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registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has deprioritised any Statutory Instruments on UK leaving the EU; and if he will publish the criteria his Department used to deprioritise those Instruments.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	246509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has not deprioritised any European Union (EU) exit Statutory Instruments (SIs). Given the extension to Article 50, the Department will consider whether any further EU exit SIs will need to be brought forward to amend any EU Regulations, which have come into force since the original EU Exit SI programme was finalised. The Department will keep this under careful review.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/04/2019 16:11:50 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

643907

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Burma: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has undertaken any evaluation of how training the Burmese military has led to improvements in human rights.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	54899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not provide combat training to the Burmese military. We do provide educational training to the Burmese military in the form of programmes delivered by the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom on the role of the military in a democracy, leadership and English language training. The British Government does not hold information on whether any Burmese Army soldiers who have received educational training from the UK are involved in military operations against the Rohingya in Rakhine State, nor have we undertaken any evaluation of how educational training provided to the Burmese military has led to improvements in human rights. Our programme of engagement with the Burmese military remains under continual review.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 54867 54868 question first answered 29/11/2016 16:15:53 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

643910

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has undertaken a review of offering further training to the Burmese military to take account of recent serious human rights violations by the Burmese military against Rohingya civilians in Rakhine State and against ethnic Kachin civilians in Kachin State and northern Shan State, Burma.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	54867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not provide combat training to the Burmese military. We do provide educational training to the Burmese military in the form of programmes delivered by the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom on the role of the military in a democracy, leadership and English language training. The British Government does not hold information on whether any Burmese Army soldiers who have received educational training from the UK are involved in military operations against the Rohingya in Rakhine State, nor have we undertaken any evaluation of how educational training provided to the Burmese military has led to improvements in human rights. Our programme of engagement with the Burmese military remains under continual review.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 54868 54899 question first answered 29/11/2016 16:15:53 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

643911

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on whether any Burmese Army soldiers who have received training from the UK are involved in military operations against the Rohingya in Rakhine State.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	54868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not provide combat training to the Burmese military. We do provide educational training to the Burmese military in the form of programmes delivered by the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom on the role of the military in a democracy, leadership and English language training. The British Government does not hold information on whether any Burmese Army soldiers who have received educational training from the UK are involved in military operations against the Rohingya in Rakhine State, nor have we undertaken any evaluation of how educational training provided to the Burmese military has led to improvements in human rights. Our programme of engagement with the Burmese military remains under continual review.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 54867 54899 question first answered 29/11/2016 16:15:53 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

428773

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
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 assessment he has made of the likely effect of redundancies in the UK steel industry on the proportion of defence procurement that arises from UK businesses.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	16653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Steel is sourced by our contractors from a range of UK and international suppliers, reflecting the need to ensure competitive cost, time and quality. The Ministry of Defence has not directly made an assessment of the likely effect of redundancies in the UK steel industry but, is represented on the cross-Government steel procurement working group led by the Cabinet Office, and new Government guidelines, which include the need for effective pre-procurement engagement, will help UK suppliers compete for contracts and continue to support future defence requirements for steel.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 24/11/2015 16:45:55 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

177137

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Burma
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of providing training courses for the Burmese Army to date; and what funding for that purpose has been allocated for (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	222964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>To date, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has spent £105,905 on Defence Education activity with Burma. The MOD's allocated funding for financial year 2014-15 is £139,530 whilst funding for financial year 2015-16 is still under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 09/02/2015 16:51:47 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 43240 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

147480

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many buildings his Department sold in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	213998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not record the sales of each individual building; however we do record our disposal sales, which range from large defence sites to smaller parcels of land which are listed below by financial year (FY):</p><p> </p><p>FY2010-11 - 76</p><p>FY2011-12 - 100</p><p>FY2012-13 - 108</p><p>FY2013-14 - 97</p><p>FY2014-15 - 29 (up to 31 October 2014)</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 18/11/2014 17:34:50 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 28366 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

89545

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under what timetable his Department plans to phase-out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	207451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>The Ministery of Defence's (MOD) customer service lines cover a number of areas in three main categories:<br><br>(1) Services for Veterans are provided through a well-publicised free help line (0808 1914 2 18);<br><br>(2) Services for existing military staff are available on the MOD network. However, on those occasions where staff or their families need to call from outside the MOD, there are free (eg Army Welfare and Service Family Accommodation), national rate or business rate lines; and<br><br>(3) Potential recruits have a choice of ways to communicate with our careers staff, with increasing emphasis on Digital tools such as Live Chat and Social Media. Careers lines for the Army are now 03, and for the RAF both 0845 and 03. Royal Navy Careers are currently business rate (0845), but 03 numbers will be imminently available. <br><br>The MOD does of course have many other numbers, which are geographic or business rate (including the number for low flying complaints). <br><br>The MOD does not use any premium rate (09) numbers.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/09/2014 16:41:32 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

62867

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	201441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 18 November 2013 (Official Report, column705W)</p><p> </p><p>The number of calls to each number for the period 1 June 2013 to 31 May 2014 is provided in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Telephone number prefix</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Operated by DFTS</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Sponsored by DFTS</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>How many calls received in last 12 months</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>0845</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>347,258</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>0844</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>73</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>0843</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 24/06/2014 15:42:30 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz