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390916

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2015
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on whether any British-licenced weaponry has been used by Saudi Arabia to bomb Saada province in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	7824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2015 answer text <p>The use of equipment and weapons supplied to the Saudis is an operational matter for the Saudi military authorities. The Saudis have assured us that British-supplied munitions will be used in compliance with international humanitarian law and we continue to engage with them on these assurances.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 7820 question first answered 27/07/2015 13:48:29 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

390924

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2015
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on which dates and in what locations British precision-guided missiles, licensed for export, have been used in the current conflict in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	7820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2015 answer text <p>The use of equipment and weapons supplied to the Saudis is an operational matter for the Saudi military authorities. The Saudis have assured us that British-supplied munitions will be used in compliance with international humanitarian law and we continue to engage with them on these assurances.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 7824 question first answered 27/07/2015 13:48:29 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

390973

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2015
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many precision guided missiles have been exported from the UK to Saudi Arabia since the start of the recent conflict in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	7888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="5"> </td><td colspan="6" rowspan="5"><p>I am withholding the information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice relations between the United Kingdom and another state.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 27/07/2015 13:43:41 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

437890

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Watchkeeper WK450: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the Watchkeeper unmanned aerial vehicles purchased from Thales have been handed over to the British Army.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	19865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>As at 15 December 2015, 37 Watchkeeper Unmanned Air Vehicles have been delivered by Thales and accepted by the Ministry of Defence. Of these, 10 are currently held by the Army to meet its current flying training programme and readiness requirements. The remainder are either being used for flight trials at West Wales Airport, or being stored and maintained until required by the Army.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 17/12/2015 16:08:14 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

437888

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Watchkeeper WK450: Exports
	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 likely financial benefit to the UK from sales of Watchkeeper unmanned aerial vehicles to other countries.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	19864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>Watchkeeper is being considered by other nations alongside other capabilities to fulfil their own defence requirements. The details of these negotiations are commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 21/12/2015 14:25:40 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

449791

	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	USA: Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with the US administration on the siting of a US drone operation centre at (a) RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk and (b) other UK locations.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	25312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The UK and US have routine discussions on all aspects of US visiting forces in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/02/2016 17:27:19 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

437889

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Syria: Military Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions (a) RAF Reapers, (b) RAF Tornados and (c) other RAF aircraft have come into radar contact with Russian military aircraft inside Syria since 30 September 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	19866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>We do not routinely collect information on radar contacts. It is inevitable when operating in the same airspace as other nations that RAF aircraft will come into radar contact with those nations. This is one of the ways in which the RAF, as part of the US-led coalition, ensures safe-separation of aircraft in Syrian airspace and enables the UK to continue to fly missions to help degrade and destroy Daesh.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/12/2015 14:35:47 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

926962

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Radioactive Materials: Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to learn the lessons from the emergency planning exercise undertaken at Prestwick on the transport of nuclear materials.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	155389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator (DNSR) concluded that the Nuclear Emergency Response Exercise in question, Exercise Senator 2011, achieved its stated objectives.</p><p>We maintain a robust change and improvement process to ensure that all lessons for the transportation of nuclear materials, however they are identified, are actioned.</p><p>The DNSR assessment report for Exercise Senator 2011 contained five findings, four of which have been formally closed out. The final one has been addressed and we expect it to be fully closed out by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 27/06/2018 15:52:18 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

453141

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	RAF Lakenheath
	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 25312, whether he has been consulted about proposals for a US drone operation centre at RAF Lakenheath; and whether he has received a Host Nation Notification from the US in respect of RAF Lakenheath in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	27237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>No. The Ministry of Defence received a Host Nation Notification from the US in respect of RAF Lakenheath on 7 January 2015, relating to US F-35 basing.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 29/02/2016 17:00:51 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

422202

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Attaches
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which countries UK defence attachés are posted.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	12325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>There are resident Defence Attachés in the following countries:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Afghanistan - Kabul</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Algeria - Algiers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Argentina - Buenos Aires</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Australia - Canberra</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria - Vienna</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahrain - Manama</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia - Tallinn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh - Dhaka</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brazil - Brasilia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burma - Rangoon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada - Ottawa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chile - Santiago</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China - Beijing</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombia - Bogota</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia - Zagreb</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus - Nicosia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic - Prague</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark - Copenhagen</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt - Cairo</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia - Addis Ababa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France - Paris</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Georgia - Tbilisi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany - Berlin</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana - Accra</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece - Athens</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India - New Delhi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indonesia - Jakarta</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraq - Baghdad</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland - Dublin</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Israel - Tel Aviv</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy - Rome</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica - Kingston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Japan - Tokyo</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jordan - Amman</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kazakhstan - Astana</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya - Nairobi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Korea - Seoul</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait - Kuwait City</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lebanon - Beirut</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Libya - Tripoli</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Skopje</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mexico - Mexico City</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morocco - Rabat</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal - Kathmandu</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands - The Hague</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Zealand - Wellington</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria - Abuja</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway - Oslo</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oman - Muscat</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan - Islamabad</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland - Warsaw</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Qatar - Doha</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania - Bucharest</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russia - Moscow</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Arabia - Riyadh</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serbia - Belgrade</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sierra Leone - Freetown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Singapore - Singapore City</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somalia - Mogadishu</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa - Pretoria</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Sudan - Juba</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain - Madrid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan - Khartoum</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden - Stockholm</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thailand - Bangkok</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkey - Ankara</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda - Kampala</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ukraine - Kyiv</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States of America - UK Mission to UN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States of America - Washington</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uzbekistan - Tashkent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam - Hanoi</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yemen - Sana'a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe - Harare</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>There is Non-Resident Accreditation for a further 82 countries.</p><br /><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 22/10/2015 15:25:19 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith