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759255

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to support allied forces to defeat ISIS forces in Raqqa.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>As part of the Coalition, the RAF continues to carry out airstrikes in support of partner forces' operations against Daesh in Raqqah. Air support of this kind has helped the Syrian Democratic Forces to retake more than 65% of the city so far.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/09/2017 15:24:56 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

759260

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department is doing to ensure that Carillion carries out its full contracts in respect of armed forces-friendly accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>CarillionAmey provide the Ministry of Defence (MOD) with monthly performance figures which are measured against a range of key delivery targets. These are subject to rigorous assurance checks, and the results are reported to governing bodies and are subject to external review.</p><p>To ensure that works undertaken by CarillionAmey under the National Housing Prime Contract are carried out to an appropriate standard, a series of checks are carried out by the MOD, CarillionAmey and a third party assurance provider.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 18/09/2017 14:16:27 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

759655

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Trade Fairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department attended the Defence and Security Equipment International Fair from 11 to 15 September 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	10025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>All Defence Ministers attended the DSEI exhibition on at least one occasion between 11 September and 15 September 2017 meeting invited overseas official delegations and engaging with UK and international exhibitors. The exhibition was also attended by officials from the Department but information detailing their exact numbers and composition is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 20/09/2017 15:35:48 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

759656

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Burma: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the recent violence against the Rohingya minority in Rakhine State, if he will review the merits of continuing to provide UK military training to Myanmar's armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	10060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>In light of the ongoing violence in Burma's Rakhine State and the growing humanitarian crisis it has caused, the UK Ministry of Defence has decided to suspend all practical defence engagement with Burma, and all ongoing educational training has been suspended with immediate effect.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/09/2017 14:36:39 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

759657

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's staff had a pay increase (a) above, (b) at and (c) less than one per cent in each of the last three years for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	10112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The requested information for Ministry of Defence (MOD) civilian staff, excluding Senior Civil Servants and those working in MOD agencies, is provided below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage Increase</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than 1%</p></td><td><p>17,510</p></td><td><p>19,670</p></td><td><p>28,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 1%</p></td><td><p>22,910</p></td><td><p>20,720</p></td><td><p>9,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>40,420</p></td><td><p>40,390</p></td><td><p>40,680</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures have been rounded.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/10/2017 15:18:46 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

418668

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	World War II: Military Decorations
	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 12 January 2015 to Question 219983, whether arrangements for the award of the Arctic Star medal indicate that the presumption against double-medalling set out in that Answer is no longer in force.
	tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
	tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
	uin	10129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The general principle of 'double medalling' remains extant. The issue of a medal for those who served on Arctic Convoys was looked at by Sir John Holmes in his Review of Military Medals, which was conducted independently of the Ministry of Defence. Sir John's recommendation was that an award (the Arctic Star) would be appropriate and this was agreed by the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals and Her Majesty The Queen. Sir John felt that the Arctic Convoy operation was a separate and distinct campaign, geographically and in every other way, from what was happening in the Atlantic, and should have been considered in that light. As it would be impractical and unfair to withdraw the Atlantic Star from those awarded the Arctic Star, it is considered that double medalling has not occurred in this case.</p><p>While not diminishing the hardships and hazards of the Atlantic Convoys, the Arctic Convoys were subjected to uniquely appalling weather conditions and such an intensity of enemy air and sea attacks that they merited separate recognition from service in the Atlantic and it was therefore felt that this was an exceptional case.</p><p>With regards to double medalling and the Ushakov Medal, Her Majesty's Government have always been appreciative of the Russian Government's wish to honour these brave men. A recommendation was therefore made by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to exceptionally allow the Ushakov Medal to be accepted and worn. President Putin presented the first medals during his visit to London on 16 June 2013.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 22/09/2015 15:13:39 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

759658

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft
	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 ensure that the UK has the capacity to manufacture (a) parts for and (b) whole manned and unmanned fighter aircraft.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	10166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Defence Aerospace and the Combat Air sector make a strategically important contribution to securing our military operational advantage and freedom of action, developing high-end technologies and a skilled workforce, and generates revenues and international influence through exports. UK industry leads the world in a number of technology, design and manufacturing capability areas, and maintaining those capabilities is in our national interest.</p><p>In the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 we launched the Future Combat Air System Technology Initiative (FCAS TI) which is sustaining our design engineering capacity and skills, ensuring that the UK continues to be at the cutting edge of combat air technology. This includes our cooperation with France to design and build an Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Demonstrator.</p><p>Our investment in the F-35 programme has secured 15% workshare (by value) of every F-35 to be built in the global programme of 3,000 aircraft, sustaining high-end manufacturing capabilities, skills and capacity as well as providing enduring economic benefit. In addition, from early 2018 North Wales will be home to a global hub, providing maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade services for F-35 avionic and aircraft components. Over the lifetime of the programme, the components for hundreds of European-based F-35 aircraft will be serviced and maintained at the site. Similarly our acquisition of, and success in exporting, Typhoon aircraft has provided a considerable manufacturing workload, particularly in the North West of England.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence is considering our future combat air capability requirements and the best approach to delivering the UK's operational needs as well as maintaining our leading role in the combat air sector. This will involve detailed consideration of the industrial, prosperity, international and financial implications as well as a clear military requirement.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 09/10/2017 15:27:57 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

759659

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Industry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to publish a defence industrial review.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	10169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is actively involved in the cross-Government work on an industrial strategy. Many of the themes in this apply to defence, and we do not plan a separate defence industrial strategy or review. However, as part of the recently announced National Security and Capability Review, we are refreshing defence industrial policy and taking further action to help the UK's defence industry grow and compete successfully.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 09/10/2017 15:23:53 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

418670

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Russia: Military Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take in response to incursions into British sovereign airspace by Russian Aerospace Forces.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	10197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>Russian military aviation has never entered British Sovereign Airspace without permission.</p><p>The RAF has identified, intercepted and escorted Russian military aircraft transiting through international airspace in the vicinity of the UK. Russian military flights can present a potential safety concern to other airspace users because of their practice of not communicating with air traffic control agencies with regard to their intentions, not filing a flight plan or not transmitting a recognisable secondary surveillance radar transponder code. Their activity therefore needs careful monitoring, which is why we intercept such flights.</p><p>The UK works closely with our Allies to keep NATO's airspace safe and secure and to enable a co-ordinated NATO air policing response.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/09/2015 15:49:19 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

759661

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to remove the legal duty of care owed by his Department to Armed Forces personnel.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	10199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The hon. Member may be referring inaccurately to our consultation on Better Combat Compensation, on which I expect to announce our proposals shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/10/2017 15:19:59 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith