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993596

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Military Aid
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 potential security risk to north Wales of training Saudi pilots at RAF Valley.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	182737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>All security assessments are kept under review. The current assessment is that there is a negligible potential security risk associated with training Saudi pilots at RAF Valley.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/10/2018 16:51:59 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton previous answer version 81202 answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

993673

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
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 level of risk of UK weapons being used by Saudi Arabia in Yemen in military action deemed illegal under international law.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	182793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>Our arms export licensing regime is one of the most rigorous in the world.</p><p>The key test for our arms exports to Saudi Arabia in relation to international humanitarian law (IHL) is whether there is a clear risk that those items subject to the licence might be used in a serious violation of IHL. The situation is kept under careful and continual review.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/10/2018 16:51:27 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton previous answer version 81203 answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

990277

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the armed forces of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	181294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence continues to work closely with the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) and other Government Departments to ensure that we can address the implications and realise the opportunities of the UK's withdrawal from the EU, including the effect on our Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 180805 question first answered 29/10/2018 16:52:34 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton previous answer version 81214 answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

990301

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time reservists there were in each year between 2015 and 2018; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	181203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>This information can be found in the Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics at Table 3b, which has a breakdown of Full-Time Reservists since 2015:</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/735714/1_July_2018_-_SPS.xlsx</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/10/2018 16:22:07 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton previous answer version 81212 answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

989480

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iraq: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of (a) civilian casualties, (b) damage to property, community facilities and infrastructure by RAF strikes in Mosul in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	180811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The RAF does everything it can to minimise the risk to human life and to civilian infrastructure from UK strikes, through our rigorous targeting processes and the professionalism of the RAF crews. All RAF weapons are deployed in strict accordance with the Law of Armed Conflict and rigorous Rules of Engagement.</p><p>Thus all strikes we carried out in Mosul were designed to cause the minimum amount of damage, proportionate to the task of clearing the city of the terrorist threat posed by Daesh.</p><p>Given the ruthless and inhumane behaviour of Daesh, we must accept that the risk of inadvertent civilian casualties is ever present. We have not seen any evidence that we caused civilian casualties during the campaign in Mosul.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/10/2018 16:55:00 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton previous answer version 81209 answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

989547

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
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, what preparations his Department has made for the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	180805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence continues to work closely with the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) and other Government Departments to ensure that we can address the implications and realise the opportunities of the UK's withdrawal from the EU, including the effect on our Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 181294 question first answered 29/10/2018 16:52:34 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton previous answer version 81213 answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

882181

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military airstrikes were carried out by the RAF in Syria in ach month between March 2017 and March 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	135295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK has carried out a total of 249 airstrikes in Syria between March 2017 – March 2018. These are broken down by month in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Strikes</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>249</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The data contained in this answer is believed to be complete and correct at the time of issue. The Ministry of Defence’s operational activity databases are frequently reviewed and any errors and omissions are corrected. It is therefore possible that future answer might not match this answer exactly. Our aim is to ensure that our records are as complete and correct as possible.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 19/04/2018 16:03:52 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton previous answer version 52603 answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

872599

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
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 20 February 2018 to Question 127841, on Army: Recruitment, if he will publish (a) a copy of the digital file or a link to each social media asset used in paid campaigns by his Department for Army recruitment advertisements and (b) each platform those assets were published on in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	134413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2018 answer text <p>The social media platforms used for direct paid marketing in Recruiting Year (RY) 2015-16 and RY 2016-17 were Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.</p><p> </p><p>The attached spreadsheet provides posting dates and links to the materials used on these sites. Digital files of adverts that have been removed are not held by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>While gathering input to answer this Question it was found that there were errors with the figures provided in the previous response to Questions 127841 and 127842 due to inaccurate information provided by an external contractor.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the total spend for web advertising and the disaggregated spend for each type of advert over the last three years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>RY 2015-16</p></td><td><p>RY 2016-17</p></td><td><p>RY 2017-18 (as of 30 September 2017)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Job Boards</p></td><td><p>£640,000</p></td><td><p>£620,000</p></td><td><p>£440,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Display</p></td><td><p>£970,000</p></td><td><p>£1,360,000</p></td><td><p>£940,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Search</p></td><td><p>£460,000</p></td><td><p>£380,000</p></td><td><p>£170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paid Social</p></td><td><p>£370,000</p></td><td><p>£920,000</p></td><td><p>£440,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£2,440,000</p></td><td><p>£3,280,000</p></td><td><p>£1,990,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>For presentational purposes, figures have been rounded to the nearest £10,000 to improve the clarity of output and convey an appropriate level of precision.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Definitions for each type of advert:</p><p> </p><p>Job Boards – job advertising sites, which are used to promote Army jobs.</p><p>Display – banner adverts that appear on websites.</p><p>Search – the cost to return an advert on search engine sites Google and Bing, which will appear higher up search listings.</p><p>Paid Social – content paid to be placed on social media sites Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.</p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of costs for each website used for job boards, search and paid social advertising is attached. Figures have been rounded to the nearest £1,000.</p><p>Display and search advertisements are placed through the Cabinet Office Media Buying Agency. For display advertising they use algorithms to target audiences, rather than advertising on specific websites, meaning adverts may appear on a number of online platforms that carry advertising. As of 21 September 2017, there were 1,173 approved websites listed on the latest Cabinet Office Government Whitelist.</p><p> </p><p>It was also found that there were errors with the figures provided in the response to Questions 127844 and 127845. The total spend for Army recruitment advertising over the past three financial years (FY) on Facebook and Twitter is shown in the table below. There was no spend on Snapchat.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>FY 2015-16</p></td><td><p>FY 2016-17</p></td><td><p>FY 2017-18 (Up to 31 December 2017)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Facebook</p></td><td><p>£262,000</p></td><td><p>£640,000</p></td><td><p>£480,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Twitter</p></td><td><p>£2,000</p></td><td><p>£178,000</p></td><td><p>£41,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>For presentational purposes, figures have been rounded to the nearest £1,000 to improve the clarity of output and convey an appropriate level of precision.</p><p> </p><p>The figures above include £2,000 spent boosting Facebook posts in 2016-17 and £19,400 in 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p>The target audience for boosted Facebook posts are those aged between 16 and 24 for the Regular Army and between 16 and 35 for the Reserves that have expressed an interest in a career with the British Army.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster attachment 1 file name 20180511-Army_Paid_Social_Media_Content.xlsx title Social Media Platforms 2 file name 20180511-PQN2018_02084_0286_Saville-Roberts_Online_Army_recruitment_advertisements_and_spend-Disaggregated_Spend-OS (1).xlsx title Army Recruitment Advertisements question first answered 01/06/2018 08:42:02 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton previous answer version 52148 answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

857066

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Order of Battle is by (a) manpower and (b) basing locations for the (i) Infantry, (ii) Royal Artillery, (iii) Royal Corps of Signals, (iv) Army Medical Services, (v) Adjutant General's Corps, (vi) Royal Armoured Corps, (vii) Army Air Corps, (viii) Royal Engineers, (ix) Royal Logistics Corps, (x) Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and (xi) Intelligence Corps.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	131578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>A breakdown of Army units by corps, with details of their current liability and location, is provided in the attached table. The units are listed in corps order of precedence and the table includes both reserve and regular units, but excludes training regiments.</p><p>As part of the Army 2020 (Refine) work announced by the then Secretary of State for Defence on 15 December 2016, the Army is currently reshaping its structures. This means that some details will change as Army 2020 (Refine) continues to be developed and implemented.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/03/2018 15:30:53 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name 20180309-PQ03479_Jones_Table_ArmySec.pdf title Location and Liability of Army Units by Corps previous answer version 46676 answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

851656

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	USA: Joint Exercises
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 29 January 2018 to Question 123796, which joint exercises with the US he plans the UK to participate in over the next two years.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	130419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>There are currently 82 exercises planned to have UK and US participation (and in some cases, other coalition countries) between March 2018 and March 2020. These are laid out in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide specific figures for numbers of personnel participating as those details are not finalised until closer to the date of the exercise.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 130422 question first answered 15/03/2018 16:21:54 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name Exercise Extract for US Involment..docx title EX Planning Name (EPN) previous answer version 44810 answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith