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46883

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	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 on the effect of changes in the size of the regular Army on the UK's ability to fulfil NATO obligations.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	195230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>We remain fully confident the UK is able to fulfil its obligations to NATO as we implement our Future Force 2020 plans. As explained to NATO Allies during recent NATO defence planning discussions, the UK has a realistic and achievable plan to meet our target of a sensible whole force balance and the UK already has an enviable reputation in NATO for addressing the defence planning targets the Alliance gives us.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

48185

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	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 readiness to defend its Overseas Territories in the event of attack.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	196321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) regularly consults with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and other Government Departments and intelligence agencies, as well as our allies and partners, constantly to review or identify potential threats to UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs). In the first instance the MOD seeks to deter such attacks using deterrence measures including, where necessary, permanently based military garrisons or dedicated patrols, visits by deployed military forces, and more broadly the maintenance of world class deployable military forces. Should deterrence fail to prevent an attack, the Department remains confident that it has the necessary contingency plans and high readiness deployable forces in the UK and elsewhere to respond accordingly to any attack on a UKOT.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

58057

	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	Cyprus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to decide whether Cape Pyla in the Cyprus sovereign base area of Dhekelia will be designated as a protected area.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	198677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Designation of Cape Pyla as a Special Area of Conservation under the Protection and Management of Nature and Wildlife Ordinance 2007 is being considered. As part of this process, the Administration must take account of representations about the proposed designation before making a final decision. It is hoped that a decision on designation can be achieved in 2015, following the consultation period and work to determine the precise boundaries of the designated area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 09/06/2014 16:23:41 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

76301

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Africa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has plans to offer military support to countries in Africa facing Islamic extremism; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	204391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has active defence engagement programmes across Africa that offer military support to African countries and institutions. The intent is to help build the capacity of African countries and institutions to handle the complex security challenges they face, including the threat posed by Islamic extremist organisations. This is achieved by delivering a range of military support including; resident training teams; short term training teams; use of our Defence Attache network; and, the provision of academic and specialised UK military courses. We plan to continue to develop and sustain this activity.<br><br>Key planned military support to African countries facing complex security challenges where Islamic extremism is a significant component, includes:<br><br>The commitment we gave at the London Ministerial on security in Nigeria on 12 June 2014, to offer direct training and advice to the Nigerian forces engaged in the fight against Boko Haram and other terrorist groups. This is in addition to our ongoing assistance to Nigerian Armed Forces’s efforts to locate the Chibok School girls, who were kidnapped by Boko Haram in April;<br><br>Sustaining the training and advisory support we provide to the African Union Mission in Somalia to assist its efforts to combat Al Shabab. We will also continue to assist in the development of a Somali National Army that can protect Somalia’s internal security and borders in the longer-term;<br><br>Continued advice and assistance to the Libyan Armed Forces through the Defence Advisory and Training Team (DATT) in Tripoli; part of the UK’s £62 million Security, Justice and Defence programme. The UK has also committed to train 2,000 of the 10,000 Libyan soldiers for the General Purpose Force in conjunction with those trained by Turkey, Italy and the US. Training of the first tranche began at Bassingbourn in June 2014.<br><br>Delivery of tactical training to the Mali Armed Forces through our contribution to the European Union Training Team (Mali).</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 21/07/2014 14:29:16 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

77913

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans: Advisory Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he intends to lay before the House a Statutory Instrument to reflect the establishment of the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees; and if he will make statement.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	205921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/08/2014 answer text <p>It is our intention to change legislation to reflect the establishment of the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees. The Armed Forces Bill 2015 represents the most likely opportunity to make the change through primary legislation.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 20/08/2014 09:59:21 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

79331

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Guided Weapons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the introduction of the (a) Heavy and (b) Light Future Anti-Surface Guided Weapon Systems on AW159 Wildcat Helicopters; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	206994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Heavy and Light Future Anti-Surface Guided Weapon systems will be introduced to Wildcat maritime helicopters with a planned in-service date of 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 01/09/2014 12:49:53 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90008

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Guided Weapons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on development of the Storm Shadow stand-off weapon; what assessment he has made of its potential advantages to the UK's defence capabilities; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	207657
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Storm Shadow continues to provide the UK with a unique capability for precision strike against high value hardened targets without exposing aircraft and crews to higher than necessary levels of risk.<br><br>The Storm Shadow Mid Life Refurbishment concept phase is considering options to maintain the Storm Shadow Weapons System Capability in order to meet our planning requirements. We have agreed to exchange information with France on our respective national refurbishment and upgrade programmes for Storm Shadow/SCALP EG (the French name for Storm Shadow), underpinned by a Memorandum of Understanding that was signed at the Farnborough International Air Show in July 2014.<br><br>I announced in July that the Storm Shadow is to be integrated onto the RAF's Typhoon aircraft to enter service in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 08/09/2014 15:26:35 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90009

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on development of the Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Captor-E radar; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	207658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave on 17 July 2014 (Official Report, column 797W) to the hon. Member for Moray (Mr Robertson) and 1 September 2014 (Official Report, column 95W) to the hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Jones).</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name 20140717 - Hansard extract European Fighter Aircraft[1].doc title 20130717 Hansard extract European Fighter Aircraft 2 file name 20140901 - Hansard extract European Fighter Aircraft[1].doc title 20140901 Hansard extract European Fighter Aircraft question first answered 08/09/2014 15:15:40 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90010

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft
	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 merits of integrating MBDA Brimstone 2 air-to-ground precision weapon with the Typhoon aircraft to the UK's defence capabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	207659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>The MBDA Brimstone 2 will enhance the multi-role capability of the Typhoon aircraft as it is effective against challenging, high speed and manoeuvring targets over land and sea.<br><br>Work is underway to evaluate the integration of Brimstone 2 with the Typhoon aircraft. On 2 June 2014, BAE Systems was awarded a contract worth in the region of £5 million to undertake a risk reduction study in support of a planned Main Gate business decision in early 2015.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 207687 question first answered 08/09/2014 15:08:27 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90011

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	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 recent progress has been made on development of the F-35 B aircraft.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	207653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The F-35B development test continues to make steady progress. To date, the F-35 fleet has surpassed 19,500 flight hours. <br><br>UK F-35B Initial Operating Capability remains on track to deliver in 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 08/09/2014 14:34:34 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell