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523007

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his NATO counterparts on the target to spend two per cent of GDP on defence.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	39329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister for Defence Procurement (Mr Dunne) on 18 April 2016 to Question 904488 to the hon. Member for Mid Derbyshire (Ms Latham)</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 09/06/2016 15:16:34 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier attachment 1 file name 20160418_Hansard_extract_on_NATO_Countries[1].docx title Hansard extract on NATO Countries Defence Spending
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

522493

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO
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 progress made by NATO since the 2010 Strategic Concept in (a) territorial defence, (b) crisis management and (c) co-operative security.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	39103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>NATO has made significant progress on the 2010 Strategic Concept's core tasks, through the 2014 NATO Wales Summit Declaration and in subsequent actions.</p><p>The Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 outlined that NATO remains at the heart of UK defence and security and Allies regularly reaffirm commitment to NATO's Article 5 in support of the Strategic Concept's Collective Defence. The implementation of Assurance Measures and the Readiness Action Plan agreed in Wales has delivered an effective and united response to Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea and its actions in Eastern Ukraine.</p><p>NATO stands ready to employ an appropriate mix of robust political and military capabilities to address the spectrum of potential crises, before, during, and after conflicts in order to deliver Euro-Atlantic security. The Wales Summit tripled the size of NATO's enhanced response forces, meaning that the Alliance is better prepared and more capable to respond to all threats and challenges.</p><p>NATO is actively engaged in enhancing international security through partnerships with countries and international organisations; its support to counter-migration efforts in the Aegean is an example of close NATO-EU co-operation. Wales also included the unprecedented commitment by NATO Heads of State to halt the decline in defence expenditure.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 08/06/2016 15:04:45 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

522495

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the composition is of a NATO Spearhead Force; and what the UK role and obligation is in such forces.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	39102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>NATO's Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) has been developed since the Wales Summit in 2014 as part of an enhanced NATO Response Force. The VJTF has a brigade sized land force held at very high readiness; NATO's Standing Naval Forces include groups of destroyers, frigates, and mine countermeasures vessels; and the air element comprises fighters and bombers.</p><p>The UK is making a major contribution to the VJTF by providing ships and aircraft each year in addition to leading the VJTF land brigade in 2017. We are also contributing an infantry battlegroup to the Spanish-led VJTF land brigade this year and will support the Polish-led VJTF in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 08/06/2016 15:05:28 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

522500

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Married Quarters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of properties in the Married Quarters Estate (i) nationally and (ii) in Greater London are unoccupied; and what rent is paid annually for those properties.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	38976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>As at 6 June 2016, there are 10,187 void properties across the UK, 7,680 of which are owned by Annington Homes Ltd, out of a total stock of 49,699. This gives a proportion of 20.5% of properties void nationally.</p><p>If the 7,680 properties owned by Annington Homes Ltd remained void for the whole year, then the Ministry of Defence (MOD) would pay £32.8 million in maintenance and rent.</p><p>In Greater London (within the M25 corridor), there are 328 void properties out of a total of 2,245, which gives a proportion of 14.6%.</p><p>If the 314 properties owned by Annington Homes Ltd in Greater London remained void for the whole year then the MOD would pay £1.3 million.</p><p>Departmental policy is for 10% of properties to be void, and we will reduce the existing 20% to 10% from a combination of disposals, demolitions, leasing and housing of Service personnel returning from Germany.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 08/06/2016 15:06:32 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

522055

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Deployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of UK service personnel currently deployed on EU missions.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	38800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK currently has around 120 Service personnel deployed on five EU missions, principally on Operation SOPHIA, where HMS Enterprise is employed in the Mediterranean.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 06/06/2016 15:42:18 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

522057

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Eurocorps
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 25 May to Question 37624, when the UK representative to Eurocorps was withdrawn.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	38799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK has never been a member of the Eurocorps.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 06/06/2016 15:42:42 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

521548

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Baltic States: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with NATO allies on the number of troops deployed to the Baltic states; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	38539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The 2014 Wales Summit, under UK leadership, delivered an effective and united response to Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea and its actions in Eastern Ukraine.</p><p>NATO has agreed to strengthen its defence and deterrence posture to provide further reassurance to Allies and deter Russian aggression.</p><p>In February 2016 Defence Ministers agreed to address specific concerns raised by the Baltic States and Poland. Ahead of the Warsaw Summit in July, work continues within the Alliance to determine the size and scale of an enhanced forward presence in the East. The proposed measures are proportionate, defensive in nature, and not a threat to Russia, but demonstrate unequivocally the unity within the Alliance and the continued commitment of all Allies to the NATO principles of collective defence and security.</p><p>A UK contribution will ultimately be shaped by what is agreed by all Allies.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier grouped question UIN 38538 question first answered 06/06/2016 15:24:17 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

521551

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Baltic States
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the threats facing the Baltic states; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	38538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The 2014 Wales Summit, under UK leadership, delivered an effective and united response to Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea and its actions in Eastern Ukraine.</p><p>NATO has agreed to strengthen its defence and deterrence posture to provide further reassurance to Allies and deter Russian aggression.</p><p>In February 2016 Defence Ministers agreed to address specific concerns raised by the Baltic States and Poland. Ahead of the Warsaw Summit in July, work continues within the Alliance to determine the size and scale of an enhanced forward presence in the East. The proposed measures are proportionate, defensive in nature, and not a threat to Russia, but demonstrate unequivocally the unity within the Alliance and the continued commitment of all Allies to the NATO principles of collective defence and security.</p><p>A UK contribution will ultimately be shaped by what is agreed by all Allies.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier grouped question UIN 38539 question first answered 06/06/2016 15:24:17 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

521134

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: 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 Ministers of his Department visited military establishments in Northern Ireland during 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	38266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>My hon. Friend the Minister of State for the Armed Forces visited 38 Brigade on 26 May 2015. No other Defence Ministers visited military establishments in Northern Ireland during 2015.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 06/06/2016 15:08:06 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

521141

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Reserve Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people who joined the army reserve force in each year since 2010 subsequently left that force in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	38260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the tables below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Numbers joining and then leaving the FR20 Army Reserve 1 April 2012 - 31 March 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year of Joining</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total Joining </strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Of which number who subsequently left</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Financial Year (FY) of Leaving </strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Still in FR20 Army Reserve on 1 April 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FY </strong><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY </strong><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY </strong><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY</strong> <strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18,400</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,040</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>330</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,080</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,080</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,550</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,360</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 2012-13</p></td><td><p>3,960</p></td><td><p><strong>2,070</strong></p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>890</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 2013-14</p></td><td><p>2,960</p></td><td><p><strong>930</strong></p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>2,030</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 2014-15</p></td><td><p>5,210</p></td><td><p><strong>760</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>630</p></td><td><p>4,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 2015-16</p></td><td><p>6,260</p></td><td><p><strong>270</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>6,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The overall numbers joining and leaving the Future Reserves 2020 are routinely published by the Ministry of Defence in the UK armed forces monthly personnel statistics, which is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-monthly-service-personnel-statistics-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-monthly-service-personnel-statistics-2016</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For convenience, data from that publication have been collated into the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Overall numbers joining and leaving the FR20 Army Reserve 1 April 2012 - 31 March 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total joining FR20 Army Reserve</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total leaving FR20 Army Reserve</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 2012-13</p></td><td><p>3,960</p></td><td><p>4,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 2013-14</p></td><td><p>2,960</p></td><td><p>4,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 2014-15</p></td><td><p>5,210</p></td><td><p>3,350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 2015-16</p></td><td><p>6,260</p></td><td><p>3,030</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>Validated Figures for the FR20 population are not available before April 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The table above shows the FR20 population only and therefore excludes University Officer Training Corps Cadets, Non-Regular Permanent Staff and Sponsored Reservists.</p><p> </p><p>Intake to the FR20 population includes direct transfers from other parts of the Armed Forces and those with previous UK Armed Forces service.</p><p> </p><p>The numbers of personnel leaving the FR20 population include those transferring to other parts of the Armed Forces, including the Regular Army.</p><p> </p><p>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p> </p><p>Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not equal the sum of their rounded parts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier grouped question UIN 38259 question first answered 02/06/2016 13:07:02 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins