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	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support the United Kingdom is providing to the government of Saudi Arabia in its military campaign in Yemen.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL1125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>We are not participating directly in Saudi-led military operations in Yemen, but we are providing technical support, precision-guided weapons and exchanging information with the Saudi Arabian armed forces through pre-existing arrangements.</p><p>In addition to the personnel who continue to provide support for equipment supplied, we have a small number of liaison personnel in Saudi and coalition air and maritime headquarters. This includes personnel in the Maritime Coalition Coordination Centre in the region supporting the delivery of humanitarian aid into Yemen.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 14/07/2015 15:25:56 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

57719

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 30 January 2014, Official Report, column 691W, on Yemen, whether his Department has undertaken any impact assessment of drone strikes in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	198640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has not conducted any impact assessment of kinetic strikes by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in Yemen. As my hon. Friend the Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Hugh Robertson) said on 30 January 2014 (Official Report, column 691W), UAV strikes against terrorist targets in Yemen are a matter for the Yemeni and US Governments.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 12/06/2014 14:10:51 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois attachment 1 file name 198640-Hansard Extracts.doc title Hansard Extract
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

58180

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 4 February 2014, Official Report, column 169W, on Djibouti, whether the UK personnel embedded with US forces under US command at Camp Lemonnier provide any support to the US drone programme in Yemen; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	199008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>UK Armed Forces personnel embedded in Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, are responsible for the planning and support of US military operations in East Africa. They do not provide any support to US Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) operations in Yemen; CJTF-HOA does not oversee operations in the Middle East.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 12/06/2014 15:49:26 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 260 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

58483

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK service personnel are stationed in Yemen; and what the (a) rank, (b) squadron and (c) function is of each officer stationed in that country.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	199426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>There are two permanently based UK service personnel in Yemen. Both of these personnel are employed within the Defence Section at the British Embassy in Sana'a. There is one Army Colonel employed as the Defence Attaché and one Army Sergeant employed as the Assistant Defence Attaché. The role of the Defence Attaché is to command the Defence Section, to represent the Chief of the Defence Staff in Yemen and Eritrea and to advise HM Ambassador on defence and security matters The role of the Assistant Defence Attaché is to provide administrative support to the Defence Attaché.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 12/06/2014 14:55:45 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

170362

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the savings to his Department from the Q&A system in the (a) 12 months and (b) five years since 4 June 2014; what additional ICT systems or improvements to existing systems his Department has introduced or plans to introduce that would not have been feasible without the Q&A system; and what assessment he has made of the extent to which the system has made it easier to answer questions from hon. Members on time.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	218776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Savings to the Ministry of Defence in the 12 months since the introduction of the Q&amp;A system on 4 June 2014 are estimated to be £6,800, and in the five years from the introduction are estimated to be £34,000.</p><p>No additional ICT systems or improvements to existing systems were dependent on the introduction of the Q&amp;A system.</p><p>One of the benefits of the new system is the possibility for the reporting of the timeliness of answers to Parliamentary Questions to be delivered with greater consistency and accuracy across all answering bodies.</p><p>It will be for the Procedure Committee to evaluate the effectiveness of the new system in improving performance when it assesses the evidence following the end of the session.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/01/2015 16:29:06 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

61618

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many parliamentary questions tabled to his Department in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	200443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>One question tabled to the Ministry of Defence in the last Parliamentary session did not receive a substantive reply by the time of the 2014 prorogation.<br><br>The tabling date for this question was 14 March 2014.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/06/2014 15:36:45 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

90824

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of named day written questions were answered by his Department within the prescribed period in the (a) 2012-13 session, (b) 2013-14 session and (c) 2014-15 session to date.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	208421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>As at 9 September 2014 the Ministry of Defence had answered 62% of written questions for answer on a named day, during the 2014-15 session of Parliament, on the day named.<br><br>Departmental performance information, for ordinary and named day Parliamentary Questions, is collated by the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons and submitted to the Procedure Committee. This is published on a sessional basis by the committee, and includes evidence regarding Departmental performance. The monitoring report relating to the 2012-13 session was published on 13 February 2014 as HC1046. The report covering statistics relating to performance during the 2013-14 session will be published very shortly by the Procedure Committee.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/09/2014 13:01:09 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

101822

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Wrecks
	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 extent of damage done to the wrecks of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales; what steps can be taken better to prevent the desecration of these designated war graves; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest East
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
	uin	212659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The wrecks of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales lie in international waters off Malaysia and are designated as protected places under the United Kingdom's Protection of Military Remains Act 1986. Regrettably we are aware of unauthorised salvaging and damage to the wrecks. We are engaged with the Government of Malaysia and the Royal Malaysian Navy to prevent further damage. In May 2014, the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur issued a press release welcoming the actions of the Royal Malaysian Navy to impound a Cambodian registered vessel responsible for illegally disturbing and salvaging ship wrecks for scrap material. We took the opportunity to highlight that wrecks should be treated as military maritime graves and given the respect they deserve.The large number of Royal Navy wrecks around the world means there are limitations on what can be achieved by the United Kingdom alone with regard to enforcing protection but where we have definitive evidence of desecration of sites, we will respond. Also, when items from protected wrecks are found to be for sale the Government can intervene, as we did successfully in May 2014 when items from HMS Repulse and HMS Exeter were removed from an auction in Australia and taken possession of by our High Commission in Canberra.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/11/2014 17:31:49 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

79157

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	World War II: Military Decorations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Arctic Stars have been presented since 1 October 2013, and how many claims for that award are outstanding.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL1318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2014 answer text <p>Since 1 October 2013, the total number of Arctic Stars that have been issued is 6,781, with 7,554 applications waiting to be assessed.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 29/07/2014 11:02:47 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

90990

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	World War II: Military Decorations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former service personnel have received the Arctic Star medal.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	208544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>As at 31 August 2014, the Ministry of Defence Medal Office has issued 4,420 Arctic Star awards to former Service personnel.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 13/10/2014 16:49:34 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson