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date	29/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Brexit
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 16 January 2019 to Question 207550 on Ministry of Defence: Brexit, how much of the £25 million allocated to his Department for Brexit preparations in 2018-19 and 2019-20 has been allocated to preparing for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	213904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Treasury has allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:</p><p> </p><ul><li>£412 million of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>£286 million of additional funding for 2017-18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 2017-18:</li></ul><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a>)</p><p> </p><ul><li>Over £1.5 billion of additional funding for 2018-19. A full breakdown of the allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary's Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, released on 13 March 2018:</li></ul><p> </p><p>(<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540</a>/)</p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Over £2 billion of additional funding for 2019-20. A full breakdown of the allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary's Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS1205, laid on 18 December 2018:</li></ul><p> </p><p>(https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/)</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) was allocated £12.7 million in 2018-19, for costs arising as the UK leave the EU in any situation. This allocation has allowed the MOD to retain three Off-Shore Patrol Vessels and support EU Exit preparedness for UK defence bases in Europe, for either EU Exit scenario.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The final breakdown spend will be confirmed in the Supplementary Estimates 2018-19 which will be published at the end of the Financial Year. The MOD has also been allocated a total of £12 million in 2019-20 for either EU Exit scenario. The 2019-20 final breakdown spend will be confirmed in the Supplementary Estimates 2019-20 in early 2020.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 05/02/2019 16:35:16 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1046109

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aid: Public Order
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department has issued to service personnel on standby for the UK leaving the EU on their role in maintaining public order.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	211088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has been working across Government, including the Home Office and the National Police Chiefs' Council, to ensure that Defence is prepared for a range of scenarios. There are no plans to utilise military personnel for public order in the event of a no-deal Brexit, however Defence remains closely engaged on contingency planning and remains available to support the civil authorities if necessary.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/01/2019 14:55:50 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1046111

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aid: Public Order
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what roles service personnel on standby for the UK leaving the EU without a deal would have in such an event; and what roles have been specifically precluded for such personnel.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	211089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is closely engaged with other Government Departments on contingency planning for a range of scenarios. At this point no formal requests have been received for support. As with extant Military Aid to Civil Authorities policy, any use of military personnel will be subject to agreement by a Defence Minister, who would need to be satisfied that it was appropriate to use military personnel in the manner requested.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/01/2019 14:56:54 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1039599

registered interest
date	11/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money his Department has allocated for preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal to date; how much of that funding has been made by way of ministerial direction; and for what functions that funding has been allocated.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	207550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer has already allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to Departments and the devolved administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This includes the £1.5 billion of additional funding announced at Autumn Budget 2017 for 2018-19, and an additional allocation of £2 billion announced at Autumn Budget 2018 for 2019-20.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has been allocated £12.7 million in 2018-19, and £12 million in 2019-20 for essential EU exit preparations for both deal and no deal scenarios. This will fund the administrative, legal and infrastructure requirements for Defence of leaving the EU, including for our bases and people in Europe. There has been no ministerial direction on this subject in the MOD.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 16/01/2019 15:49:47 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

528711

registered interest
date	15/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to maintain a military presence on the site of Kneller Hall in Whitton.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	905491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The decision to release Kneller Hall was confirmed as part of the Ministry of Defence’s land release announcement on 18 January 2016. Whilst the site will not be released before 2018, there are no plans to maintain a military presence (people permanently living and working) at the site once it has been released.</p><p> </p><p>I am keen to reinforce the Military relationship with the Kneller hall site, utilising our historic links with Twickenham Borough Council who have signed up to the Armed Forces Covenant, pledging specific support for the Armed Forces Community.</p><p> </p><p>We have also previously committed to continue to hold concerts at Kneller Hall in order to continue the association of the area with the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/06/2016 16:54:08 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias