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347949

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Submarines: Irish Sea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has held with NATO and the EU on the effect of submarine activity on fishing in the Irish Sea in April 2015.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>There have been no such discussions between the Secretary of State and other Ministers with NATO and the EU, nor have there been such discussions at official level. The Royal Navy takes this issue particularly seriously and has a Fishery Liaison Officer to provide a central point of contact with the UK Fishing Industry, as well as regular consultation with fishermen's associations, training for personnel, and strict rules and procedures on reporting any incidents that might occur.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/06/2015 15:47:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

348550

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Russia: Military Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received of flights by Russian military aircraft over Lancashire; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	900131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text In accordance with the Open Skies Treaty, Russian military personnel, accompanied throughout by RAF personnel, conducted observation flights over the UK during the weeks of 11 May and 1 June 2015. The aircraft involved was unarmed and pre-certified by all Open Skies states. It flew on a flight plan authorised by the Ministry of Defence, in this case including over Lancashire, and the UK received copies of all photographs taken. The UK conducts similar missions in Russia. answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/06/2015 15:04:22 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

347682

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Maritime Patrol Aircraft
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 effect on intelligence gathering as a result of the withdrawal of maritime patrol aircraft.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The decision to withdraw the Nimrod Maritime Patrol Aircraft was made in the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review. We judged that this was partially mitigated by using other maritime assets and was an acceptable risk against the threat assessment at the time. We do not normally comment on intelligence matters or media speculation relating to these. To do so would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 04/06/2015 16:03:31 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

347683

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Bulwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department is of HMS Bulwark rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is contributing to an international search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean to rescue migrants, of which HMS Bulwark is providing an essential part. The additional costs of using military assets in support of this international assistance effort are to be borne by the UK Aid budget, as it is eligible as Official Development Assistance, and as such there will be no additional costs attributable to Defence for the use of HMS Bulwark.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 04/06/2015 15:58:25 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

347435

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what projections his Department has made of the target strength of the Royal Navy for each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>On current plans, the trained strength requirements for the Naval Service are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>April 2015</p></td><td><p>30,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016</p></td><td><p>30,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017</p></td><td><p>30,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018</p></td><td><p>29,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019</p></td><td><p>29,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2020</p></td><td><p>29,900</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 03/06/2015 16:12:54 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

347459

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO: Joint Exercises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is of the UK contribution to and involvement in NATO Allied Shield exercises.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>NATO's ALLIED SHIELD is a series of four different exercises - BALTOPS, SABER STRIKE, NOBLE JUMP and TRIDENT JOUST. As well as enhancing interoperability, readiness and responsiveness among Allied and partner nations, this series of exercises will provide reassurance to Allies in response to the changing geopolitical security situation in Europe and the threats faced by Allies along NATO's southern and eastern periphery.</p><p> </p><p>For Exercise BALTOPS, a major Allied naval exercise in Polish waters, the UK will provide three Royal Navy vessels: HMS OCEAN, a helicopter carrier (ship's company of some 400); HMS IRON DUKE, a Type 23 frigate (ship's company of 185); and HMS QUORN, a Hunt Class mine countermeasure vessel (ship's company of 40). Deploying with HMS OCEAN will be two Lynx Mk 8, two CH47 Chinook, and four Apache helicopters (some 130 personnel within the Tailored Air Group), and a detachment of Royal Marines of approximately 80 personnel.</p><p> </p><p>For Exercise SABER STRIKE, a significant land exercise in Latvia, the UK will contribute some 170 UK personnel, including the Battle Group Headquarters and an Infantry Company from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles.</p><p> </p><p>The Net Additional Costs of Exercises BALTOPS and SABRE STRIKE are approximately £920,000 and £200,000 respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Ex NOBLE JUMP and TRIDENT JOUST are designed to train the command and control elements of the NATO Response Force that are at high readiness. The UK is not 'rostered' to provide high readiness forces this year and therefore will not be included in these two exercises.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 490 491 492 493 question first answered 03/06/2015 16:24:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

347460

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO: Joint Exercises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what UK assets and how many UK personnel will be deployed to support NATO Allied Shield exercises.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>NATO's ALLIED SHIELD is a series of four different exercises - BALTOPS, SABER STRIKE, NOBLE JUMP and TRIDENT JOUST. As well as enhancing interoperability, readiness and responsiveness among Allied and partner nations, this series of exercises will provide reassurance to Allies in response to the changing geopolitical security situation in Europe and the threats faced by Allies along NATO's southern and eastern periphery.</p><p> </p><p>For Exercise BALTOPS, a major Allied naval exercise in Polish waters, the UK will provide three Royal Navy vessels: HMS OCEAN, a helicopter carrier (ship's company of some 400); HMS IRON DUKE, a Type 23 frigate (ship's company of 185); and HMS QUORN, a Hunt Class mine countermeasure vessel (ship's company of 40). Deploying with HMS OCEAN will be two Lynx Mk 8, two CH47 Chinook, and four Apache helicopters (some 130 personnel within the Tailored Air Group), and a detachment of Royal Marines of approximately 80 personnel.</p><p> </p><p>For Exercise SABER STRIKE, a significant land exercise in Latvia, the UK will contribute some 170 UK personnel, including the Battle Group Headquarters and an Infantry Company from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles.</p><p> </p><p>The Net Additional Costs of Exercises BALTOPS and SABRE STRIKE are approximately £920,000 and £200,000 respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Ex NOBLE JUMP and TRIDENT JOUST are designed to train the command and control elements of the NATO Response Force that are at high readiness. The UK is not 'rostered' to provide high readiness forces this year and therefore will not be included in these two exercises.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 489 491 492 493 question first answered 03/06/2015 16:24:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

347461

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO: Joint Exercises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the strategic purpose is of the NATO Baltops and Sabre Strike Allied Shield exercises.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>NATO's ALLIED SHIELD is a series of four different exercises - BALTOPS, SABER STRIKE, NOBLE JUMP and TRIDENT JOUST. As well as enhancing interoperability, readiness and responsiveness among Allied and partner nations, this series of exercises will provide reassurance to Allies in response to the changing geopolitical security situation in Europe and the threats faced by Allies along NATO's southern and eastern periphery.</p><p> </p><p>For Exercise BALTOPS, a major Allied naval exercise in Polish waters, the UK will provide three Royal Navy vessels: HMS OCEAN, a helicopter carrier (ship's company of some 400); HMS IRON DUKE, a Type 23 frigate (ship's company of 185); and HMS QUORN, a Hunt Class mine countermeasure vessel (ship's company of 40). Deploying with HMS OCEAN will be two Lynx Mk 8, two CH47 Chinook, and four Apache helicopters (some 130 personnel within the Tailored Air Group), and a detachment of Royal Marines of approximately 80 personnel.</p><p> </p><p>For Exercise SABER STRIKE, a significant land exercise in Latvia, the UK will contribute some 170 UK personnel, including the Battle Group Headquarters and an Infantry Company from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles.</p><p> </p><p>The Net Additional Costs of Exercises BALTOPS and SABRE STRIKE are approximately £920,000 and £200,000 respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Ex NOBLE JUMP and TRIDENT JOUST are designed to train the command and control elements of the NATO Response Force that are at high readiness. The UK is not 'rostered' to provide high readiness forces this year and therefore will not be included in these two exercises.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 489 490 492 493 question first answered 03/06/2015 16:24:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

347462

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO: Joint Exercises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the strategic purpose is of the NATO Allied Shield exercises which UK forces are not participating in or contributing to.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>NATO's ALLIED SHIELD is a series of four different exercises - BALTOPS, SABER STRIKE, NOBLE JUMP and TRIDENT JOUST. As well as enhancing interoperability, readiness and responsiveness among Allied and partner nations, this series of exercises will provide reassurance to Allies in response to the changing geopolitical security situation in Europe and the threats faced by Allies along NATO's southern and eastern periphery.</p><p> </p><p>For Exercise BALTOPS, a major Allied naval exercise in Polish waters, the UK will provide three Royal Navy vessels: HMS OCEAN, a helicopter carrier (ship's company of some 400); HMS IRON DUKE, a Type 23 frigate (ship's company of 185); and HMS QUORN, a Hunt Class mine countermeasure vessel (ship's company of 40). Deploying with HMS OCEAN will be two Lynx Mk 8, two CH47 Chinook, and four Apache helicopters (some 130 personnel within the Tailored Air Group), and a detachment of Royal Marines of approximately 80 personnel.</p><p> </p><p>For Exercise SABER STRIKE, a significant land exercise in Latvia, the UK will contribute some 170 UK personnel, including the Battle Group Headquarters and an Infantry Company from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles.</p><p> </p><p>The Net Additional Costs of Exercises BALTOPS and SABRE STRIKE are approximately £920,000 and £200,000 respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Ex NOBLE JUMP and TRIDENT JOUST are designed to train the command and control elements of the NATO Response Force that are at high readiness. The UK is not 'rostered' to provide high readiness forces this year and therefore will not be included in these two exercises.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 489 490 491 493 question first answered 03/06/2015 16:24:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

347463

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO: Joint Exercises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what NATO Allied Shield exercises UK forces are not participating in or contributing to.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>NATO's ALLIED SHIELD is a series of four different exercises - BALTOPS, SABER STRIKE, NOBLE JUMP and TRIDENT JOUST. As well as enhancing interoperability, readiness and responsiveness among Allied and partner nations, this series of exercises will provide reassurance to Allies in response to the changing geopolitical security situation in Europe and the threats faced by Allies along NATO's southern and eastern periphery.</p><p> </p><p>For Exercise BALTOPS, a major Allied naval exercise in Polish waters, the UK will provide three Royal Navy vessels: HMS OCEAN, a helicopter carrier (ship's company of some 400); HMS IRON DUKE, a Type 23 frigate (ship's company of 185); and HMS QUORN, a Hunt Class mine countermeasure vessel (ship's company of 40). Deploying with HMS OCEAN will be two Lynx Mk 8, two CH47 Chinook, and four Apache helicopters (some 130 personnel within the Tailored Air Group), and a detachment of Royal Marines of approximately 80 personnel.</p><p> </p><p>For Exercise SABER STRIKE, a significant land exercise in Latvia, the UK will contribute some 170 UK personnel, including the Battle Group Headquarters and an Infantry Company from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles.</p><p> </p><p>The Net Additional Costs of Exercises BALTOPS and SABRE STRIKE are approximately £920,000 and £200,000 respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Ex NOBLE JUMP and TRIDENT JOUST are designed to train the command and control elements of the NATO Response Force that are at high readiness. The UK is not 'rostered' to provide high readiness forces this year and therefore will not be included in these two exercises.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 489 490 491 492 question first answered 03/06/2015 16:24:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman