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1175357

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of recording veteran suicides on improving the provision of support to at-risk veterans.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	900557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>I am always sorry to learn of veterans taking their own lives and I am willing to meet widows with the aim of better understanding the circumstances that lead to suicide to facilitate better targeted interventions and how we can prevent further losses. Suicide is a complicated issue and a tragedy for the families and friends left behind.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 03/02/2020 17:28:34 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1174945

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money from the public purse has been spent on (a) new equipment and (b) equipment support for the Armed Forces since 2015.
tabling member constituency	South West Surrey
tabling member printed	Jeremy Hunt
uin	10338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department publishes detail on total equipment spend in the annual Defence Equipment Plan. We do not separate procurement and support spend. Total outturn for the Equipment Plan from 2015 can be found on page 21 of the Defence Equipment Plan 2018. The outturn for 2018-19 will be published shortly.</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/788481/20190318-EP18_v3.pdf</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 04/02/2020 16:34:59 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1572 label Biography information for Jeremy Hunt

1174946

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles: France
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 development of an unmanned combat air system programme with France; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South West Surrey
tabling member printed	Jeremy Hunt
uin	10339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK is continuing to work with France in the £65 million Future Combat Air Systems Technology Development Co-operation (FCAS TDC) programme. This programme is primarily aimed at improving the interoperability of current and future UK and French combat air platforms.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 04/02/2020 15:03:41 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1572 label Biography information for Jeremy Hunt

1174947

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
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, what recent assessment he has made of the number of military personnel serving in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Marines, (c) RAF and (d) Army; and what assessment he has made of the trends in those numbers in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South West Surrey
tabling member printed	Jeremy Hunt
uin	10340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>While there has been a downward trend in strength over the last five years, the Government is committed to maintaining the overall size of the Armed Forces and is taking forward a range of measures to improve recruitment and retention. Importantly, the Armed Forces continue to meet all their current commitments, keeping the country and its interests safe. The Armed Forces are fully funded to meet their target strength and we continue to increase funding to Defence year on year.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence keeps the numbers of military personnel under close review. On a quarterly basis we publish UK Service personnel statistics on strengths, requirements, intake, applications and outflow, by Service. The latest edition, with information as at 1 October 2019 and showing trends since 1 April 2012, can be found at the following website:</p><p><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fquarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2019&amp;data=02%7C01%7CMatthew.Aves243%40mod.gov.uk%7Cab8833cb4ffd4d578b4808d7a65d0f9c%7Cbe7760ed5953484bae95d0a16dfa09e5%7C0%7C0%7C637160790924834548&amp;sdata=V%2FPZMRXszJhgs0nB4%2BO%2FJK36WPiDURNxmLJt4DbsJWc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2019</a></p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 10341 question first answered 04/02/2020 14:54:10 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	1572 label Biography information for Jeremy Hunt

1174948

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces
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 number of military personnel serving in the (a) Maritime Reserves, (b) RAF reserves and (c) Army reserves; and what assessment he has made of the trends in those numbers in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South West Surrey
tabling member printed	Jeremy Hunt
uin	10341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>While there has been a downward trend in strength over the last five years, the Government is committed to maintaining the overall size of the Armed Forces and is taking forward a range of measures to improve recruitment and retention. Importantly, the Armed Forces continue to meet all their current commitments, keeping the country and its interests safe. The Armed Forces are fully funded to meet their target strength and we continue to increase funding to Defence year on year.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence keeps the numbers of military personnel under close review. On a quarterly basis we publish UK Service personnel statistics on strengths, requirements, intake, applications and outflow, by Service. The latest edition, with information as at 1 October 2019 and showing trends since 1 April 2012, can be found at the following website:</p><p><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fquarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2019&amp;data=02%7C01%7CMatthew.Aves243%40mod.gov.uk%7Cab8833cb4ffd4d578b4808d7a65d0f9c%7Cbe7760ed5953484bae95d0a16dfa09e5%7C0%7C0%7C637160790924834548&amp;sdata=V%2FPZMRXszJhgs0nB4%2BO%2FJK36WPiDURNxmLJt4DbsJWc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2019</a></p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 10340 question first answered 04/02/2020 14:54:10 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	1572 label Biography information for Jeremy Hunt

1174955

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iran: International Military Services
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 adequacy of the steps he has (a) identified and (b) taken to protect UK citizens from the risks of the unpaid debt by IMS Ltd to Iran’s MODSAF agency.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	10431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>For the purpose of safeguarding national security, the Ministry of Defence does not comment publicly on the specifics of any potential risk assessments and associated activities.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 04/02/2020 15:03:00 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1175006

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Naval asset visits there have been to Northern Ireland ports in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	10321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>There were 11 visits to Northern Ireland ports by Naval Ships in 2018 and five visits in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 04/02/2020 14:54:52 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1175011

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Ministers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many aircraft owned by his Department have carried Ministers on flights in each of the last five years; and how many of those flights were (a) scheduled flights and (b) flights arranged for Ministers.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	10394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>Depending on the situation, the Ministry of Defence has a number of aircraft that could be used for Ministerial travel. This information is publicly available as part of the Government's commitment to publishing transparency information which includes Ministerial travel. The information is published every quarter and can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/search/all?keywords=Ministerial+travel&amp;order=relevance</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 04/02/2020 14:56:47 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1174259

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Deployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) reserve and (b) regular service personnel have been based in each of the (i) nations and (ii) regions of the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
uin	9666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The requested information for UK Reserve Service personnel is provided in the attached tables; figures are estimates.</p><p>Official statistics on the stationed locations of UK Regular Service personnel are published annually. The latest edition of the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) <em>Annual Location Statistics</em>, including data as at 1 April 2019 and going back to April 2012, can be found at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/location-of-uk-regular-service-and-civilian-personnel-annual-statistics-2019</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 03/02/2020 16:46:17 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan attachment 1 file name 9666 - Personnel based by nations and regions of UK - TABLES.xlsx title UK Reserve Service Personnel by nations and region
tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1174261

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Burkina Faso: Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government is providing support to the Burkina Faso Government’s anti-terrorist operations.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	9645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government is concerned about the security situation in Sahel and the spread of insecurity across the region, including to countries such as Burkina Faso. The Ministry of Defence provides direct support to the region in the form of three CH47 chinook helicopters, who provide non-combat assistance in the French-led counter terror mission Operation BARKHANE, and we deliver training to G5 Sahel militaries through the EU Training Mission Mali. The UK Government also supports the G5 Sahel Joint Force, which combats terrorist activities in Burkina Faso and the wider region.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 03/02/2020 16:48:31 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards