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776854

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Guided Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Brimstone missiles have been sold by the UK to Saudi Arabia.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
uin	109284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>A quantity of Brimstone missiles were delivered to Saudi Arabia in 2015 in support of the integration of this capability on Royal Saudi Air Force Tornado aircraft.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 30/10/2017 17:13:57 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

776855

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Guided Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of Brimstone missiles used by Saudi Arabia in the conflict on Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
uin	109285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>None.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 30/10/2017 16:43:12 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

776857

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he defines the term growing Royal Navy.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	109310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review committed to growing the Royal Navy for the first time in a generation. The future fleet will include the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, the first of which is at sea conducting trials; the Type 45 destroyers; the Type 26 frigates, steel for the first of which was cut in July; Type 31e frigates; the next generation Dreadnought submarines; the Astute Class submarines, and five new Offshore Patrol Vessels. In addition, a shipbuilding programme is under way to deliver four Tide Class tankers, the first of which, Royal Fleet Auxiliary TIDESPRING, joins the operational fleet later this year, as well as three new Future Solid Support Ships. We will also increase Naval Service personnel numbers by 400 to 30,600 by 2025.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 01/11/2017 15:28:40 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

773128

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	USA: HMS Vigilant
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the purpose was of HMS Vigilant's visit to the USA in September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	108575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>HMS VIGILANT visited the USA as part of a routine engagement between the UK and the USA in support of the UK's deterrent programme.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 25/10/2017 13:38:28 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

772108

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Military Alliances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he expects defence cooperation between the UK and Saudi Arabia to increase as a result of his Department's announcement of the UK signing of a new military and security cooperation agreement with that country on 19 September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Aldershot
tabling member printed	Leo Docherty
uin	108328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>Yes.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 25/10/2017 13:35:05 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty

775469

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on defence spending.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Gill
uin	901320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave earlier today to the hon. Member for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill (Hugh Gaffney).</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 23/10/2017 16:48:32 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

769659

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	USA: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions since August 2015 the UK has provided (a) intelligence, (b) communications, (c) material and (d) other assistance to the US in its use of lethal force under the legal basis of self-defence.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	107314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>We do not routinely comment on other nations' operations or on any intelligence matters.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 19/10/2017 14:32:25 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

768836

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	USA: Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has received information obtained by the US Administration by means of provisions within the USA Patriot Act of 2001; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	107095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>I am not aware of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) having obtained information specifically under the provisions of the USA Patriot Act. However, the UK Government, including the MOD, receives a broad range of classified information from the United States under existing bilateral and multilateral information-sharing arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 19/10/2017 14:32:54 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

768919

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	North Korea: Nuclear Weapons
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 the US in its response to the threat posed by North Korea.
tabling member constituency	Aldershot
tabling member printed	Leo Docherty
uin	107207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>In line with long standing commitments and ongoing defence engagement, the UK provides a small number of staff officers to United Nations Command in Korea and other headquarters across the Asia Pacific region.</p><p>The UK as a Sending State is committed to upholding peace and maintaining stability on the Korean peninsula. We will continue to work with our international partners to exert political and economic pressure on North Korea to change its direction and open the way to peaceful resolution.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 19/10/2017 14:29:54 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty

768023

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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, whether Joint Force 2025 will be affected by the review of the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	106862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government has initiated a review of national security capabilities in support of the continued implementation of the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, to ensure the UK's investment in national security capabilities is as joined-up, effective and efficient as possible. Defence is contributing to this cross-Departmental effort, which is being overseen by the National Security Adviser. This work is on-going and no decisions have been made.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 16/10/2017 14:14:19 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard