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759255

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to support allied forces to defeat ISIS forces in Raqqa.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>As part of the Coalition, the RAF continues to carry out airstrikes in support of partner forces' operations against Daesh in Raqqah. Air support of this kind has helped the Syrian Democratic Forces to retake more than 65% of the city so far.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/09/2017 15:24:56 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

776138

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to retain personnel with significant cyber knowledge and expertise.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	109150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>Identifying, developing and retaining cyber expertise remains a high priority for Defence. The Defence Cyber Programme is responsible for developing and delivering a sustainable cyber profession. We work with a variety of stakeholders on a number of initiatives across Defence, allies, wider Government, academia and industry.</p><p>A Defence Cyber Aptitude Test has been developed for the Ministry of Defence to enable us to identify personnel with the latent talent suitable for selection to undertake training for specialist cyber roles.</p><p>The new Defence Cyber School located at Shrivenham will be at the forefront of the development and delivery of coherent cyber training across Defence and wider Government. The Defence Cyber Skills Competence Framework is aligned with industry skills frameworks to enable us to identify and track personnel with varying levels of cyber knowledge and expertise.</p><p>Analysis has shown that development and delivery of a sustainable cyber career is a key element in retaining cyber Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel (SQEP). The Cyber Professional Employment Model alongside other initiatives is being utilised to develop and begin to assure a career pathway for cyber professionals.</p><p>The Cyber Reserves also provide opportunities for Defence to retain cyber SQEP otherwise due to leave the Services: personnel with the appropriate cyber skillsets can apply for transfer to the Cyber Reserves, having left regular Service and while undertaking civilian cyber employment.</p><p>Defence deeply values the cyber knowledge and expertise of our staff, and works continually to monitor and enhance the methods in place in order to retain these skills.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 30/10/2017 16:07:20 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

733008

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Lebanon: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in Lebanon on the provision of weapons and helicopters assistance.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	1350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Lebanon Government have not approached the Ministry of Defence for provision of weapons or helicopter assistance. Any request for military assistance and equipment to support the Lebanon Armed Forces fight against Daesh and other extremist groups in Lebanon is normally directed through the Lebanon Executive Military Committee which is chaired by the Deputy Director of the Lebanese Army and has international representation from the United Nations and key allies</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 04/07/2017 14:17:21 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

427082

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that British veterans who develop cancer through exposure to asbestos are entitled to the same level of compensation as civilians.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	15511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>As the Prime Minister said during Prime Ministers' Questions on 4 November 2015, the Ministry of Defence is looking into the matter.</p><p>The Government has continuously made compensation available under the War Pensions Scheme for injuries, illness or disease caused by service before 6 April 2005, including mesothelioma. The War Pensions Scheme provides Veterans with mesothelioma with the maximum award paid on a weekly/monthly basis and additional supplementary allowances and, where appropriate, entitlement to dependent's benefits.</p><p>While there are currently no plans for separate compensation arrangements for veterans suffering with mesothelioma, consideration is being given to whether any flexibility can be provided for future claimants under the War Pensions Scheme. As this issue is a complex matter, officials have been undertaking a detailed review. I hope we will be able to present our conclusions soon.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 16/11/2015 17:13:03 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

427081

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	World War I
	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 how many sets of British brothers were killed in the First World War.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	15512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence no longer holds information on this subject. Service records from the First World War that have survived are held at the National Archives at Kew.</p><br /> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 16/11/2015 17:15:11 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

427574

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	War Memorials: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to ensure the full participation of the Northern Ireland Executive and people in memorialising UK servicemen and civilians who have died in conflict.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	15857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2015 answer text <p>While the Ministry of Defence makes every effort to ensure that those who have died as a result of conflict are remembered and honoured, it is for local communities to decide on their own memorials to the fallen as they see fit.</p><p>Nationally, the names of all Servicemen who lost their lives on operations are recorded on the Memorial Wall at the National Arboretum.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/11/2015 15:19:36 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

438007

	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	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department takes to ensure that people divorced from serving officers are not evicted from serviced housing before they have found alternative accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	20099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is as flexible as possible in allowing the maximum time to secure alternative accommodation.</p><br /><p>However, only serving personnel are eligible to be housed. In the event of a marriage breakdown, entitlement for a non-serving partner to stay in the property is lost and it may become necessary to free up housing for entitled Service families.</p><br /><br /> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 18/12/2015 12:06:18 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

446256

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces Bill: Channel Islands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timescale is for the extension of the provisions of the Armed Forces Bill to the Channel Islands.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	23501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>Clause 21 of the Armed Forces Bill provides for the Bill’s extent outside the United Kingdom. Clause 21(1) deals specifically with extent in the Channel Islands. By extent, we mean the jurisdictions outside the United Kingdom in which the Bill’s provisions will, or may, form part of the law. There are no provisions in the Bill which extend automatically to the Channel Islands but the changes that the Bill makes to the Armed Forces Act 2006 may be extended there by Order in Council (though it does not necessarily follow that such an Order will be made). The other changes that the Bill makes (such as changes to the powers of MOD fire-fighters) may not be extended to the Channel Islands.</p><br /><p>We are not currently aware of any requirements which would necessitate an Order in Council being made to extend to the Channel Islands any of the changes that the Bill makes to the Armed Forces Act 2006. However, it should be noted that the question of whether the 2006 Act extends to (i.e. forms part of the law of) the Channel Islands is entirely separate from the question of whether members of the Armed Forces are subject to the 2006 Act as a matter of UK law when they are in the Channel Islands. As a matter of UK law, the 2006 Act applies to members of the Armed Forces wherever they are in the world.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/01/2016 16:06:00 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

448252

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Russia: NATO
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions the Government has had with NATO on reductions to the number of Russian nuclear strike missiles.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	24473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Michael Fallon) has had no recent discussions with NATO regarding reductions to the number of Russian nuclear strike missiles. However, the US provides annual reports on progress made under the Treaty for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, which is known as the New START Treaty.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 04/02/2016 16:53:02 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

731222

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Falkland Islands: Land Mines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Government of the Falkland Islands on support for mine-clearing operations; and what the timetable is for all mine-fields in the Falkland Islands to be cleared.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence visited the Falklands Islands in February 2016, and met with members of the Falkland Islands Government to discuss a range of issues. The joint Ministry of Defence and Foreign and Commonwealth Office funded Falkland Islands demining programme is making significant progress towards meeting the UK's obligations under the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention.</p><p> </p><p>The current demining phase began in October 2016, tackling the most remote, environmentally-sensitive and complex minefields on the Islands, has already recovered over 3,000 anti-personnel mines and over 150 anti-tank mines, releasing over 3.5 million square metres back to the Islanders. The UK continues to keep the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention informed of its progress.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/06/2017 15:24:18 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon