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681171

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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, how many allegations of humanitarian law violations by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen his Department is tracking; and if he will place in the Library the reports relating to each such allegation.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	62165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is tracking 257 allegations of breaches of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) by the Saudi-led Coalition in Yemen. Details of the MOD's analysis of these allegations are necessarily confidential.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 22/02/2017 16:19:29 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon previous answer version 34732 answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

681182

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2016 to Question 41410, when his Department last carried out an assessment of (a) whether the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen were targeting civilians and (b) that coalition's level of respect for and compliance with international humanitarian law; and if he will place in the Library copies of documentation used in such assessments.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	62242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) analyses allegations of International Humanitarian Law violations arising from air strikes in Yemen conducted by the Saudi-led Coalition. The MOD has not assessed that the Coalition is deliberately targeting civilians.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 21/02/2017 14:32:02 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon previous answer version 34731 answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

672060

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Yemen: Cluster Munitions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information the Government holds on (a) the type and model of aircraft used to deploy BL-755 munitions in Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition, (b) the squadron of which those aircraft are part, (c) the number of UK nationals who provide support services to those aircraft in each squadron, (d) the number of employees of UK companies who provide support services to those aircraft in each squadron and (e) the roles fulfilled by those UK nationals and employees.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	59880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The Coalition has not confirmed which aircraft or Coalition member dropped BL-755 munitions in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 23/01/2017 17:21:44 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon previous answer version 31217 answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

672062

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Cluster Munitions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what work was carried out from 1986 to 2008 as contracted manpower support to Saudi Arabia for the maintenance, handling and storage of 500 BL-755 cluster munitions supplied to that country between 1986 and 1989.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	59877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The Royal Saudi Air Force has responsibility for the maintenance, handling and storage of its munitions. Contracted manpower support in respect of cluster munitions was withdrawn in 2008.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 23/01/2017 17:22:32 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon previous answer version 31223 answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

619875

registered interest
date	24/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 11 of the National Audit Office report, Departmental Overview 2015-16, Ministry of Defence, published on 21 October 2016, from which budget headings the £2 billion planned savings from military and civilian pay restraint referred to in that report will be made.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	49889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>It was confirmed during the Spending Review that the Government would fund public sector pay awards at 1% for four years from 2016-17 onwards. This has reduced budget expenditure under the headings &quot;Service personnel costs&quot; and civilian personnel costs&quot; as described in the NAO report.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 08/11/2016 15:59:15 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon previous answer version 17856 answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

581977

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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, pursuant to the oral contribution of the then Minister for Defence Procurement of 24 May 2016, column 403, on Yemen: cluster munitions, that his Department is investigating allegations that Saudi Arabia used UK-supplied cluster munitions, if he will (a) provide an update on the progress and conclusions of those investigations and (b) confirm whether those investigations also explored the possibility that UK-supplied aircraft were used to drop those munitions.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	45960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government takes these allegations very seriously. We have analysed the case carefully and raised the issue with the Saudi-led Coalition.</p><p> </p><p>The key test for our continued arms exports to Saudi Arabia in relation to International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is whether there is a clear risk that those weapons might be used in a serious violation of IHL. This is kept under careful and continual review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 45513 question first answered 13/10/2016 15:06:31 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon previous answer version 12061 answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

578649

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Cluster Munitions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether technical capacity for the launching of cluster munitions was provided with any UK-manufactured (a) aircraft and (b) unmanned aerial device exported to Saudi Arabia in the last 15 years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	45723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>No.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 19/10/2016 15:10:47 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon previous answer version 12062 answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

577477

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Yemen: Cluster Munitions
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 5 July 2016 to Question 41376, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of evidence provided by Amnesty International on the alleged use of UK-produced BL-755 cluster munitions by the Saudi-led Coalition in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	45513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government takes these allegations very seriously. We have analysed the case carefully and raised the issue with the Saudi-led Coalition.</p><p> </p><p>The key test for our continued arms exports to Saudi Arabia in relation to International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is whether there is a clear risk that those weapons might be used in a serious violation of IHL. This is kept under careful and continual review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 45960 question first answered 13/10/2016 15:06:31 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon previous answer version 12060 answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

225979

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what policies contained in the 2010 Coalition Agreement and falling under his Department's responsibilities have not yet been implemented; and what the reasons are for each such policy's non-implementation.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	226771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>My Department's Business Plans record all commitments, timescales for completion and progress against them. The Business plans are available at the following link: www.transparency.number10.gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 16/03/2015 17:59:21 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon previous answer version 50575 answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

176385

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	222570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The following table outlines the communications outturn for the Ministry of Defence excluding trading funds for the financial years (FY) 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15. Figures for full year 2014-15 are not yet available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>FY 2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>£ 66.554 million</p></td><td><p>£72.628 million</p></td><td><p>£80.673 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>For comparison, the outturn for FY 2009-10 was £94.136 million.</p><p> </p><p>The figures above all include salaries and advertising and marketing for the Armed Forces.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 222584 question first answered 02/03/2015 16:16:56 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 43005 answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones