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451943

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Aviation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military and (b) civilian personnel were employed as (i) flight instructors, (ii) aircraft engineers and (iii) air traffic controllers in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	26702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Flight Instructors</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Aircraft Engineers</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Air Traffic Controllers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Military</p></td><td><p>Civilian*</p></td><td><p>Military</p></td><td><p>Civilian**</p></td><td><p>Military</p></td><td><p>Civilian***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>720</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>10,920</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>730</p></td><td rowspan="6"><p>Information not held.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>720</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>11,500</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>12,370</p></td><td><p>315</p></td><td><p>790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>13,410</p></td><td><p>315</p></td><td><p>790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>850</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>14,410</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>720</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>13,310</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>810</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Military figures are for trained UK Regular forces but exclude Full Time Reserve Service Personnel and Reservists.</p><p> </p><p>* These figures include Civil Servants and contractors.</p><p>** Civil Service figures only. Equipment support contracts are output based; contracts do not specify the number of personnel needed to meet the required output.</p><p>*** Civilian posts have reduced from circa 54 in 2010 to 19 in 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/02/2016 16:17:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

451936

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Civilians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK civilian personnel are currently deployed on military operations; and in what capacity such personnel are deployed.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	26690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>There are 84 UK civilian personnel currently deployed on behalf of the Ministry of Defence on military operations. 26 of those are deployed as UK civil servants undertaking a range of essential roles including policy, legal and scientific advice, financial and commercial services, and delivery of the Government's ex gratia redundancy and intimidation schemes for locally employed civilians. 58 of those 84 are deployed as contractors, undertaking a range of support roles.</p><p>In both cases, the roles are undertaken principally in Kabul and locations across the Gulf.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/02/2016 16:34:22 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

451938

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Intelligence: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military and (b) civilian personnel were employed within Defence Intelligence in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	26694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The strength of Defence Intelligence for Service and civilian personnel at year end for the years 2010-11 to 2015-16 was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Service Personnel</p></td><td><p>Civilians</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16 (at January 2016)</p></td><td><p>2,137</p></td><td><p>1,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2,332</p></td><td><p>1,365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2,412</p></td><td><p>1,323</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2,458</p></td><td><p>1,306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2,323</p></td><td><p>1,132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2,330</p></td><td><p>1,326</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/02/2016 16:35:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

451940

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Police
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent personnel were employed by the (a) Royal Military Police, (b) Royal Naval Police and (c) Royal Air Force Police in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	26696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The requested information, as at 1 April of each year, is provided in the following table:</p><p><strong>Strength of Trained UK Regular personnel in the Royal Military Police (RMP), Royal Naval Police (RNP) and Royal Air Force Police (RAFP)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RMP</p></td><td><p>1,700</p></td><td><p>1,710</p></td><td><p>1,720</p></td><td><p>1,740</p></td><td><p>1,720</p></td><td><p>1,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RNP</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAFP</p></td><td><p>1,480</p></td><td><p>1,450</p></td><td><p>1,360</p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td><td><p>1,110</p></td><td><p>1,140</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>1. UK Regular Forces comprises Full-time personnel but does not include Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service personnel and Reservists.</p><p>2. RMP figures do not include approximately 2,900 Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS) personnel and a small number of &quot;staff&quot; (Colonel and above) who have a late arm/corps of Provost. Recent MPGS personnel numbers are available in Table 1 of the Service Personnel Statistics report:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/499082/Monthly_Service_Personnel_Statistics_January_2016.xlsx</p><p>3. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in 5 are rounded to the nearest 20 to avoid systematic bias. Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not equal the sums of their rounded parts.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/02/2016 16:35:51 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

451917

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2016
	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 Answer of 29 January 2016 to Question 24110, whether he plans to publish the terms of reference for the Reaper User Group before the Group meeting on 14 to 18 March 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	26843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The release of the Terms of Reference for the Reaper User Group will be discussed at the next meeting from 14 to 18 March 2016.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/02/2016 16:38:18 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

451927

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Iraq: Military Intervention
	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 29 January 2016 to Question 24285, how many times (a) Brimstone missiles, (b) Hellfire missiles and (c) Paveway IV guided bombs were deployed against targets in Iraq between 2 December 2015 and 29 January 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	26720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The number of weapons fired by each weapon type in Iraq during the period requested is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Weapon Type</p></td><td><p>Number of weapons fired at targets in Iraq</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hellfire</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dual Mode Seeker Brimstone</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paveway IV</p></td><td><p>230</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/02/2016 16:31:57 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

451944

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Flight Simulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many simulators were used for military flight training in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	26703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is provided below; it comprises both fixed wing and rotary simulators.</p><p>2015 - 41</p><p>2014 - 41</p><p>2013 - 40</p><p>2012 - 39</p><p>2011 - 39</p><p>2010 - 31</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/02/2016 16:18:11 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

451942

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Civilians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK civilian personnel not formally deployed to an operational theatre visited such a theatre in the most recent year for which figures are available; and in what capacity those personnel carried out those visits.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	26698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/02/2016 16:36:23 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

451644

	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	Libya: Deployment
	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 implications for his policies of the proposal from the Italian government (a) to deploy 1,000 British troops to Libya and (b) for Italian Reaper drones to conduct target acquisition in Libya for the purpose of joint strike operations with the US and UK.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	26592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The UK is considering, with partner nations, how we can best support the new Libyan government, including in terms of capacity building and security sector reform. No decisions have been made about the future deployment of any British military forces to Libya as part of an international coalition force.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/02/2016 16:12:14 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

452389

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Kurds: Military Aid
	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 military assistance, support and training provided by the UK to the Kurdistan regional government does not directly or indirectly contribute to or facilitate the commission of violations of international human rights or humanitarian law.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	27145
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes it role in promoting human rights very seriously. Before the UK undertakes any training of foreign troops around the world, we assess the potential impact of the proposed training in relation to human rights and international humanitarian law and we seek to mitigate any risks.</p><p>To support the fight against Daesh the UK military is currently providing the Infantry Battle Course to the Peshmerga. This course includes training on international humanitarian law.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/02/2016 16:39:28 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day