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943419

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Expenditure
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of GDP they spend on UK defence, excluding pension provisions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL9629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>When the Ministry of Defence's pension expenditure, as reported in accordance with NATO's definitions of defence spending, is removed, the UK's remaining expenditure on defence spending in financial year 2017-18 equalled 1.97% of GDP using the Office for Budget Responsibility's GDP forecast.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 30/07/2018 14:47:33 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

928885

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2018
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the UK qualifies, and will continue to qualify, as a tier one military power.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL8886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>Through the plans and policies set out in Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, the Government committed to maintain the UK's status as a Tier 1 military power. Since 2015 the threats have increased rapidly and become more complex. The Modernising Defence Programme will make sure that our Armed Forces have the right capabilities to meet the increasing threat picture.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 29/06/2018 10:25:16 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

900003

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2018
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the UK is using thermobaric vacuum weapons in Syria.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL7666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK has used enhanced blast munitions in Syria. The type of munition used by UK Armed Forces depends on the target to be struck. In line with International Humanitarian Law, our rigorous targeting process will always seek to minimise the effect of our military action on civilians and civilian objects.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 16/05/2018 15:13:08 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

893155

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2018
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the air strikes against Syria on 14 April, what objectives they hope to achieve in that country; and how they propose to achieve them.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL7372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>The aim of the targeted airstrikes conducted by the UK on 14 April 2018 was to alleviate human suffering by degrading the Syrian regime's chemical weapons capability and deterring the future use of chemical weapons. The UK continues to participate in the Global Coalition with the aim of defeating the scourge of Daesh. We want to see a political settlement that ends the war and suffering, and provides stability for all Syrians and the wider region. Syria's future must be for Syrians to decide. The UK is the third largest bilateral humanitarian donor to the Syria crisis and has committed £2.71 billion to date.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 03/05/2018 15:35:47 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

884271

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, what is their objective for military action against Syria.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL6956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The objective for our targeted strike on 14 April was to degrade the Syrian regime's chemical weapons programme and to deter the further use of these weapons against their own population. It was not about regime change.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 23/04/2018 16:08:22 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1606157

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any immediate plans to increase the overall size of the British Army.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL6711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is reviewing whether it is now right to reduce the Regular Army to 73,000, as planned under Future Soldier. That process is ongoing.</p><p>Defence's plans to modernise the force will be outlined in an update to the Defence Command Paper to be published before the summer.</p><p>Any specific policy changes or updates required related to defence capability and force design will be determined following the publication of the Defence Command Paper.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 04/04/2023 15:41:31 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

847878

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Iraq Fatality Investigations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to review the future of the Iraq Fatality Investigations.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL5855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>In 2013 the High Court ordered the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to establish a non-criminal process of &quot;quasi-inquests&quot; (which we have designated Iraq Fatality Investigations (IFI)) in appropriate cases to comply fully with the investigative obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, which include procedural requirements (to involve the victim's family, to ensure public accountability, and to identify systemic issues) that cannot always be achieved by a criminal investigation alone. The MOD understands the strain any investigation places upon its personnel, the vast majority of whom conducted themselves professionally in the most difficult circumstances, and is committed to providing them with proper pastoral and legal support. IFI are essentially inquests, they are not criminal investigations and can only take place when a decision has been taken not to prosecute. They take place to provide the families of deceased Iraqi civilians with answers about the circumstances of their deaths.</p><p>It is important that allegations of wrongdoing are investigated to allay public concerns, if unjustified, or to expose discreditable conduct. This process remains appropriate and legally necessary.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 05/03/2018 17:06:02 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

224236

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Iraq
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many British military trainers and Armed Forces personnel are currently deployed to Iraq (including Kurdistan) to counter ISIL; and at what cost.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL5289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>As at 3 March 2015 there were 154 UK Armed Forces personnel deployed to Iraq in support of the Iraqi Government to counter ISIL.</p><p>The net additional costs of training and equipping the Iraqi and Kurdish Security Forces as well as providing UK enablers is currently being met from the £50 million Deployed Military Activity Pool (DMAP). The net costings for UK military operational activity are published in the Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts after the end of each financial year.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 10/03/2015 17:38:52 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

224235

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ukraine
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the deployment of Armed Forces personnel as trainers to Ukraine will cost.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL5288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The costs of Ministry of Defence (MOD) support of this nature are compiled retrospectively on the basis of the net additional costs incurred. Since much of the necessary detail is still emerging, the net additional costs of the MOD's training assistance to Ukraine in financial year 2014-15 will not be available until after the end of the financial year.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 10/03/2015 17:34:57 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1388904

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Russia: Armed Conflict
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Goldie on 29 November (HL Deb, col 1128), what are their reasons for believing that an accidental war with Russia "would obviously be a very negative and unwelcome outcome".
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL5066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2022 answer text <p>It is difficult to envisage any scenario in which war, whether accidental, thermonuclear or otherwise, and irrespective of which other parties may be involved, would be a welcome outcome. Her Majesty's Government is committed to resolving issues peacefully and diplomatically wherever possible.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL5065 question first answered 04/01/2022 15:10:41 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott