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458439

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	USA: Military Alliances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions RAF personnel were embedded with US forces during (a) operational deployments and (b) training exercises in each of the last six years; and how many such occasions involved the use of the P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	30255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>The use of the P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft in the US is predominantly limited to those personnel embedded with the US Navy as part of the Seedcorn Initiative. The Seedcorn programme in the US on P8 aircraft started in 2012 with 20 personnel involved and has remained at 20 for each subsequent year (allowing for minor fluctuations during transitory periods).</p><p> </p><p>Outside of the Seedcorn Initiative, the total number of RAF personnel embedded with US forces over the past six years is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2010 - 52</p><p>2011 - 52</p><p>2012 - 48</p><p>2013 - 49</p><p>2014 - 46</p><p>2015 - 47</p><p>2016 – 46</p><p> </p><p>Once personnel are embedded with another nation the RAF retains no command relationship with those personnel. Therefore, information on training exercises undertaken is not held.</p><p> </p><p>With respect to operational deployments, I refer the hon. Member to the written ministerial statement made by the Defence Secretary on 17 December 2015: (Official Report, column 98WS) where he provided data on the UK Service personnel embedded in other nations' armed forces and deployed on or in support of operations. This will be updated in the next Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts. Information specific to RAF personnel is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information on whether any of these deployments involved the P-8 aircraft is not available. However, I am able to confirm that one of the US embed posts does involve flying the P-8A outside of the Seedcorn Initiative.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/03/2016 14:21:14 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name UK embedded forces 17.12.2015.docx title WMS 17 December 2015
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

528715

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Civil Proceedings
	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 protect the armed forces from persistent legal claims.
	tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
	tabling member printed	Scott Mann
	uin	905497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave in the House on 18 April 2016 to Question 904485 to the hon. Member for Braintree (James Cleverly).</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 27/06/2016 16:28:04 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name PQ904485.docx title Previous answer referred to
	tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

522501

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Air Force: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK airforce personnel were trained by the Royal Air Force in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16; which countries those personnel were from; what the cost to the RAF of such training was; and whether those costs were reimbursed.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	39271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, it has been possible to provide a list of countries from which non-UK personnel were trained by the Royal Air Force. The list is attached.</p><p>International Defence Training is an important part of our International Defence Engagement Strategy, which seeks to use our national capabilities to extend the influence of the UK in the world.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/06/2016 16:04:41 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name List of countries from which non-UK personnel were trained by the RAF.docx title 39271 - Annex A - RAF Training
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

438172

	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: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times army technical officers have been deployed to incidents in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	Stephen Pound
	uin	19871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 30 November 2015 to Question 17417 to the hon. Member for East Londonderry (Mr Campbell). The Report of the Independent Reviewer of the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 which contains the requested information is published annually. The next report will be published in January 2016.</p><br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/12/2015 12:03:13 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name Hansard_extract_on_Bomb_Disposal_-_Northern_Ireland[1].docx title 17417 - QnA extract on NI Bomb Disposal
	tabling member	161 label Biography information for Stephen Pound

521138

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	RAF Croughton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the proposed redevelopment of USAF Croughton by the US has been confirmed to him.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	38280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Statement made by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State (Michael Fallon) on 8 January 2015.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 31/05/2016 14:44:57 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name Hansard_Extract_8_January_2015.[1].docx title Hansard extract on Infrastructure Review
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

483021

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Russia: Submarines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has received reports of Russian submarine activity in sea lanes considered vital to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	31829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given by the former Armed Forces Minister (Mark Francois) on 24 March 2015 to Question 225944.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/03/2016 15:36:12 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name Hansard_Extract_24_March_2015[1].docx title Hansard extract on Territorial Waters
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

513998

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Deployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK armed forces personnel are embedded in foreign armed forces; and with which forces such personnel are embedded.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
	uin	34713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement released by the Defence Secretary on 17 December 2015 (HCWS431) which details &quot;UK service personnel embedded in another nations' armed forces, who are deployed on operations, together with those who work on operations in deployed coalition or single nation headquarters roles&quot;. It also explains that the Ministry of Defence (MOD) intends to publish details annually through the Department's Annual Report and Accounts (ARAC). The MOD will publish the latest version of its ARAC shortly which will include an update about embeds.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 27/04/2016 15:54:04 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name Hansard_Extract_17_December_2015,_HCWS431[1].docx title HCWS431 - WMS on UK Embedded Forces
	tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

457541

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Burma: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether soldiers from Burma Army military operations command 2 (MOC-2) light infantry battalion (LIB) 9 or Burma Army Battalion 330 have received any form of training funded by the UK Government.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	29618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 11 January 2016 to Question 21564, which stated that we do not provide combat training to the Burmese Army. We do however provide educational training, as well as English Language Training. We have no information to indicate that participants on these educational courses were Burmese Army soldiers from Burma Army military operations command 2 (MOC-2) light infantry battalion (LIB) 9 or Burma Army Battalion 330.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/03/2016 16:47:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name Hansard_Extract_14_January_2016[1].docx title 21564 - QnA extract on Burma Armed Forces
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

456082

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Electronic Warfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cyber experts and trainees have been recruited into the regular and reserve armed forces since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	28789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="5"><p> </p></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="5"><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 4 March 2015 to Question 225462 in respect of Cyber Reserves. We are significantly growing the number of dedicated Cyber experts in both the Regular and the Reserve forces but, as with other sensitive defence capabilities, we do not reveal specific details in order to safeguard national security.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/03/2016 17:28:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 4 March 2016.docx title Joint Cyber Reserve
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

451919

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	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 2 February 2016 to Question 25293, whether his Department distinguishes between the proposed use of deployed platforms with capabilities for (a) high value targeting and (b) intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	26842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>With reference to the answer given by my predecessor to the hon. Member for West Bromwich East (Tom Watson) on 23 June 2014 (Official Report, column 99W) we do not distinguish between platforms with different capabilities.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/02/2016 15:07:03 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 23 Jun 2014 HOC 198710.docx title Unmanned Air Vehicles
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West