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797329

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date	29/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	USA: Counter-terrorism
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 19 October 2017 to Question 107136, whether briefings given to UK military personnel in support of US counter-terror actions outside of war zones are given in writing.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	116292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>UK military personnel receive a variety of briefings prior to any deployment, including those in support of another nations' operations. The style and content of their pre-deployment briefings are shaped by the operation itself. These briefings, along with training in the Law of Armed Conflict throughout their careers and, if required, access to UK legal and policy advice during their deployment, ensure that they remain within UK and International Law and any policy restrictions which may apply.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 07/12/2017 16:17:08 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

797330

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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, whether has had discussions with the US Defence Secretary on allegations of civilian deaths during US raids in the Yemeni villages of Yakla and Al Jubah in January and May 2017.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	116293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK is not involved in counter-terror operations in Yemen. US counter-terror activities are a matter for US authorities.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 08/12/2017 14:44:44 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson previous answer version 28221 answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

797331

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on allegations of civilian deaths during US raids in the Yemeni villages of Yakla and Al Jubah in January and May 2017.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	116294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK is not involved in counter-terrorism operations within Yemen. Any enquiries relating to US counter-terrorism activities should be redirected to the US authorities.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/12/2017 15:54:06 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

797332

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Law of War
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the Government has authorised the use of lethal force in a non-military context under the legal basis of self-defence since August 2015.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	116295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>None.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 07/12/2017 16:16:42 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

797334

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Funerals
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 17 November to Question 111512 on Armed Forces: funerals, whether he intends to implement the recommendations on the revision of the Army Drill Manual directions for military funerals; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	116297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The amended Drill Manual will be available both online and in hard copy. It will be the extant guidance for the Army to follow whenever organising a military funeral.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 05/12/2017 16:51:31 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

797335

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether there is a formal mechanism by which educational organisations concerned about levels of funding can effectively communicate those concerns to the Department.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
uin	116298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department maintains a formal process for individual institutions to share their school funding concerns.</p><p> </p><p>Academies are able to raise concerns with their regional Education and Skills Funding Agency contacts.</p><p> </p><p>Concerns about the finances of individual maintained schools should be raised with their maintaining local authority.</p><p> </p><p>If individual academies or maintained schools have concerns over the local distribution of the funding they should discuss this with their school forum.</p><p> </p><p>At a national level, officials convene regular meetings of the School and Academy Funding Group and its corresponding sub-groups, which have membership from a wide range of organisations representing schools and academies, local authorities, teachers and head teachers, to advise the Department on matters relating to all aspects of school and high needs funding.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/12/2017 17:15:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon

797337

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Food Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that children in receipt of free school meals do not go hungry over the Christmas period.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	116300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>Free school meals are only provided to eligible pupils attending school during term time and schools are not required to provide food for children during the holidays. Some local councils may, however, decide to allocate some of their funding to programmes that help families who find it difficult to provide their children with healthy meals during the holidays.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently considering the School Holidays (Meals and Activities) Bill, which considers this issue, and will be responding in due course.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/12/2017 17:12:13 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

797338

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Hartz Reforms on employment in Germany, what support his Department provides to people in marginal employment in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
uin	116301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>A key purpose of the Hartz reforms was to increase flexibility in the German labour market and reduce tax pressures on low-paid and temporary workers. It helped Germany stop a long-term increase in unemployment.</p><p> </p><p>The UK unemployment rate currently stands at 4.3%, a 42 year low. The UK ranks very well internationally on labour market flexibility. It is a key strength of our economy and has played an important role in achieving the near record employment levels that we currently enjoy.</p><p> </p><p>We also exempt many low-paid jobs from income tax. This government has increased the personal allowance, and as a result, 1.2m individuals will be taken out of income tax altogether by 2018-19 compared to 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>We are also introducing Universal Credit, a long overdue and necessary reform. It responds dynamically to changes in income and ensures that it always pays to work more.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/12/2017 14:22:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon

797339

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Bahrain: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, (a) what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse for programmes providing technical assistance and training to Bahrain and (b) from what Departmental funding stream did this assistance come from between October 2016 to October 2017.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	116302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>In financial year 2016-17, £1.52 million was spent on UK expertise to Bahraini-led reform: This was financed from HMG's Conflict, Security and Stability Fund (CSSF). We expect a similar amount to be spent in financial year 2017-18. This funding will come from the Global Britain Fund and the Integrated Activity Fund.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 116299 question first answered 11/12/2017 17:24:09 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

797340

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what training and assistance his Department has provided to the Saudi-led Coalition's Joint Incident and Assessment Team in the financial year 2017/18.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	116303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>​The Foreign Office does not provide training or assistance to the Saudi-led Coalition's Joint Incident and Assessment Team.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 07/12/2017 17:31:07 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake