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347146

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Armed Conflict
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 security situation in Syria.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>President Assad retains control of some key areas for the Syrian government but is losing ground to ISIL and a range of armed opposition groups across the country. Assad continues to defy the international community through his barbaric actions, including using artillery and barrel bombs against civilians, some containing chlorine.</p><p>The UK has been at the forefront of the response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria. A political transition as set out in the Geneva communique is more vital than ever. We will be working with the UN Special Envoy and others to help push forward a political process, helping create the right conditions on the ground by supporting the moderate opposition and putting Assad's regime under pressure.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/06/2015 16:30:29 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

229357

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Military Decorations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the awarding of the Légion d'honneur to veterans of the Second World War.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	228914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>We thank the French Government for making the offer to award the Legion d'Honneur to all those UK Servicemen who were involved in the liberation of France in 1944. So far the Ministry of Defence has passed in excess of 2,500 applications to the French Authorities.</p><p>We continue to receive and process applications on a daily basis and this week we anticipate a further 200 applications will be passed across to the French Authorities.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/03/2015 10:05:45 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

228516

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies spent on legal fees in each year since 2010; and if he will publish a detailed breakdown of that expenditure.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	228426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 24/03/2015 17:17:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

228520

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been made redundant from (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	228355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of civilian personnel who have left the Ministry of Defence and its Trading Funds through compulsory early retirement or severance, through voluntary release and redundancy, or under the terms of the Voluntary Early Release Scheme (VERS) in each financial year from 2010 to 31 December 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>FINANCIAL YEAR </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>MOD MAIN</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p><p><strong>(to 31/12/2014)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Voluntary Release &amp; Redundancy</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Voluntary Early Release Scheme</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>5,950</p></td><td><p>3,240</p></td><td><p>1,680</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Compulsory Retirement/Severance</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TRADING FUNDS</strong></p></td><td colspan="5"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Voluntary Release &amp; Redundancy</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Compulsory Retirement/Severance</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>1. Headcount is a measure of the size of the workforce that counts all people equally regardless of their hours of work.</p><p>2. The figures above relate to permanent and casual MOD Main and Trading Fund personnel only. Excluded are all Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) and locally engaged civilian (LEC) personnel.</p><p>3. Personnel who exit under Voluntary Early Release Schemes from 1 July 2011 onwards are listed separately for MOD Main from those leaving under alternative voluntary release or redundancy schemes.</p><p>4. Where rounding has been used, totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not equal the sums of their rounded parts. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p>- denotes 0 and a ~ denotes numbers of 1 to 5.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/03/2015 15:42:06 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 52557 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

228101

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Staff
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 staff in (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are former members of the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	228117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on the numbers of civilian staff in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) who previously served in the Armed Forces is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>As at 1 January 2015, the Ministry of Defence employed 160,700 Service personnel and 64,010 civilian staff. This equated to proportions of 71.5% and 28.5%, respectively. Further analysis of recent trends in Service and civilian personnel strengths can be found in Table 2.03.1 of the Department's 'Bulletin 2.03 - Service and Civilian Personnel' report (revised on 22 January 2015) which can be found at the following address:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/396759/Bulletin2.03_Personnel_Bulletin-Final_2014_Revised.pdf#page=8</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 228118 question first answered 23/03/2015 16:37:56 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

228102

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Staff
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 staff in (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are members of the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	228118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on the numbers of civilian staff in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) who previously served in the Armed Forces is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>As at 1 January 2015, the Ministry of Defence employed 160,700 Service personnel and 64,010 civilian staff. This equated to proportions of 71.5% and 28.5%, respectively. Further analysis of recent trends in Service and civilian personnel strengths can be found in Table 2.03.1 of the Department's 'Bulletin 2.03 - Service and Civilian Personnel' report (revised on 22 January 2015) which can be found at the following address:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/396759/Bulletin2.03_Personnel_Bulletin-Final_2014_Revised.pdf#page=8</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 228117 question first answered 23/03/2015 16:37:56 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

228107

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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, how much the (a) withdrawal from Afghanistan and (b) environmental clean-up in Afghanistan has cost to date; and how much has been spent on each element of each cost.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	228110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The current estimate of the net additional cost of the redeployment of UK armed forces from Afghanistan up until the end of February 2015 was £212 million, including £12 million for the remediation of UK-managed sites across Afghanistan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 23/03/2015 16:59:58 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

228113

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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, what proportion of vehicles and equipment earmarked for return from Afghanistan (a) have been returned, (b) have been processed, (c) remain in transit and (d) remain in Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	228069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>All vehicles and equipment earmarked for return to the UK from Aghanistan following the end of combat operations have left Afghanistan. As at 20 March 2015, approximately 93% of vehicles and major pieces of equipment earmarked for return to the UK have been returned, with 7% remaining in transit. 99.9% of other freight (measured by volume and consisting mainly of smaller items packaged on pallets or in ISO containers or their equivalents) has been returned, with 0.1% still in transit. Of the vehicles and major pieces of equipment returned to the UK, approximately 11% remain under the repair and overhaul process. The rest have had any necessary repairs completed. UK vehicles and equipment remaining in Afghanistan are there for the purposes of ongoing operations to assist the Government of Afghanistan and are not earmarked for immediate return.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 23/03/2015 17:05:54 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

228114

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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, how many locally-employed Afghan interpreters who worked alongside the British Army have (a) applied for relocation to the UK and (b) been resettled in the UK under his Department's resettlement package to date.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	228070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>A total of 395 locally employed staff who worked alongside us in Afghanistan, largely interpreters, have applied for relocation to the UK through the ex-gratia redundancy scheme. Of these, 77 have settled in the UK with 67 family members. We expect relocations to continue at a rate of around 30 per month.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 23/03/2015 16:49:17 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

225619

registered interest
date	06/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ships and submarines of each type are in service in each branch of the Armed Forces; and where each such ship or submarine is based.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	226609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PORTSMOUTH</strong><strong> FLOTILLA</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 45 Destroyers</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 23 Frigates</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hunt Class Mine Countermeasure Vessel (MCMV)</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>River Class Offshore Patrol Vessel (Fishery Protection Squadron)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Helicopter Offshore Patrol Vessel (Falkland Islands Patrol Vessel)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Archer Class Fast Training Boats (University Royal Navy Units)</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DEVONPORT FLOTILLA</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Amphibious Ships</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 23 Frigates</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ship Submersible Nuclear - Trafalgar Class</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ice Patrol Ship</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Survey Ships</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FASLANE FLOTILLA</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ship Submersible Nuclear - Astute Class</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandown Class MCMV</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane Squadron Patrol Boats</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>GIBRALTAR</strong><strong> SQUADRON</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Patrol Boats</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>NO FIXED BASE PORT</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ships</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 12/03/2015 17:03:21 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 49298 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker