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43509

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many NATO or EU cyber exercises are planned in 2014; and what the UK's involvement will be in each such exercise.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	192083
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is not aware of any EU cyber exercises planned for this year. With regards to NATO exercises, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister for International Security Strategy (Dr Andrew Murrison) on 5 March 2014, (Official Report, column 846W), to the hon. Member for Mid Sussex (Nicholas Soames). There are seven NATO wide cyber exercises planned for 2014. Whilst the UK is planning to participate in a NATO cyber exercise during November 2014, the exact nature of the participation is still being finalised.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois attachment 1 file name PQ02722B.doc title Hansard attachment
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

76299

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service complaints went to a full board hearing in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	204445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Figures on the number of complaints made by service personnel in the last five years are published in the Service Complaints Commissioner's (SCC) Annual Reports. The full reports are presented annually to the House and are also located at the following website:<br><br>http://armedforcescomplaints.independent.gov.uk/newsandpublications.htm<br><br>The figures available for complaints made by Service personnel about bullying for each year are also published in the Annual Reports. Details of the number of complaints that are heard by a panel (level 3) are also published. All of this information can be found in the relevant pages:<br><br>2013 Annual Report – page 72, appendix 3. <br><br>2012 Annual Report – page 62, appendix 3. <br><br>2011 Annual Report – page 59, appendix 3. <br><br>2010 Annual Report – page 89, appendix 6<br><br>2009 Annual Report – page 36, table 7.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/07/2014 16:38:43 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

76300

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service complaints were filed in the last five years; and how many such complaints related to allegations of bullying.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	204443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Figures on the number of complaints made by service personnel in the last five years are published in the Service Complaints Commissioner's (SCC) Annual Reports. The full reports are presented annually to the House and are also located at the following website:<br><br>http://armedforcescomplaints.independent.gov.uk/newsandpublications.htm<br><br>The figures available for complaints made by Service personnel about bullying for each year are also published in the Annual Reports. Details of the number of complaints that are heard by a panel (level 3) are also published. All of this information can be found in the relevant pages:<br><br>2013 Annual Report – page 72, appendix 3. <br><br>2012 Annual Report – page 62, appendix 3. <br><br>2011 Annual Report – page 59, appendix 3. <br><br>2010 Annual Report – page 89, appendix 6<br><br>2009 Annual Report – page 36, table 7.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/07/2014 16:36:20 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

428775

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	USA: Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans for UK personnel to train at or otherwise attend the new General Atomics unmanned aircraft business park being built in North Dakota.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	16740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>A number of options are being developed to meet the training demand for UK Reaper aircrew in the coming years. It is anticipated that initial training for some UK student aircrew will be conducted under contract by General Atomics at their North Dakota facility.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/11/2015 17:24:13 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

428776

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2015
	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, whether UK Reapers have been made available for use by the US or other coalition partners in Syria for operations since January 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	16741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>No UK Reapers have been flown on missions by US personnel or those of any other Coalition nation in Syria since January 2015. US personnel have operated UK Reaper aircraft a small number of times to aid with the launch and recovery of the aircraft only, not the mission itself. A Memorandum of Understanding has been agreed between the UK and US Air Forces which allows the US to request the use of UK Reaper aircraft to conduct missions and vice versa, though to date this has not occurred. Such use by the US would be subject to UK permissions.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/11/2015 17:23:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

435834

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2015
	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, whether the UK Reaper supporting the US drone strike on Mohammad Emwazi in Syria on 12 November 2015 (a) used its laser designator capability to identify the target and (b) was armed.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	18886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>I am withholding the information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/12/2015 16:19:43 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

445912

	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	Defence
	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 Caroline principles are applied to any further targeted killing carried out in self-defence of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	23236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>In taking any action in self-defence of the UK, we will take account of well-established principles of self-defence. As the Attorney General pointed out to the Justice Select Committee on 15 September 2015, the Caroline case goes back to the 19th century and was concerned with very different circumstances to those facing us now. However as the Attorney General also made clear, the principles still apply and action in self-defence may be lawful in relation to an attack which has not yet materialised but is imminent. In addition any such action must, like all other action in self-defence, comply with the requirements of necessity and proportionality.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/01/2016 13:34:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

457541

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2016
	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, whether soldiers from Burma Army military operations command 2 (MOC-2) light infantry battalion (LIB) 9 or Burma Army Battalion 330 have received any form of training funded by the UK Government.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	29618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 11 January 2016 to Question 21564, which stated that we do not provide combat training to the Burmese Army. We do however provide educational training, as well as English Language Training. We have no information to indicate that participants on these educational courses were Burmese Army soldiers from Burma Army military operations command 2 (MOC-2) light infantry battalion (LIB) 9 or Burma Army Battalion 330.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/03/2016 16:47:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name Hansard_Extract_14_January_2016[1].docx title 21564 - QnA extract on Burma Armed Forces
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

347717

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army Reserve: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many trained Army Reserve personnel were recruited in each year since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The majority of recruits joining the Army Reserve are untrained. The following tables are an extract from official statistics published quarterly at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/426880/QPR_Apr2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/426880/QPR_Apr2015.pdf</a></p><p>They show the trained strength of the Army Reserve and a break down of the intake to the Army Reserve for 2012-13 onwards. Due to a lack of validated figures prior to 2012 it is not possible to include figures before that period.</p><p>The number of trained direct entrants into the Army Reserve includes former Regular Service personnel (joining within six years of leaving the Regulars), former Army Reserve personnel who have chosen to rejoin within six years of leaving, as well as other trained intake such those from the University Officer Training Corps.</p><p>Intake</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>31 March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 March</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>ARMY RESERVE TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,960</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,960</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,210</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>To untrained</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,890</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,500</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,240</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Trained direct entrants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,070</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,460</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,960</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The trained strength of the Army Reserve was 21,030 in April 2015. This is above the target of 19,900.</p><p>Total Trained Strength</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>1 April</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 April</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 April</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 July</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 October</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 January</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 April</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>ARMY RESERVE </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,930</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,060</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,970</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,040</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,480</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,030</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 09/06/2015 15:19:54 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

416688

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Middle East: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance the armed forces are giving to refugees fleeing Daesh.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	9056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>Direct responsibility for the provision of humanitarian assistance lies with the Department for International Development (DfID). However, last summer the Armed Forces, acting on behalf of DfID, air-dropped nearly 100 tonnes of life-saving humanitarian supplies, the majority to the besieged Yazidi community on Mount Sinjar as well as carrying out two further air drops to trapped groups in Amerli.</p><p>While separate to the humanitarian response, the UK's military contribution to the Global Coalition against ISIL has helped the Coalition halt, hold and begin to roll back ISIL.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/09/2015 16:08:47 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

443893

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: UK Membership of EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contingency planning his Department is undertaking to prepare for the possibility of a leave vote in the forthcoming referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	21929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 14 January 2016 to Question 21931.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 14/01/2016 16:13:39 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 21931 14 January 2016.docx title UK Membership of EU: Referendums
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

454803

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's spending was on Overseas Development Aid in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) the first 10 months of 2015-16; and what the recipient countries of that aid were.
	tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
	tabling member printed	Wendy Morton
	uin	28267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>Ministry of Defence spending on overseas development assistance was £3.0 million in calendar year 2013 and £2.2 million in calendar year 2014. The 2015 figure is currently undergoing assurance and is scheduled to be published on 1 April 2016. Recipients include Vanuatu, Nepal, refugees from Syria and Lebanon, nations in the Caribbean, Southern Africa and St Helena.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 01/03/2016 17:34:12 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton

487145

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of cadet forces to reducing the incidence of serious youth violence.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	32594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence-Sponsored Cadet Forces comprise the Sea Cadet Corps, the Combined Cadet Force, the Army Cadet Force, and the Air Training Corps.</p><p>The Department has not formally assessed the potential contribution of its Cadet Forces in reducing the incidence of serious youth violence. However, the 131,000 Cadets involved follow a wide variety of well-organised, enjoyable and challenging military-themed activities in a safely-managed environment.</p><p>Experience shows that these activities allow Cadets to develop a sense of responsibility and service to the community, self-reliance, leadership, teamwork, communication skills and respect for authority and for others. In undertaking these activities, Cadets can gain nationally-recognised educational and vocational qualifications.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 11/04/2016 16:14:54 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

147480

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many buildings his Department sold in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	213998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not record the sales of each individual building; however we do record our disposal sales, which range from large defence sites to smaller parcels of land which are listed below by financial year (FY):</p><p> </p><p>FY2010-11 - 76</p><p>FY2011-12 - 100</p><p>FY2012-13 - 108</p><p>FY2013-14 - 97</p><p>FY2014-15 - 29 (up to 31 October 2014)</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 18/11/2014 17:34:50 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 28366 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

177137

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Burma
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of providing training courses for the Burmese Army to date; and what funding for that purpose has been allocated for (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	222964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>To date, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has spent £105,905 on Defence Education activity with Burma. The MOD's allocated funding for financial year 2014-15 is £139,530 whilst funding for financial year 2015-16 is still under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 09/02/2015 16:51:47 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 43240 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

428773

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of redundancies in the UK steel industry on the proportion of defence procurement that arises from UK businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	16653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Steel is sourced by our contractors from a range of UK and international suppliers, reflecting the need to ensure competitive cost, time and quality. The Ministry of Defence has not directly made an assessment of the likely effect of redundancies in the UK steel industry but, is represented on the cross-Government steel procurement working group led by the Cabinet Office, and new Government guidelines, which include the need for effective pre-procurement engagement, will help UK suppliers compete for contracts and continue to support future defence requirements for steel.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 24/11/2015 16:45:55 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

62867

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	201441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 18 November 2013 (Official Report, column705W)</p><p> </p><p>The number of calls to each number for the period 1 June 2013 to 31 May 2014 is provided in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Telephone number prefix</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Operated by DFTS</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Sponsored by DFTS</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>How many calls received in last 12 months</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>0845</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>347,258</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>0844</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>73</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>0843</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 24/06/2014 15:42:30 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

89545

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under what timetable his Department plans to phase-out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	207451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>The Ministery of Defence's (MOD) customer service lines cover a number of areas in three main categories:<br><br>(1) Services for Veterans are provided through a well-publicised free help line (0808 1914 2 18);<br><br>(2) Services for existing military staff are available on the MOD network. However, on those occasions where staff or their families need to call from outside the MOD, there are free (eg Army Welfare and Service Family Accommodation), national rate or business rate lines; and<br><br>(3) Potential recruits have a choice of ways to communicate with our careers staff, with increasing emphasis on Digital tools such as Live Chat and Social Media. Careers lines for the Army are now 03, and for the RAF both 0845 and 03. Royal Navy Careers are currently business rate (0845), but 03 numbers will be imminently available. <br><br>The MOD does of course have many other numbers, which are geographic or business rate (including the number for low flying complaints). <br><br>The MOD does not use any premium rate (09) numbers.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/09/2014 16:41:32 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

391739

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Iraq: Arms Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British arms (a) the Government and (b) British companies have sold to Iraqi military forces to combat ISIL.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	8245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to assisting the Government of Iraq (GoI) in alleviating the suffering of those Iraqis targeted by Daesh, the so-called &quot;Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant&quot; (ISIL) group and to restore stability and security across the country.</p><p>Details of military goods sold by the UK Government to Iraqi military forces are published in the UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report at the following link:<a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/strategicexportcontrolsannualreport" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/strategicexportcontrolsannualreport</a>.</p><p>The most recent report, which covers 2014, was published in July 2015. Together with the previous report, it indicates that there were no Government-to-Government sales of military goods to Iraqi military forces in 2013 or 2014. In addition, there is no record of any sales of military goods from the UK Government to Iraqi military forces in the period from January to the end of June 2015. This period will be covered in the next Annual Report published in 2016.</p><p>With regard to military goods exported by UK companies to Iraq, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, is the appropriate UK licensing authority. The Government holds information on export licensing decisions for military goods from the UK to Iraq but it does not hold data on actual sales of defence exports and has no information on whether any such exports to Iraq have been used specifically to combat ISIL or for other defence or security purposes.</p><p>I can inform you that 30 Individual Export Licences have been issued for military goods from the UK to Iraq for the period from January 2014 to the end of March 2015. Data on these 30 export licences is publicly available via the Government's Strategic Export Controls: Reports and Statistics website https:// www. exportcontroldb.bis.gov. uk/sdb/fox/sdb/SDBHOME. Data covering the period 1 April to 30 June 2015 is due to be published in October 2015, while data on the export of military goods from the UK to Iraq prior to January 2014 is also available on the same website.</p><p>In addition the UK Government is providing extensive support to the GOI in the continuing fight against ISIL, with the gifting of equipment forming a significant part of this. Previously, Her Majesty's Government has gifted 50 tonnes of non-lethal support, 40 heavy machine guns and nearly half a million rounds of ammunition to the Kurdish Peshmerga. The latest equipment to be gifted to the Peshmerga consists of additional medical supplies. The supplies consist of items such as tourniquets, bandage kits and dressings for wounds and fill a significant gap in their resources, leading to the preservation of life and proper treatment of injuries sustained in combat.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 11/09/2015 13:12:01 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

443733

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Cyprus: Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse has been of housing and supporting migrants who arrived (a) in October 1998 and (b) on 21 October 2015 in the RAF Dhekelia and RAF Akrotiri Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	21720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide an exact sum spent in total on the migrants who arrived in 1998. The costs of the provision of welfare and education, based on recent data, is around €165,000 per year.</p><p>The total recorded cost to date to the public purse for housing and supporting the migrants who arrived onto Sovereign Base Areas Administrationland on 21 October 2015 is £1,122,972. This includes the initial emergency response, security costs, construction of the Transit Facility and ongoing support costs. Those costs which relate to the support and welfare of the migrants will be counted against the Government's targets for overseas aid.</p><p>An element of this total includes estimated costs that are to be paid in arrears.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/01/2016 16:14:17 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

451510

	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	Cyprus: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many refugee applications from migrants living in the Sovereign Base Areas started before 1 December 2008 had not been determined on 8 August 2014; how many such applications were determined as failed following the enactment of the Refugees (Amendment) Ordinance 2014; and how many migrants have been removed from the Sovereign Base Areas as a consequence of the enactment of that ordinance.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	26568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>Thirty-eight refugee applications from migrants living in the Sovereign Base Areas before 1 December 2008 had been open but not determined on 8 August 2014. Delays in processing asylum applications were due to the migrants refusing to co-operate with case workers handling their claims. In 2003, an MOU was agreed with the Republic of Cyprus on the handling of illegal migrants in the Sovereign Base Areas. Under the terms of that agreement, all applications for asylum from migrants present in the Sovereign Base Areas at that time were considered by the Republic on behalf of the Sovereign Base Areas Administration by specialist staff of the Republic of Cyprus Asylum Service.</p><p> </p><p>The 38 migrants were informed they were failed asylum seekers following their prolonged unwillingness to engage with Republic of Cyprus asylum case workers. The intent of the Refugees (Amendment) Ordinance 2014 was to regularise the residency status of failed asylum seekers residing in the Sovereign Base Areas, so as to grant them temporary residence until they could be returned to their country of origin or a third country. No persons amongst this group have yet been removed from the Sovereign Base Areas as a consequence of this ordinance. They remain liable for return.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 16/02/2016 16:06:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

451511

	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	Cyprus: Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people living in the Akrotiri and Dhekelia RAF Sovereign Base Areas have applied for asylum since October 1998; how many such applications have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected; and how many such people have been removed from the Sovereign Base Areas.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	26569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>Since 1998 and up until October 2015, 67 People have applied for asylum in the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA), 29 of those were accepted as recognised refugees and 38 asylum claims were rejected.</p><p>In October 2015 a group of 115 migrants arrived in RAF Akrotiri, 46 of those migrants temporarily resident in the SBA have lodged asylum claims that are being considered by the SBA Administration. As at 12 February 2016, six have been recognised as refugees by the SBA Administration and 15 have been issued asylum rejection letters. In total 85 migrants are no longer in the SBA. Those remaining who are not eligible for asylum will be liable for deportation.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/02/2016 15:22:46 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

459343

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Arms Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Official Report, column 426, on arms sales to Saudi Arabia, what UK-supplied defence equipment has been used in Yemen; what arms export licences were issued for that equipment; and whether any arms export licences for that equipment have now been revoked.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	30754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>The Royal Saudi Air Force are flying British-built aircraft in Yemen, and have been provided with precision-guided Paveway weapons. The Government is satisfied that extant licences for Saudi Arabia are fully compliant with the UK's export licences criteria.</p><p>No export licences for Saudi Arabia have been revoked in the last year. We continue to keep all arms sales under close review.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 17/03/2016 16:25:37 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

459344

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 21 July 2015 to Question 7583 and 9 September 2014 to Question 207819, how many (a) military, (b) civilian and (c) liaison personnel are now stationed at each of those sites in Saudi Arabia; how many of each of those personnel are in locations where Saudi Arabia plans and executes military operations in Yemen; and how many (i) military, (ii) civilian and (iii) liaison personnel are in the command and control centre for Saudi airstrikes in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	30727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>Further to my answer of 21 July 2015 the UK currently has:</p><p> </p><p>11 personnel providing mentoring and advice to the Saudi Arabian National Guard, as part of the British Military Mission to the Saudi Arabian National Guard.</p><p> </p><p>19 military and 37 civilian personnel working on the Saudi Arabia National Guard Communications Project to acquire and support, modern communications capabilities for the Saudi Arabian National Guard.</p><p> </p><p>72 military and 42 civilian personnel working on the Ministry of Defence Saudi Armed Forces Projects, supporting the United Kingdom's commitment to the defence of Saudi Arabia through the supply of modern military aircraft, naval vessels, weapons and associated support services to the Saudi Armed Forces.</p><p> </p><p>We have a small number of liaison personnel who work at the Saudi MOD and Operational Centres to provide insight into Saudi operations. They remain under UK command and control. There are no other UK military or civilian personnel working at these headquarters.</p><p> </p><p>British personnel in Saudi Arabia are not involved in carrying out strikes, directing or conducting operations in Yemen or selecting targets and are not involved in the Saudi targeting decision-making process</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/03/2016 16:27:22 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

522058

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Arms Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the obligations of the Government are under its Memorandum of Understanding with the government of Saudi Arabia on the supply of military aircraft and associated equipment and weapons which apply when Saudi Arabia is participating in an armed conflict.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	38803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK supplies military aircraft, associated equipment, weapons and teams of personnel to support the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under existing government-to-government arrangements. However, in accordance with the extant Memorandum of Understanding no personnel participate directly in Saudi military operations.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 06/06/2016 15:23:12 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq