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164155

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
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	Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Turkey regarding their support for the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Kobane.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
uin	215608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text We regularly discuss developments in Syria with the Turkish government, including on the status of the Democratic Union Party (PYD). The Turkish government regard PYD as an affiliate of the proscribed terrorist organisation, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Turkey has been clear with the PYD that they need to demonstrate that they are part of the moderate opposition and continue to urge them to co-operate with the National Coalition as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people. answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 28/11/2014 12:56:13 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

164158

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
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	Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Turkey about (a) relations with Kurds in the region and (b) the Kurdistan Workers' Party; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
uin	215601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>We maintain a regular dialogue with the Turkish government on relations with the Kurds in the region. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right Hon Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), discussed the situation in Kobane and the PKK with the Turkish Foreign Minister when they spoke on 9 October. <br><br>We value greatly Turkey’s generosity in hosting over 190,000 refugees that have fled the fighting in Kobane, in addition to the 1.6 million refugees from Syria and Iraq already residing in Turkey. The Department for International Development has already responded to the urgent needs of Syrian Kurdish refugees that have fled to Turkey, and remains ready to react swiftly to further developments. <br><br>We also welcome continued efforts by the Turkish government to take forward the Kurdish peace process, including through the introduction of legislation addressing minority rights and consultation with civil society. The UK stands ready to help in any way we can.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 28/11/2014 12:59:03 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

164157

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
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	Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Turkey on combatting ISIL.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
uin	215600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>We maintain a regular dialogue at all levels with the Turkish government on the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right Hon Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), discussed cooperation against ISIL with the Turkish Foreign Minister when they spoke on 9 October 2014. Since then, the Turkish President has made clear Turkey’s commitment to support international efforts to tackle the threat posed by ISIL. <br><br>Turkey is already making a valuable contribution to the international campaign against ISIL through use of its airspace and its airbases for reconnaissance and humanitarian support. We also value greatly Turkey’s generosity in hosting almost two million refugees fleeing Syria and Iraq.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 28/11/2014 12:58:04 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

170095

registered interest
date	12/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the provision of close air support by the UK for the Afghan National Security Forces.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
uin	218556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>To date, the Afghanistan Government has made no formal representations to the Secretary of State on the use of the Royal Air Force to provide close air support to the Afghan National Security Forces.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois grouped question UIN 213144 217756 question first answered 17/12/2014 17:35:54 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

48182

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether military training given to the Burmese Army by UK advisers advises soldiers to refuse orders that could result in human rights abuses.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
uin	196319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>This issue was covered in a panel discussion during the export version of the Managing Defence in the Wider Security Context course that was delivered in Burma, in January 2014, by a mixed civil-military team from the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom and one of their academic providers, Cranfield University. The discussion sat within a lecture on Rules of Engagement. An international law academic from Cranfield University, who specialises in the law of armed conflict, set out the legal position with regards to obeying illegal orders and the consequences of disobeying them.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

168226

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Medical Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) regular and (b) reserve personnel made up Defence Medical Services in each of the last five years; what targets have been set for the recruitment of each type of personnel; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
uin	217321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The table below provides the trained and untrained strength of Regular and Reserve Defence Medical Service (DMS) personnel (excluding veterinary personnel) at 1 April in each of the last five years and also at 1 October 2014. Data on DMS Reserve personnel prior to 2013 is not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>1 April 2010</p></td><td><p>1 April 2011</p></td><td><p>1 April 2012</p></td><td><p>1 April 2013</p></td><td><p>1 April 2014</p></td><td><p>1 October 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular</p></td><td><p>8,380</p></td><td><p>8,330</p></td><td><p>8,320</p></td><td><p>8,360</p></td><td><p>8,070</p></td><td><p>7,990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reserve</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2,990</p></td><td><p>2,850</p></td><td><p>2,910</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table below provides the DMS ‘baseline’ manning requirement as at 1 April in each of last five years and that for Reserves as at 1 April 2014. Like for like data on the Reserve requirement prior to 2014 is not available. The figures exclude veterinary personnel, the DMS Manning Training Margin (the number of DMS personnel expected to undertake training) and Reserve Musicians.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>1 April 2010</p></td><td><p>1 April 2011</p></td><td><p>1 April 2012</p></td><td><p>1 April 2013</p></td><td><p>1 April 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular</p></td><td><p>7,575</p></td><td><p>7,575</p></td><td><p>7,575</p></td><td><p>6,847</p></td><td><p>6,847</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reserve</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>4,216</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 15/12/2014 17:27:31 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

167995

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many medical service personnel of each specialty have been deployed in support of Operation Herrick in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of those medical personnel were reservists.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
uin	217204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The numbers of UK Armed Forces medical personnel in each speciality that were deployed on Operation Herrick in each Financial Year since 2007-2008 are provided in the attached table.</p><p>Like for like figures for years prior to 2007 are not available.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 11/12/2014 17:23:33 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois attachment 1 file name 20141211 - 217204 UK Armed Forces' Medical Personnel Deployed on Op Herrick.xls title 217204-UK AF medical personnel deployed Op Herrick
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

167996

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Medical Services
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 (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) RAF medical personnel have been in breach of the single service harmony guidelines on each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
uin	217205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/12/2014 17:28:20 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

164112

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Corruption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many requests the Serious Fraud Office has received for mutual legal assistance in relation to corruption from which countries in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
uin	215609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) does not receive Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) requests directly, but in appropriate cases the United Kingdom Central Authority (UKCA) will refer an MLA request to the SFO for execution. the table below details the number of requests for mutual legal assistance in relation to corruption have been referred to the SFO by the UKCA in each of the past 4 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2010 10</p><p> </p><p>2011 9</p><p> </p><p>2012 11</p><p> </p><p>2013 14</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A breakdown by country is not provided as it may lead to the identification of an individual MLA request and it is Government policy neither to confirm nor deny the existence, content or status of any individual MLA request.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 27/11/2014 11:37:23 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

63602

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Leuchars
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the (a) Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, (b) 2 Close Support Battalion REME and (c) 110 Provost Company RMP are scheduled to move to Leuchars; how many military personnel make up each unit; and how many (i) spouses and (ii) school-age children are attached to each unit.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
uin	202097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Royal Scots DG) and 2 Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (2 CS Bn REME) are due to relocate to RAF Leuchars during the summer of 2015, whilst 110 Provost Company (110 Pro Coy), Royal Military Police, will arrive in tranches from late 2015 to 2018. <br><br>The number of personnel, spouses and school aged children are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>UNIT</td><td>Personnel</td><td>Spouses</td><td>Children(0-4)</td><td>Children(5-16)</td></tr><tr><td>Royal Scots DG</td><td>404</td><td>141</td><td>118</td><td>151</td></tr><tr><td>2 CS Bn REME</td><td>263</td><td>108</td><td>53</td><td>91</td></tr><tr><td>110 Pro Coy</td><td>138</td><td>38</td><td>30</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>805</td><td>287</td><td>201</td><td>277</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Dependents data is subject to change due to inflow and outflow of personnel to and from the units and has been estimated for planning purposes. <br><br>Fife Education Authority has visited the units in Germany and are in regular contact with officials regarding the number of children relocating to RAF Leuchars.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 02/07/2014 15:30:33 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem