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1657646

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Cyprus: Military Bases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what difficulties have been reported in honouring the pension entitlements of Turkish Cypriot former employees of the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus, or the widows of those employees, now living in Northern Cyprus.
	tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
	uin	HL9845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>There are currently no outstanding issues reported in honoring the occupational pension entitlements of Turkish Cypriot former employees of the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus, or the widows of those employees, now living in the north of Cyprus.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 18/09/2023 15:43:58 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

892427

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Cyprus: Military Bases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to use current pension rights as a baseline for the new arrangements following the privatisation of the Sovereign Base Area's Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation, or to apply the provisions of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations to the Sovereign Base Area as they apply in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Northbrook
	uin	HL7334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>The Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation (DFRMO) is not being privatised. Elements of the Defence Fire and Rescue capability are already delivered by contractors at a number of Defence's fire stations. The Defence Fire and Rescue Project is examining the provision of this capability worldwide to assess whether there are alternative ways to deliver the capability at improved value for money, including the extension of contractor involvement, whilst ensuring continued protection of key military activities. The process is currently at the stage where final approvals to award a contract are being sought.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the Bidders' proposals for Cyprus are commercially sensitive but all employees' rights and employer responsibilities, including pension provision for the DFRMO Locally Employed Civilians in Cyprus, have been considered throughout the competition. Members of the Defence Fire and Rescue Service and their trade union representatives have been consulted at all stages of the project.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL7333 question first answered 08/05/2018 15:49:49 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3191 label Biography information for Lord Northbrook

892426

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Cyprus: Military Bases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the pension rights of those employed at the Sovereign Base Area's Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation of the proposed privatisation of that organisation; and whether there are any precedents for the proposed privatisation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Northbrook
	uin	HL7333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>The Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation (DFRMO) is not being privatised. Elements of the Defence Fire and Rescue capability are already delivered by contractors at a number of Defence's fire stations. The Defence Fire and Rescue Project is examining the provision of this capability worldwide to assess whether there are alternative ways to deliver the capability at improved value for money, including the extension of contractor involvement, whilst ensuring continued protection of key military activities. The process is currently at the stage where final approvals to award a contract are being sought.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the Bidders' proposals for Cyprus are commercially sensitive but all employees' rights and employer responsibilities, including pension provision for the DFRMO Locally Employed Civilians in Cyprus, have been considered throughout the competition. Members of the Defence Fire and Rescue Service and their trade union representatives have been consulted at all stages of the project.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL7334 question first answered 08/05/2018 15:49:49 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3191 label Biography information for Lord Northbrook

672277

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Cyprus: Military Bases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the strategic significance of the UK’s military bases on the island of Cyprus.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL4615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The United Kingdom's military bases in the Sovereign Base Areas and separate Retained Sites remain a vital strategic defence and national security asset, supporting our interests in an unstable region.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 17/01/2017 16:24:24 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

434096

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Cyprus: Military Bases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many refugees have penetrated security at the sovereign base of Akrotiri in the past two months; how many of those refugees remain on that base; and where those refugees who are no longer on that base have gone.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
	uin	HL4215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>115 migrants arrived by boat at RAF Akrotiri on 21 October 2015. None penetrated the robust and established security measures we have in place to protect the base. The migrants came under the control of the Sovereign Base Area Administration as soon as they set foot on shore and at no point were they near any secure facilities within the base. Operational activity was not affected.</p><p>All of the migrants were transferred from RAF Akrotiri on 27 October 2015 to a specially prepared transit facility in the Eastern Sovereign Base Area of Dhekelia outside of the military garrison.</p><p>As at 4 December 2015, 54 migrants are accommodated in the transit facility, one is held within HMP Dhekelia and 60 have transferred to reception centres in the Republic of Cyprus.</p><br /> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 08/12/2015 17:06:39 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

795231

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Cyprus: Military Bases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 24 November (HL3241), why the number of Greek Cypriots employed in the Eastern Sovereign Base Area in Grades 7–8 rose from 65 in 2016 to 165 in 2017 and why there was no rise in the number of Turkish Cypriots employed in these grades in the same period.
	tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
	uin	HL3633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>I regret that the answer provided on 24 November 2017 to Question number HL3241 contained two typographical errors. The number of Greek Cypriots employed in the Eastern Sovereign Base Area (ESBA) at Grades 7-8 in 2017 should have been 65 instead of 165. Therefore, no increase in the number of Greek Cypriots in these grades took place between 2016 and 2017 in the ESBA. The number of Greek Cypriots employed in the Western Sovereign Base Area (WSBA) at Grades 5-6 in 2015 should have been 70 instead of 30. Therefore, the number of Greek Cypriots at Grades 5-6 decreased slightly between 2015 and 2017 in the WSBA. The correct figures are provided below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greek / Turkish Cypriot</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 11 - 12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 9 - 10</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7 - 8</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5 - 6</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3 - 4</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 1 - 2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greek / Turkish Cypriot</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 11 - 12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 9 - 10</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7 - 8</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5 - 6</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3 - 4</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 1 - 2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greek / Turkish Cypriot</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 11 - 12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 9 - 10</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7 - 8</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5 - 6</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3 - 4</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 1 - 2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greek / Turkish Cypriot</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 11 - 12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 9 - 10</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7 - 8</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5 - 6</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3 - 4</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 1 - 2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greek / Turkish Cypriot</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 11 - 12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 9 - 10</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7 - 8</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5 - 6</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3 - 4</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 1 - 2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Note:</strong></p><p>The statistics provided for Cypriot employees based in both the Eastern Sovereign Base Area and Western Sovereign Base Area are based on the current Sovereign Base Area Administration and British Forces Cyprus pay banding scales. The figures given are rounded to the nearest 5.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 04/12/2017 17:27:15 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

795230

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Cyprus: Military Bases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 24 November (HL3241), how the proportion of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots employed at the Cyprus Sovereign Base areas in 2017 compares with the proportion of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in the 2011 censuses; and what assessment they have made of how they have fulfilled their obligations under Paragraph 2 of Section 7 of Part II of Annex B of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment to have regard as far as possible to the proportionate numbers of the Communities in Cyprus.
	tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
	uin	HL3632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The 2011 censuses indicate that the proportion of Greek and Turkish Cypriots in Cyprus was 83 per cent and 17 per cent respectively. The proportion of Greek and Turkish Cypriots employed in the Sovereign Base Areas in 2017, is approximately 0.12 per cent and 0.08 per cent of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot populations as identified in the 2011 censuses.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of Greek and Turkish Cypriot nationals employed by the Sovereign Base Area Administration (SBAA) and British Forces Cyprus in the Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs) are 88 per cent and 12 per cent respectively. The SBAA has reviewed the balance of its employment and concluded that it is compliant with Annex B, Part II, Section 7, Para 2 under the 1960 Treaty of Establishment. Our compliance will continue to be kept under review.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the Cypriot contractors employed in the SBAs are held by private contractors, who have no obligation to provide us with this information. Contractors work for a variety of employers across the island and there is no certainty of when their staff are working in the SBAs as opposed to under other contractual obligations they have elsewhere on the island. For private contractors, therefore, the information is not held in the format requested.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 11/12/2017 16:15:43 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

788933

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Cyprus: Military Bases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimates of the proportionate numbers of the communities in Cyprus they have used  each of the last five years in fulfilling their obligation under Paragraph 2 of Section 7 of Part II of Annex B of the 1960 Treaty concerning the Establishment of the Republic of Cyprus to employ only Cypriot staff and labour in the Island of Cyprus, provided that such staff and labour are available and qualified to do the work; and what was the evidence base for those estimates.
	tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
	uin	HL3242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2017 answer text <p>The Sovereign Base Areas Administration does not routinely undertake estimates of the proportionate number of the communities in Cyprus. As far as possible, the employment of Cypriot nationals is based on the obligations contained within the 1960 Treaty of Establishment, with recruitment based on fair and open competition across both the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities.</p><p> </p><p>At the present time there are 920 Cypriot nationals employed by the UK authorities in the Sovereign Base Areas; representing 72 per cent of the local workforce in the Bases. Currently 810 of these staff are from the Greek Cypriot community, with 110 Turkish Cypriots. These figures have remained relatively consistent over the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>The remaining 28 per cent of the local workforce (355 posts) are filled by UK nationals; primarily dependants of personnel posted across the Sovereign Base Areas. These posts are screened when a vacancy arises to confirm that the required exemption remains extant, which includes security restrictions, qualification requirements and first language proficiency.</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>Figures relating to personnel numbers are rounded to the nearest 5.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/11/2017 14:28:08 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

788932

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Cyprus: Military Bases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) Greek Cypriots, and (2) Turkish Cypriots, have been employed at each of the British Sovereign Bases in Cyprus in each of the last five years, broken down by pay grade.
	tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
	uin	HL3241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2017 answer text <p>The numbers of Greek Cypriots (GC) and Turkish Cypriots (TC) employed in the Eastern Sovereign Base Area (ESBA) and the Western Sovereign Base Area (WSBA) over the last five years are as follows.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greek / Turkish Cypriot</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 11 - 12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 9 - 10</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7 - 8</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5 - 6</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3 - 4</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 1 - 2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greek / Turkish Cypriot</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 11 - 12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 9 - 10</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7 - 8</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5 - 6</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3 - 4</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 1 - 2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> WSBA</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greek / Turkish Cypriot</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 11 - 12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 9 - 10</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7 - 8</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5 - 6</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3 - 4</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 1 - 2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greek / Turkish Cypriot</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 11 - 12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 9 - 10</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7 - 8</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5 - 6</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3 - 4</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 1 - 2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greek / Turkish Cypriot</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 11 - 12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 9 - 10</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7 - 8</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5 - 6</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3 - 4</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 1 - 2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Note:</strong></p><p>The statistics provided for Cypriot employees based in both the Eastern Sovereign Base Areas and Western Sovereign Base Areas are based on the current Sovereign Base Area Administration and British Forces Cyprus pay banding scales.</p><p> </p><p>The figures given are rounded to the nearest 5.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/11/2017 14:28:59 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

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	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Cyprus: Military Bases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on illegal killing of wild birds on the sovereign bases on Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	8526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Defence is responsible for the Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs) of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The SBA Administration holds and exchanges information with relevant authorities in the Republic of Cyprus and Non-Government Organisations on illegal bird trapping activity in the SBAs; this includes detailed analysis and maps of those sites forming part of Special Areas of Conservation and numbers of arrests and seizures of bird trapping equipment that take place in the SBAs.</p><p>The SBAs in Cyprus are covered by the Bern convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats and adhere to its provisions. The Bern Convention and SBA Legislation require the SBA Administration to report on the effectiveness of conservation measures taken to maintain the favourable conservation status of designated habitats. This includes information and records on removal of bird trapping paraphernalia.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 13/09/2017 16:29:13 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West