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426213

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	Hercules Aircraft
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 8120, what the sensor capability is of the C-130 Hercules; and what the full extent is of its search and rescue resources.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	14940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Hercules C-130 aircraft is fitted with radar which can be used to locate vessels in the water. Night vision goggles allow aircrew to conduct visual searches at night. The aircraft is able to provide situational awareness of shipping in the area by interrogating maritime transponder transmissions.</p><p>The Hercules C-130 is also able to drop air sea rescue apparatus containing life-rafts and survival equipment.</p><br /> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 09/11/2015 16:11:08 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

426214

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	Rescue Services: North Atlantic Ocean
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 8120, what the range is of the RAF Sea King helicopter resource in its coverage of Atlantic waters.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	14941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The operational range of RAF Sea King helicopters is some 210-240 nautical miles.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 09/11/2015 16:09:51 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

426215

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	Early Warning Systems
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 8118, what the Atlantic coverage is of the Sentry airbourne warning MK1 aircraft.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	14942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The E-3D Sentry has a range of some 5,000 nautical miles with a mission endurance of some 11 hours. Both can be extended by air-to-air refuelling.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 09/11/2015 16:12:18 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

391382

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Early Warning Systems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the UK's airborne early warning aircraft capability is for air and maritime threat to the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	8118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="5"> </td><td colspan="6" rowspan="5"><p>The Royal Air Force has six Sentry airborne early warning Mk1 aircraft, which are declared to the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force and fulfil a range of roles including air and sea surveillance and airborne command and control.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/09/2015 15:17:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

391383

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Early Warning Systems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what airborne early warning aircraft capability he plans will be available to the new aircraft carriers joining the UK fleet.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	8119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The Queen Elizabeth Class carriers will have an airborne early warning capability provided by the CROWSNEST radar system fitted to the Merlin Mk2 helicopter. Additionally, the carriers will be capable of operating with other UK, NATO and Allied aircraft which can also provide airborne early warning capabilities.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 07/09/2015 15:08:48 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

391384

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Rescue Services: North Atlantic Ocean
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what search and rescue capability exists within the RAF covering missing aircraft in the North Atlantic.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	8120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The United Kingdom military aircraft search and rescue (SAR) capability currently consists of Royal Navy and Royal Air Force Sea King helicopters, which can assist in the search for missing aircraft in the North Sea.</p><p>In addition, the RAF Sentry airborne early warning aircraft can carry out maritime surveillance and also act as the airborne command and control node for any coordinated SAR operation.</p><p>The RAF Air Transport fleet can also be called upon; in particular the national standby C-130 (Hercules), which can be fitted with air sea rescue equipment and can be used to provide SAR cover.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/09/2015 15:16:39 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

390730

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving members of the Fleet Air Arm have given notice of their intention to leave before serving the time that they signed up for in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	7605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The number of serving members of the Fleet Air Arm who have given notice of their intention to leave before serving the time that they signed up for in each of the last five years is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Years</p></td><td><p>Total No*.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2010 - June 2011</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2011 - June 2012</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2012 - June 2013</p></td><td><p>270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2013 - June 2014</p></td><td><p>340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2014 - June 2015</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*The above figures have been rounded in accordance with Defence Statistics Policy; as a result, the totals may not equal the sum of their component parts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 21/07/2015 15:39:32 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

390731

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Job Satisfaction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the level of morale amongst military personnel on the front line.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	7606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Although the Ministry of Defence does not measure the level of morale amongst Armed Forces personnel specifically on the front line, we do conduct an annual continuous attitude survey which measures morale and I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 3 June 2015 to Question 498 to the hon. Member for North Durham (Kevan Jones).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 21/07/2015 15:36:09 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 3 June 2015.doc title Armed Forces: Job Satisfaction
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

386575

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average availability of indulgence flights in military aircraft for army personnel serving overseas returning to the UK on leave has been in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	4980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 06/07/2015 15:42:38 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

386576

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Uniforms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of serving military personnel in combat zones purchased their own clothing in preference to army issue kit.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	4956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held by the Ministry of Defence (MOD).</p><p>The MOD is fully committed to ensuring that our Armed Forces are properly resourced, funded and equipped. There may be occasions when serving personnel opt to customise the equipment provided to them. However, there is no need for them to do so and it is purely a matter of personal choice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 06/07/2015 15:33:28 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton