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58291

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) rank and (b) length of service was of each RAF engineer (aerosystems) officer who left the service in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	199373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested constitutes personal data and is prohibited from release under the Data Protection Act 1998.<br><br>However, based on the information held from 1 April 2011 – 31 March 2014, the average total length of service on exit by rank for the Engineer (Aerosystems) officer is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Rank (RAF Engineer (Aerosystems))</td><td>Average length of sevice</td></tr><tr><td>Junior Officers</td><td>12 years 0 months</td></tr><tr><td>Squadron Leader</td><td>20 years 0 months</td></tr><tr><td>Wing Commander</td><td>26 years 7 months</td></tr><tr><td>Group Captain</td><td>Insufficient data to provide an average*.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br><br>*The small number of Engineering (Aerosystems) Group Captains during the period 01 Apr 11 – 31 Mar 14 means the resulting ‘average' would be misleading.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/06/2014 14:53:44 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

58292

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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, whether he has plans to introduce maritime remotely-piloted air systems; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	199377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The Royal Navy has introduced the ScanEagle Unmanned Air System, delivering an intimate and assured persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance for equipped ships. ScanEagle was brought into service as an Urgent Operational Requirement; we are currently reviewing options for a follow-on maritime capability in the future.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 16/06/2014 16:56:21 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

58293

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the reason was for the time taken to produce the Defence Air Safety Annual Report July 2012 to August 2013, published on 3 April 2014; and if he will make it his policy to publish future such reports within three months of the end of the relevant year.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	199374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Before publishing the Annual Report, it was identified that further analysis of an Air Safety issue was required. Following completion of the analysis, the Report was released for publication. We remain committed to the timely publication of future reports.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/06/2014 14:47:30 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

58294

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to mitigate the risks to defence aviation safety systems and culture referred to in the Defence Air Safety Annual Report July 2012 to August 2013; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	199375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The risks highlighted in the annual report represented an aggregate of air safety risks across the regulated community. These are held by suitably qualified and experienced personnel and are actively managed and mitigated.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 12/06/2014 16:01:53 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

58295

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) outflow and (b) inflow was for RAF (i) engineer (aerosystems) officers and (ii) aircraft tradesmen in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	199376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The outflow and inflow figures available for RAF Engineer (Aerosystems) officers and aircraft tradesmen, for each financial year, are set out in the tables below:</p><p> </p><p>The inflow targets during this period were adjusted in line with the requirement to reduce the regular strength of the RAF. The reduction in inflow was partly due to the reduced requirement for engineering personnel following the removal of aircraft fleets such as Harrier and Nimrod.</p><p> </p><p>The increase in outflow relates to the redundancy programme. As an organisation which recruits into the lower end of the rank structure, recruiting remains important to maintain a sustainable demographic.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 17/06/2014 16:05:31 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name Tables as part of the answer to 199376.doc title Outflow and Inflow figures for RAF Engineers
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

58296

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Income: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the gross value added per capita was for the (a) Brighton and Hove and (b) South Hampshire built-up areas in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	199400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/06/2014 08:57:05 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQs 199400 & 199401.pdf title ONS Letter to Member
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

58297

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Income: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the gross value added was for the (a) Brighton and Hove and (b) South Hampshire built-up areas in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	199401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/06/2014 08:57:05 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQs 199400 & 199401.pdf title ONS Letter to Member
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

58298

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on how many journeys were made between Portsmouth and Brighton by (a) car, (b) rail and (c) bus in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	199402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The National Travel Survey (NTS) has trip data by mode of transport collected via a 7-day travel diary for residents of Great Britain. However, data are not available for specific local areas as the sample is too small at that level of geography to provide reliable results.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Some regional level results are available through combining two survey years of data together. The latest results available are for 2011 and 2012 combined. They cover all domestic journeys by all modes of transport, including car, rail and bus.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table NTS9903 (at link below) shows the average number of trips per person per year by region of residence.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259042/nts9903.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259042/nts9903.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table NTS9905 (at link below) shows the percentage of trips within and between regions.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259032/nts9905.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259032/nts9905.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 199403 question first answered 12/06/2014 11:26:12 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

58299

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on how many journeys were made between Southampton and Brighton by (a) car, (b) rail and (c) bus in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	199403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The National Travel Survey (NTS) has trip data by mode of transport collected via a 7-day travel diary for residents of Great Britain. However, data are not available for specific local areas as the sample is too small at that level of geography to provide reliable results.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Some regional level results are available through combining two survey years of data together. The latest results available are for 2011 and 2012 combined. They cover all domestic journeys by all modes of transport, including car, rail and bus.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table NTS9903 (at link below) shows the average number of trips per person per year by region of residence.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259042/nts9903.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259042/nts9903.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table NTS9905 (at link below) shows the percentage of trips within and between regions.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259032/nts9905.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259032/nts9905.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 199402 question first answered 12/06/2014 11:26:12 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

57889

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Libya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish his Department's assessment of lessons learned from the recent Libyan campaign.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	199068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department has a very thorough lessons learned process which is normally applied when an operation is initiated. However, due to operational security sensitivities we do not, as a matter of course, publish the findings of such processes. We have no plans to publish any lessons learned from Op Ellamy.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 09/06/2014 16:58:12 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching