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765498

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Reserve Forces
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 13 September 2017 to Question 8834, on civil servants: reserve forces, how many reservists have volunteered from each of those Departments.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	105815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The numbers of civil servants in Departments or agencies identified centrally by the Ministry of Defence as being members of the Volunteer Reserves in each year since the Civil Service Reserves Challenge was launched are in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 16/10/2017 16:47:10 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name 105945_Jon_Trickett.docx title Civil Servants who are Volunteer Reserves
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

765499

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Reserve Forces
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 13 September 2017 to Question 8834, on civil servants: reserve forces, how many reservists have volunteered in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	105816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested. The number of civil servants identified centrally by the Ministry of Defence as being members of the Volunteer Reserves in each year since the Civil Service Reserves Challenge was launched in October 2014 can be found in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 16/10/2017 16:49:57 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name 105816 - Jon Trickett.docx title CS who are members of the Volunteer Reserves
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

765670

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Cyprus: Military Bases
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 claims that song-birds are being illegally trapped on land forming part of the UK Sovereign Base Territory in Cyprus.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	106224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Tackling illegal trapping of migratory birds is one of the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) Administration's top priorities, with the level of trapping constantly under review, together with plans to counter it.</p><p>The trapping of birds is a widespread issue across the whole of Cyprus with substantial profits made by those who organise and control this activity. Whilst it is not confined to the SBA, the SBA Police uses all lawful means to target individuals involved in bird trapping. Last year, the SBA Administration prosecuted 78 people for bird trapping and poaching offences in the SBA, and the SBA Police conducted 39 major mist netting clearance operations, resulting in the seizure of over 1,000 mist-nets and over 450 limesticks. This enforcement has impacted on bird trapping activity and this kind of intervention will continue as part of the SBA Administration's continuing activities.</p><p>More recently, the SBA court in Dhekelia issued fines to 14 bird trappers of between €820 and €2,500, many of whom were caught in the act by hidden surveillance cameras on the Cape Pyla Ranges. Six of the trappers received prison sentences of between three and six months, suspended for three years. In addition to this, a SBA Police drone has been acquired and has provided them with an enhanced ability to track and catch bird trappers.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 16/10/2017 14:48:40 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

765678

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much each branch of the armed forces spent on advertising and marketing for recruitment purposes in each year from 2010 to date.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	106165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested for 1 January 2015 to 30 September 2017 is shown below. Comparable data prior to that date is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015 (£)</p></td><td><p>2016 (£)</p></td><td><p>2017 to September (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>6,463,372</p></td><td><p>6,698,303</p></td><td><p>10,011,284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Navy &amp; Royal Marines</p></td><td><p>13,190,328</p></td><td><p>11,409,885</p></td><td><p>11,621,005</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td><td><p>7,948,700</p></td><td><p>9,086,473</p></td><td><p>7,903,457</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,602,400</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,194,661</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29,535,746</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/10/2017 16:50:41 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

765740

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recorded accidents involving RAF pilotless drones have occured at Aberporth Airport.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	105846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>All Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS) operated by the Armed Forces are controlled from the ground.</p><p>There have been no recorded accidents involving RAF RPAS at West Wales Airport, Aberporth.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 16/10/2017 14:49:21 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

765741

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, at which locations the Armed Forces' pilot-less drones are flown for training purposes.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	106051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>All Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS) operated by the Armed Forces are controlled from the ground. The Armed Forces undertake routine flying activity on RPAS at the following locations:</p><p>UK:</p><p>Boscombe Down, Wiltshire.</p><p>Lulworth Cove Traning Area, Dorset.</p><p>Okehampton Training Area, Dartmoor.</p><p>Otterburn Training Area, Northumberland.</p><p>RAF Spadeadam, Cumbria.</p><p>Royal Naval Air Station, Culdrose.</p><p>Salisbury Plain Training Area, Wiltshire.</p><p>Sennybridge Training Area, Wales.</p><p>Stanford Training Area, Norfolk.</p><p>West Wales Airport &amp; Aberporth Range.</p><p>Overseas:</p><p>British Army Training Unit, Kenya.</p><p>British Army Training Unit Suffield, Canada.</p><p>Camp Roberts, California, USA.</p><p>Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, USA.</p><p>Grafenwohr Training Area, Germany.</p><p>Hohenfels Training Area, Germany.</p><p>Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, USA.</p><p>Sennelager Training Area, Germany.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 16/10/2017 14:52:07 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

765753

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Cyprus: Military Bases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to remove invasive Australian acacia trees from the Sovereign Base Areas of (a) Akrotiri and (b) Dhekelia in (i) the remaining months of 2017 and (ii) thereafter; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	105742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Since November 2014, 95 acres of acacia have been removed from Special Areas of Conservation in the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA). In addition, the SBA Administration has been pursuing other means of acacia removal beyond physical tree cutting, including destroying 5.8km of irrigation piping used to promote growth of acacia on the Cape Pyla Ranges in the Dhekelia SBA.</p><p>We plan to remove further acreage of invasive acacia from Special Areas of Conservation in the SBA of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. No decision has yet been made on the specific sites where acacia could be removed and treated with herbicide to prevent re-growth. This will be subject to risk assessment.</p><p>Further consideration of options to remove acacia and associated irrigation will take place following this year's migration.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 16/10/2017 14:53:31 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

765812

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many countries his Department currently provides military aid to.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	105974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not use the term military aid to categorise activity. We do though provide a range of support and assistance to countries across the globe through defence engagement and financed through the Defence Assistance Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD's Defence Assistance Fund supports a variety of defence engagement activities designed to provide practical help and assistance to the nations concerned, at the same time contributing to the UK's own security objectives, including by developing defence relations and increasing UK influence. Assistance may include the provision of military training and education. Defence engagement helps to build the capacity of the recipient nation to address security challenges, both domestically and on the wider stage, including those of terrorism and violent extremism, helping keep Britain safe.</p><p> </p><p>The number of countries in financial year 2017-18 where activity is programmed or has been completed is 116.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defence Assistance Fund expenditure by financial year (£million)</p><p> </p><p>2007-08 - 9.607</p><p>2008-09 - 8.037</p><p>2009-10 - 11.040</p><p>2010-11 - 13.096</p><p>2011-12 - 12.027</p><p>2012-13 - 12.327</p><p>2013-14 - 15.635</p><p>2014-15 - 16.558</p><p>2015-16 - 21.158</p><p>2016-17 - 27.320</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 106311 question first answered 11/10/2017 16:33:03 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

765813

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much financial aid the Government gave foreign militaries in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	106311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not use the term military aid to categorise activity. We do though provide a range of support and assistance to countries across the globe through defence engagement and financed through the Defence Assistance Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD's Defence Assistance Fund supports a variety of defence engagement activities designed to provide practical help and assistance to the nations concerned, at the same time contributing to the UK's own security objectives, including by developing defence relations and increasing UK influence. Assistance may include the provision of military training and education. Defence engagement helps to build the capacity of the recipient nation to address security challenges, both domestically and on the wider stage, including those of terrorism and violent extremism, helping keep Britain safe.</p><p> </p><p>The number of countries in financial year 2017-18 where activity is programmed or has been completed is 116.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defence Assistance Fund expenditure by financial year (£million)</p><p> </p><p>2007-08 - 9.607</p><p>2008-09 - 8.037</p><p>2009-10 - 11.040</p><p>2010-11 - 13.096</p><p>2011-12 - 12.027</p><p>2012-13 - 12.327</p><p>2013-14 - 15.635</p><p>2014-15 - 16.558</p><p>2015-16 - 21.158</p><p>2016-17 - 27.320</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 105974 question first answered 11/10/2017 16:33:03 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

765822

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2017 to Question 8580, on Ministry of Defence: Brexit, which stages of the contingency plans have so far been implemented.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	106423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government will continue to adopt a responsible approach to understanding how the UK's decision to leave the European Union will affect policies and services. The Ministry of Defence is working closely with the Department for Exiting the European Union to understand the implications and opportunities arising from EU Exit, in so far as it affects Defence.</p><p>This work will continue to include assessing and developing plans for a range of outcomes, including contingencies for the unlikely scenario that no mutually satisfactory agreement can be reached. These plans would be implemented if and when appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 16/10/2017 16:37:23 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake