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registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the first UK-owned P8 Maritime Patrol aircraft will be flying operationally.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL3983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>Under current plans, we anticipate that the Boeing P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft will enter service in the UK in financial year 2019-20. Exact dates are yet to be agreed between the Department and the US Department of Defense.</p><br /> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 03/12/2015 16:13:46 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

432388

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what part of the defence budget is allocated for military action in Syria.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL3902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>In agreement with Her Majesty's Treasury, the Ministry of Defence draws upon the Special Reserve to meet the net additional costs for operations. As such, no part of the Defence budget is specifically allocated for military action in Syria.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/12/2015 17:23:05 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

432393

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the outcome of the Strategic Defence and Security Review, whether they plan for the Royal Navy to have a two-tier escort force in the future.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL3907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>In addition to setting out the Government's commitment to build eight Type 26 anti-submarine warfare ships, the statement by the Prime Minister on the outcome of the Strategic Defence and Security Review (Official Report, column 1049 dated 23 November 2015) announced the launch of a concept study for a new class of lighter, flexible general purpose frigates, so that by the 2030s we can further increase the total number of frigates and destroyers. This study will consider the utility of the new frigate within the wider force structure across the spectrum of tasks the Royal Navy undertakes.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/12/2015 17:23:37 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

432396

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Ocean
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether HMS Ocean was designed and built to have a 20-year lifespan.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL3910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>Yes, HMS OCEAN entered service in 1998 with a specified service life, based on her build specification, of 20 years.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 03/12/2015 16:14:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

432413

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident Submarines
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what will be the (1) composition, (2) ownership, and (3) reporting line, of each of the two new bodies to be created to supervise the delivery programme of the successor nuclear deterrent.
tabling member printed	Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
uin	HL3927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>As set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review (Cm9161), the Ministry of Defence (MOD) will establish a new team headed by an experienced commercial specialist to act as the single sponsor for all aspects of the defence nuclear enterprise, from procurement to disposal, with responsibility for submarines, nuclear warheads, skills, related infrastructure and day-to-day nuclear policy.</p><p>We will strengthen our arrangements for the procurement and in-service support of nuclear submarines, establishing a new delivery body with the authority and freedom to recruit and retain the best people to manage the submarine enterprise. Options for the new organisation will be developed and assessed for a decision in 2016. The MOD will remain in control of the Successor submarine programme.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 03/12/2015 16:15:21 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	672 label Biography information for Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

432414

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the estimated cost of the nuclear deterrent successor programme has increased.
tabling member printed	Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
uin	HL3928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>Designing and building submarines is one of the largest programmes and one of the most complex activities that the Ministry of Defence and UK Industry undertakes. It is the purpose of a design phase to improve our understanding of costs and timescales, which we have now done. The current estimates reflect what we have learned since the design phase began.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 03/12/2015 16:14:23 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	672 label Biography information for Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

429236

registered interest
date	18/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Russia: Baltic States
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following recent atrocities by ISIL against a number of countries, including Russia, they have reconsidered the statement by the Defence Secretary on 19 February that there is a "real and present danger" Russia could try to destabilise the Baltic states.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL3720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government's position has been stated in the recently published Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 (Cm 9161). Russia's behaviour is hard to predict and although highly unlikely, we cannot rule out the possibility that Russia may feel tempted to act aggressively against NATO Allies. We also want to keep open the possibility of co-operation and will continue to seek to engage with Russia on global security issues, including international efforts to tackle the ISIL threat.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 26/11/2015 17:01:43 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

429242

registered interest
date	18/11/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what non-disclosure agreements the Ministry of Defence made in 2003–04, and on what date each agreement was made.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL3726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not hold a central record of non-disclosure agreements and the information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 26/11/2015 17:02:01 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

428858

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	UN Mission in South Sudan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many UK troops will be deployed to the UN Mission in Sudan and South Sudan; what is the timeline for their deployment; and what will be the distribution of their roles and responsibilities.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>At the UN General Assembly in September, the Prime Minister offered increased UK military support to UN peacekeeping activity in Africa. This offer includes episodic deployment of up to three hundred personnel to conduct key tasks to support the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Indicative tasks might include engineering, combat and advisory support. Planning is in hand now, in consultation with the UN, to determine the precise requirements and how we may best respond. We expect to deploy the first troops in mid-2016. We currently have three personnel deployed to UNMISS; two at the Force Headquarters in the capital, Juba, and one at Malakal, in the north of the country. UK has no plans to deploy troops to the UN (and African Union) Missions in Sudan.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/11/2015 16:47:24 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

428882

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government with how many Iraqi interpreters the armed forces contracted during military operations in Iraq in each year between 2003 and 2009.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL3605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>The total number of Iraqi interpreters recruited by the Armed Forces during Military operations in Iraq from 2003 to 2009 is 1,628. The following table shows this figure broken down by each year:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>No. of Interpreters</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>426</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>499</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>209</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/11/2015 16:46:33 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly