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426753

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	United Nations: Peacekeeping Operations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK personnel have served in UN peacekeeping missions in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	15232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <br /><br /><p>Over the past 10 years, UK military personnel have been deployed to a number of UN mandated peacekeeping missions including: Cyprus (UNFICYP), Mali (MINUSMA), South Sudan (UNMISS), Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), Liberia (UNMIL), Dafur (UNAMID), UNAMI (IRAQ), UNIOSIL (Sierra Leone), UNMIK (Kosovo), UNOMIG (Georgia), UNMIN (Nepal), UNAMA (Afghanistan), UNSOM (Somalia) and UNSMIL (Libya/Tunisia).</p><br /><p>The number of military personnel who have deployed on the various UN operations is set out below:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>2006*</p></td><td><p>2007*</p></td><td><p>2008*</p></td><td><p>2009*</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015**</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of UK personnel deployed per year</p></td><td><p><br>295</p></td><td><p><br>290</p></td><td><p><br>301</p></td><td><p><br>293</p></td><td><p><br>279</p></td><td><p><br>276</p></td><td><p><br>280</p></td><td><p><br>278</p></td><td><p><br>285</p></td><td><p><br>287</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>* The details supplied are correct as of 31 January each year.</p><p>** Correct as of 10 November 2015.</p><br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 16/11/2015 16:35:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

426758

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Spratly Islands: Territorial Waters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Navy plans to adhere to the 12-nautical mile territorial limit proclaimed by China around the Subi and Mischief reefs in the Spratly archipelago; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	15272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>In accordance with international law as set out in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Royal Navy warships exercise the right of innocent passage whenever transiting in another States' recognised territorial seas. The exercise of the right of innocent passage requires neither prior authorization nor authorization from the coastal State. When operating in the Exclusive Economic Zone of a coastal State, RN warships will exercise full freedom of navigation and overflight whilst respecting any established safety zones, up to 500 meters, around an artificial island, installation or structure.</p><p>In the South China Sea the UK has a strong interest in the maintenance of peace and stability, which is underpinned by respect for, and adherence to, international law<em>.</em> The UK strongly supports its right, and that of all States, to exercise freedom of navigation in accordance with UNCLOS. We urge all States to respect these very important rights.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 16/11/2015 16:30:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

426763

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Astute Class Submarines: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel have been trained aboard HMS (a) Astute and (b) Ambush.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
uin	15290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>Training onboard Royal Navy Submarines is a continual process with specific Command courses for submarine Captains and organised training for replacement Officers and Other Ranks by suitably qualified and experienced personnel.</p><p>Identifying all those personnel who have undertaken any aspect of training on these vessels could only be provided at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/11/2015 13:59:40 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

426496

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in what conditions the 114 Syrian refugees are being held at RAF Dhekelia in Cyprus; and if he will undertake to ensure that these conditions are inspected as to their appropriateness.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	15067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>The <del class="ministerial">temporary accommodation</del><ins class="ministerial">transit</ins> facility at Dhekelia Station in Cyprus where the migrants are being held provides access to three meals a day, shelter <del class="ministerial">with heaters</del>, duvets and blankets, privacy and communications as well as facilities for religious worship. <ins class="ministerial">The electrical supply is being upgraded to provide heaters for when the weather turns colder.</ins>Medical care is being provided if needed. The Ministry of Defence was advised by the Department for International Development (DFID) when designing and constructing the facility, and DFID continue to provide support and advice on the ground. It has been visited by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees representative in Cyprus, who has said that the conditions of the facility exceeds the standard of comparable set-ups.</p><br /><br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/11/2015 16:24:35 question first ministerially corrected 13/11/2015 15:00:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 28737 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

426497

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
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, what his most recent estimate is of the number of UK military personnel currently involved in military operations in (a) Iraq and (b) Syria; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	15165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>We have over 850 military personnel committed to Operation SHADER (counter-ISIL operations in Iraq and Syria) based across the Middle East</p><br /><br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/11/2015 16:22:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

426307

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2015 to Question 8364, (a) how many and (b) in which countries British military personnel were embedded in (i) each of the last five years and (ii) 2015 to date.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	14819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>As my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Defence said in response to your question 8364 on 7 September 2015: given the routine nature of embedding, this information has not been coordinated centrally. The Ministry of Defence is in the process of compiling data on UK personnel embedded with other nations' armed forces, who are deployed on the operations together with those who work on operations in deployed coalition or single nation headquarters roles. I intend to update the House after this process is complete.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/11/2015 17:55:10 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

425655

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iraq: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of military operations across Iraq in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	14576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>The net additional cost of Operation SHADER, the name for countering ISIL activity in Iraq and Syria, from the start of operations in August 2014 to the end of the financial year in March 2015 was around £80 million (£35 million of which was allocated for the replenishment cost of munitions to be purchased in 2015-16). For the current financial year, running from April 2015 to March 2016, at Main Estimates the MOD has initially requested a further £45 million.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 06/11/2015 14:30:51 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

425656

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Operating Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the total operational cost of UK overseas military bases in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	14577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>The operating costs of overseas bases are not held centrally and some cost elements are not immediately available. I have provided statistics for financial years 2011-12 and 2014-15, and will write to the hon. Member shortly to provide the rest of the information.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Base</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure</strong> <strong>2011-12</strong> <strong>(£ million)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong> <strong>(£ million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belize</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brunei <em>(1)</em></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diego Garcia</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>907</p></td><td><p>235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gibraltar</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal <em>(2)</em></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Atlantic Islands</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><em>(1) The majority of the expenditure is funded by the Sultanate of Brunei.</em></p><p><em>(2) The costs shown are partially offset by income received from UK-delivered training. </em></p><p>These figures represent the cost of operating our permanent bases overseas (including stock consumption, infrastructure, welfare and medical, leases, equipment support) and the cost of employment of the personnel based there.</p><p>Decisions on the UK's permanent military presence overseas will be taken in the Strategic Defence and Security Review. This Government is clear that there will be no reduction in Britain's influence overseas, and Defence will continue to play a strong global role.</p><br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 06/11/2015 14:30:17 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

425341

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel who took part in the Seedcorn Initiative from 2011 to 2015 and are still currently serving were based on 1 November 2015 in (a) the UK, (b) the US and (c) elsewhere.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	14355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <br /><br /><p>Thirty Six Service personnel have taken part in the Seedcorn Initiative, and they are all still serving. The table below shows their locations on 1 November 2015.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Zealand</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Australia</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/11/2015 16:18:22 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

425084

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
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, if he will place in the Library the most recent quarterly assessment of the Force Elements at Readiness.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	14211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>I am withholding the most recent quarterly assessment of the UK's Force Elements at readiness 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 09/11/2015 16:13:35 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching