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421774

registered interest
date	15/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK overseas personnel the Royal Navy plans to recruit or loan from other countries' armed forces for each year up to 2020.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	12137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Royal Navy has no plans to recruit from non-UK armed forces.</p><p>We work closely with many nations and provide opportunities for their personnel to serve with the Royal Navy through a range of schemes, such as loans, exchanges and liaison postings. There are no set targets, and these are conducted on a case by case basis.</p><br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/10/2015 14:44:32 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

421775

registered interest
date	15/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK overseas personnel the RAF plans to recruit or loan from other countries' armed forces for each year up to 2020.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	12139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>The RAF has no plans to recruit from non-UK armed forces. However, if individuals choose to apply to join the RAF their application will be considered on a case by case basis.</p><p>The number of personnel on loan to the RAF from non-UK armed forces is based on the availability of opportunities and requirement at the time. Therefore there are no projected figures up to 2020.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/10/2015 14:52:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

421776

registered interest
date	15/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK overseas armed forces personnel have been recruited or loaned from other countries' armed forces to serve in the UK armed forces over the last five years; and what were the countries of origin of those personnel.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	12140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <br /><br /><p>The attached tables show the number of non-UK armed forces personnel by rank and nationality which have been recruited into the UK Regular Armed Forces.</p><br /><p>The information in respect of the number of non-UK armed forces personnel who have been loaned by other countries will take time to collate and I will write to the hon. Member shortly.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name 20151019_PQ09046 and 09050- Kevan Jones MP-Reg Non UK AF Pers intake to UKAF by Nalty-DPS ans sub to PB.xlsx title Intake of NON-UK Personnel into UK Regular Forces 2 file name 20151019PQ09046 and 09050s Kevan Jones MP-Regular Non UK AF Pers intake to UKAF by Rank-DPS ans sub to PB.xlsx title Intake of Non Regular Forces Armed Forces grouped question UIN 12138 question first answered 20/10/2015 15:00:19 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

421777

registered interest
date	15/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK armed forces personnel the army plans to recruit or loan for each year up until 2020.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	12136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Army has no plans to recruit from non-UK armed forces. The Army supports a range of individual, short term, inbound and outbound attachments and exchanges with non-UK armed forces. There are no set targets; numbers vary each year depending on requirements and individual opportunities. Non-UK personnel on attachment or exchange to the Army are not included on strength</p><br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/10/2015 14:45:02 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

421778

registered interest
date	15/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to provide better incentives for recruitment and retention in the Royal Navy.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	12124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>The Naval Service utilises a wide range of initiatives, such as targeted marketing, specific recruitment events, career extensions and the use of retention incentives. There are also some specific mechanisms in place to attract recruits in specialist areas, such as staged remunerative awards to new entry Engineer Officers with relevant degrees and the Direct Entry Technician Scheme, a one year trial to recruit suitably qualified and experienced personnel from private industry.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/10/2015 15:06:47 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

421779

registered interest
date	15/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK overseas armed forces personnel have been recruited or loaned by other countries to serve in the UK armed forces in the last five years; and how many such personnel hold which ranks in the UK armed forces.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	12138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <br /><br /><p>The attached tables show the number of non-UK armed forces personnel by rank and nationality which have been recruited into the UK Regular Armed Forces.</p><br /><p>The information in respect of the number of non-UK armed forces personnel who have been loaned by other countries will take time to collate and I will write to the hon. Member shortly.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name 20151019_PQ09046 and 09050- Kevan Jones MP-Reg Non UK AF Pers intake to UKAF by Nalty-DPS ans sub to PB.xlsx title Intake of NON-UK Personnel into UK Regular Forces 2 file name 20151019PQ09046 and 09050s Kevan Jones MP-Regular Non UK AF Pers intake to UKAF by Rank-DPS ans sub to PB.xlsx title Intake of Non Regular Forces Armed Forces grouped question UIN 12140 question first answered 20/10/2015 15:00:19 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

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