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1296887

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	International Military Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether International Military Services Ltd ceased trading in July 1991 or 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	161825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>IMS Ltd stopped taking on new business in <del class="ministerial">1989</del><ins class="ministerial">1991</ins>, but continued to fulfil a small number of existing contractual obligations. All such obligations had been completed by 2010 at which point the company ceased trading.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 08/03/2021 17:55:40 question first ministerially corrected 19/03/2021 11:41:17 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 88190 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1348619

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	National Flagship: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the proposed Royal Yacht will be classified as a warship and its construction restricted to UK shipyards.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	36758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2021 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Ministry of Defence does not classify the National Flagship as a warship. It will be built in the UK.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The procurement of the Flagship will be compliant with the UK’s obligations, under the WTO Government Procurement Agreement. Construction of the National Flagship will be limited to the UK in order to protect the essential interests of national security.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 17507 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace 17508 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 29/07/2021 07:09:24 question first ministerially corrected 02/08/2021 08:28:26 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1420354

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Visits Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his declaration of ministerial travel published on 27 January, whether the total cost to the public purse of his overseas accommodation, meals, visas and other expenses excluding travel between 11 and 23 July 2021 was £1,766.68; and if he will publish an itemised breakdown of those costs.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	119455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>Ministerial expenses and hospitality associated with business trips are reported and broken down as part of its transparency disclosures available on gov.uk. I can confirm the <del class="ministerial">£1,766.68</del> <ins class="ministerial">£6,687.68</ins> figure was for accommodation, meals, visas and other expenses excluding travel between 11 and 23 July 2021</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/02/2022 17:59:09 question first ministerially corrected 16/03/2022 09:01:03 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 50510 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1524380

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Protective Clothing
	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 18 October 2022 to Question 61147, how many civil servants are employed in his Department on overseeing the storage of Personal Protective Equipment specific to the threat of covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
	tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
	uin	67272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>All Ministry of Defence (MOD) PPE, for whatever purpose, is stored and managed by the MOD’s delivery partner Team Leidos. It is considered a commodity with a shelf-life and as such is managed and maintained within the Logistic Commodities and <ins class="ministerial">Services Transformation (LCST)</ins><del class="ministerial">Logistics (Transformation)</del> programme, as such there are no civil servants directly responsible for its receipt, storage and issue. There are however civil servants working in the Commissioning and Managing Organisation (CMO) within the DE&amp;S that oversee the entirety of the contractual Key Performance Indicators for LCST.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton question first answered 24/10/2022 16:38:19 question first ministerially corrected 25/10/2022 16:09:59 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton previous answer version 26662 answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
	tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1174355

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Dstl: Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many experiments were conducted on animals by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory on behalf of his Department in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	9721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) makes has an active programme to reduce and replace animal experiments and in recent years we have developed a number of alternative methods for testing that do not require animals. We will continue to look for alternatives so that we minimise our use of animals.</p><p> </p><p>Animal experiments are regulated by the UK Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA). Under ASPA, “animal experiments” are referred to as “scientific procedures”. In accordance with ASPA, Dstl makes an annual report of scientific procedures to the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>The numbers of scientific procedures using animals conducted at Dstl Porton Down between 2009 and 2015 have been previously reported to the House as in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>8,452</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>9,438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>9,722</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>8,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6,461</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4,124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3,249</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">For the years 2016 to 2018, the numbers of procedures are in the table below. Data for 2019 will be available later this year.</ins></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Year </strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2016</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,747</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2017</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,905</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2018</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,941</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 06/02/2020 12:34:17 question first ministerially corrected 10/02/2020 10:20:25 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey previous answer version 5248 answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1357597

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish (a) the number of open Military Aid to Civil Authorities (MACA) requests, (b) the number of personnel committed and on standby for MACA requests and (c) details of those MACA requests.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	53186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>As of 11 October there were 20 open Military Aid to Civil Authorities (MACA) tasks; further information on these tasks is included in the attached table. Those tasks with zero Defence personnel assigned in the table relate to the use of the Defence Estate by other authorities and no Defence personnel are specifically dedicated to the execution of the MACA. In addition to those personnel assigned in the table, 4,000 troops are held at readiness to further support a range of resilience operations at the request of the civil authorities.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 18/10/2021 16:56:08 question first ministerially corrected 19/10/2021 13:35:23 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey attachment 1 file name MACA Requests.docx title MOD MACA Requests previous answer version 25085 answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1454789

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many requests have been received by his Department from bordering countries to Ukraine to help with the humanitarian situation; and how many of the 1000 troops who are on readiness have been deployed to help with humanitarian assistance, by location.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	148045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>The Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) leads on a humanitarian response. No formal requests for humanitarian assistance have been received to date but the humanitarian situation remains fluid and could change quickly.</p><p>207 troops, and approximately 40 vehicles, are currently deployed to Poland as the spearhead element of the Humanitarian Assistance Task Force (HATF). Deployed force levels remain under constant review, in consultation with deployed Home Office and FCDO staff.</p><p>Together with the approximately 700 HATF personnel held at readiness in the UK, and 100 aligned to other operations in Poland, the HATF provides a prompt and scalable response to any emergent humanitarian tasking.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">The UK has stepped up its support to the people of Ukraine again with the announcement of an extra £100 million worth of further humanitarian aid to the country. This brings the UK total offer of support to the Ukraine crisis to around £400 million.</ins></p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey previous answer version 61986 answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey 62096 answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey question first answered 01/04/2022 10:02:33 question first ministerially corrected 01/04/2022 14:13:10 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1467649

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2022
	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 of his Department's personnel are deployed around the world; and in which locations those people are stationed.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	13255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The following table details the number of personnel deployed overseas on operations and their location. The numbers change depending on operational requirements, but are accurate at the time of answering the hon. Member's question.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Location </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of UK military deployed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of civilians deployed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of military and civilians deployed </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS Montrose</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS Penzance</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS Chiddingfold</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RFACardigan Bay</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS Middleton</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS Bangor</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS Trent</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS Spey</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS Tamar</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AbuDhabi (British Embassy)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahrain</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oman</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Qatar</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UAE</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>USA</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baghdad(British Embassy)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jordan</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TelAviv(British Embassy)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Azerbaijan</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1</del> <ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1</del> <ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan(British High Commission)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gibraltar</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mali</p></td><td><p>464</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Democratic Republic of Congo</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somalia</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Djibouti</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tunisia(British Embassy)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chad</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Sudan</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>1,372</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>1,386</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>414</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>417</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bosnia</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kosovo</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ukraine</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>198</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Macedonia</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Japan</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indonesia</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuala Lumpur</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lebanon (British Embassy)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 09/06/2022 11:55:20 question first ministerially corrected 30/06/2022 16:41:51 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey previous answer version 5196 answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1490734

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Agnes Wanjiru
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the case of the death of Agnes Wanjiru has been a barrier to the final ratification of the Defence Cooperation Agreement between the UK and Kenya.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	39867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2022 answer text <p>After engagement with the Kenyan Government, and the Defence and Foreign Relations Committee of the Kenyan Parliament, the ratification treaty was tabled on 13 July 2022. That session of the Kenyan Parliament was subsequently cancelled. The existing Defence Cooperation Agreement remains<ins class="ministerial">, with a bridging agreement,</ins> in place in the meantime.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 27/07/2022 13:34:04 question first ministerially corrected 09/08/2022 09:04:07 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey previous answer version 15999 answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1505149

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Armed Forces personnel have been involved in Operation Isotrope each month since its inception.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	47352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>On average approximately <del class="ministerial">180</del><ins class="ministerial">210</ins> personnel are engaged on operation ISOTROPE at any time. This has remained broadly constant for the duration of the operation with only small fluctuations when there are personnel changeovers.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 13/09/2022 14:58:45 question first ministerially corrected 17/01/2023 12:01:22 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey previous answer version 17881 answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey