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1029486

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Zimbabwe: International Military Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department holds (a) records and (b) documents relating to International Military Services Ltd operations in Zimbabwe in 1983.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	204595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>Due to ongoing legal proceedings between International Military Services Ltd and the Iranian Ministry of Defence and Support for the Armed Forces of Iran (known as MODSAF), it would not be appropriate for the Ministry of Defence to comment.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 204592 204593 204594 204596 204597 question first answered 08/01/2019 17:00:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1045603

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen: Terrorism
	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 to which Saudi Arabian-supplied arms are reaching Al Qaeda or other terrorist groups in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	210523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has not undertaken any such formal assessment.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/01/2019 14:53:00 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

1023327

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen: Ports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment the Government has made of the effect of military action on port operations at Hodeidah, Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Sutton Coldfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Mitchell
	uin	201145
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The port of Hodeidah is vital for Yemen. Together with the port of Al-Saleef it accounts for 80 per cent of all imports into Yemen, a country that relies on imports to meet 90 per cent of its basic needs such as food and fuel. There are no other ports in Yemen that can handle such volumes of imports.</p><p>The recent Houthi offensive has mainly affected the outskirts of the city of Hodeidah and has not damaged port infrastructure. However, it has reduced the availability of safe transit corridors and storage facilities for commercial and humanitarian goods leaving the port for major population centres in Yemen. Reduced levels of imports and damage to distribution networks has severely limited access to food and medicines for Yemeni citizens.</p><p>Only safe, rapid, and unhindered commercial and humanitarian access to the Red Sea ports of Hodeidah and Al-Saleef will ensure that millions of Yemenis in the north of the country receive the vital supplies of fuel, food, and medicine they desperately need.</p><p>The Government continues to raise concerns with the Saudi led-Coalition about the potential impact of any assault on the port and city of Hodeidah. We also continue to make clear that any military operations must be conducted in accordance with international humanitarian law, and not disrupt commercial and humanitarian flows.</p><p>Since 2016, the Government has been a strong supporter of the peace talks between the Government of Yemen and the Houthis; the first round concluded on 13 December 2018 with some significant progress including an agreement for the redeployment of forces away from the city and port of Hodeidah. If successful, this should help enable increased flows of vital humanitarian and commercial supplies to the Yemeni population.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 19/12/2018 14:42:46 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell

868460

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen: Peacekeeping Operations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether British military personnel been involved in operations in Yemen since March 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	133680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>No. British military personnel have not been involved in operations in Yemen since March 2015.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/03/2018 14:08:25 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

833040

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2018
	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 allegations of violations of International Human Law in Yemen by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia his Department has received in each of the last 12 months; and what steps his Department has taken to investigate those allegations.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	125356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p /><p /><p>As at 21 March 2018, the number of alleged instances of breaches or violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in Yemen listed on the &quot;Tracker&quot; database maintained by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is 350. Of these, 14 are duplicate entries, which means that some incidents will have been recorded on more than one occasion, likely because of the incomplete nature of Non-Governmental Organisation and media reporting upon which the MOD relies to update the &quot;Tracker&quot;. Aggregating this information would be misleading without the addition of sensitive contextual information, which I am withholding as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice relations between the United Kingdom and other States.</p><p>The MOD does not investigate allegations of Saudi-led coalition IHL violations. The Saudi-led Coalition is best placed to do this, and does so through its Joint Incident Assessment Team. MOD analysis of alleged IHL violations is used to form an overall view on Saudi Arabia's approach and attitude to IHL.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 21/03/2018 14:57:20 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

452306

	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	Yemen: Military Intervention
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether UK military personnel trained in, or dedicated to, cultural protection have been involved in liaison with Saudi Arabia regarding its intervention in Yemen.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
	uin	HL6207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2016 answer text <p>All UK Service personnel receive mandatory annual training in the Law of Armed Conflict and this includes training in cultural protection. They will also receive further training prior to their deployment.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/02/2016 14:52:38 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

678847

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2017
	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, further to the remarks by the Secretary of State for Defence on 19 December 2016 (HC Deb, cols 1215–1216), when they first became aware of the use of UK-made cluster bombs by Saudi Arabia in Yemen; and following assurances they have received from the government of Saudi Arabia that the use of such bombs has now stopped, what monitoring will take place.
	tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
	uin	HL4998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>Amnesty International wrote to the Prime Minister on 23 May 2016, and to the Ministry of Defence on 3 June 2016, on the alleged use of UK-produced BL-755 cluster munitions by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. That allegation was confirmed by the Coalition in their statement on 19 December 2016.</p><p>We welcome the Saudi commitment to cease use of UK-manufactured BL-755 cluster munitions and have offered to assist with the destruction of any remaining stocks of the weapon.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 06/02/2017 17:14:13 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

685471

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2017
	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 UK service personnel are embedded with or seconded to the national armed forces of other countries in the coalition participating in Operation Restoring Hope in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	63105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>Around 80 UK Service personnel are either embedded with or seconded to the national Armed Forces of the 10 countries involved in Operation RESTORING HOPE. No UK Service personnel are taking part in coalition operations in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 14/02/2017 15:53:06 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

927719

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	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 allegations of violations of international humanitarian law in Yemen by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia his Department has received in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	155906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>As at 25 June 2018, the total number of alleged instances of breaches or violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in Yemen listed on the &quot;Tracker&quot; database maintained by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is 356. Of these, 14 are duplicate entries, which means that some incidents will have been recorded on more than one occasion likely because of the incomplete nature of Non-Governmental Organisation and media reporting upon which the MOD relies to update the &quot;Tracker&quot;. Dis-aggregating this information to the last 12 months would be misleading without the addition of sensitive contextual information, which I am withholding as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice relations between the United Kingdom and other States.</p><p>The MOD does not investigate allegations of IHL violations. The Saudi-led Coalition is best placed to do this, and does so through its Joint Incident Assessment Team.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/06/2018 14:48:41 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1045602

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	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, which UK-supplied military equipment has been used by Saudi Arabia in Yemen since March 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	210522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>As my right hon. Friend the then Secretary of State for Defence (Sir Michael Fallon) said on the 19 December 2016 (Official Report 618, column 1216), the Royal Saudi Air Force has operated UK-supplied Typhoon and Tornado aircraft in Yemen and used Paveway, Dual Mode Brimstone, Storm Shadow and ALARM munitions.</p><p>The Saudi-led Coalition confirmed that a limited number of UK-manufactured BL-755 munitions were dropped in Yemen but that these UK manufactured munitions would be no longer used.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 29/01/2019 17:23:12 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson