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1015045

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date	26/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	British Indian Ocean Territory: Navy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the Royal Navy's nuclear (a) armed and (b) powered surface or submarine vessels have entered the waters of the British Indian Ocean Territory since the Marine Protected Area was established.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	195610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Royal Navy only operates nuclear powered submarines, some of which are nuclear armed.</p><p> </p><p>It is UK policy that we do not routinely comment on matters relating to submarine activity or operations. However, as previously confirmed HMS Trenchant visited Diego Garcia in 2012.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 04/12/2018 16:10:13 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

933831

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Diego Garcia: USA
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 21 June 2018 to Question 154747, and with reference to the article in the New Internationalist of 11 June 2018 entitled Catastrophic explosion risk on Diego Garcia, what assessment he has made of the US Navy’s contention that the limited space in the lagoon could lead to an explosion with catastrophic impact on personnel, ships, and shore facilities; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	159643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>The US Navy exercises considerable caution when considering explosive arcs for any of its ships. The anchorages in the lagoon are positioned such that their explosive arcs do not affect permanently inhabited areas of the island.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 05/07/2018 15:48:18 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

926766

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	Diego Garcia: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment the Government has made of the potential explosive risk from the US store of ammunition and other explosives on (a) the island of Diego Garcia and (b) in ships in the lagoon.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	154747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>There are well established procedures for calculating explosive safety distances and mitigating the risk associated. There are more anchorages than ships in the lagoon and they are distributed according to these calculations. The explosive arc of these ships do not impact on any inhabited areas.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 21/06/2018 16:30:10 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

747661

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	South Sudan: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces are currently working in South Sudan; and what role those people are performing.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	2386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK currently has nearly 400 Armed Forces personnel deployed in South Sudan. As requested by the United Nations (UN), UK troops have deployed to support the UN Mission in South Sudan by carrying out engineering and medical roles at the UN camps in Malakal and Bentiu. They will work to improve the delivery of the UN mission, and are a demonstration of the UK's commitment to UN operations.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 18/07/2017 13:26:34 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady