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524670

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	77th Brigade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether 77th Brigade's full operating capability has been met.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	40346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>Following its establishment in April 2015, 77th Brigade is planned to reach full operating capability in December 2019.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/06/2016 14:01:23 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

524671

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	77th Brigade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what expertise on Russia is required of members of the 77th Brigade; what the operational deployment standards are of that brigade; and how many members of that brigade were recruited from the Reserves.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	40340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>Russia is just one of a wide range of different nations that elements of 77th Brigade are studying in order to develop a deep understanding of their approach to operations. The focus is on specific aspects of these countries' operational concepts and doctrine including information warfare and the use of non-military means.</p><p>As is normal for operational deployments overseas, personnel will only deploy once they have met standards laid down for each theatre by the Joint Commander.</p><p>There are currently 141 reserve personnel serving with 77th Brigade.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/06/2016 14:06:39 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

524672

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	77th Brigade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Air Force are deployed to the 77th Brigade.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	40342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>77th Brigade includes 10 members of the Naval Service (Royal Navy and Royal Marines) and 11 Royal Air Force personnel.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/06/2016 14:01:54 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

524673

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	77th Brigade: Languages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which languages to what level members of the 77th Brigade speak.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	40341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>77th Brigade does not specifically select personnel for language capability. However, personnel within the brigade hold 59 'standard level profile' (GCSE - to master's degree level) qualifications in languages including Dari, Pashtu, Russian and Urdu. Some personnel hold more than one of these qualifications.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/06/2016 14:02:33 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

524674

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	77th Brigade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the doctrine and concepts are of the 77th Brigade; and how those doctrines and concepts were developed.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	40343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>Doctrine provides the philosophy and enduring principles by which military forces guide their actions. 77th Brigade uses a combination of NATO and UK doctrine including for Civil Military Cooperation, Security, Stabilisation, Information and Media Operations, as well as Peace Support and Humanitarian Assistance<em>.</em></p><p>The doctrine applied by 77th Brigade has been developed through collaboration with NATO allies, within the UK military and with other Government Departments. It will also have called on the experience and expertise of other nations and academia. The doctrine is dynamic, being constantly tested against experience, and crafted for a contemporary environment, and will therefore continue to develop as new or anticipated challenges appear.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/06/2016 14:01:51 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

524675

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	77th Brigade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his (a) US counterpart and (b) other NATO counterparts on the role of the 77th Brigade.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	40344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>None.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/06/2016 14:01:01 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

524233

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iraq: Islamic State
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance his Department is providing to the Iraqi armed forces to help reclaim the city of Fallujah from Daesh.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	40112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>As part of Coalition forces, the RAF is conducting airstrikes against Daesh targets providing Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance in support of Iraqi Security Forces operations in Fallujah.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/06/2016 14:10:02 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

523882

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to implement recommendation 15 of the Department for Transport's Maritime Growth Study, published in September 2015, on improving links between the Royal Navy and the wider UK maritime sector.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	39966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The Royal Navy (RN) has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to allow Warfare Officers to obtain commercial Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) certificates of competency. Discussions with the MCA have commenced to develop a similar MOU for Engineer Officers and Ratings. More widely the RN continues to seek to align its training with STCW requirements. The RN Resettlement Service also offers impartial advice on second careers with many strong links with maritime sector organisations and companies.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/06/2016 14:06:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

523885

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Pay
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 May 2016 to Question 38217, on his Department's BME pay gap, where the information about this is held; and what estimate he has made of the cost of providing the information.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	39973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not capture and report data on hourly earnings, and therefore does not provide comparative data in this way.</p><p>The Department has recently published an Equal Pay Audit 2015 report which can be found at the following address:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mod-equal-pay-audit-report-2015</p><p>This Audit presents a comparison of male to female and White to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) annualised average salaries in the period 1 October 2014 to 1 October 2015. This meets the Department's obligations under the Public Sector Equality Duty to provide information on its workforce identified by the Equality Act 2010.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/06/2016 14:03:26 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

523887

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his Ministerial colleagues on the potential effect of the recommendations of the Maritime Growth Study, published in September 2015, on the future supply of UK-domiciled merchant seafarers to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	39967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) recruits and trains UK Merchant Seafarers for service with the RFA. The RFA as one of the largest trainers of UK seafarers is fully engaged with the UK Chamber of Shipping and Merchant Navy Training Board in shaping the current and future training requirements of seafarers. The RFA as part of the wider Naval Service is represented at the Ministerial Working Groups for the Maritime Growth Study by the Royal Navy.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/06/2016 15:53:34 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns