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444679

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2016
	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, if he will make an assessment of reports by independent monitoring groups of civilians casualties caused by British air strikes in Syria; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	22420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>All UK airstrikes in Iraq and Syria are assessed post-strike using the best available imagery, intelligence and other sources of information to assess the impact of the strike on the target and affected area. This assessment, coupled with pre-strike checks provides the evidence base to support the statement that in the hundreds of airstrikes conducted by the RAF to date in Iraq and, more recently Syria, we have found no evidence of civilian casualties arising from UK airstrikes.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 22321 question first answered 18/01/2016 16:12:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

445897

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2016
	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, how many times unsanctioned Russian military aircraft have been detected entering UK airspace in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	23095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>In the last 12 months there have been no unauthorised incursions by any foreign military aircraft into sovereign UK air space, which projects 12 miles off shore or to mutually agreed mid-points between adjacent nations over narrow straits such as the Straits of Dover. Russian military aircraft activity has remained in international airspace at all times. The UK civil air traffic region and the NATO Air Policing Area, for which the UK have responsibility for monitoring, include large areas of international air space through which foreign military traffic may legally transit.</p><br /><br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/01/2016 13:30:32 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

428513

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2015
	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, when the NATO Members User Group for MQ-9 Reaper drones last met; and whether he attended that meeting.
	tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Martin John Docherty
	uin	16342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>The last meeting of members of the MQ-9 Users Group took place 2 - 4 June 2015 at US Air Force Base Wright Paterson, Ohio. The UK party was led by the Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) Force Commander and consisted of representatives from the Royal Air Force.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/11/2015 14:21:16 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

346946

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Armed Conflict
	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 the post-Afghanistan review carried out by the Permanent Joint Headquarters and the US Navy.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>The report, which has yet to be finalised, is being written by a US research organisation working on behalf of the US Navy, in partnership with the UK's Permanent Joint Headquarters. Its eventual placement in the Library of the House would need to include consideration of any operational sensitivities for the UK or partners, in full consultation with the US Navy.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/06/2015 16:28:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

346987

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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, what his policy is on establishing a Joint Command for Unmanned Aerial Systems.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Owing to the particular capabilities that each Unmanned Aerial System delivers and the different environments in which they work, operational Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are controlled by Air, Army, and Navy Commands and there is no plan to establish a Joint Command for UAS.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 03/06/2015 16:35:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

349219

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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, whether France has requested the deployment in Africa of any UK Reapers or other unmanned aerial systems.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	1516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>We routinely discuss with France our respective operational deployments, including those of Intelligence Surveillance Target Acquisition Reconnaissance (ISTAR) assets, in those parts of the world where both UK and French Forces are engaged. But we have received no formal French request for deployment of Reaper or other UK unmanned aerial systems in Africa.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/06/2015 15:50:29 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

349221

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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, whether the communications system supporting UK Reapers utilises the US Predator Primary Satellite Link and relay station at Ramstein airbase, Germany.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	1522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>I am withholding the information, as disclosure would or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces and relations between the United Kingdom and other states.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/06/2015 16:20:46 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

388156

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	USA: Military Bases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the US has sought permission from his Department to use US bases in the UK in connection with airstrikes in (a) Libya, (b) any other country in North Africa and (c) Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	6032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Permission must be sought in advance of any operation launched from a UK base and must satisfy our legal requirements, but it is not our general policy to give information on the detail of operations conducted by other nations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/07/2015 15:22:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

388164

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Armed Conflict
	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 1 June 2015 to Question 160 on Afghanistan: armed conflict, if his Department will seek permission from partners to place the report in the Library, redacted as necessary; and whether his Department has commissioned or undertaken any other post-Afghanistan review.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	5927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>I can confirm that, following consideration of any operational sensitivities for the UK or partners, we will consult with the US Navy on the potential placement of a redacted version of this report in the Library.</p><p>No decisions have yet been taken by the Government on a wider post-Afghanistan review. We remain focused on supporting the National Unity Government of Afghanistan as part of NATO's Resolute Support Mission.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/07/2015 15:20:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

390950

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2015
	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, pursuant to the contribution of the hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield of 15 July 2015, Official Report, column 887, what his policy is on deployment of armed drones outside of designated war zones; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	7838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The decision to deploy aircraft is taken by Ministers after an assessment has been made on the effect that is required, together with the nature and location of the operation. The policy for the deployment of armed remotely piloted aircraft systems is the same as that for manned aircraft.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/09/2015 15:07:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest