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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

444599

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2016 to Question 21502, airstrikes in Syria, whether the robust process referred to includes an assessment of the number of civilian workers likely to be deployed in such installations and the potential number of casualties and other collateral damage from such airstrikes.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	22496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6" rowspan="5"><p>Yes. This is the most important part of the process.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/01/2016 16:12:56 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

456999

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2016
	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 representations he has received on the applicability of the 1951 Refugee Convention to the migrants who arrived in the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus in 1998.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	George Kerevan
	uin	29401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="5"><p> </p></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="5"><p>The 1951 Refugee Convention places no obligation on the UK to consider asylum claims made outside its immediate territory. The Sovereign Base Area is an overseas territory and separate by legal jurisdiction to the UK. The Convention has not been extended to the Sovereign Base Areas. Representations challenging the applicability of the 1951 Refugee Convention are currently being made to the High Court on behalf of a group of refugees who have been resident in the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus since 1998.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/03/2016 17:23:28 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4416 label Biography information for George Kerevan

449953

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Alliances: Special Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for the introduction of two tier special forces in the Joint Force 2025 announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review involved in training, assistance advice and mentoring to UK partners.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	25544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="5"><p> </p></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="5"><p>It is the long standing policy of the Government not to comment on Special Forces.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/02/2016 16:21:10 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

456082

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Electronic Warfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cyber experts and trainees have been recruited into the regular and reserve armed forces since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	28789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="5"><p> </p></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="5"><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 4 March 2015 to Question 225462 in respect of Cyber Reserves. We are significantly growing the number of dedicated Cyber experts in both the Regular and the Reserve forces but, as with other sensitive defence capabilities, we do not reveal specific details in order to safeguard national security.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/03/2016 17:28:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 4 March 2016.docx title Joint Cyber Reserve
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

506362

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2016 to Question 25543, whether the definition of UK troops includes members of the (a) Joint Cyber Unit (Reserve), (b) 13 Squadron of the Royal Air Force and (c) 39 Squadron of the Royal Air Force.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	32822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="5"><p> </p></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="5"><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 32570 on 11 April 2016.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/04/2016 14:35:35 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 11 April 2016 HOC 32570.docx title Electronic Warfare
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

444606

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on compiling a definitive central list of all service personnel who lost their lives on operations in Northern Ireland between 1969 and 2007.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	22291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>Work to produce a central list of Service personnel who lost their lives on operations in Northern Ireland between 1969 and 2007 has been a time consuming and detailed task. The process of finalising the details should appropriately consider the format of such a list and where such a list might be hosted in order to appropriately commemorate the loss of personnel during this operation. Publication will be made once due consideration of these issues has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/01/2016 16:57:57 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

456475

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2016 to Question 27212, on what data work commenced on Joint Services Policy (JSP) 900 UK Targeting Policy - Edition 2.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	uin	29193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>Work to create JSP 900 UK Targeting Policy Edition 2 began in January 2014 and the document was in the process of being finalised in September 2014. However, further work was required to ensure the Ministry of Defence's Full Spectrum Targeting (FSpecT) policy was coherent with the evolving National Full Spectrum Effects (FSE) approach.</p><p>In September 2015 Defence Instructions and Notices (DIN) 2015DIN03-024 &quot;Full Spectrum Effects For Defence Operations&quot; was released. The DIN set the framework for FSpecT policy within FSE; JSP 900 Edition 2 was released shortly afterwards. A review of JSP 900 Edition 2 is under way and it is expected that a new edition will be required to incorporate lessons identified from operations in Iraq and Syria.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/03/2016 16:20:48 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

445900

	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	Armed Forces: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training his Department provides for women to enable them to serve in combat on the front line.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	23046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>Women already serve in a variety of roles with front line units including pilots, submariners, medics, fire support team commanders, military intelligence operators, counter improvised explosive device operators and dog handlers. They have made and continue to make a valuable contribution to recent and current operations including Afghanistan.</p><p>Women are currently excluded from serving in Ground Close Combat roles; the Infantry and Royal Armoured Corps, the Royal Marines and the Royal Air Force Regiment. The Prime Minister stated on 20 December 2015 that he wants to see all roles in the Armed Forces opened up to women in 2016 and further physiological research currently under way will inform a final decision in mid-2016.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/01/2016 15:45:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

451919

	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 2 February 2016 to Question 25293, whether his Department distinguishes between the proposed use of deployed platforms with capabilities for (a) high value targeting and (b) intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	26842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>With reference to the answer given by my predecessor to the hon. Member for West Bromwich East (Tom Watson) on 23 June 2014 (Official Report, column 99W) we do not distinguish between platforms with different capabilities.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/02/2016 15:07:03 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 23 Jun 2014 HOC 198710.docx title Unmanned Air Vehicles
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West