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926775

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Security
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 increase security for strategic command and control bases overseas.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	154623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>Security of all our Defence bases in the UK and overseas is constantly reviewed in light of threats and risks. We do not comment on specific measures or posture as to do so would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 20/06/2018 15:11:16 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

923374

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
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, what plans his Department has to provide military support to NATO allies in (a) Estonia and (b) Iceland in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	153251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK provides military support to its NATO Allies in many ways, and the next 12 months will be no different. For example, in Estonia the UK will continue to be the Framework Nation for NATO's enhanced Forward Presence, with an 800-strong armoured battlegroup deployed there. We will also conduct Air Policing from Estonia and Iceland in 2019. In addition, UK forces will take part in range of exercises and training activities with their Estonian and Icelandic counterparts.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 20/06/2018 15:07:14 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

923380

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
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, what steps his Department is taking to recruit (a) more engineers and (b) intelligence specialists in the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	153253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The Armed Forces are proactively recruiting and training individuals as engineers and intelligence specialists to meet the needs of Defence. There is a competitive market for such skills and we have introduced a range of measures to support our recruitment and retention efforts. These include remunerative measures such as targeted Golden Hellos and enhanced bursary schemes; the use of specialist recruiting teams, enhanced digital marketing campaigns, pioneering lateral entry at more senior grades for trained professionals and accelerated apprenticeship schemes.</p><p>In addition, and distinct from recruiting, the Ministry of Defence is fully engaged in youth STEM outreach activity as part of the UK national effort, to ensure that the talent pipeline has sufficient numbers from which then to recruit. This is underpinned by the launch of the Defence Youth STEM engagement strategy in 2016, and subsequent support to cross-Government initiatives such as the Department for Transport led Year of Engineering and the Department for Education led STEM oversight board.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 19/06/2018 15:03:59 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

923425

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO: Military Exercises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of the Armed Forces (a) units and (b) ships he plans to participate in Exercise Trident Juncture 18.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	153213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>While the precise details of our participation in this exercise are yet to be confirmed, on current planning assumptions, the following UK Armed Forces units and personnel are due to participate in Exercise Trident Juncture 2018: from the Naval Service, at least three destroyers and/or frigates, four mine counter measures vessels, a mine warfare battle staff and command platform, and in excess of one Royal Marines Company; from the Army, a Light Mechanised Infantry Task Force led by Headquarters 4th Infantry Brigade with forces principally drawn from 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment, The Light Dragoons, 32 Engineer Regiment, 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, 2 Signal Regiment, 2 Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers, 6 Regiment The Royal Logistics Corps; from the Royal Air Force, four Hawk aircraft from 100 Squadron based at RAF Leeming.</p><p>It is also expected that in the region of 3,000 Service personnel will deploy on the exercise, subject to our operational requirements.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 18/06/2018 16:31:34 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

923435

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	South Korea: Joint Exercises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent contributions the UK has made to UN Command-led exercises in South Korea.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	153215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK contributed 54 personnel to the recent UN Command-led Exercise KEY RESOLVE, held in April 2018.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 20/06/2018 15:08:44 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

922451

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	United Nations: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civil servants of his Department and (b) armed forces personnel have been seconded to the UN in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	152696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to specify how many civil servants from the Department have taken up secondments at the UN as this information is not held centrally.</p><p>The number of Armed Forces personnel seconded are as follows: three in 2018; five in 2017; five in 2016; three in 2015 and three in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 15/06/2018 13:17:48 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

922484

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Suez: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Government has to commemorate armed forces personnel who served during the Suez Canal crisis.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	152812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) traditionally supports significant commemorative anniversaries, as it did on Sunday 6 November 2016 when the MOD and The Royal British Legion hosted an event at the National Memorial Arboretum, home of the Suez Canal Zone Memorial, to commemorate 60 years since the ceasefire was announced in Egypt. The MOD also continues to offer military support throughout the intervening years and will be offering its support to the National Memorial Arboretum in the event the Suez Veterans Association wish to mark the occasion of the 62nd anniversary at the site of the Suez Canal Zone Memorial.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 19/06/2018 15:04:40 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

921349

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
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	What recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the Government's decision to withdraw from leading the EU battlegroup in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	905759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>In March this year, given ongoing negotiations about post-Brexit arrangements between the UK and EU, we decided to withdraw our provisional offer to lead an EU Battlegroup in the second half of 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Our decision gave good time for another Member State to take on the role.</p><p> </p><p>The UK/EU Withdrawal Agreement has confirmed that the UK may not lead an EU Battlegroup during the Implementation Period.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/06/2018 15:47:19 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

921351

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the strategic importance of sea power for UK security and prosperity.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	905766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>As is befitting an island nation, the UK has one of the most capable, skilled and experienced navies in the world. It is of vital strategic importance to UK security and prosperity.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/06/2018 15:45:46 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

921864

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships: Crew
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many qualified and experienced personnel positions are (a) required and (b) vacant in (i) Type 23 and (ii) Type 45 ship crews.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	152202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested, as at 11 June 2018, is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Required Positions</p></td><td><p>Vacant Positions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 23</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 45</p></td><td><p>790</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All numbers over 100 are rounded to the nearest 10 with numbers ending in five rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid bias. Numbers under 100 are rounded to the nearest five.</p><p> </p><p>None of the existing vacancies is in a post categorised as safety critical and no ship would go to sea without the minimum required complement of suitably qualified and experienced personnel.</p><p> </p><p>The figures are a snapshot taken from the Joint Personnel Administration System and are accurate as of 11 June 2018. It should be noted that the number of vacant positions can fluctuate on a given day and do not reflect any future plans to fill, i.e. if a person was given an Assignment Order to fill a gap at any time in the future, including the day after the report was processed, the post will still show as a gap.</p><p> </p><p>The number of Required Positions (workforce required as of today) for a RN ship fluctuates depending on the operational tasking, readiness state or when in refit.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/06/2018 15:08:40 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman