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1715762

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to Question 15576 on Unmanned Air Vehicles, tabled on 26 February 2024 by the Rt hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2024 answer text <p>I responded to the right hon. Member on 10 May 2024.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 10/05/2024 12:53:25 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1715562

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Dishforth Airfield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were based at Dishforth Barracks, Thirsk as of 2 May 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>As at 1 January 2024, there were 450 UK Armed Forces Service Personnel stationed at Dishforth Barracks.</p><p> </p><p>Please note the following caveats:</p><p> </p><ol><li>The number of UK Armed Forces Service Personnel stationed at Dishforth Barracks can only be provided as at 1 January 2024 in line with Published National Statistics.</li><li>This figure comprises UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel (LEP), Volunteer Reserve, Serving Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve and Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) of unknown origin. University Officer Cadets are excluded. The figure includes both trained and untrained personnel.</li><li>The figure is based on Service personnel’s stationed location and not their location of residence – where personnel work is not necessarily where they live. Personnel deployed on operations to an area away from their stationed location are shown against their most recent stationed location.</li><li>Figures containing Reserve personnel are estimates because the station location data for Reserves has not been fully verified.</li><li>The figure has been rounded to the nearest 10 to prevent inadvertent disclosure of personal identities. However, numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 13/05/2024 12:15:43 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1715563

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Victoria Barracks Ballater
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were based at Victoria Barracks, Ballater as of 2 May 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>As at 1 January 2024, there were no UK Armed Forces Service Personnel stationed at Victoria Barracks, Ballater.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 13/05/2024 12:16:11 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1715594

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Israel: 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 5 2023 to Question 3978 on Israel: Military Aid, to which Israeli authorities information from the RAF surveillance flights over Gaza announced on 2 December 2023 has been passed.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The unarmed UK surveillance aircraft are employed for the sole purpose of hostage rescue. Information relating to hostage rescue is passed to the Israeli authorities which provide the best chance of locating hostages.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 08/05/2024 12:40:58 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1715595

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Gaza: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the (a) International Court of Justice and (b) International Criminal Court has requested that his Department provide it with evidence gathered as part of Royal Air Force surveillance flights over Gaza.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>No.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 08/05/2024 12:39:24 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1715596

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Gaza: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Air Force surveillance flights have been flown over Gaza since 7 October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>We will not comment on detailed intelligence matters.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 08/05/2024 12:39:49 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1715598

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Israel: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the purpose was of each RAF-operated flight to Israel since 7 October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The purpose of the RAF operated flights have included aircraft used to transport Ministers and senior officials conducting diplomatic engagements with Israel.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 08/05/2024 12:40:19 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1715628

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army Foundation College: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff at the Army Foundation College were found to have started (a) intimate and (b) otherwise inappropriate relationships with recruits in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Atherton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>Sexual relationships between instructors and trainees have no place in Defence, or wider society, and the MOD’s zero tolerance approach ensures our commitment to providing a better working environment for our Serving personnel is met.</p><p> </p><p>Fewer than ten staff at Army Foundation College Harrogate were found to have had inappropriate relationships with recruits since 2014. Due to the very small number, this will not be broken down further.</p><p> </p><ol><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest ten. Rounding is used to preserve anonymity.</li><li>JPA is a live system which is updated for retrospective complaints/allegations and therefore data can be subject to change.</li><li>These figures are single Service estimates only and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.</li><li>There is no defined criteria for ‘intimate relationships’ or for ‘otherwise inappropriate relationships’. The figure above is based on a search for cases where there was found to have been an abuse of a position of trust at AFC Harrogate which had a sexual nature to it.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 09/05/2024 16:52:43 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton

1715629

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army Foundation College: Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of charges of (a) rape and (b) other sexual offences against people working at the Army Foundation College that were brought to trial at court-martial resulted in conviction in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Atherton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>The tables below show the number and proportion of charges at Court Martial of rape and other sexual offences involving people working at Army Foundation College Harrogate which resulted in a conviction.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Rape </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Convictions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 (7 May onwards)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024 (to 7 May)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Other Sexual Offences</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Convictions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 (7 May onwards)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>16.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024 (to 7 May)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Caveats:</strong></p><p>1. JPA is a live system which is updated for retrospective complaints/allegations and therefore, data can be subject to change.</p><p>2. These figures are single service estimates only and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.</p><p>3. The data represents the number of charges; it may be that more than one charge has been brought against the same person.</p><p>4. Table two shows the number of other sexual offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 or its historical equivalent.</p><p>5. People working at AFC Harrogate does not include recruits.</p><p>6. The % columns detail the proportion of convictions in relation to charges at Court Martial.</p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 09/05/2024 11:33:35 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton

1715659

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Helicopters
	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 November 2023 to Question 1465 on Military Aircraft: Helicopters, whether the Airbus H135 helicopters purchased under Project MATCHA have been sold.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2024 answer text <p>I can confirm that the Defence Equipment Sales Authority has completed a sale to the Commonwealth of Australia and their leasing partners of five surplus H135 helicopters.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 10/05/2024 13:10:17 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey