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450713

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces
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 additional capabilities the Joint Force 2025 will provide to the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	25869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>Joint Force 2025 is about rebalancing our Armed Forces to strengthen the front line and maintain our military advantage. It will ensure that the Armed Forces are able to tackle a wider range of more sophisticated potential adversaries.</p><p>Joint Force 2025 will be able to deploy a larger force more quickly or undertake a large number of smaller operations simultaneously and will include enhanced Counter Terrorism capabilities; more fighter jet squadrons; new Protector armed remotely piloted aircraft; Maritime Patrol Aircraft; increased Carrier capability and readily deployable STRIKE brigades. Joint Force 2025 will also benefit from greater investment in new areas of capability such as cyber and space.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/02/2016 16:29:46 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

450205

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Kurds: Defence Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has received a request from the Kurdistan regional government for replacement ammunition rounds for British-gifted heavy machine guns; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	25590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>We receive periodic requests from both the Government of Iraq and from the Kurdistan Regional Government for assistance. We have previously provided some 50 tonnes of non-lethal support, 40 heavy machine guns and nearly half a million rounds of ammunition to the Kurdish Peshmerga. The Global Coalition considers any requests, taking account of each contributing nation's own requirements and stocks. Availability and provision of ammunition to the Peshmerga were discussed during a recent senior British military visit to Erbil and, should a decision be taken that we can provide further assistance, this would be notified to Parliament in the normal way.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/02/2016 16:03:36 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

450346

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
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, in which countries British Service personnel are deployed.
tabling member constituency	North Somerset
tabling member printed	Dr Liam Fox
uin	25762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>Overseas tours for military personnel can be broadly grouped into three categories: operational deployments, exercises and longer-term postings.</p><p>Operational deployment roles are high readiness deployments anywhere in the world where there is an operational requirement and are not family accompanied. UK military personnel are currently performing these roles in parts of Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and the South Atlantic Islands.</p><p>The standard tour length for operational deployments can vary greatly depending on the circumstances but is likely to be six months, with some Service personnel serving up to 12 months or longer.</p><p>Large-scale exercises are conducted in Belize, Canada and Kenya to provide training for UK military operations. There are a small number of permanent UK military staff posted in each location, and these roles are family accompanied. UK military personnel sent to these locations on exercise are not accompanied by their families.</p><p>Permanent or longer-term posted roles or assignments can be family accompanied. Permanent overseas postings which can be family accompanied include Bahrain, Qatar, the USA, Gibraltar, the South Atlantic Islands, the Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas and the United Nations Operation TOSCA, Singapore and European countries. Around 4,600 of these posts are family-accompanied.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 25763 25764 question first answered 10/02/2016 16:40:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox

450347

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
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 the average length is of each deployment and posting for armed forces personnel.
tabling member constituency	North Somerset
tabling member printed	Dr Liam Fox
uin	25763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>Overseas tours for military personnel can be broadly grouped into three categories: operational deployments, exercises and longer-term postings.</p><p>Operational deployment roles are high readiness deployments anywhere in the world where there is an operational requirement and are not family accompanied. UK military personnel are currently performing these roles in parts of Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and the South Atlantic Islands.</p><p>The standard tour length for operational deployments can vary greatly depending on the circumstances but is likely to be six months, with some Service personnel serving up to 12 months or longer.</p><p>Large-scale exercises are conducted in Belize, Canada and Kenya to provide training for UK military operations. There are a small number of permanent UK military staff posted in each location, and these roles are family accompanied. UK military personnel sent to these locations on exercise are not accompanied by their families.</p><p>Permanent or longer-term posted roles or assignments can be family accompanied. Permanent overseas postings which can be family accompanied include Bahrain, Qatar, the USA, Gibraltar, the South Atlantic Islands, the Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas and the United Nations Operation TOSCA, Singapore and European countries. Around 4,600 of these posts are family-accompanied.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 25762 25764 question first answered 10/02/2016 16:40:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox

450349

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Centre for Cyber Assessment: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of his Department's staff have worked for the Centre for Cyber Assessment in each year since its inception.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
uin	25688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has contributed members of staff to the Centre for Cyber Assessment since it was established in 2013 but does not disclose the details of these arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/02/2016 16:29:12 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

449785

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the incidence of death during armed forces training.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	25268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 1 February 2016 to Question 24067 to the hon. Member for Romford (Mr Rosindell).</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/02/2016 16:22:29 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 1 February 2016 HOC 24067.docx title Armed Forces: Death
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

449788

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Islamic State: Military Intervention
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 operational capacity of the (a) Royal Navy and (b) RAF to extend military operations against ISIL/Daesh beyond Syria and Iraq.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	25291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>The future operational capacities of the UK Armed Forces are set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review. Should there be a requirement for new military operations against Daesh beyond Syria and Iraq, these would need to be balanced against the commitments at the time and the capabilities available.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 05/02/2016 14:25:19 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

449789

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
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, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2016 to Question 23171, to which countries RAF Reaper drones have been deployed on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sorties since 26 January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	25292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>Since 26 January UK Reapers have been deployed on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations in Iraq and Syria.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 05/02/2016 13:20:29 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

449792

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Radioactive Materials: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whose decision it was to cease displaying radioactive material hazard signs on vehicles carrying special nuclear materials.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	25316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The Defence Equipment and Support organisation decided to cease displaying radioactive material hazard warning signs on vehicles carrying special nuclear materials in July 2011. Before implementing this decision we sought legal advice and notified the regulator. The change was implemented in 2012 in anticipation of the transition to a single type of vehicle for the transport of both nuclear weapons and special nuclear materials and was needed in order to maintain the policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons. No changes were required to operating arrangements as a result of this decision. The Ministry of Defence's arrangements for the safe transport of defence nuclear materials include the provision of information to the emergency services in the event of an incident; this does not rely on displaying radioactive material hazard warning signs.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 25317 25332 25333 25334 question first answered 09/02/2016 16:23:47 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

449793

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Radioactive Materials: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the decision to cease displaying radioactive material hazard signs on vehicles carrying special nuclear materials was made.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	25317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The Defence Equipment and Support organisation decided to cease displaying radioactive material hazard warning signs on vehicles carrying special nuclear materials in July 2011. Before implementing this decision we sought legal advice and notified the regulator. The change was implemented in 2012 in anticipation of the transition to a single type of vehicle for the transport of both nuclear weapons and special nuclear materials and was needed in order to maintain the policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons. No changes were required to operating arrangements as a result of this decision. The Ministry of Defence's arrangements for the safe transport of defence nuclear materials include the provision of information to the emergency services in the event of an incident; this does not rely on displaying radioactive material hazard warning signs.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 25316 25332 25333 25334 question first answered 09/02/2016 16:23:47 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson