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994014

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with North Wales Police on the potential effect on the security threat level of training Saudi pilots at RAF Valley.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	183332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The RAF Police, together with RAF Valley authorities, maintains routine contact with the North Wales Police. The current assessment is that there is a negligible potential security risk to North Wales associated with training Saudi pilots at RAF Valley so there have been no specific discussions with North Wales Police on this subject. All such assessments are kept under constant review.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/10/2018 15:25:18 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

994151

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AWACS: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors his Department considered when assessing the value for money of the replacement for the E-3D Sentry.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	183296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>Any options presented to the Ministry of Defence Investment Approvals Committee balance schedule, capabilities, risk and cost to determine the best value for money proposition to meet the given need.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 29/10/2018 16:38:30 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

994180

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many re-homed military working dogs have been subsequently returned to his Department's jurisdiction in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	183287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>In the last five years, the British Army has recorded that two military working dogs have been returned to the Ministry of Defence after having been initially rehomed. Both of these cases were in 2015.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 29/10/2018 16:40:21 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

994289

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
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, how many and what proportion of (a) service personnel and (b) support staff were born in (a) non-UK EU states (b) commonwealth countries and (c) the rest of the world.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	183508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of regular Armed Forces personnel as at 1 April 2018 who report a country of birth that is a non-UK EU country is 4,660. This represents 3.4% of the regular Armed Forces who have a known country of birth.</p><p>The number of regular Armed Forces personnel as at 1 April 2018 who report a country of birth that is a non-UK Commonwealth country is 8,330. This represents 6.0% of the regular Armed Forces who have a known country of birth. These figures include personnel with a country of birth of Malta and Cyprus, these personnel are also contained in the figures in part (a) of this response (Hence the figures in parts (a), (b) and (c) cannot be added to give the non-UK total). Personnel reporting The Gambia and Zimbabwe as their country of birth are included in these figures.</p><p>The number of regular Armed Forces personnel as at 1 April 2018 who report a country of birth that is a non-UK, EU or Commonwealth country is 2,890. This represents 2.1% of the regular Armed Forces.</p><p>Country of birth has a 94.9% declaration rate on the Armed Forces administration system with 7,450 personnel with an unknown country of birth. Non-UK refers to personnel who do not report a country of birth that is either the United Kingdom, any British Overseas Territory or Crown dependency.</p><p>Although the country of birth may be non UK or Commonwealth, personnel must hold a British or Commonwealth nationality to join the Armed Forces.</p><p>Figures in this response have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>For the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) civil servants, the civilian administration system does not make it mandatory to record their place of birth. Around 25% of MOD civilians have declared their place of birth on the system, which is not a high enough figure to provide a meaningful analysis.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 29/10/2018 16:39:41 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

993753

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Written Questions
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 22 October 2018 to Question 180221 on Ministry of Defence: Written Questions, what the time frame is for the completion of that work.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	182872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>We expect the work to be completed and to be able to provide a substantive answer to the hon. Member's questions before this year's November recess commences.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 29/10/2018 16:41:24 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew previous answer version 81204 answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

993769

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	USA: INF Treaty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when (a) he and (b) his Department received confirmation from the US Government on its decision to withdraw from the INF treaty.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	182738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>We have regular and close dialogue with US and NATO partners at all levels on foreign and security policy questions, including the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Russia is engaged in a broad modernisation of its nuclear and missile forces and we share US concern at certain new Russian missiles. We believe the Treaty has played a valuable role in supporting Euro-Atlantic security and want to see it continue to stand but that requires all parties to abide by it. While the Treaty remains in force, the Government will continue efforts to bring Russia back into full and verified compliance. We will continue to work closely with US and other Allies on next steps.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson grouped question UIN 182739 182740 182741 question first answered 26/10/2018 09:51:50 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

993770

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	USA: INF Treaty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the decision taken by the US Government to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	182739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>We have regular and close dialogue with US and NATO partners at all levels on foreign and security policy questions, including the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Russia is engaged in a broad modernisation of its nuclear and missile forces and we share US concern at certain new Russian missiles. We believe the Treaty has played a valuable role in supporting Euro-Atlantic security and want to see it continue to stand but that requires all parties to abide by it. While the Treaty remains in force, the Government will continue efforts to bring Russia back into full and verified compliance. We will continue to work closely with US and other Allies on next steps.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson grouped question UIN 182738 182740 182741 question first answered 26/10/2018 09:51:50 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

993771

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	USA: INF Treaty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect on world security of the decision by the US Administration to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	182740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>We have regular and close dialogue with US and NATO partners at all levels on foreign and security policy questions, including the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Russia is engaged in a broad modernisation of its nuclear and missile forces and we share US concern at certain new Russian missiles. We believe the Treaty has played a valuable role in supporting Euro-Atlantic security and want to see it continue to stand but that requires all parties to abide by it. While the Treaty remains in force, the Government will continue efforts to bring Russia back into full and verified compliance. We will continue to work closely with US and other Allies on next steps.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson grouped question UIN 182738 182739 182741 question first answered 26/10/2018 09:51:50 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

993773

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	USA: INF Treaty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in NATO countries on the decision by the US Administration to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	182741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>We have regular and close dialogue with US and NATO partners at all levels on foreign and security policy questions, including the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Russia is engaged in a broad modernisation of its nuclear and missile forces and we share US concern at certain new Russian missiles. We believe the Treaty has played a valuable role in supporting Euro-Atlantic security and want to see it continue to stand but that requires all parties to abide by it. While the Treaty remains in force, the Government will continue efforts to bring Russia back into full and verified compliance. We will continue to work closely with US and other Allies on next steps.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson grouped question UIN 182738 182739 182740 question first answered 26/10/2018 09:51:50 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

992609

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What priority his Department accords to the preservation of UK shipbuilding capacity when awarding contracts to build the fleet solid support ships.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	907175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s National Shipbuilding Strategy was clear that for reasons of national security warships must be built in the UK.</p><p>Fleet solid support ships do not fall under the National Shipbuilding Strategy definition of a warship. All non-Warships are procured through international competition to secure best value for money.</p><p>We have encouraged UK shipyards to participate in the competition and have been pleased with the positive engagement so far.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 22/10/2018 15:47:22 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar