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1132413

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Explosives: Waste Disposal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to her Department's archived document entitled British Isles Explosive Dumping Grounds, what monitoring her Department undertakes of explosives dumped at the following areas and positions (a) Off the Continental Shelf 48 20 00 N 13 40 00 W, (b) East of Aberdeen 57 09 00 N 01 58 30 W, (c) Loch Linnhe 56 30 00 N 05 37 00 W, (d) Inner Sound 57 19 00 N 05 51 00 W (e) Isle of May, Firth of Forth 56 10 45 N 02 30 15 W, (f) Hurd Deep 49 30 00 N 03 34 00 W ,(g) St Catherines Deep 50 34 00 N 01 12 00 W, (h) East of Orford Ness 52 07 00 N 01 55 00 E, (i) East Swin (Kings Channel) 51 47 30 N 01 30 00 E, (j) NW of Alderney 49 50 00 N 02 18 00 W, (k) NW of Alderney 49 47 00N 02 17 00 W, (l) SSW Guernsey 49 18 00 N 02 42 00 W, (m) Whitesand Bay (Plymouth) 50 18 45 N 04 16 00 W, (n) Milford Haven 51 34 30 N 05 01 00 W, (o) Milford Haven 51 38 00 N 05 20 00W, (p) Milford Haven 51 43 30 N 05 33 45 W, (q) Sound of Mull 56 30 00 N 05 37 00 W and (r) Isle of May (Firth of Forth) 56 11 24 N 02 29 00 W.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	265539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence conducts no routine monitoring of these sea-dumping sites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 265541 266294 question first answered 25/06/2019 14:34:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1132415

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Chemical Weapons: Waste Disposal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to her Department's archived document entitled British Isles Explosive Dumping Grounds, what monitoring her Department undertakes of chemical weapons dumped on the following dates and at the following areas and positions (a) 02.07.45, Lat 58 00.9 N, Lon 11 00.0 W, Empire Fal, 2000M, (b) 11.09.45, Lat 55 30.00 N, Lon 11 00.00 W, Empire Simba, 2500M, (c) 01.10.45, Lat 55 30.00 N, Lon 11 00.00 W, Empire Cormorant, 2500M, (d) 30.10.45, Lat 55 30.00 N, Lon 11 00.00 W, Wairuna, 2500M, (e) 30.12.45, Lat 55 30.00 N, Lon 11 00.00 W, Botlea, 2500M, (f) 25.08.46, Lat 47 57.00 N, Lon 08 33.24 W, Empire Peacock, 700-800M, (g) 03.09.46, Lat 48 03.00 N, Lon 08 09.00 W, Empire Nutfield, 500M, (h) 01.10.46, Lat 47 54.00 N, Lon 08 21.00 W, Kindersley, 1000M, (i) 02.11.46, Lat 59 00.00 N, Lon 07 40.00 W, Empire Woodlark, 800M, (j) 11.11.46, Lat 48 00.00 N, Lon 08 21.00 W, Lanark, 800-900M, (k) 05.02.47, Lat 47 40.00 N, Dora Oldendorf, 3500-4000M, (l) 27.07.47, Lat 47 55.00 N, Lon 08 17.00 W, Empire Lark, 750-800M, (m) 09.08.47, Lat 56 22.00 N, Lon 09 27.00 W, Leighton, 1300M, (n) 08.09.47, Lat 47 47.30 N, Lon 08 21.00 W, Thorpe Bay, 1500M, (o) 03.11.47, Lat 47 36.00 N, Lon 09 31.00 W, Margo, 4100M, (p) 01.03.48, Lat 47 55.00 N, Lon 08 58.00 W, Harm Freitzen, 2500M, (q) 22.08.48, Lat 47 16.30 N, Lon 09 24.00 W, Empire Success, 4200M, (r) 22.09.48, Lat 47 23.00 N, Lon 09 24.00 W, Miervaldis, 4000M, (s) 20.06.49, Lat 47 52.00 N, Lon 08 51.00 W, Empire Connyngham, 2000M, (t) 27.07.55, Lat 56 30.00 N, Lon 12 00.00 W, Empire Claire, 2500M, (u) 30.05.56, Lat 56 30.00 N, Lon 12 00.00 W, Vogtland, 2500M, (v) 23.07.56, Lat 56 31.00 N, Lon 12 05.00 W, Krotka, 2500M, (w) ??.06.56, Lat 56 00 N, Lon 10 00 W, UNKNOWN, 2000M and (x) ??.06-09.56, Lat 56 00 N, UNKNOWN, 2000M.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	265541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence conducts no routine monitoring of these sea-dumping sites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 265539 266294 question first answered 25/06/2019 14:34:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

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

1132901

	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	Aviation: Wind Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding her Department has allocated to mitigating the effect of aviation radar on the development of future offshore wind sites.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	266201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The level of funding the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has allocated for mitigating the detrimental effect of offshore wind sites on our air defence radars cannot be separately identified from wider funding that is used to operate and undertake trials with these radars.</p><p>We will continue our work to reduce the effect of offshore wind sites on our radars through safeguarding activity and our existing radar support contracts. We will also continue to conduct flight trials to assess the effectiveness of current and proposed mitigations.</p><p>The MOD remains committed to working closely with industry on mitigating against the effects of the expanding offshore windfarm developments on our air defence and air surveillance capabilities and requirements.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/06/2019 14:36:24 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1133018

	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	Radioactive Waste: Hurd Deep
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether her Department monitors radiation levels around the radioactive waste disposal site at Hurd Deep.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	266294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence conducts no routine monitoring of these sea-dumping sites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 265539 265541 question first answered 25/06/2019 14:34:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1133400

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	World War I: Anniversaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to commemorate the scuttling of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow in June 1919.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	266856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The Royal Navy provided support to the Orkney Islands Council 'Scapa 100' commemorative events on 21 June 2019. The commemorations remembered the fifteen German lives lost as a result of the scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet on 21 June 1919.</p><p>Ceremonial dives were conducted by Royal Navy and German Navy divers to place wreaths on SMS DRESDEN. Royal Navy and German Navy representatives attended a commemorative service at the Royal Naval Cemetery in Lyness where the Royal Marines Band Service, together with the German Navy Band, provided the music.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 25/06/2019 14:36:51 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1133760

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Estonia: Air Force
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times RAF aircraft have been scrambled as part of Operation Azotize.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	267235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>For the 2019 Operation AZOTIZE deployment to undertake Baltic Air Policing in Estonia, the RAF Typhoon detachment have launched Quick Reaction Alert on nine separate days.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 25/06/2019 14:34:19 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1132650

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Gaming Machines
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) Fixed-Odd Betting Terminals and (2) Electronic Gaming Machines, are on property belonging to the Ministry of Defence.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	uin	HL16428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Gambling as an addiction has serious implications for Defence; as a security risk, financially, a mental health issue and as a wider welfare impact on Service personnel; families; veterans and their families. Gambling addiction is difficult to target and deal with effectively as most activity is carried out when Service personnel are off duty or at home. However, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is working to raise financial awareness among Service personnel; all three Services provide links on their welfare sites to several financial advisory sites including MoneyForce, Joining Forces Credit Union, the Services Insurance and Investment Advisory Panel and GamCare, a national charity and leading provider of information, advice and free counselling for the prevention and treatment of problem gambling.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD has not funded or conducted any research on problem gambling among Service personnel or veterans. We are aware that in 2017 the Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) supported a gambling study by Swansea University, the preliminary findings of which suggested UK veterans may be at an increased risk of developing gambling problems than non-veterans. In 2018, FiMT awarded Swansea University £279,503 to undertake a survey to understand and explore the levels of gambling participation and attitudes to gambling in ex-Service personnel.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information on the numbers of betting terminals and gaming machines on MOD property and the revenue generated and beneficiaries is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL16429 HL16430 HL16431 HL16432 question first answered 24/06/2019 14:09:47 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1132651

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Gaming Machines
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money was made from Fixed-Odds Betting Terminals located on Ministry of Defence property in (1) 2015, (2) 2016, (3) 2017, and (4) 2018; and who was the beneficiary of any such money.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	uin	HL16429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Gambling as an addiction has serious implications for Defence; as a security risk, financially, a mental health issue and as a wider welfare impact on Service personnel; families; veterans and their families. Gambling addiction is difficult to target and deal with effectively as most activity is carried out when Service personnel are off duty or at home. However, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is working to raise financial awareness among Service personnel; all three Services provide links on their welfare sites to several financial advisory sites including MoneyForce, Joining Forces Credit Union, the Services Insurance and Investment Advisory Panel and GamCare, a national charity and leading provider of information, advice and free counselling for the prevention and treatment of problem gambling.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD has not funded or conducted any research on problem gambling among Service personnel or veterans. We are aware that in 2017 the Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) supported a gambling study by Swansea University, the preliminary findings of which suggested UK veterans may be at an increased risk of developing gambling problems than non-veterans. In 2018, FiMT awarded Swansea University £279,503 to undertake a survey to understand and explore the levels of gambling participation and attitudes to gambling in ex-Service personnel.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information on the numbers of betting terminals and gaming machines on MOD property and the revenue generated and beneficiaries is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL16428 HL16430 HL16431 HL16432 question first answered 24/06/2019 14:09:47 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans