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834197

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
	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 compatibility with the Government's policy on nuclear non-proliferation of the development of new types of nuclear weapon for use in UK defence.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	125834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>Any decisions on UK nuclear deterrence policy or capability will be in line with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which remains the cornerstone of the global non-proliferation regime. Given the current threat to international security, and the reality that this will continue for the foreseeable future, our independent nuclear deterrent remains as vital today as ever.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 07/02/2018 16:33:39 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

838485

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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 the Government has a published legal framework and guidance on its use of lethal force using armed drones (a) in recognised conflict zones and (b) outside conflict zones.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	127305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The use of military force, regardless of whether it is delivered by manned or unmanned aircraft or any other military equipment, is governed by applicable UK and International Law. The UK Manual of the Law of Armed Conflict sets out UK practice and is available at the following internet address: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jsp-383-the-joint-service-manual-of-the-law-of-armed-conflict-2004-edition. As the Government has stated previously there is no separate policy or legal guidance on the use of force outside of an armed conflict. Rather it has a policy to protect the UK and its citizens against both armed attacks and imminent threats of armed attack. In implementing this policy it may draw on a wide range of options including, in extremis, the use of lethal force. As such a decision to use lethal force outside of an armed conflict would be conducted on a case by case basis.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 20/02/2018 16:45:23 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

846067

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the latest (a) Army Command Review, (b) Royal Navy Command Review and (c) RAF Command Review.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	128776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>It will take time to review the information required to see what can be released. I will write to the hon. Member when this has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/02/2018 17:39:25 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

850099

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel have been deployed on Operation Orbital in each year since that operation began.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	129667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The number of UK instructors deployed on Op ORBITAL for each financial year is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deployed Personnel</p></td><td><p>712</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>312</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures may include individual instructors deploying on multiple occasions. In addition, the Operation ORBITAL headquarters has consisted of 12-14 personnel throughout this period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 01/03/2018 15:37:08 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

850121

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Eastern Europe: Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel have been deployed on Operation Cabrit since it began.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	129689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The number of personnel deployed on Op CABRIT for each financial year is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deployed Personnel</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>2,539</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures include two rotations of the UK Battlegroup in Estonia and Squadron in Poland, as well as surges in support of training and exercises and short term visits to the operation. The number of UK personnel routinely deployed on Op CABRIT at any given time is around 800 in Estonia and 150 in Poland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 01/03/2018 15:38:28 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

850139

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Eastern Europe: Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether personnel deployed on Operation Cabrit receive the (a) Longer Separation Allowance and (b) Local Overseas Allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	129707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Personnel deployed on Operations ORBITAL and CABRIT are in receipt of the Deployable Welfare Package, which includes Longer Separation Allowance. This means they are not eligible for a Local Overseas Allowance.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 129709 question first answered 01/03/2018 15:36:26 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

850141

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether personnel deployed on Operation Orbital receive the (a) Longer Separation Allowance and (b) Local Overseas Allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	129709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Personnel deployed on Operations ORBITAL and CABRIT are in receipt of the Deployable Welfare Package, which includes Longer Separation Allowance. This means they are not eligible for a Local Overseas Allowance.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 129707 question first answered 01/03/2018 15:36:26 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

850142

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Eastern Europe: Military Decorations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to award a medal for personnel serving as part of NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	129710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>As with all operations on which we ask our personnel to deploy, the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence deployment will be kept under constant review, and a decision on whether to award a medal, or seek permission to wear any medal awarded by NATO, will be taken when it is appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 01/03/2018 15:35:47 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

846315

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Egypt: Islamic State
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance the Government is providing to the Egyptian military to fight ISIS on the Sinai Peninsula.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	128979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>To assist the Egyptian military in its fight against Daesh Sinai, the UK has delivered training packages focused on Countering Improvised Explosive Devices and Close Protection. The UK also puts Egyptian officers through UK initial officer training as well as courses focused on command and strategy, pitched at a more senior military level.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/02/2018 14:34:27 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

846368

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Kuwait: Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government plans to send troops to Kuwait; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	129022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK has a Defence Section in the Embassy in Kuwait and has, for many years, advised and developed Kuwait's Armed Forces through a British Military Mission permanently based in Kuwait. In addition, we have been supporting the counter-Daesh coalition with troops based in Kuwait. The partnership with Kuwait also includes joint exercising with Kuwait's military institutions and Armed Forces. There are on going discussions between the UK and Kuwaiti governments, without commitment, to consider options for future deployments.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/02/2018 17:38:53 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski