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169431

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iraq
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 adequacy of the supply of spares for Tornado aircraft used for airstrikes on Iraq; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	218213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>There are no concerns with regard to the supply of spares for Tornado aircraft being used for airstrikes on Iraq. Routine and priority spares demands are being satisfied within agreed supply chain pipeline times.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 15/12/2014 17:52:56 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

169432

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iraq
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Tornado aircraft are available for airstrikes on Iraq from RAF Akrotiri; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	218211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>There are currently eight UK Tornado GR4s based at RAF Akrotiri for operations over Iraq.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 15/12/2014 17:53:18 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

169433

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iraq
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 availability of aircrew for Tornados used for airstrikes in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	218214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Tornado Detachment in Akrotiri has sufficient aircrew to undertake the current level of tasking while at the same time providing appropriate crew rest periods.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 15/12/2014 17:55:51 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

169436

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the Government expects the RAF to play in Afghanistan after 2014.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	218216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The UK will have around 470 military personnel, drawn from the RAF and the other two Services, in Afghanistan after 2014.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 15/12/2014 17:53:57 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

168903

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Clyde Naval Base
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 ability of the armed forces to screen the entry and egress of submarines from HMNB Clyde.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	217874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The UK employs a wide range of security measures to monitor the entry and egress of vessels from Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde. For reasons of operational security, it would not be appropriate to comment in detail.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 15/12/2014 17:56:11 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

168905

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
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, which NATO member states have sent maritime patrol aircraft to (a) RAF Lossiemouth and (b) RAF Leuchars since 15 November 2014; which aircraft were so sent; and what the purpose was of each such visit.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	217871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Since 15 November 2014, the US, Canada and France have sent maritime patrol aircraft to RAF Lossiemouth. The aircraft sent include P-3 Orion, Atlantique and CP-140 Aurora. We do not discuss the detail of such maritime operations as this would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 15/12/2014 17:55:07 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

168908

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
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 recent requests have been made to NATO countries to provide Maritime Patrol Aircraft to locate submarines within UK territorial waters.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	217872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>We do not discuss the detail of such maritime operations as this would, or would be likely, to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 15/12/2014 17:55:29 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

166700

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Chemicals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Armed Forces personnel have reported exposure to what types of chemicals in what situations in each year since 2003.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	216404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the table below. Information on the types of chemical used at the time of each incident is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The incidents in question were identified through the use of free text searches of computerised records; the numbers are therefore based on reporting of suspected cases, and so are not confirmed incidents.</p><p> </p><p>Industrial incidents involving exposure of Armed Forces Personnel<sup>1</sup> to chemicals, by mechanism, 1 January 2003 to 31 March 2014 (latest date available)</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Mechanism</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong><sup>2,3</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Equipment Maintenance</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Near Miss/Safety Failure/Equipment Failure</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Normal Duties</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Training/Exercise</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Workplace Transport</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>41</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Armed Forces Personnel includes all Army, Navy, Royal Marine and RAF personnel.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2 </sup>In line with Defence Statistics' rounding policy for health statistics (May 2009), and in keeping with the Office for National Statistics Guidelines, all numbers less than five have been removed and presented as '~'. Where there is only one cell in a row or column that is less than five, the next smallest number (or numbers where there are tied values) has also been removed so that numbers cannot simply be derived from totals.</p><p> </p><p><sup>3 </sup>The numbers are presented as totals for the whole time period rather than broken down by year, as to do the latter would necessitate including a disproportionate amount of tildas (~) and dashes (-) to signify numbers fewer than five.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 15/12/2014 17:32:02 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 31985 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones