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1568152

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if it remains his Department's policy to refresh the UK's Integrated Review of security, defence, development and foreign policy.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	126606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>On 21 September 2022, the Government announced its intention to refresh the Integrated Review. This work is being lead by Professor John Bew. We expect this work to be completed ahead of the Treasury's Spring Statement.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 30/01/2023 16:59:09 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1538120

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Shipbuilding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department takes to measure is progress on the delivery of the National Shipbuilding Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	75874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>In my role as Shipbuilding Tsar and as chair of the Shipbuilding Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG), I oversee the work of the National Shipbuilding Office (NSO) in implementing and delivering the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSbS) Refresh. As part of its broader approach to delivering the NSbS Refresh, the NSO is developing a monitoring and evaluation framework to ensure regular monitoring of the measures of success set out in the strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 09/11/2022 11:39:10 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1352350

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Pen Farthing
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 how private communications between Paul Farthing and his special advisor, Peter Quentin, were obtained by a national newspaper.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	41827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes seriously all threatening communications, whether sent to officials or advisers, and if judged necessary they are referred to the appropriate authorities.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 41828 41829 question first answered 07/09/2021 11:44:28 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1352351

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department’s policy is on the publication of private communications between members of the public and special advisors.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	41828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes seriously all threatening communications, whether sent to officials or advisers, and if judged necessary they are referred to the appropriate authorities.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 41827 41829 question first answered 07/09/2021 11:44:28 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1352352

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Pen Farthing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to establish an independent inquiry on the obtaining by a national newspaper of private communications between Paul Farthing and special advisor, Peter Quentin.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	41829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes seriously all threatening communications, whether sent to officials or advisers, and if judged necessary they are referred to the appropriate authorities.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 41827 41828 question first answered 07/09/2021 11:44:28 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1123147

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Proscribed Organisations: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of amending Section 63A of the Terrorism Act 2000 to extend extrajudicial jurisdiction to the offence of a UK national supporting a proscribed organisation while overseas.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	247667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>The offence of membership of a proscribed organisation has had extra-territorial jurisdiction since 2006. The Counter Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 extended extra-territorial jurisdiction-limited to UK nationals and residents-to the offences of inviting support, reckless expressions of support, and displaying in a public place and publishing an image of a flag or logo.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 15/05/2019 16:54:53 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1121447

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hezbollah: Sanctions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the legal sanctions of proscribing Hezbollah in its entirety extends to UK nationals meeting with representatives of that organisation overseas.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	244056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>Proscription makes it a criminal offence to invite support for, or arrange, manage or assist in arranging or managing a meeting in support of a pro-scribed organisation. This offence does not have extra-territorial jurisdiction.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 24/04/2019 14:16:18 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1064423

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Armed Conflict: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have returned from conflict in Syria have had their citizenship removed.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	223948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>The British Nationality Act 1981 provides the Secretary of State with powers to deprive a person of citizenship status. Section 40(2) allows the Secretary of State to deprive any person of British citizenship, should they deem it conducive to the public good to do so. Section 40(3) allows the Secretary of State to deprive a person who has obtained citizenship by naturalisation or registration, where the Secretary of State is satisfied that citizenship was obtained by means of fraud, false representation or concealment of material fact.</p><p>Three reports have been published to date in 2015, 2017 and 2018, providing figures for section 40(2) deprivations since 2010, this is the deprivation power most likely to be applied to those returning from Syria. The links to these reports are below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018</a></p><p>For reasons of national security, it would not be appropriate to provide a breakdown of the citizenship of those who have returned from the conflict in Syria.</p><p>When seeking to deprive on the basis that to do so is conducive to the public good, the law requires that this action proceed only if the individual concerned would not be left stateless.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 223950 223951 question first answered 01/03/2019 11:38:24 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1064425

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Armed Conflict: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have returned from the conflict in Syria (a) held dual-British citizenship and (b) were British nationals.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	223950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>The British Nationality Act 1981 provides the Secretary of State with powers to deprive a person of citizenship status. Section 40(2) allows the Secretary of State to deprive any person of British citizenship, should they deem it conducive to the public good to do so. Section 40(3) allows the Secretary of State to deprive a person who has obtained citizenship by naturalisation or registration, where the Secretary of State is satisfied that citizenship was obtained by means of fraud, false representation or concealment of material fact.</p><p>Three reports have been published to date in 2015, 2017 and 2018, providing figures for section 40(2) deprivations since 2010, this is the deprivation power most likely to be applied to those returning from Syria. The links to these reports are below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018</a></p><p>For reasons of national security, it would not be appropriate to provide a breakdown of the citizenship of those who have returned from the conflict in Syria.</p><p>When seeking to deprive on the basis that to do so is conducive to the public good, the law requires that this action proceed only if the individual concerned would not be left stateless.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 223948 223951 question first answered 01/03/2019 11:38:24 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1064426

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Armed Conflict: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) British nationals and (a) dual-British nationals returning from the conflict in Syria have had their British citizenship revoked.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	223951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>The British Nationality Act 1981 provides the Secretary of State with powers to deprive a person of citizenship status. Section 40(2) allows the Secretary of State to deprive any person of British citizenship, should they deem it conducive to the public good to do so. Section 40(3) allows the Secretary of State to deprive a person who has obtained citizenship by naturalisation or registration, where the Secretary of State is satisfied that citizenship was obtained by means of fraud, false representation or concealment of material fact.</p><p>Three reports have been published to date in 2015, 2017 and 2018, providing figures for section 40(2) deprivations since 2010, this is the deprivation power most likely to be applied to those returning from Syria. The links to these reports are below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018</a></p><p>For reasons of national security, it would not be appropriate to provide a breakdown of the citizenship of those who have returned from the conflict in Syria.</p><p>When seeking to deprive on the basis that to do so is conducive to the public good, the law requires that this action proceed only if the individual concerned would not be left stateless.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 223948 223950 question first answered 01/03/2019 11:38:24 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord