, including the traditional London-based Cenotaph Service.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 06/02/2018 16:00:08 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4599 label Biography information for Ross Thomson