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938067

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, with reference to the statement of the Combined Joint Task Force of 2 July that acknowledged responsibility for targeting a school on the outskirts of Raqqa, Syria, whether UK forces were involved in the operation.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
	uin	HL9373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>There were no UK aircraft involved in the strike on a school on the outskirts of Raqqah, Syria on 20 March 2017.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 19/07/2018 16:47:28 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

938066

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the legal justification for the presence of UK forces in Syrian territory near al-Tanf.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
	uin	HL9372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The Parliamentary debate and vote of 2 December 2015 approved the involvement of UK Armed Forces in counter-Daesh operations in Syria. UK aircraft were operating in defence of our Coalition partners who had come under attack in the conduct of such operations. Our actions on 21 June were a proportionate response to the threat posed to partner forces, complied with International Humanitarian Law and there were no civilian, coalition or partner casualties.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL9371 question first answered 19/07/2018 14:45:13 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

938065

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether UK military action near al-Tanf, Syria, on 21 June was approved by Parliament.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
	uin	HL9371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The Parliamentary debate and vote of 2 December 2015 approved the involvement of UK Armed Forces in counter-Daesh operations in Syria. UK aircraft were operating in defence of our Coalition partners who had come under attack in the conduct of such operations. Our actions on 21 June were a proportionate response to the threat posed to partner forces, complied with International Humanitarian Law and there were no civilian, coalition or partner casualties.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL9372 question first answered 19/07/2018 14:45:13 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

937895

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nigeria: Security
	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 (a) transparency and (b) governance within the security forces in Nigeria.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	162570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>We continue to monitor transparency and governance within the security forces in Nigeria, and regularly assess the risks associated with the delivery of UK military assistance in line with the UK's Overseas Security and Justice Assessment guidance.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/07/2018 15:34:45 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

937894

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nigeria: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department provides to improve the capacity of security services in Nigeria to reduce the amount of ungoverned space in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	162569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Assistance provided by the Ministry of Defence to the Nigerian security forces is focused on building capacity to counter the threat of terrorism in the North East of the country.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/07/2018 15:35:17 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

937893

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nigeria: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department is providing to security forces in Nigeria to tackle violence between different groups in the Middle Belt.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	162568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Assistance provided by the Ministry of Defence to the Nigerian security forces is focussed on Nigerian efforts to counter the threat of terrorism in the North East of the country. The Ministry of Defence does not provide support specifically targeted at tackling the violence in the Middle Belt.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/07/2018 15:36:07 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

937834

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Gurkhas: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the pension actuarially of Gurkha's who transferred to the Armed Forces Pension Scheme is 23 to 36 per cent for service that took place prior to 1st July 1997.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	162534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>To be eligible for the Gurkha Offer to Transfer (GOTT) in 2007/8, a Gurkha had to have served in the Army on or after 1 July 1997.</p><p>The service credits applied under the GOTT to service pre-July 1997 were based on actuarial assumptions calculated by the Government Actuary's Department and accepted by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). This is normal practice across the public services for those transferring between pension schemes.</p><p>The assumptions took into account differences in benefit structures between the Gurkha Pension Scheme and the Armed Forces Pension Scheme, including age on joining, length of service and mortality rates.</p><p>Legal challenges to the terms of the GOTT, up to the European Court of Human Rights, were rejected, with MOD's view that the transfer terms were fair and reasonable being upheld.</p><p>No pension value was removed from any Gurkha as a result of the GOTT.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/07/2018 15:16:20 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

937797

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2018 to Question 132273, on Ministry of Defence: Empty Property, what grade those empty properties are under (a) the 4 Tier Grading System and (b) the Combined Accommodation Assessment System.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	162515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>Further to the answer of 16 March 2018 to Question 132273, as of 11 July 2018 there are 8,458 void properties. 1,961 of which are void Officers’ Families’ Quarters and 6,497 void Other Ranks Quarters</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The number of bedrooms in each void property is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of bedrooms</p></td><td><p>Void properties</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1,944</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information on the grading of service family accommodation under the 4 Tier Grading System has not been maintained since the introduction of the Combined Accommodation Assessment System (CAAS).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The grades of the void properties under the CAAS is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Decent Homes Standard</p></td><td><p>Void properties</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DH+</p></td><td><p>6,821</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DH</p></td><td><p>948</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DH-</p></td><td><p>685</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No Data</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 162513 162514 question first answered 24/07/2018 16:55:42 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 70402 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

937796

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2018 to Question 132273 on Ministry of Defence: Empty Property, how many of those empty properties are (a) Officers’ Families’ Quarters and (b) Servicemen’s Families’ Quarters.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	162514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>Further to the answer of 16 March 2018 to Question 132273, as of 11 July 2018 there are 8,458 void properties. 1,961 of which are void Officers’ Families’ Quarters and 6,497 void Other Ranks Quarters</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The number of bedrooms in each void property is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of bedrooms</p></td><td><p>Void properties</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1,944</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information on the grading of service family accommodation under the 4 Tier Grading System has not been maintained since the introduction of the Combined Accommodation Assessment System (CAAS).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The grades of the void properties under the CAAS is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Decent Homes Standard</p></td><td><p>Void properties</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DH+</p></td><td><p>6,821</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DH</p></td><td><p>948</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DH-</p></td><td><p>685</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No Data</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 162513 162515 question first answered 24/07/2018 16:55:42 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 70401 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

937795

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2018 to Question 132273, on Ministry of Defence: Empty Property, what the average number of bedrooms is in those void properties.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	162513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>Further to the answer of 16 March 2018 to Question 132273, as of 11 July 2018 there are 8,458 void properties. 1,961 of which are void Officers’ Families’ Quarters and 6,497 void Other Ranks Quarters</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The number of bedrooms in each void property is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of bedrooms</p></td><td><p>Void properties</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1,944</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information on the grading of service family accommodation under the 4 Tier Grading System has not been maintained since the introduction of the Combined Accommodation Assessment System (CAAS).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The grades of the void properties under the CAAS is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Decent Homes Standard</p></td><td><p>Void properties</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DH+</p></td><td><p>6,821</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DH</p></td><td><p>948</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DH-</p></td><td><p>685</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No Data</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 162514 162515 question first answered 24/07/2018 16:55:42 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 70391 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith