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177134

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Falkland Islands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when a Defence Minister last visited the Falkland Islands.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
uin	222935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>In June 2007, the then Minister for the Armed Forces, Adam Ingram, visited the Falkland Islands.</p><p>In November 2011, Philip Dunne MP and I visited the Falkland Islands, during which time we visited the military base at Mount Pleasant. Whilst not in Ministry of Defence Ministerial positions at the time, we both subsequently joined the Department the following year.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 10/02/2015 17:55:18 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 43824 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

177135

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Islamic State
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) scale and (b) result is of recent air operations against ISIL.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	222901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>There are some 60 nations involved in the coalition and over a dozen in ongoing air activity over Iraq and Syria. The UK has deployed two types of armed aircraft in the operation against ISIL; the Tornado GR4 and the Reaper, Remotely Piloted Air System. As at 31 January 2015, these aircraft have flown 392 missions and released 206 weapons against ISIL targets. The UK have also provided other aircraft to perform surveillance, air refuelling and air transport roles. In concert with Iraqi and Kurdish ground units, coalition air activities have helped to check ISIL's advance and in some places begun to reverse that advance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 09/02/2015 16:52:27 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 43241 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

177137

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Burma
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of providing training courses for the Burmese Army to date; and what funding for that purpose has been allocated for (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	222964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>To date, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has spent £105,905 on Defence Education activity with Burma. The MOD's allocated funding for financial year 2014-15 is £139,530 whilst funding for financial year 2015-16 is still under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 09/02/2015 16:51:47 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 43240 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

177139

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has allocated to the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	222957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>No part of the Conflict Stability and Security Fund, which will come into existence in financial year 2015-16, will be directly funded from the Ministry of Defence budget.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 10/02/2015 16:10:23 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier previous answer version 43219 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

176378

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	Afghanistan
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 16 July 2015, Official Report, column 687W, whether his Department is carrying out a strategic review of the use and effects of remotely piloted air systems in Afghanistan following the end of combat operations in that country.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	222432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>We have learnt a variety of lessons on the operation of the UK's Air assets (including Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems) through their use in Afghanistan. We will want to look at lessons that can be learned from the campaign more broadly, but our recent focus has been on a successful drawdown from the ISAF Combat mission and transition to the NATO Resolute Support Mission. No decision has yet been taken on a wider review of combat operations in Afghanistan.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 03/02/2015 17:19:53 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 42445 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

175035

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Deployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vehicles within each group, included in his Department's contract made as a result of the sale of the Defence Support Group, need to be kept at readiness under that contract; whether the level of that readiness is decided by (a) the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre or (b) him; and whether that contract contains provisions to allow that number to be changed in response to changing security threat situations.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	221534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department's contract made as a result of the sale of the Defence Support Group does not set readiness levels for keeping vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 27/01/2015 17:06:56 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 41275 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

175039

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Deployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to increase the average length of Royal Navy deployments in the South Atlantic and the Gulf; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	221526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer my right hon. Friend to the answer my hon. Friend the Minister for Defence Personnel Welfare and Veterans (Anna Soubry) gave on 10 September 2014, (Official Report, column 618W) to the hon. Member for Moray (Angus Robertson).</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 29/01/2015 16:26:36 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois attachment 1 file name 20140910 - Hansard extract - Warships[1].doc title Hansard extract on Warships previous answer version 41724 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

175040

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many airborne sorties have been carried out by the Royal Air Force to intercept Russian military aircraft approaching or entering British airspace in each month since April 2005.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	221517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) aircraft launched to intercept aircraft on 20 days in 2014. The number of days on which QRA aircraft have launched specifically against Russian military aircraft for each year since 2005 is contained in the table below. Not every launch resulted in an interception as some incidents were resolved prior to interception.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. Days Launched Against Russian Military Aircraft</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I am withholding further details as deterrence is a principal function of QRA and QRA is in turn an integral part of the air defence of the UK. The disclosure of information that might compromise the QRA deterrent capability would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois grouped question UIN 221677 question first answered 29/01/2015 17:16:10 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 41722 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

175041

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Deployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) length and (b) area was of each deployment by each Royal Navy (i) destroyer and (ii) frigate since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	221527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 29/01/2015 16:25:34 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 41723 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

173377

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nigeria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department is offering to Nigeria to help combat Boko Haram.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	220628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 12 January 2015 to Parliamentary Question 906917, to the hon. Member for Bedford (Richard Fuller).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 20/01/2015 16:23:02 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois attachment 1 file name HOC220628.doc title Hansard Extract 12 January 2015 previous answer version 38894 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis