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1673199

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the number of ARAP applications from former members of the (a) Afghan Territorial Force 444 and (b) Commando Force 333 units that have been approved since the scheme opened.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	3862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>As of 28 November 2023, we have relocated 13,300 ARAP Eligible Principals (EPs) and their family members to safety in the UK under the ARAP scheme and have approximately 6,000 eligible persons and family members remaining to relocate to the UK. It is not possible to provide a breakdown of these figures by job role or specific unit.</p><p>Not all members of the Afghan Armed Forces, including specific units such as Afghan Territorial Force 444 and Commando Force 333, will automatically be eligible for ARAP. Each application is assessed on a case-by-case basis on its own merits. However, we are prioritising finding remaining eligible applicants and relocating them as quickly as we can.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 30/11/2023 14:15:36 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1465226

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	RAF Linton-on-Ouse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who the owner or tenant is of the site at RAF Linton-on-Ouse; and whether that site has recently been sold or rented.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	8039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>RAF Linton-on-Ouse, established in 1937, is part of the Defence estate. Flying operations ceased there in 2020. Following an assessment that there was no long-term military requirement for RAF Linton-on-Ouse, the MOD commenced drawing down the site as part of already announced plans to release the site by the end of 2023.</p><p>As announced by the Government on 14 April 2022, the Home Office are due to assume occupation of RAF Linton-on-Ouse under a Memorandum of Transfer of Occupation to establish a reception centre for asylum seekers.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 01/06/2022 09:39:18 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1465227

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Asylum: RAF Linton-on-Ouse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will (a) provide details of and (b) publish any agreement his Department has reached with the Home Office to enable the site at Linton-on-Ouse to be used as asylum accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	8040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office will assume occupation of RAF Linton-on-Ouse under a Memorandum of Transfer of Occupation (MOTO) which is a commonly used method of making estate owned by one Department available to another. There are currently no plans to publish this MOTO once finalised.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 01/06/2022 09:40:10 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1465228

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether sites in his Department's estate were considered alongside RAF Linton-on-Ouse for use as an asylum accommodation site.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	8041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>In response to a request from the Home Office to examine whether Defence sites could be utilised to provide additional asylum accommodation capacity, the MOD undertook a review of the Defence estate to identify potential options. In order to minimise the operational impact to Defence, this review focused on transit and training sites and those sites due to be disposed of in the coming years, which included RAF Linton-on-Ouse. A number of other sites were considered and discounted.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 01/06/2022 09:41:16 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1465229

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of his Department's sites are being considered for use as asylum accommodation in the future.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	8042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>In 2020 Defence made available Napier Barracks in Kent to the Home Office to provide additional asylum accommodation capacity and this is expected to continue until 2025. In December 2021, in response to a further request for estate to enable processing of cross-channel migrants, Defence made available the former Defence Fire Training and Development Centre at Manston, Kent. Defence is currently in the process of finalising a Memorandum of Transfer of Occupation which will enable the Home Office to occupy RAF Linton-on-Ouse in order to provide additional asylum accommodation capacity.</p><p>The Home Office has not made any further requests for MOD sites beyond those mentioned above.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 01/06/2022 09:43:11 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1352674

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many units of living accommodation for MOD staff and families are currently unoccupied.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	41934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>As of 6 September 2021, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) currently has 9,700 vacant Service Family accommodation (SFA) properties in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>This figure represents a snapshot in time as the occupancy rate varies on a daily basis. It includes SFA required to manage expected service personnel moves, properties awaiting modernisation and properties required for disposal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 08/09/2021 15:36:36 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1131788

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to the letter of 4 April 2019 from the hon. Member for Glasgow Central on behalf of veterans in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	263889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Rt Hon the Earl Howe responded to the hon. Member on 7 May 2019. A copy of the letter has been emailed to the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/06/2019 15:51:56 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

710499

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
	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 10 March 2017 to Question 66499, on Egypt: armed forces, how many of those service personnel are involved in operation in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	67541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>None of the Service personnel stationed in Egypt are involved in operations in Yemen. Three are based in the Defence Section in the British Embassy in Cairo delivering UK Defence Engagement with Egypt, and two are deployed with the Multinational Force and Observers peacekeeping organisation in the Sinai, which exists to monitor the terms of the 1979 Treaty of the Peace between Egypt and Israel and continues to make an important contribution to peace and stability in the Sinai.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 20/03/2017 16:23:36 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss