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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is committed to supporting jobs in Wales and throughout the UK. The MOD recognises how important RAF Valley is to both the local economy and community. As the centre of our fighter pilot training, it is also incredibly important to the MOD, and the MOD continues to invest in RAF Valley.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 22/09/2020 15:43:17 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey

1203854

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces have been deployed in each (a) local authority area and (b) parliamentary constituency part of the Government's covid-19 response.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Aaron Bell
uin	59643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested. As of 15 June, our Armed Forces are deployed to support the work of 10 Joint Military Commands (JMCs) and three other teams across the UK, broken down as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JMC East</p></td><td><p>447</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JMC London</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JMC North East</p></td><td><p>414</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JMC North West</p></td><td><p>145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JMC Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JMC Scotland</p></td><td><p>361</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JMC South East</p></td><td><p>437</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JMC South West</p></td><td><p>323</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JMC Wales</p></td><td><p>467</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JMC West Midlands</p></td><td><p>274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Logistics Support Team</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Standing Joint Command Reserve</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Works Group (Engineers)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,538</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 22/06/2020 16:29:19 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4837 label Biography information for Aaron Bell

1184401

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations: Membership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the skills available free of charge to the Reserve Forces and Cadets' Association through its active volunteer membership.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	27976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 answer text <p>We greatly value the contribution of the Reserve Forces and Cadets' Association's volunteer membership in support of the Reserve Forces and the Cadet organisations. Their continued contribution of their own free time to support our Armed Forces and affiliated youth organisations is laudable, and we hold them in the highest regard.</p><p>We do not currently hold any information on the skills, qualifications or experience of volunteer members outside of the Armed Forces. We recognise that our volunteers bring a wealth of experience and different ways of working, whilst concurrently being a fully integrated and integral part of our tri-service community and youth organisations.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 18/03/2020 15:01:20 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1184402

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations: Membership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that membership of the Reserve Forces and Cadets Association continues to serve (a) reserves and cadets and (b) wider defence policy.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	27977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 answer text <p>We greatly value the contribution of the Reserve Forces and Cadet Associations (RFCA) to Defence and we continue to engage with their volunteer membership. This is achieved through Ministerial and senior military attendance at events such as the Council of RFCAs' annual briefing, and the Annual General Meetings held by Associations. Such engagement ensures that we maintain links at the appropriate level of seniority, and I am confident that the Ministry of efenceD will maintain its current excellent relationship with the RFCAs long into the future.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 18/03/2020 15:07:34 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1184403

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of correspondence between Baroness Goldie and Lord De Mauley that followed the debate on Reserve Forces and Cadets’ Associations of 27 January 2020, Official Report, column 1304.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	27978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 answer text <p>I will write to hon. Member shortly.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 18/03/2020 15:06:41 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1219606

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disinformation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to help tackle disinformation in the context of the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	904220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave earlier today to the hon. Members for Blaenau Gwent (Nick Smith) and Bradford South (Judith Cummins) during Defence oral questions.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 06/07/2020 15:08:08 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1185315

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Driving
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make and estimate of the number of qualified Armed Forces drivers based (a) in the UK and (b) overseas his Department could make available to support logistics during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	30045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>Defence has drivers qualified to drive a range of vehicles including cars, tracked vehicles, minibuses and fuel tankers. Defence drivers with appropriate skillsets who may be able to provide additional support to ensure continuity of logistical operations across the UK have been identified. We continue to work with colleagues cross Government and with industry to better understand how Defence assets might be best able to assist in the COVID-19 response, if required.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 19/03/2020 17:35:22 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1203782

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to the Answer of 9 June 2020 to Question 55019, on Waste Disposal: Applications, whether US fire fighting services use fire fighting foam containing (a) PFBS, (b) PFHpA, (c) PFHxS, (d) PFOS and (e) PFOA materials on US bases in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	59590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The information needed to answer the hon. Member's question will take time to collate. I will write to him when it is available.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 23/06/2020 09:10:03 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1220622

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to whom US bases (a) NSA/NRO Menwith Hill and (b) the Joint Intelligence and Analysis Center at the US base at Croughton are accountable to in the absence of meetings of the Intelligence and Security Committee.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	68789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>The United States Visiting Forces (USVF) are governed by NATO Status of Forces Agreement of 1951 and the Visiting Forces Act 1952. The Ministry of Defence continues to have oversight of activities at USVF bases in the UK, but does not comment on specific matters of intelligence at military bases.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 13/07/2020 09:24:25 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1185226

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	VE Day: Anniversaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department plans to provide for veterans with mobility issues to help them attend VE day celebrations in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	30191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>Veterans have always been at the centre of our plans to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day and our key priority must be their health and wellbeing. Given the age of participants, we are reviewing what we can safely proceed with in line with the latest scientific advice from Public Health England.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 19/03/2020 17:36:12 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford