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685463

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iraq: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports his Department has received on the mistreatment of Sunni Arab refugees by Kurdish forces following the offensive of Mosul.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	63232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is aware of some reports of the mistreatment of civilians by Kurdish forces engaged in the liberation of Mosul. Both Prime Minister Abadi and Kurdish Regional President Barzani have been clear that International Humanitarian Law must be respected and that any allegations of violations will be investigated and those responsible held to account.</p><p>The MOD takes its role in upholding and promoting human rights very seriously. UK troops carrying out building partner capacity training in the Kurdish region of Iraq include International Humanitarian Law as an integral part of that training and the UK continues to lobby the Government of Iraq, Kurdish Regional Government and other authorities to respect International Humanitarian Law.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/02/2017 14:13:20 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

685464

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
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 estimate he has made of the proportion of gross domestic product spent on defence by each other NATO member state.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	63233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is published regularly by NATO. The most recent figures (from July 2016) are in Table 3 of NATO's Press Release Communique</p><p>PR/CP(2016)116 of 4 July 2016, which can be found at http://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/pdf_2016_07/20160704_160704-pr2016-116.pdf</p><p>The UK is committed to spend 2% of GDP on defence every year of this decade in accordance with the NATO guidelines.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/02/2017 14:14:29 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

685465

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iraq: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what forecast his Department has made of the likely timescale for the full liberation of Mosul.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	63229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2017 answer text <p>Operations to free Mosul from Daesh rule are being led by the Iraqi security forces, with support from the Global Counter Daesh Coalition to which the UK is a key contributor. Following the announcement by Prime Minister Abadi of the successful liberation of Eastern Mosul, Iraqi forces are now preparing for operations to free the remainder of the city which are likely to start shortly.</p><p>This will continue to be a challenging fight which will take time and patience and, while it would not be appropriate to predict a precise end date, I am confident that Iraqi forces will succeed in the next stage of these operations, as they have to date.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/02/2017 14:12:45 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

685474

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Artillery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the role and establishment is of the 16th Regiment Royal Artillery based at Thorney Island.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	63156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>16th Regiment Royal Artillery is the United Kingdom's short range air defence and air surveillance Regiment. The Regimental establishment is 31 officers and 354 other ranks.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 09/02/2017 15:30:32 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

683323

registered interest
date	02/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iraq: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the provision of any military supplies agreed by the Government as suitable for the Kurdistan Regional Government has not been allowed by the federal Government of Iraq since June 2014; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	62865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is not aware of any occasion since June 2014 when military supplies gifted by the UK Government for use by Kurdistan Regional Government Peshmerga forces in the fight against Daesh have not been allowed by the Government of Iraq.</p><p>The UK Government has trained more than 7,300 Peshmerga fighters in Infantry skills, Counter-IED, engineering and combat first aid and they are playing an invaluable role in defeating Daesh.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/02/2017 16:15:07 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

683335

registered interest
date	02/02/2017
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, how many (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) Royal Air Force personnel have been deployed overseas on UN, EU and NATO operations and missions in each of the last five years; and how many such personnel are currently deployed on such operations and missions.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	62859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>As of 30 January 2017, Service personnel were deployed in support of UN, EU and NATO operations in the following numbers:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Organisation / Service</p></td><td><p>Royal Navy / Royal Marines</p></td><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UN</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>369</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NATO</p></td><td><p>337</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/02/2017 16:52:46 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

683337

registered interest
date	02/02/2017
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, how many (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) Royal Air Force personnel have been deployed overseas on UN, EU and NATO operations and missions on tours exceeding a duration of (i) three, (ii) six and (iii) nine months in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	62860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/02/2017 16:53:25 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

683342

registered interest
date	02/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
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 1 February 2017 to Question 61395, what the shortfall was for the recruitment of soldiers and officers in (a) The Rifles, (b) Royal Gurkha Rifles, (c) Parachute Regiment, (d) Royal Irish Regiment, (e) Royal Welsh, (f) Mercian Regiment, (g) Yorkshire Regiment, (h) Royal Anglian Regiment, (i) Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, (j) Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, (k) Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment, (l) Royal Regiment of Scotland, (m) Welsh Guards, (n) Irish Guards, (o) Scots Guards, (p) Coldstream Guards, (q) Grenadier Guards and (r) Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in each financial year between 2011-12 and 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	62862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The table below provides in-take to untrained strength for the years requested. Departmental targets are not set down to this level.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Untrained Soldier Intake by Capbadge</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011-12 Actual</p></td><td><p>2012-13 Actual</p></td><td><p>2013-14 Actual</p></td><td><p>2014-15 Actual</p></td><td><p>2015-16 Actual</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rifles</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>660</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brigade of Gurkhas</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parachute Regiment</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Irish Regiment</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Welsh Regiment</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mercian Regiment</p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire Regiment</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Anglian Regiment</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Regiment of Fusiliers</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Duke of Lancaster Regiment</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Princess of Wales Royal Regiment</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Regiment of Scotland</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Welsh Guards</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Irish Guards</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scots Guards</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Goldstream Guards</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grenadier Guards</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RMAS (Untrained Officers)</p></td><td><p>640</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>520</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes/Caveats:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The figures are for Regular Army and Gurkhas and therefore exclude the reserve services.</p><p> </p><p>Intake to untrained strength is those who commence Phase 1 training. Targets are set internally and are subject to constant change and review.</p><p> </p><p>Successful applicants are not counted against the intake until they start Phase 1 training.</p><p> </p><p>RMAS figures include only those in the “main” intake, therefore exclude Professionally Qualified Officers (PQO’s).</p><p> </p><p>Intake to untrained Royal Gurkhas Rifles includes all those into the capbadge of the Brigade of Gurkhas – they are then assigned to appropriate trade following basic infantry training.</p><p> </p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10. Figures ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to limit systematic bias.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/02/2017 17:22:32 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

683345

registered interest
date	02/02/2017
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, what the locations are of UN, EU and NATO operations and missions that personnel from each of the UK armed forces are deployed to.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	62863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>Armed forces personnel are currently supporting NATO operations in:</p><p>Afghanistan - Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force</p><p>Bosnia - Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force</p><p>Estonia - Army</p><p>Kosovo - Army</p><p>Armed forces personnel are currently supporting UN operations in:</p><p>Colombia - Army</p><p>Cyprus - Army</p><p>The Democratic Republic of Congo -Royal Navy, Army</p><p>Italy - Army</p><p>Mali - Army</p><p>Tunisia - Army, Royal Air Force</p><p>Somalia - Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force</p><p>South Sudan - Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force</p><p>Armed forces personnel are currently supporting EU operations in:</p><p>The Central Mediterranean - Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force</p><p>Bahrain - Royal Navy</p><p>Djibouti - Royal Navy</p><p>Mali -Army</p><p>The Seychelles - Royal Navy</p><p>Somalia - Royal Navy</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/02/2017 16:55:32 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

682965

registered interest
date	01/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
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 17 January 2017 to Question 59886, when he plans for the (a) 12th and (b) 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade to reach initial operational capacity with upgraded Warrior, upgraded Challenger 2 and Scout vehicles; and when he plans for the (i) 12th and (ii) 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade to reach full operational capacity with that new equipment.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	62656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>There are no dates for Initial and Full Operating Capability for 12th and 20th Armoured Infantry Brigades, which already operate in the armoured infantry role. The brigades will receive incremental capability enhancements as their units receive the upgraded Warrior and Challenger 2, and new AJAX vehicles (formerly called Scout SV). The Ministry of Defence is expecting all of these vehicles to be in service by 2025.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 06/02/2017 16:22:48 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones