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1504796

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Anson: Lichfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of linking HMS Anson with the City of Lichfield in the context of Thomas Anson having been the first Earl of Lichfield and the continuation of that line.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	47338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2022 answer text <p>I welcome the constituency interest and the proposal will be considered in the regular rounds of affiliation planning, noting that the Royal Navy seeks to affiliate ships with communities across the country over time, which can be made at borough, town, city or county level.</p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton question first answered 10/10/2022 13:27:00 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1027585

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what requests his Department has received from other Government Departments for the use of service personnel as part of (a) the Modernising Defence Programme and (b) other programmes to improve the resilience and defence of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	203259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) routinely works with other Government Departments to assure the resilience of the UK. The MOD holds forces, specialist capabilities and equipment ready to provide assistance to civil authorities if required.</p><p> </p><p>While programmes like the Modernising Defence Programme are used to agree the range of tasks that Defence fulfils for the Government, specific requests for Service personnel are made through the separate, routine process of cross-Government operational planning.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 28/12/2018 09:57:09 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

656592

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
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, what steps he is taking to deter Russian expansion in eastern Europe; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	907790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The UK is one of four nations leading NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence, providing the Framework Battalion in Estonia and a reconnaissance squadron in Poland, joining the US-led force there. These defensive but combat-capable forces deliver reassurance to our Allies and deterrence against Russian belligerence. Next year we are deploying Typhoon aircraft to Romania to deliver Southern Air Policing, and will lead NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 907791 question first answered 12/12/2016 16:40:11 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

581262

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO: Eastern Europe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on delivering the UK's contribution to NATO's enhanced forward presence in eastern Europe; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	906258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The UK will be the Framework Nation for NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence in Estonia. Detailed planning is now underway with NATO and our Estonian hosts, and with the Governments of France and Denmark, who have indicated that they will deploy forces alongside us.</p><p> </p><p>As agreed at the Warsaw Summit, our enhance Forward Presence forces will deploy in Spring 2017.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 12/09/2016 16:55:22 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

528004

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Patrol Craft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the use of Archer type naval vessels to augment the coast guard.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	41012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>The Royal Navy (RN) operates the Archer Class P2000 ships to support the activities of the University RN Units, as well as general navigation and seamanship training.</p><p>In line with the principles of Military Aid to Civil Authorities, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) assesses the suitability of various capabilities, not just the P2000 Class, to achieve an effect when support is requested by another Government Department for a specific task. The MOD continues to be involved in the Government's contingency planning activity, but currently there is no formal request for MOD to supply assets in support of the coast guard.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 28/06/2016 15:11:16 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

513347

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Training Corps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to encourage young people to join local Air Training Corps; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	904499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Air Training Corps actively promotes itself through local, national and social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.</p><p> </p><p>The Air Cadets website gets 1.8 million hits per year. Local Squadrons also regularly set up recruitment stands in town centres to encourage word of mouth recommendation.</p><p> </p><p>The most important thing is getting Cadets gliding again. This is ramping up this year and will be fully in place in 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 18/04/2016 16:17:22 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant