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449796

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	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether British military advisers have been present in control rooms of the Saudi-led coalition engaged in conflict in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	25327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>We have deployed a small number of military personnel serving as liaison officers in Saudi headquarters to provide insight into Saudi operations. They remain under UK command and control. These liaison officers are not involved in the targeting process - whether it be the selection, decision making or directing.</p><p>British personnel are not involved in carrying out strikes, directing or conducting operations in Yemen or selecting targets and are not involved in the Saudi targeting decision-making process.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 05/02/2016 13:21:46 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

437127

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Vacancies
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 reduce shortages in the number of trained air warfare personnel; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that shortage on military operations in Iraq and Syria.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	19518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>The term &quot;air warfare personnel&quot; is not recognised within the Royal Air Force. Allocation of manpower is sensibly prioritised to ensure that operational needs are met in full.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/12/2015 12:03:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

437128

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Middle East: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Reaper drones are currently deployed in (a) Iraq and (b) Syria.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	19519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>To safeguard operational security I am withholding operational information on the number of RAF Reaper aircraft deployed.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/12/2015 12:05:40 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

421335

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Submarines: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department took to comply with the requirement for transparency set out in paragraph 5c of Annex B of the Fishing Vessel Avoidance UK Code of Practice extracted from SMP 95 dated 5 June 2002 in the incident with MV Karen on 15 April 2015.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	11964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 15 September 2015 to Question number 9422 and to the Westminster Hall Debate on 16 September 2015 (Official Report, column 362WH). The submarine was not aware of the incident at the time and, therefore, did not surface. If the submarine had been aware of the incident, the protocols in place under the Code of Practice would have required her to surface and remain on scene to render assistance.</p><p>As I said during the Westminster Hall Debate on 16 September 2015, the Royal Navy's reporting procedures have been reviewed to enable it to confirm more quickly in future whether a UK submarine is involved in an incident. If it cannot be confirmed quickly that a Royal Navy submarine was not involved in an incident, we will assume that one was. There should, therefore, be no delay in verifying the involvement of a Royal Navy submarine, and the appropriate action in respect of compensation can be initiated within a few days.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name 20150915_Brendan_OHara_Submarines_Accidents.docx title 20150915_QnA_extract_on_Subs_Accidents 2 file name 20150916_WH_Debate_Submarines_and_the_Fishing_Industry.docx title 20150916_WH_Debate_on_Subs_and_Fishing question first answered 22/10/2015 15:19:41 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

421340

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Submarines: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons Submarine Exercise Areas Ardglass and Peel were not activated on 15 April 2015.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	11912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>It is incorrect to say that the exercise areas of Ardglass and Peel were not activated on 15 April 2015. The SUBFACTS issued to the coastguards in Aberdeen, Belfast and Stornaway on 14 April included both Ardglass and Peel in the areas activated for dived submarine operations in the 24 hour period from 0800 on 15 April 2015.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/10/2015 15:04:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

421341

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Submarines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Fishing Vessel Avoidance UK Code of Practice extracted from SMP 95 dated 5 June 2002 applies to Vanguard and Astute class submarines on operational patrols.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	11963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>The procedures and arrangements in the Code of Practice apply to all Royal Navy submarines irrespective to the tasking of the submarine (ie whether transits, exercises or other dived activity), and to Allied submarines operating in UK territorial and internal waters.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/10/2015 15:04:53 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

421342

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Submarines: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the submarine involved in the incident with MV Karen on 15 April 2015 was participating in Exercise Joint Warrior at the time of the incident.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	11911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>I am withholding this information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/10/2015 15:05:24 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

417579

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Submarines: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what investigations were carried out by his Department prior to the statement that no UK submarines were within 150 miles of the incident involving the fishing vessel Karen.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	9568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The incident involving a Royal Navy (RN) submarine and the Fishing Vessel Karen took place on 15 April 2015. No other RN vessels were in the area at the time. On information available at the time, the RN was confident that no UK submarine was involved.</p><p>Detailed analysis of operational records is routine and this revealed that a UK submarine was involved in this incident. The submarine was not aware of the incident at the time and, therefore, did not surface.</p><p>Once this new information was confirmed, the Secretary of State for Defence, my right hon. Friend, the Member for Sevenoaks (Michael Fallon) was informed on 6 August.</p><p>During August, I held meetings to establish the facts, question the RN and discuss changes to policy to ensure the safety of fishing vessels. I then took the earliest opportunity to inform the House and put the public record straight on 7 September.</p><p>The RN is conducting an investigation of the circumstance surrounding this incident. Consideration will be given in due course to the information that could be released, within the bounds of operational security.</p><p>I am withholding further information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 9420 9421 9422 9423 question first answered 15/09/2015 15:15:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

417590

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets are monitoring the deployment of Severomorsk to the Arctic Ocean.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	9425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>It has been the policy of successive Governments not to comment on the employment of UK intelligence or surveillance capabilities.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 16/09/2015 14:12:55 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

417591

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Exercises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets were involved in the Triplex Warrior exercise from (a) the UK, (b) NATO members and (c) non-NATO members in the (i) 2015 and (ii) 2014 exercise; what facilities in the North Sea were defended in the exercise; and if any maritime patrol aircraft took part.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	9435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The following assets were involved in the exercises Android Preference in 2014 and Triplex Warrior 2015:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2014 Ex Android Preference</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015 Ex Triplex Warrior</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RAF</strong></p></td><td><p>Typhoon</p><p>Tornado</p><p>E-3D Sentry</p><p>Sentinel</p><p>Voyager</p><p>Hawk</p><p>UK Air Surveillance and</p><p>Control System</p></td><td><p>Typhoon</p><p>Tornado</p><p>E-3D Sentry</p><p>Sentinel</p><p>Voyager</p><p>Hawk</p><p>UK Air Surveillance and Control System</p><p>Chinook</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Navy</strong></p></td><td><p>Sea King</p><p>Type-45</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Joint Tactical Air Controllers (JTAC)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>NATO</strong></p></td><td><p>United States Air Force (USAF) F-15C</p><p>USAF F-15E</p><p>USAF 321<sup>st</sup> Special</p><p>Tactics Squadron</p><p>Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF)</p><p>F-16AM</p></td><td><p>USAF F-15C</p><p>USAF F-15E</p><p>USAF KC-135</p><p>USAF F-22A</p><p>USAF C-17</p><p>USAF F-16C</p><p>USAF HH-60G</p><p>RNLAF F-16AM</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Non-NATO</strong></p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>No facilities were defended in the North Sea as the exercises used simulated military targets which did not physically exist.</p><p> </p><p>No maritime patrol aircraft took part in the training.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/09/2015 15:13:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara