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681181

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Burma: Military Aid
	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 23 January 2017 to Question 60298, what assessment has been made of the utility of introducing a human rights specific programme module to the training provided to the Burmese Army.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	62252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom provides two educational courses delivered in Burma to the Burmese Army; both comprehensively address human rights. The Managing Defence in the Wider Security Context and the Strategic Leadership Programme are educational courses that promote governance, transparency and accountability, ethics and international law. The courses have specific modules on international humanitarian law, sexual and gender based violence and child soldiers. The courses emphasise the primacy of democratic political oversight and the rule of international law through the majority of subject areas and thus human rights is addressed more thoroughly than in a single module. The forthcoming Managing Defence in the Wider Security Context programme to be delivered in Burma in the early part of this year includes a session specifically dedicated to human rights. UNHCR, UNICEF and UN Women have all contributed to the programmes delivered in Burma.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 03/02/2017 14:45:55 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

674215

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Burma: Military Aid
	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 16 January 2017 to Question 59322, what information his Department holds on whether personnel in the Burmese Army who were trained by courses funded by the Government have been accused of committing human rights violations against the Rohingya people.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	60299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not hold information on whether the personnel in the Burmese Army who have received training on courses funded by the Government have been accused of committing human rights violations.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 23/01/2017 17:42:31 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

674223

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Burma: Military Aid
	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 16 January 2017 to Question 59322, what role the respect of human rights plays in the training provided to the Burmese Army.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	60298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The educational training provided to the Burmese Army aims to promote an awareness of the role and responsibilities of the military within a democratic system, and respect of human rights is implicit in the programmes delivered. There is currently no specific programme module within this training which focuses on the issue of human rights.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 23/01/2017 17:42:03 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

670738

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Burma: Military Aid
	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 9 January 2017 to Question 58251, whether the £236,668 spent on training the Burmese Army was funded through the ODA budget.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	59322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>The figure of £235,668 provided in my answer of 9 January 2017 for total expenditure spent on providing educational training to the Burmese Army as at 21 December was given in error. The correct figure is £305,499.00; the original answer failed to include the costs of a single Defence Academy course delivered during the period. Of the total spend of £305,499 approximately 67% was ODA expenditure</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/01/2017 16:05:30 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

670739

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Academy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total annual expenditure of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom was in each year from 2010 to 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	59348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The total annual expenditure of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom for the financial years (FY) 2010 to 2016 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY</p></td><td><p>Net Expenditure (£million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>137.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>132.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>130.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>137.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>141.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>142.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>135.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/01/2017 16:58:08 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

670749

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Academy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of expenditure by the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom was classified as official development assistance between 2010 and 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	59485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>Prior to 2013, the Department did not routinely collate details of Official Development Assistance (ODA) activity to enable a detailed breakdown of ODA spend; consolidated figures for 2016 are not yet available. ODA-eligible Defence Academy activity funded from the Conflict Security and Stabilisation Fund (CSSF) is included from 2014 onwards.</p><p>The proportion of Defence Academy expenditure classified as ODA for the period 2013 to 2015 is circa:</p><p>2013 - 1.7%</p><p>2014 - 2.3%</p><p>2015 - 2.5%</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/01/2017 16:56:32 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

670134

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Labour Mobility
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants in each unit of his Department are in the redeployment pool.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	59141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The number of civil servants in the Ministry of Defence Redeployment Pool, broken down by their employing Top Level Budget, is set out below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Top Level Budget</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Air Command</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Infrastructure Organisation</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Equipment and Support</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Head Office and Corporate Services</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Joint Force Command</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Navy Command</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/01/2017 16:59:19 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

670183

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Iraq: Weapons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures his Department has in place to monitor the use of weapons supplied to Iraqi Peshmerga forces and other legitimate Iraqi forces to prevent them being diverted to unauthorised end-users.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	59187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK assesses the requirement and the risks involved in the provision of any lethal equipment to third parties. We have only gifted weapons and ammunition to the Kurdish Regional Government for use by their forces in the fight against Daesh. The export process includes a certificate which states clearly who the end user will be. We are content with the controls the Kurdish Regional Government have in place for distribution of UK-supplied weaponry, and with the assurances we have received from them.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/01/2017 16:25:01 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

668901

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Syria: Armed Conflict
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department is providing to anti-Assad forces in and around Idlib.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	58739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>Defence has provided support to Syrian Opposition Forces, both through support with equipment to save lives and political support. We have delivered over £4 million of life-saving equipment including communications, medical and logistics equipment. We have provided equipment to protect against chemical weapons attacks - including 5,000 escape hoods, nerve agent pre-treatment tablets and chemical weapon detector papers.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/01/2017 16:10:10 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

662914

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Burma: Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse has been of training provided to the Burmese army.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	58521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not provide any form of combat training to the Burmese military.</p><p>We do provide educational training to the Burmese military in the form of programmes delivered by the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom on the role of the military in a democracy, leadership and English language training. The cost to the public purse of this training provided to the Burmese Army, as at 21 December 2016, is £236,668. Our programme of engagement with the Burmese military remains under continual review.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 09/01/2017 16:05:36 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake