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registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department were based permanently in (a) Gujarat, (b) Delhi and (c) other states in India in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	48202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The table below details the Military and Civilian staff working in India for the last five years. All MOD Civilian staff working in India are based in New Delhi. The exact geographical location of Military officials working in India is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Fiscal year</p></td><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td><p>2019-2020</p></td><td><p>2020-2021</p></td><td><p>2021-2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civilian FTE total</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Military FTE total</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>- Figures reported in fiscal year 01 April to 31 March.</p><p>- Rounded figures are to the nearest five, with numbers below five replaced by the tilde symbol (‘~’) and zeros replaced by full stops (‘.’). All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wrexham answering member printed Sarah Atherton question first answered 27/09/2022 12:29:43 answering member 4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

754576

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Northolt: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to section 1.24 of the Project Ark report by Ernst and Young of 1 February 2012, for what reasons planning permission has not been sought from the London Borough of Hillingdon for the proposed works at RAF Northolt.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	6454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>Between 2011 and 2013 the Government reviewed a range of options for RAF Northolt, including the potential for disposal or transfer of the aerodrome functions to a civil operator. As part of this, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) commissioned the 2012 Project Ark report. The reference to civil licences in the Project Ark report was in relation to some of these options. Following this review, in April 2013 MOD Ministers took the decision to retain RAF Northolt as a military aerodrome, and other options were not taken forward. Therefore, civil licences were not considered further.</p><p> </p><p>The Project Ark report said that there may be potential to increase civil use on the military aerodrome up to 20,000 movements. However, Ministers took the decision to raise the self-imposed cap on civil movements to 12,000 movements per year. There are no plans to revisit this decision.</p><p> </p><p>Following that April 2013 review decision, the Project Ark report was archived, many of its options remained hypothetical, and it is not an active planning document.</p><p> </p><p>Medium-size airliner type aircraft can be operated at RAF Northolt. Alongside the based BAe 146 military airframes, a number of European allies operate medium-airliner-sized military aircraft into RAF Northolt on military business. However, civil movements remain under strict terms and conditions which specifically limit operating hours and the number of passengers, and exclude Scheduled Commercial Operations. This has the effect of limiting the types of civil aircraft which can operate into RAF Northolt to business aviation flights.</p><p>No meetings have been held with commercial airlines about RAF Northolt, but Ministers did in late 2015 and early 2016 correspond twice in reply to the Chief Executive of Flybe, following an unsolicited bid from that airline. This was not considered further. There are no plans to change the strict terms and conditions that limit the number of passengers on civil movements and exclude scheduled flights.</p><p> </p><p>As the planned runway works will see the refurbishment of existing infrastructure for military requirements, and no change of use is planned, there is no requirement for planning permission.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 6451 6455 6525 6527 6533 question first answered 06/09/2017 15:45:36 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

754580

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Northolt: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to take steps to replace revenue lost from commercial flights as a result of closing RAF Northolt's runway for eight months.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	6541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to replace revenue lost from commercial flights as a result of the planned closure of RAF Northolt's runway for resurfacing.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 05/09/2017 15:07:12 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

754581

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Northolt: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to section 4.22 of the Project Ark report by Ernst and Young of 1 February 2012, whether spare capacity at RAF Northolt can accommodate up to 20,000 business jets per year.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	6451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>Between 2011 and 2013 the Government reviewed a range of options for RAF Northolt, including the potential for disposal or transfer of the aerodrome functions to a civil operator. As part of this, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) commissioned the 2012 Project Ark report. The reference to civil licences in the Project Ark report was in relation to some of these options. Following this review, in April 2013 MOD Ministers took the decision to retain RAF Northolt as a military aerodrome, and other options were not taken forward. Therefore, civil licences were not considered further.</p><p> </p><p>The Project Ark report said that there may be potential to increase civil use on the military aerodrome up to 20,000 movements. However, Ministers took the decision to raise the self-imposed cap on civil movements to 12,000 movements per year. There are no plans to revisit this decision.</p><p> </p><p>Following that April 2013 review decision, the Project Ark report was archived, many of its options remained hypothetical, and it is not an active planning document.</p><p> </p><p>Medium-size airliner type aircraft can be operated at RAF Northolt. Alongside the based BAe 146 military airframes, a number of European allies operate medium-airliner-sized military aircraft into RAF Northolt on military business. However, civil movements remain under strict terms and conditions which specifically limit operating hours and the number of passengers, and exclude Scheduled Commercial Operations. This has the effect of limiting the types of civil aircraft which can operate into RAF Northolt to business aviation flights.</p><p>No meetings have been held with commercial airlines about RAF Northolt, but Ministers did in late 2015 and early 2016 correspond twice in reply to the Chief Executive of Flybe, following an unsolicited bid from that airline. This was not considered further. There are no plans to change the strict terms and conditions that limit the number of passengers on civil movements and exclude scheduled flights.</p><p> </p><p>As the planned runway works will see the refurbishment of existing infrastructure for military requirements, and no change of use is planned, there is no requirement for planning permission.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 6454 6455 6525 6527 6533 question first answered 06/09/2017 15:45:36 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

754582

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Northolt: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the runway at RAF Northolt is a code 3 runway with a landing distance of 1,354 metres; and whether there are plans to change the categorisation of that runway as a result of the renovation works.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	6452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The runway at RAF Northolt is a code 3 runway, which is defined as a runway of 1,200-1,800 metres in length. There is no planned change to the categorisation of the runway following the renovation works.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 05/09/2017 15:02:13 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

754584

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Northolt: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans for RAF Northolt to apply for a Civil Aviation Authority licence.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	6533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>Between 2011 and 2013 the Government reviewed a range of options for RAF Northolt, including the potential for disposal or transfer of the aerodrome functions to a civil operator. As part of this, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) commissioned the 2012 Project Ark report. The reference to civil licences in the Project Ark report was in relation to some of these options. Following this review, in April 2013 MOD Ministers took the decision to retain RAF Northolt as a military aerodrome, and other options were not taken forward. Therefore, civil licences were not considered further.</p><p> </p><p>The Project Ark report said that there may be potential to increase civil use on the military aerodrome up to 20,000 movements. However, Ministers took the decision to raise the self-imposed cap on civil movements to 12,000 movements per year. There are no plans to revisit this decision.</p><p> </p><p>Following that April 2013 review decision, the Project Ark report was archived, many of its options remained hypothetical, and it is not an active planning document.</p><p> </p><p>Medium-size airliner type aircraft can be operated at RAF Northolt. Alongside the based BAe 146 military airframes, a number of European allies operate medium-airliner-sized military aircraft into RAF Northolt on military business. However, civil movements remain under strict terms and conditions which specifically limit operating hours and the number of passengers, and exclude Scheduled Commercial Operations. This has the effect of limiting the types of civil aircraft which can operate into RAF Northolt to business aviation flights.</p><p>No meetings have been held with commercial airlines about RAF Northolt, but Ministers did in late 2015 and early 2016 correspond twice in reply to the Chief Executive of Flybe, following an unsolicited bid from that airline. This was not considered further. There are no plans to change the strict terms and conditions that limit the number of passengers on civil movements and exclude scheduled flights.</p><p> </p><p>As the planned runway works will see the refurbishment of existing infrastructure for military requirements, and no change of use is planned, there is no requirement for planning permission.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 6451 6454 6455 6525 6527 question first answered 06/09/2017 15:45:37 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

754589

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Northolt: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has undertaken a cost-benefit analysis of operating 12,000 commercial flights annually from RAF Northolt.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	6527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>Between 2011 and 2013 the Government reviewed a range of options for RAF Northolt, including the potential for disposal or transfer of the aerodrome functions to a civil operator. As part of this, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) commissioned the 2012 Project Ark report. The reference to civil licences in the Project Ark report was in relation to some of these options. Following this review, in April 2013 MOD Ministers took the decision to retain RAF Northolt as a military aerodrome, and other options were not taken forward. Therefore, civil licences were not considered further.</p><p> </p><p>The Project Ark report said that there may be potential to increase civil use on the military aerodrome up to 20,000 movements. However, Ministers took the decision to raise the self-imposed cap on civil movements to 12,000 movements per year. There are no plans to revisit this decision.</p><p> </p><p>Following that April 2013 review decision, the Project Ark report was archived, many of its options remained hypothetical, and it is not an active planning document.</p><p> </p><p>Medium-size airliner type aircraft can be operated at RAF Northolt. Alongside the based BAe 146 military airframes, a number of European allies operate medium-airliner-sized military aircraft into RAF Northolt on military business. However, civil movements remain under strict terms and conditions which specifically limit operating hours and the number of passengers, and exclude Scheduled Commercial Operations. This has the effect of limiting the types of civil aircraft which can operate into RAF Northolt to business aviation flights.</p><p>No meetings have been held with commercial airlines about RAF Northolt, but Ministers did in late 2015 and early 2016 correspond twice in reply to the Chief Executive of Flybe, following an unsolicited bid from that airline. This was not considered further. There are no plans to change the strict terms and conditions that limit the number of passengers on civil movements and exclude scheduled flights.</p><p> </p><p>As the planned runway works will see the refurbishment of existing infrastructure for military requirements, and no change of use is planned, there is no requirement for planning permission.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 6451 6454 6455 6525 6533 question first answered 06/09/2017 15:45:36 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

754590

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Northolt: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many additional shifts air traffic controllers were required to work above the number specified in their contracts at RAF Northolt last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	6528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The air traffic control tower at RAF Northolt is routinely manned by military personnel for operational reasons between 0730 and 0100. Military personnel are not contracted to defined numbers of shifts.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 05/09/2017 14:57:47 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

754592

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Northolt: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many meetings his Department have had with commercial airlines on matters relating to RAF Northolt over the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	6525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>Between 2011 and 2013 the Government reviewed a range of options for RAF Northolt, including the potential for disposal or transfer of the aerodrome functions to a civil operator. As part of this, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) commissioned the 2012 Project Ark report. The reference to civil licences in the Project Ark report was in relation to some of these options. Following this review, in April 2013 MOD Ministers took the decision to retain RAF Northolt as a military aerodrome, and other options were not taken forward. Therefore, civil licences were not considered further.</p><p> </p><p>The Project Ark report said that there may be potential to increase civil use on the military aerodrome up to 20,000 movements. However, Ministers took the decision to raise the self-imposed cap on civil movements to 12,000 movements per year. There are no plans to revisit this decision.</p><p> </p><p>Following that April 2013 review decision, the Project Ark report was archived, many of its options remained hypothetical, and it is not an active planning document.</p><p> </p><p>Medium-size airliner type aircraft can be operated at RAF Northolt. Alongside the based BAe 146 military airframes, a number of European allies operate medium-airliner-sized military aircraft into RAF Northolt on military business. However, civil movements remain under strict terms and conditions which specifically limit operating hours and the number of passengers, and exclude Scheduled Commercial Operations. This has the effect of limiting the types of civil aircraft which can operate into RAF Northolt to business aviation flights.</p><p>No meetings have been held with commercial airlines about RAF Northolt, but Ministers did in late 2015 and early 2016 correspond twice in reply to the Chief Executive of Flybe, following an unsolicited bid from that airline. This was not considered further. There are no plans to change the strict terms and conditions that limit the number of passengers on civil movements and exclude scheduled flights.</p><p> </p><p>As the planned runway works will see the refurbishment of existing infrastructure for military requirements, and no change of use is planned, there is no requirement for planning permission.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 6451 6454 6455 6527 6533 question first answered 06/09/2017 15:45:36 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

754595

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Northolt: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether RAF service personnel are involved in providing services for commercial flights at RAF Northolt.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	6522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the then Minister of State for Defence Procurement (Mr Phillip Dunne) on 22 February 2016 to Question 26707.</p><p>One Ministry of Defence civil servant at Executive Officer grade is employed at RAF Northolt with a salary range of £24,663 to £28,253. There are five personnel employed through the multi-activity contractor, within the Commercial Booking Cell. I am withholding these staff costs as they are commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 6523 question first answered 06/09/2017 16:06:24 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin attachment 1 file name Hansard 22 February 2016 26707.docx title 26707 - WQnA extract on RAF Northolt
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas