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1138404

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Black Hornet drones the British Army (a) possesses and (b) has deployed in active service.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	276153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The Army first purchased 160 Black Hornet 1 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in 2011 as part of a £20 million contract with FLIR UAS (formerly Prox Dynamics). The systems were used on operations in Afghanistan, but that capability has since been phased out. In 2019 the Army purchased 90 of the upgraded Black Hornet 3 UAS at a contract value of £1.7 million. There is no intention to deploy the capability on operations at this time.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 276154 question first answered 17/07/2019 15:06:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1138405

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much her Department has spent on the acquisition of Black Hornet drones.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	276154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The Army first purchased 160 Black Hornet 1 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in 2011 as part of a £20 million contract with FLIR UAS (formerly Prox Dynamics). The systems were used on operations in Afghanistan, but that capability has since been phased out. In 2019 the Army purchased 90 of the upgraded Black Hornet 3 UAS at a contract value of £1.7 million. There is no intention to deploy the capability on operations at this time.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 276153 question first answered 17/07/2019 15:06:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

685471

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2017
	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, how many UK service personnel are embedded with or seconded to the national armed forces of other countries in the coalition participating in Operation Restoring Hope in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	63105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>Around 80 UK Service personnel are either embedded with or seconded to the national Armed Forces of the 10 countries involved in Operation RESTORING HOPE. No UK Service personnel are taking part in coalition operations in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 14/02/2017 15:53:06 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

685472

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2017
	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, how many UK service personnel have been embedded with or seconded to coalition forces participating in Operation Restoring Hope in Yemen; and what roles those personnel are performing.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	63104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK does not have any embedded or seconded Service personnel taking part in coalition operations in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 14/02/2017 15:51:13 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

765766

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Strategic Defence and Security Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will conduct a new Strategic Defence and Security Review when the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	105935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>In the light of the rapidly changing international situation and the intensification of the threats identified in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, the Government is conducting a National Security Capability Review to ensure our capabilities are as effective and efficient as possible. Defence is playing a full role in this work - undertaken to look again at the specific capabilities available not just to the Ministry of Defence but across Government, to ensure that as threats intensify we continue to have the right capabilities in the right places to meet them.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 13/10/2017 13:03:34 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

166708

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Interpreters
	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 resettled to the UK under his Department's resettlement package.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	216471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>A total of 36 interpreters have been relocated to the UK with 19 family members during the past four months as part of the ex-gratia redundancy scheme. The relocation programme requires appropriate identity, health, medical and security checks for the individual and any immediate family. We expect the pace of relocations to increase significantly in the New Year.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 05/12/2014 13:34:52 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

166710

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Interpreters
	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 patrol interpreters who worked alongside the British Army between November 2013 and October 2014 are eligible to apply for resettlement in UK.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	216473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>Of the 321 Afghan patrol interpreters who worked alongside UK forces between November 2013 and October 2014, 237 no longer work with us. Of these, 228 are eligible for relocation to the UK. 84 are still working for us and their eligibility will be confirmed at the point of redundancy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 05/12/2014 13:34:20 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1121506

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Gulf States: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Saudi Arabian and (b) UAE nationals have trained at the (i) Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and (ii) Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	244021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested for the period 1 January 2015 to 15 April 2019 is as follows:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Royal Military Academy Sandhurst</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of Personnel</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Army Initial Officer Training</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Other Lower Tier Courses</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UAE</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Britannia Royal Naval College </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of Personnel</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Navy Initial Officer Training</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Other Lower Tier Courses</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UAE</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 23/04/2019 15:43:02 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1132789

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen: Armed Conflict
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate she has made of the number of cross-border rocket strikes from Yemen in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	266081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>Whilst we judge that the level of cross-border activity is declining, given the nature of rocket attacks, which are of varying calibres, it is not possible to provide any reliable estimate.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 25/06/2019 14:35:26 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1132790

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate she has made of the number of casualties as a result of strikes on Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport on 12 June 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	266082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The media have reported there being 26 casualties as a result of strikes on Saudi Arabia's Abha airport on 12 June 2019, and we have no reason to dispute this figure.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 25/06/2019 14:35:58 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz