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823371

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Training
	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 continued availability of training in (a) Canada, (b) Kenya and (c) other locations overseas for the Armed Forces.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	122854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>We work closely with the various levels of the Governments and Armed Forces of Canada, Kenya and other nations to ensure planned training can be conducted smoothly. All three Services regularly train with a multitude of international allies and partners and we can be proud that our Armed Forces are highly sought by many other nations to participate in exercises and other training.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 24/01/2018 16:02:00 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

823374

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Navy: Engineers
	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 address the shortage of engineers in the Royal Navy.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	122857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Royal Navy employs a range of measures to improve the recruitment and retention of engineers. These include apprenticeship schemes and staged financial awards, as well as an active engagement in a University Technical Colleges affiliation programme aimed at assisting in the development of technically able young people.</p><p>The Royal Navy is constantly evolving their recruitment marketing methods, using specific targeted advertising campaigns, web based media, radio, social media, print and appearances at recruitment events.</p><p>In addition, the Ministry of Defence will work as a partner with the Department for Transport on its Year of Engineering 2018 initiative, and all Services will promote that initiative, helping to deliver a brighter future for engineering in the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 24/01/2018 15:50:55 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

846096

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Cyprus and Gibraltar: Ports
	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 the protection of its port facilities in (a) Gibraltar and (b) Cyprus.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	128800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not comment on specific security arrangements of its estate, but assesses that adequate protection is provided of its port facilities in Her Majesty's Naval Base Gibraltar.</p><p>The MOD does not have a port in the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 01/03/2018 15:35:18 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

850101

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Engineers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) male and (b) female engineers there were in each service of the Armed Forces in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	129669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the attached tables.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 129671 question first answered 06/03/2018 17:50:33 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name 129669_Jim_Shannon_Armed_Forces_Trained_Engineers_Strengths.xlsx title Armed Forces Trained Engineers Strengths
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

850103

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Engineers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel working as skilled engineers in the Armed Forces have left their service in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	129671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the attached tables.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 129669 question first answered 06/03/2018 17:50:33 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name 129669_Jim_Shannon_Armed_Forces_Trained_Engineers_Strengths.xlsx title Armed Forces Trained Engineers Strengths
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

885287

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Egypt: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance his Department is giving to the Egyptian armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	136152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is supporting the Egyptian military to develop its capability to respond to the terrorist threat the country faces. Our programme of activity includes information sharing, senior bilateral Staff Talks, and bespoke training, including countering the threat from improvised explosive devices.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 25/04/2018 16:15:25 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

890451

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	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 make up its shortfall in personnel.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	137559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to maintaining the overall size of the Armed Forces. The Services are meeting all their current commitments. To help address Armed Forces manning challenges the Ministry of Defence has introduced its Armed Forces People Programme to modernise the employment offer including scope for flexible working and a new Forces' Accommodation Model. The individual Services have also implemented a wide range of programmes including:</p><p>The Royal Navy/Royal Marines have the Personnel Recovery Programme which includes initiatives to improve inflow (gains to trained strength); throughflow (changes to training pipelines, promotions and accelerated throughput); and outflow (improving retention and reducing voluntary outflow).</p><p>The Army is implementing improvements to recruitment and training policy and practices; targeted financial retention incentives; and a strategy to attract personnel to re-join the Army.</p><p>The RAF has established Enterprise Collaboration Teams to oversee a range of recruitment initiatives for critical skills groups, including the appointments of Specialist Recruitment Teams for hard to recruit branches and trades, BAME and female personnel. A new initiative has also been introduced to encourage personnel to re-join the Service.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 02/05/2018 15:26:04 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

894761

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Taiwan: Military Alliances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Taiwanese authorities on improving military links between the UK and Taiwan.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	139489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has had no such discussions. The UK's longstanding policy on Taiwan has not changed.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 09/05/2018 15:54:05 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

926685

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Engineers
	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 (a) recruit and (b) retain more engineers.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	154707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19 June 2018 to Question 153253 to the hon. Member for Hendon (Dr Offord).</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 26/06/2018 15:03:21 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name 20180619_153253_Armed_Forces_Recruitment.docx title 153253 - Armed Forces: Recruitment
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

931318

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Iraq: Islamic State
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department is providing to Iraq to stop Isis re-grouping in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	157737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>As part of the Coalition, UK air power has played a vital role in the success of the counter Daesh operations in Iraq. The Coalition has destroyed thousands of Daesh targets, interdicting resupply and reinforcement efforts, preventing Daesh's ability to counter attack.</p><p>UK teams have helped train over 75,000 Iraqi Security Forces, increasing their capacity to defeat Daesh. The UK will continue to develop a committed security partnership with Iraq, assisting with building the capacity of their armed forces.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 03/07/2018 15:40:16 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon