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751274

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Falkland Islands: Air Routes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what costs have been incurred as a result of the re-routing of the South Atlantic air bridge.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	4601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>It is too early to provide details of costs related to the re-routing of the South Atlantic air bridge covering items such as fuel, handling and landing fees and these will be tracked and recorded.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/07/2017 13:58:53 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

750680

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to recruit foreign soldiers.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	4409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>To be eligible to join the British Armed Forces individuals must be a British, Irish or Commonwealth citizen. In addition, the British Army recruits Nepalese citizens into the Brigade of Gurkhas. Commonwealth citizens are required to have lived legally in the UK for a period of five years before enlistment. In May 2016, in agreement with the Home Office, we announced that for up to 200 Commonwealth citizens per annum this residency criteria would be waived to allow for recruitment into specialist roles in the Regular Armed Forces. This policy remains extant. The Army has received very high numbers of applications for these specialist roles and fills its share.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 4410 question first answered 17/07/2017 14:07:51 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

750681

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Foreign Nationals
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 lifting the cap on the number of overseas soldiers recruited to the British Army.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	4410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>To be eligible to join the British Armed Forces individuals must be a British, Irish or Commonwealth citizen. In addition, the British Army recruits Nepalese citizens into the Brigade of Gurkhas. Commonwealth citizens are required to have lived legally in the UK for a period of five years before enlistment. In May 2016, in agreement with the Home Office, we announced that for up to 200 Commonwealth citizens per annum this residency criteria would be waived to allow for recruitment into specialist roles in the Regular Armed Forces. This policy remains extant. The Army has received very high numbers of applications for these specialist roles and fills its share.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 4409 question first answered 17/07/2017 14:07:51 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

750682

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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, what steps his Department is taking to recruit and retain more soldiers.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	4411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Army continues to offer exciting opportunities and the Armed Forces is the biggest provider of apprenticeships in the UK. Over 8,000 people have been recruited into the Regular Army over the past 12 months and Army Reserve numbers reached over 30,000 as of 1 May 2017, an increase of over 5% from the following year. The Army is currently running the nationwide 'Belonging' recruitment campaign.</p><p> </p><p>We also continue to take steps to ensure that the Armed Forces are a modern employer, including through introduction of flexible working arrangements. This is complemented by the Chief of General Staff's 'maximising talent' agenda which aims to modernise Army career structures, training and education to ensure that it attracts, develops and retains talented people from across society.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/07/2017 14:05:30 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

750812

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Blaenau Gwent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces have been recruited from the Blaenau Gwent postcode area in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	4376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not hold this information in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/07/2017 14:10:56 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

750880

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: War Crimes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases have been opened as part of Operation Northmoor; and how many of those cases have been (a) closed and (b) remain ongoing.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Will Quince
uin	4195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Our Armed Forces are rightly held to the highest standards and credible, serious allegations of criminal behaviour must be investigated, in accordance with the Armed Forces Act 2006. Operation Northmoor is an independent investigation conducted by the Royal Military Police (RMP). It has discounted over 90% of the 675 allegations received because there was no evidence of a criminal or disciplinary offence. To date no case has been referred to the Service Prosecuting Authority but the investigations continue and the investigators will follow the evidence where it leads them. The RMP has full investigative independence and the Ministry of Defence has not influenced in any way the scope and duration of Operation Northmoor.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/07/2017 15:42:43 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

750921

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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, with reference to the Answer of 27 October 2016 to Question 49899, what assessment he has made of the implications of his Department’s policies of the announcement by the Russian defence ministry that it is halting cooperation with the US within the framework of the Memorandum on the Prevention of Incidents and Ensuring Air Safety in Syria.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	4271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The mechanisms that cover the de-confliction of Syrian airspace remain in place. The UK takes all steps necessary to ensure the safety of its aircraft operating in Syrian airspace, which includes reacting to the changing threat profiles.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/07/2017 14:12:35 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

750922

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Ceasefires
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 implications for his Department’s policies of the US and Russian Federation’s ceasefire deal in South-West Syria.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	4260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>We welcome - and will support - any initiative which will bring about a peaceful resolution to the civil war in Syria. The ceasefire will not have any implications for the UK's policies for Syria which are focussed on the fight against Daesh.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/07/2017 13:59:35 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

750096

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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, what forms of military support the UK has given to the Syrian Democratic Forces who are taking part in the ground assault against Daesh in Raqqa.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	3972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The RAF provides close air support in the form of airstrikes on Daesh targets, which assist the Syrian Democratic Forces on the ground in taking the fight to Daesh in places such as Raqqah.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/07/2017 13:59:42 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

750097

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the activities of its military partners in the counter-Daesh offensive in Syria are consistent with international laws aimed at protecting civilians in armed conflicts.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	3973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Through the Coalition, we impress on all local partner forces in the fight against Daesh the importance of respect for the Law of Armed Conflict and International Humanitarian Law.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/07/2017 14:02:18 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook