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514945

registered interest
date	22/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many infraction proceedings the EU has initiated against his Department in each of the last 10 years; what the reasons were for each such proceeding being undertaken; and what the outcome was of each such proceeding.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	35194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is available on the website of the European Commission where the infringement cases for each member state can be found. This includes the infringement and the decision. These records go back to 2002 and can be found here.</p><p>http://ec.europa.eu/atwork/applying-eu-law/infringements-proceedings/infringement_decisions/?lang_code=en</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 03/05/2016 14:30:34 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

514946

registered interest
date	22/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 6.50 of the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, if he will ensure that the refresh of the defence industrial policy includes measures to (a) maximise export potential, (b) generate intellectual property rights and (c) promote engineering skills in the defence and aerospace sector.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	35184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to the principles set out in the 2012 National Security Through Technology White Paper. We will always strive to get the best value for money for the taxpayer in a way that strengthens national prosperity. This will be our approach in refreshing defence industrial policy and in promoting an innovative, skilled and globally competitive UK defence sector.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 27/04/2016 15:12:34 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

514947

registered interest
date	22/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that defence contracts offered to overseas manufacturers benefit the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	35160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence will always seek to procure the best capability for our Armed Forces while delivering value for money for the taxpayer. In line with Government policy, this is primarily through the use of open competition.</p><p>When wider economic factors, such as skills growth, are relevant to the contract, they are taken into account in our contract award decisions. This applies equally to UK and overseas suppliers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 27/04/2016 15:16:38 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

514676

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Burma: Military Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government to which battalions Burmese Army soldiers who have received training from the UK belong.
tabling member printed	Baroness Goudie
uin	HL7822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>I refer the noble Baroness to the answer I gave on 10 March 2016 to Question number HL6693, which states that we retain the names and current units of Burmese Army soldiers who receive educational training from the UK. The Burmese Army soldiers who currently attend this training are drawn from the headquarters of the Burmese Army, and are not on battalion duties.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 27/04/2016 15:47:12 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name HL6693_Burma_Army[1].docx title HL6696 - QnA EXTRACT ON Burmese Army
tabling member	3575 label Biography information for Baroness Goudie

514744

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Dairy Products
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of dairy products procured for his Department was sourced from British producers in the last period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	35063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 35066 question first answered 29/04/2016 12:46:09 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

514745

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
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 Answer of 13 July 2016 to Question 6002, when the liaison personnel in Saudi coalition headquarters were first deployed; how many liaison personnel worked in those headquarters between March 2015 and January 2016; what rules of engagement or memorandum of understanding governs the role of those personnel; and whether any of those personnel have a role in the commission of inquiry announced by the Saudi coalition on 31 January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	35103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The Liaison Officers were first deployed in May 2015. We do not discuss specific numbers for operational reasons. As Liaison Officers they are not expected to be in a situation where they would require Rules of Engagement nor provide advice to the Saudi investigatory committee.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 26/04/2016 16:29:19 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

514746

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual budget was for food procured for his Department in each of the last three years; and what proportion of such food was sourced from British producers in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	35066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 35063 question first answered 29/04/2016 12:46:09 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

514312

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Merchant Shipping
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 19 April (HL7565), whether, in the event of chartering suitable merchant ships from the commercial market, those ships would be manned by British merchant seamen as was the case in the Falklands conflict in 1982.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL7802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The requirement to charter 'shipping to be taken up from trade' can vary widely depending on the circumstances faced; it is therefore not possible to provide exact manning details until the specific requirements are known.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 28/04/2016 15:37:16 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

514313

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the three planned solid support ships for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary will be built in UK shipyards in order to form part of the regular drumbeat of orders required to maintain the strategic capability of a viable UK shipbuilding industry being identified by Sir John Parker in his national shipbuilding strategy.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL7803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>Work to date suggests that the majority of the requirements of the Fleet Solid Support Ships are likely to be classified as non-warlike, allowing the ships to be procured through open competition, to UK and international bidders. Sensitive elements of the ships are expected to be procured through competitions that will be limited to UK only suppliers.</p><p>It is too early to say where the steel to be used in the construction of these ships will be sourced from.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL7804 question first answered 05/05/2016 13:45:09 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

514314

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the three planned solid support ships for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary will be built of British steel.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL7804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>Work to date suggests that the majority of the requirements of the Fleet Solid Support Ships are likely to be classified as non-warlike, allowing the ships to be procured through open competition, to UK and international bidders. Sensitive elements of the ships are expected to be procured through competitions that will be limited to UK only suppliers.</p><p>It is too early to say where the steel to be used in the construction of these ships will be sourced from.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL7803 question first answered 05/05/2016 13:45:09 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead