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A summary of the total amount of direct Ministry of Defence (MOD) payments for equipment and services attributed to BAE Systems companies for each of the last five financial years is as follows:<\/p>

Expenditure with BAE Systems<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Financial Year<\/p><\/td>

Total Payments<\/p>

(£ million)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009-10<\/p><\/td>

3,907<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010-11<\/p><\/td>

3,263<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011-12<\/p><\/td>

3,324<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012-13<\/p><\/td>

3,378<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013-14<\/p><\/td>

To be published on 14 August on Gov.uk in the MOD's Finance Bulletin 1.01 \u2013 Trade, Industry & Contracts 2014<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

This analysis is based on payments made centrally by the MOD (some 95% of all payments). It does not therefore include payments made on behalf of other Government Departments, by the MOD's trading funds and Executive non-departmental public bodies, locally by the Department, through third parties such as prime contractors or other Government Departments, in relation to collaborative projects where the payments are made through international procurement agencies or overseas Governments or by Government Procurement Card.<\/p>

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The UKTI DSO Priority Markets for 2014-15 and the last 5 years are listed below.<\/p>

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2009/10<\/p>

<\/p>

Algeria<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Australia<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Brazil<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Denmark<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Greece<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

India<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Iraq<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Japan<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Saudi Arabia<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Kuwait<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Libya<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Malaysia<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Mexico<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Oman<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

South Africa<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

South Korea<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Turkey<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

UAE<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

USA<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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2010/11<\/p>

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Algeria<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Australia<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Brazil<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Brunei<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

India<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Iraq<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Japan<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Saudi Arabia<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Kuwait<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Libya<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Malaysia<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Mexico<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Oman<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Pakistan<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

South Korea<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Turkey<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

UAE<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

USA<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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2011/12<\/p>

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Algeria<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Australia<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Brazil<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Brunei<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

India<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Iraq<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Japan<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Saudi Arabia<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Kuwait<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Libya<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Malaysia<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Mexico<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Oman<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Pakistan<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

South Korea<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Turkey<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

UAE<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

USA<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

2012/13<\/p>

<\/p>

Australia<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Brazil<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Canada<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Europe/NATO/EU (as a collective market)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

India<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Indonesia<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Japan<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Saudi Arabia<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Kuwait<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Libya<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Malaysia<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Oman<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Qatar<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

South Korea<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Thailand<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Turkey<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

UAE<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

USA<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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<\/p>

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<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

2013/14<\/p>

<\/p>

Australia<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Brazil<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Canada<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Europe/NATO/EU (as a collective market)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

India<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Indonesia<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Japan<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Saudi Arabia<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Kuwait<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Libya<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Malaysia<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Oman<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Qatar<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

South Korea<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Thailand<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Turkey<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

UAE<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

USA<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

2014/15<\/p>

<\/p>

Australia<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Bahrain<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Brazil<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

France<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

India<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Indonesia<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Japan<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Saudi Arabia<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Kuwait<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Malaysia<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Oman<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Qatar<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

South Korea<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Turkey<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

UAE<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

USA<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>

A new list was not created in 2011-12 but the list created for 2010-11 remained extant.<\/p>

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<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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Due to its length I have placed a copy of my response in the House Library.<\/p>

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The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.<\/p>

<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1816", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Wallace of Saltaire"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/65238/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "HL768.pdf"} , "title" : "ONS Letter to Peer"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-07-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-07-14T17:05:40.0390865Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "53"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-07-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Personal Income"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government which are the 20 (1) poorest, and (2) wealthiest, local authority wards in the United Kingdom; and in which local authorities those wards are located.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3691", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Roberts of Llandudno"} ], "uin" : "HL768"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/65239", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/65239/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

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<\/p>

<\/p>

The Home Office and its service providers comply with all relevant employment legislation. The service provider for Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre (IRC), Serco, is required under their contract to employ sufficient female officers to enable appropriate searching and security arrangements for female detainees.

Yarl's Wood IRC has 52% male detainee custody officers (DCOs) and 48% female DCOs. A new recruitment drive is underway, with a review of how flexible and family friendly hours might be enhanced to attract more women recruits as well as devising recruitment campaigns that target female audiences.

Assessment Care in Detention and Teamwork (ACDT) is the system used for monitoring individuals considered to be at risk of self harm and is operated across the detention estate.

ACDT is a care planning system whereby staff from all areas work together to create a safe and caring environment and provide individual care to detainees.

All incidents of self harm are treated very seriously and every step is taken to prevent incidents of this nature. Staff at all centres are trained to
identify those at risk of self harm so that action can be taken to minimise the risk. Notices in various languages are displayed in IRCs setting out that, where there is a concern about a fellow detainee, this should be brought to the attention of a member of staff. Formal risk assessments on initial detention and systems for raising concerns at any subsequent point feed into established self harm procedures in every IRC, which are in turn underpinned by the Home Office Operating Standard on the Prevention of Self-Harm ACDT requires centre managers to appoint trained assessors and named case managers to provide individualised care to detainees based on their particular needs.<\/p>

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<\/p>

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<\/p>

The Home Office and its service providers comply with all relevant employment legislation. The service provider for Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre (IRC), Serco, is required under their contract to employ sufficient female officers to enable appropriate searching and security arrangements for female detainees.

Yarl's Wood IRC has 52% male detainee custody officers (DCOs) and 48% female DCOs. A new recruitment drive is underway, with a review of how flexible and family friendly hours might be enhanced to attract more women recruits as well as devising recruitment campaigns that target female audiences.

Assessment Care in Detention and Teamwork (ACDT) is the system used for monitoring individuals considered to be at risk of self harm and is operated across the detention estate.

ACDT is a care planning system whereby staff from all areas work together to create a safe and caring environment and provide individual care to detainees.

All incidents of self harm are treated very seriously and every step is taken to prevent incidents of this nature. Staff at all centres are trained to
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Well established processes are in place to ensure that members of the Armed Forces posted overseas are able to vote in all those elections for which they are eligible.

The MOD runs an annual information campaign on Electoral Registration which sets out the options for Armed Forces personnel and their families to register to vote. Where Armed Forces personnel are to be posted overseas they are encouraged to appoint a proxy as this removes any doubt about whether a postal vote can be received and returned in time before polls close. Some personnel prefer to cast their own vote and the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 has extended the electoral timetable so that Returning Officers are able to send postal ballot papers out earlier than previously allowed. This will give Armed Forces Personnel more time to receive and return their ballots if they have chosen this option.

The MOD continues to work with the Electoral Commission and the British Forces Post Office, as it has done for previous elections, to ensure that postal ballot papers are identified and quickly processed through the mail system where operationally possible.

Information about complaints related to an inability to vote whilst overseas for the last ten years is not held centrally.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3428", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Astor of Hever"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-06-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-06-26T14:07:52.9768033Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "11"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Defence"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Defence"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-06-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Armed Forces: Elections"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what procedures are in place to ensure that members of the armed forces posted overseas receive, and are able to post, postal ballot papers; and whether any members of the armed forces have complained as a result of not being able to do so in each of the last ten years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3691", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Roberts of Llandudno"} ], "uin" : "HL403"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/62475", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/62475/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Government has no plans to explore the possibility of electronic voting in elections for members of the armed forces posted overseas.<\/p>

The Government has extended the electoral timetable for UK Parliamentary elections from 17 to 25 working days which will allow postal votes to be issued sooner and facilitate postal voting being viable for electors who are living overseas, including members of the armed forces.<\/p>

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<\/p>

At 1 April 2014 there were approximately 18,070 Regular Armed Forces Personnel stationed overseas. This figure excludes Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service personnel and mobilised reservists.


Details of the locations by country and breakdown by Service are reported as part of our Quarterly Location Statistics and the latest report is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/312590/qls_april_14.pdf


The next quarterly report is due to be published on 21 August 2014.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3428", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Astor of Hever"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-06-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-06-26T14:13:37.7580653Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "11"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Defence"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Defence"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-06-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Armed Forces: Deployment"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many members of the armed forces are currently posted overseas.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3691", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Roberts of Llandudno"} ], "uin" : "HL405"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/62426", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/62426/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

UK Youth and Scottish Youth Parliament, who both received a share of the £4.2 million funding for maximising registration, are developing and testing approaches to promote engagement of young people with the democratic process. The Government has made available for free the Rock Enrol! learning resource, and is working with the Higher Education sector to promote on-line registration during course enrolment for students. Over the summer the Electoral Commission will be running a nationwide media campaign which will make prominent reference to the new online registration page.<\/p>

The Government has no plans to legislate to require Electoral Registration Officers and Returning Officers to incentivise electoral registration and voting, such as with discounted council tax or prize draws.<\/p>

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