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172160

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Assistance Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the size of the Defence Assistance Fund was in each of the last four years; and whether monies from that Fund are being used to support the Defence Language Training Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	219911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Defence Assistance Fund (DAF) is an internal Ministry of Defence resource used to help to develop and maintain bilateral defence relationships in support of wider UK Government objectives, in line with the International Defence Engagement Strategy published in February 2013. In the current financial year (FY) 2014-15 the DAF totalled £16.558 million. In the preceding three years the totals were as follows: FY2013-14 - £15.635 million; FY2012-13 £12.327million; FY2011-12 - £12.027million</p><p>The Defence Culture and Language Centre (DCLC) is funded by the Defence Academy, an element of Joint Forces Command. No direct funding is received from the DAF, but the DAF is used on occasion to fund attendance at DCLC of international students who require English Language Training prior to joining further military training and education in the UK or before returning to their home country to train others.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 13/01/2015 16:26:02 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172163

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Audit Committee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Defence Audit Committee met in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	219914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Defence Audit Committee met eight times in Financial Year 2013-14; six times in 2012-13 and five times in 2011-12.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 13/01/2015 16:25:04 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

223230

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of non-compliance relating to the return of dangerous goods from Afghanistan there have been in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	225219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>There have been no recorded incidents of non-compliances relating to the return of dangerous goods from Afghanistan within the last twelve months.</p><p>However, during that period, staff at Bastion and Kandahar identified 40 instances of potential non-compliance at the time of acceptance checks; all were corrected before the consignments entered the transport chain.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 03/03/2015 17:06:23 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

177802

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Health Services: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces are on standby to provide support to the NHS in winter 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	223418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The Armed Forces currently have no personnel specifically on standby to provide support to the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 10/02/2015 16:37:15 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

177807

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Health Services: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse has been of training members of the armed forces to provide support for the NHS in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	223388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>In financial year (FY) 14-15 the net additional cost to the public purse of training members of the Armed Forces to support the NHS is estimated to be £188,000, which relates to the training for military personnel to cover three periods of actual or proposed industrial action by ambulance drivers in October, November and January. The Ministry of Defence will be reimbursed for these net additional costs by the Department of Health.</p><p>We have checked our records which indicate that there was no additional cost to the public purse of training members of the Armed Forces to provide support to the NHS in FYs 2012-13 and 2013-14. There was one instance of assistance in 2014 but no training costs were incurred.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 12/02/2015 16:59:13 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 45009 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

177808

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Health Services: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) civil contingency reaction forces and (b) any other members of the armed forces have been deployed to provide support to the NHS in winter 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	223365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The Armed Forces have provided assistance to the NHS on two occasions during industrial action in 2014-15, under Military Aid to Civil Authorities (MACA) principles.</p><p>On 13 October 2014, military personnel assisted the London Ambulance Service in driving, navigating and call-handling duties; military drivers were also provided to the North West Ambulance Service.</p><p>On 24 November 2014, military personnel assisted London Ambulance Service in driving and navigating duties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 09/02/2015 16:50:14 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

100126

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Gibraltar
	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 UK's ability to respond militarily to threats to Gibraltar.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	211376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government takes its responsibility for protecting Gibraltar against any threat very seriously. A range of military, police and diplomatic responses are available. We continually monitor the situation and adjust our force posture and resources as appropriate. I am confident that current capabilities are commensurate with any potential threat.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 04/11/2014 17:30:47 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 24941 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

100128

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Aircraft Carriers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans are in place in relation to the deployment of the HMS Queen Elizabeth II and HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carriers.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	211375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>Specific deployment plans for the Queen Elizabeth Class carriers have not yet been decided. The carriers are strategic maritime platforms which will perform a wide variety of military functions; for example: providing credible conventional deterrence; delivering carrier strike missions using Lightning II aircraft; enforcing no fly zones; deploying Royal Marine Commandos; building international partnerships; delivering humanitarian aid and disaster relief; and conducting complex non-combatant evacuation operations.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 28/10/2014 16:53:21 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

224435

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Airspace
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UK defences against potential air attacks.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	225942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>We keep the effectiveness of the UK's multi-layered defences against potential air attacks under constant review, whether through NATO air policing operations against state based threats or our own high readiness counter terrorist response.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 09/03/2015 17:05:45 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

224436

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Airspace
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incursions into sovereign UK airspace took place in the last 12 months; and what the nature of those incursions was.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	225943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>In the last 12 months there have been no unauthorised incursions by any foreign military aircraft into sovereign air space around the UK, which projects 12 miles off shore or to mutually agreed mid-points between adjacent nations over narrow straits such as the Straits of Dover. In terms of recent Russian military aircraft activity which has attracted media attention, these aircraft have remained in international airspace at all times. The UK civil air traffic region and the NATO Air Policing Area, for which the UK have responsibility for monitoring, include large areas of international air space through which foreign military traffic may legally transit.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 09/03/2015 17:19:04 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell