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348550

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Russia: Military Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received of flights by Russian military aircraft over Lancashire; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	900131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text In accordance with the Open Skies Treaty, Russian military personnel, accompanied throughout by RAF personnel, conducted observation flights over the UK during the weeks of 11 May and 1 June 2015. The aircraft involved was unarmed and pre-certified by all Open Skies states. It flew on a flight plan authorised by the Ministry of Defence, in this case including over Lancashire, and the UK received copies of all photographs taken. The UK conducts similar missions in Russia. answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/06/2015 15:04:22 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

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

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

391382

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Early Warning Systems
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the UK's airborne early warning aircraft capability is for air and maritime threat to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	8118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="5"> </td><td colspan="6" rowspan="5"><p>The Royal Air Force has six Sentry airborne early warning Mk1 aircraft, which are declared to the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force and fulfil a range of roles including air and sea surveillance and airborne command and control.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/09/2015 15:17:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

435820

	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	Military Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who his Department has consulted on the development of the UK's Air Power Doctrine; and when he expects to publish that doctrine.
	tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
	tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
	uin	19035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Work will commence on the next <em>UK Air and Space Doctrine</em> in the summer of 2016 and it is expected to be published in 2017. As with the previous version published in 2013, the RAF will consult widely across Defence as well as in the academic community. Research will draw on similar work from sources such as NATO and the United States Air Force.</p><p>In addition, the Development Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC) will review the related Joint Doctrine Note (JDN): The UK Approach to Unmanned Systems. The intention is to publish the revised doctrine by autumn 2016.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/12/2015 16:18:19 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

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

432714

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Deployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his timetable is for introducing proposals to amend the legal standing on which the armed forces undertake operations, as set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	17944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>Work is under way to examine the options. We will announce further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 03/12/2015 16:25:28 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

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