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1020776

registered interest
date	07/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	EU Battlegroups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK defence forces will participate in EU Battlegroups in 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	200090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>Subject to a deal on the EU Withdrawal Agreement, the UK will be able to continue to participate in certain EU missions and operations on a case-by-case basis, where it is in our mutual interest to do so, during the transition period. There are no plans to commit forces to the EU Battlegroup during this period.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 12/12/2018 15:08:58 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1020590

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	EU Defence Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK will continue to participate in the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	199792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK supports the EU's Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and has participated in the pilot stage. The CARD currently does not directly provide for Third Country involvement. However, the recent Political Declaration on the Future Relationship between the UK and the EU sets out our shared vision of close and lasting cooperation on external action, including cooperation on defence capabilities development.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/12/2018 17:15:47 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1017188

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iraq: NATO
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 support the NATO training mission in Iraq.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	197354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK welcomed the launch of the NATO Training Mission Iraq at the Brussels Summit in 2018. We are commited to supporting the training mission through the deployment of the UK civilian and military personnel including a senior civilian adviser and other personnel as part of the NATO Communications and Information Systems Support Group, on rotation with other allies.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 04/12/2018 16:03:36 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1010596

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Government Responses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to Question 188038, tabled on 5 November 2018, by the hon. Member for East Londonderry.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	193391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>Information regarding Army bomb disposal callouts between 2012-2018 can be found in the tables below. Following a review of data held by the Army, this also updates figures previously supplied in response to Questions 179144 and 179145:</p><p> </p><p><strong>1 July 2012 – 30 June 2014</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>LOCATION</p></td><td><p><strong>TASKS*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>IED DECLARATION</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HOAX DECLRATION</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GB</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NI**</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>178</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK total</p></td><td><p>386</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>230</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>1 July 2014 – 30 June 2016</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>LOCATION</p></td><td><p><strong>TASKS*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>IED DECLARATION</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HOAX DECLRATION</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GB</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NI**</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK total</p></td><td><p>264</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>1 July 2016 – 30 June 2018</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>LOCATION</p></td><td><p><strong>TASKS*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>IED DECLARATION</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HOAX DECLRATION</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GB</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>589***</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NI**</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK total</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>627</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* ‘Tasks’ refers to IED callouts (any task that may subsequently be classified by declaration as a Find, False, Hoax, IED, Explosion or Search Assist). This does not include callouts for incidents involving other items such as Conventional Munitions Disposal.</p><p>** All incidents requiring explosive ordnance disposal experts in Northern Ireland are dealt with solely by military personnel.</p><p>*** The high number of IED declarations between 1 July 2016 – 30 June 2018 is due to a task that yielded over 300 arrowhead type IEDs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 23/11/2018 14:51:55 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1003591

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Bomb Disposal: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Army bomb disposal teams in Northern Ireland were called out between (a) 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2016 and (b) 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2018 as a result of (i) viable and (ii) hoax devices.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	189606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The Army is in the process of refining its data and I will write with a full answer shortly.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 188038 question first answered 14/11/2018 16:07:14 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1002193

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Bomb Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Army bomb disposal teams were called out between 1 July 2012 and 30 June 2014 as a result of (a) viable and (b) hoax devices.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	188038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The Army is in the process of refining its data and I will write with a full answer shortly.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 189606 question first answered 14/11/2018 16:07:14 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

988671

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Cadets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Sea Cadets there were in each year between 2007 and 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	180113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence publishes official statistics on Cadet strengths. The number of Sea Cadets as at 1 April each year between 2007 and 2017 can be found in the publications below.</p><p>2007-2016</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-sponsored-cadet-forces-statistics-2016</p><p>2017</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-sponsored-cadet-forces-statistics-2018</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 22/10/2018 15:03:45 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

987805

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Bomb Disposal: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Army bomb disposal units were called out in Northern Ireland between (a) 1 July 2014 and 1 July 2016 and (b) 1 July 2016 and 1 July 2018.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	179144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>Incidents requiring explosive ordnance disposal experts in Northern Ireland are dealt with solely by military personnel. Between 1 July 2014 to 1 January 2016, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel have responded to 567 incidents in Northern Ireland. For the period 1 July 2016 to 1 July 2018, EOD personnel have responded to 526 incidents in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 18/10/2018 16:07:19 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

987807

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Bomb Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Army Bomb Disposal teams were called out between (a) 1 July 2014 and 1 July 2016 and (b) 1 July 2016 and 1 July 2018 as a result of (i) viable devices, (ii) hoax devices and (iii) hoax calls.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	179145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is given below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Callout</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Improvised Explosive Device (IED)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hoax devices</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 July 2014 – 30 June 2016</p></td><td><p>3,711</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 July 2016 – 30 June 2018</p></td><td><p>4,561</p></td><td><p>599</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For the purpose of this question, callouts include legacy ordnance, incendiary devices, search assistance and other tasks.</p><p> </p><p>IEDs are classed as viable devices.</p><p> </p><p>The number of hoax calls is not held by the Department.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 18/10/2018 16:05:51 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

846336

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, How many full time personnel have (a) retired or left and (b) joined the Army in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	128996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The number of Army personnel who have left the Service or joined are published in the Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics. Tables 5a and 5c in the following link provide the inflow and outflow by each Service:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2018</p><p>These figures do not include Full Time Reserve Service and Gurkha personnel.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/02/2018 14:37:23 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell