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388159

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	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, whether the Government is assisting the Saudi-led offensive in Yemen by the provision of (a) personnel, (b) aircraft, (c) training and (d) any other type of support.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	6002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>In addition to UK personnel wholly providing support for British-supplied equipment, we have a small number of liaison personnel in Saudi coalition Headquarters, including the Maritime Coalition Co-ordination Centre that supports the enablement of humanatarian aid into Yemen. There are no UK aircraft or training in direct support of Saudi operations. We continue to supply equipment that conforms to our export criteria.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 13/07/2015 16:22:26 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

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

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

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

514745

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2016
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2016 to Question 6002, when the liaison personnel in Saudi coalition headquarters were first deployed; how many liaison personnel worked in those headquarters between March 2015 and January 2016; what rules of engagement or memorandum of understanding governs the role of those personnel; and whether any of those personnel have a role in the commission of inquiry announced by the Saudi coalition on 31 January 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	35103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The Liaison Officers were first deployed in May 2015. We do not discuss specific numbers for operational reasons. As Liaison Officers they are not expected to be in a situation where they would require Rules of Engagement nor provide advice to the Saudi investigatory committee.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 26/04/2016 16:29:19 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

521552

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2016
	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	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 aircraft manufactured in the UK and granted an export licence to be sold to the Saudi Arabian government have been used by the Saudi Arabian military forces in Yemen since March 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	38591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>Saudi Arabia has purchased UK manufactured Typhoon and Tornado aircraft which have flown combat missions in the current conflict in Yemen.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 06/06/2016 15:22:32 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

523448

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 26 April 2016 to Question 35103, what the role is of the Liaison Officers deployed in Saudi coalition headquarters.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	39711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>UK Liaison Officers located in Saudi Headquarters exchange information between the UK and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to give the UK a better degree of insight into Saudi processes.</p><p>They remain under UK command and control and are not embedded with the Saudis. They do not provide training or advice on International Humanitarian Law compliance, and have no role in the Saudi targeting chain.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 13/06/2016 15:22:06 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

529245

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2016
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Europe of 8 June 2016, Official Report, column 138WH, what assessments were last carried out on (a) whether the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen were targeting civilians and (b) respect for and compliance with international humanitarian law; and if he will place in the Library copies of documentation used in such assessments.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
	uin	41410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) analyses allegations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) violations arising from air strikes in Yemen conducted by the coalition. The MOD has not assessed that the coalition is deliberately targeting civilians.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 05/07/2016 15:07:44 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

520699

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen: Cluster Munitions
	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 15 March 2016 to Question 30727, what knowledge UK military personnel based in the command and control centre for Saudi Arabian airstrikes in Yemen had on the alleged use of cluster munitions in that conflict.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	38064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The UK is aware that Saudi Arabia has used cluster munitions in the current conflict in Yemen, as the Saudis have themselves publicly confirmed.</p><p>Based on all the information available to us we assess that no UK-supplied cluster weapons have been used, nor have UK-supplied aircraft been involved in the use of cluster weapons, in the current conflict in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 26/05/2016 15:22:47 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

529239

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen: Cluster Munitions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has received representations from Amnesty International on photographs alleged to show UK-produced cluster munitions dropped in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
	uin	41376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>Amnesty International wrote to the Prime Minister on the 23 May, and to the Department on 3 June, on the alleged use of UK-produced BL-755 cluster munitions by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 05/07/2016 15:03:54 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier