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date	24/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Military Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what military assistance they are providing to the government of Ukraine to protect Ukraine’s (1) power plants, and (2) infrastructure, from Russian attack.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Leeds
uin	HL2831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to providing military assistance to Ukraine to defend its sovereignty from Russia's illegal and unprovoked invasion.</p><p>So far, we have provided a variety of air defence systems, including Stormer vehicles fitted with Starstreak launchers, and hundreds of missiles for air defence systems. These missiles are helping to protect Ukraine's critical national infrastructure, including its power plants.</p><p>As the Defence Secretary announced on 13 October, the UK will donate AMRAAM to Ukraine, and hundreds of other air defence missiles, to help Ukraine defend itself against Russian missile strikes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 07/11/2022 12:24:43 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4349 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Leeds

1524807

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	ECOPEL: Furs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have tested the faux bearskins produced by the firm Ecopel; and if so, with what result.
tabling member printed	Baroness Fookes
uin	HL2753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>There have been four synthetic furs tested by accredited testing houses since 2015. The artificial fur tested in 2018 failed in all five of the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) basic requirements necessary in order to be considered further as a viable alternative for ceremonial caps areas.</p><p>Tests conducted in 2019 and 2020 on another two samples showed that, while the water penetration was reduced, it still did not meet the necessary standard. It also performed poorly in the remaining basic requirements areas. The most recent test results, provided by PETA from an accredited testing house, have also been analysed by the MOD. The analysis concluded that the fabric only met one of the five basic requirements.</p><p>This means that, to date, there is no faux fur alternative that meets the required standard for the King's Guards ceremonial caps.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL2754 question first answered 03/11/2022 15:30:33 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	830 label Biography information for Baroness Fookes

1524808

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	King's Guards: Furs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to replace the bearskin caps worn by the King's Guards with faux bearskins.
tabling member printed	Baroness Fookes
uin	HL2754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>There have been four synthetic furs tested by accredited testing houses since 2015. The artificial fur tested in 2018 failed in all five of the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) basic requirements necessary in order to be considered further as a viable alternative for ceremonial caps areas.</p><p>Tests conducted in 2019 and 2020 on another two samples showed that, while the water penetration was reduced, it still did not meet the necessary standard. It also performed poorly in the remaining basic requirements areas. The most recent test results, provided by PETA from an accredited testing house, have also been analysed by the MOD. The analysis concluded that the fabric only met one of the five basic requirements.</p><p>This means that, to date, there is no faux fur alternative that meets the required standard for the King's Guards ceremonial caps.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL2753 question first answered 03/11/2022 15:30:33 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	830 label Biography information for Baroness Fookes

1524813

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Republic of Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the cost to the RAF of supporting the Irish government in the protection of their Air Space.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL2759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>I am withholding any response to questions on sovereign airspace access and associated regulations, as these should be for the nation in question to answer; therefore any further questions on Irish airspace should be directed to the Government of Ireland.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL2723 HL2724 HL2725 question first answered 02/11/2022 15:49:05 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1524816

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Security: Foreign Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that non-UK citizens who have access to information classified as sensitive to the national security of the UK or its allies, during their employment in the public service or with contractors to the Government, do not subsequently communicate such information to the government of their country of citizenship.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL2762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>Everyone who works with Government (including staff, contractors and service providers) has a duty of confidentiality and a responsibility to safeguard any HM Government information or data that they access, irrespective of whether it is marked or not, and must be provided with appropriate training. Access to sensitive information must ONLY be granted on the basis of a genuine 'need to know' and an appropriate personnel security control.</p><p> </p><p>All Ministry of Defence personnel sign the Official Secrets Act Declaration upon employment and must complete annual mandatory security training which includes how to handle all Defence information.</p><p> </p><p>Information passed to partners should only be provided to international organisations, foreign governments, and their commercial or industrial entities, in cases where: There is a clear need to know; The international partner has demonstrated both the ability and willingness to protect UK classified information; and appropriate protective security arrangements have been agreed with the recipient.</p><p> </p><p>Any decision to provide UK classified information to international partners must be taken on a risk managed basis by departments and agencies, noting that the threats to information may differ from those in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>For UK contractors, the prior approval of the relevant Department or agency must be obtained before HMG classified assets are released overseas.</p><p> </p><p>Roles with access to sensitive information may also require the postholder to have an appropriate national security vetting clearance; as part of that process applicants’ ongoing overseas connections will be considered, and if a risk is identified as a result of such connections additional risk mitigation will be considered.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, caveats are used - the caveat UK Eyes Only is intended to limit access to UK nationals. Further information can be found in the May-2018_Government-Security-Classifications-2.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 03/11/2022 16:51:32 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

1524437

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Republic of Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what agreements they have made, if any, with the government of Ireland to allow the RAF to provide cover within the Republic of Ireland’s airspace.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL2723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>I am withholding any response to questions on sovereign airspace access and associated regulations, as these should be for the nation in question to answer; therefore any further questions on Irish airspace should be directed to the Government of Ireland.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL2724 HL2725 HL2759 question first answered 02/11/2022 15:49:05 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1524438

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Republic of Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many times in the last year RAF squadrons have been scrambled to escort Russian aircraft out of Irish airspace.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL2724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>I am withholding any response to questions on sovereign airspace access and associated regulations, as these should be for the nation in question to answer; therefore any further questions on Irish airspace should be directed to the Government of Ireland.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL2723 HL2725 HL2759 question first answered 02/11/2022 15:49:05 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1524439

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Republic of Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the annual cost to the RAF of supporting the government of Ireland in the protection of their airspace.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL2725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>I am withholding any response to questions on sovereign airspace access and associated regulations, as these should be for the nation in question to answer; therefore any further questions on Irish airspace should be directed to the Government of Ireland.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL2723 HL2724 HL2759 question first answered 02/11/2022 15:49:05 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1523497

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Homosexuality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Goldie on 17 October (HL Deb col 952), how many service personnel discharged or dismissed before 2000 for homosexual conduct that was legal in civilian life forfeited their full pension rights; and what plans they have to restore their full rights.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL2691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>Defence recognises and accepts that the policy that homosexuality was incompatible with Service life was unacceptable and that its LGBT+ veteran community suffered as a consequence. As part of the Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan 2022-2024, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the Office for Veterans’ Affairs (part of the Cabinet Office) co-commissioned Lord Etherton PC Kt QC to chair an independent review into the impact of this policy. Once completed, Lord Etherton will send a report containing his recommendations to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and The Secretary of State for Defence. The Government will then decide what action to take.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD is not aware of any instances in which the accrued right to a pension has been forfeited because of the member’s sexual orientation; Service personnel dismissed or discharged in respect of their sexuality retained their accrued pension rights. There are no provisions of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme which are discriminatory on the basis of a member’s sexuality. Accordingly, it is not possible in law to amend the scheme rules so that they have retrospective effect. As there is no existing discretion in the Armed Forces pension rules to retrospectively deem pensionable service to have been given in order to provide for additional pension entitlement, they are not an appropriate vehicle for financial compensation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 25/10/2022 10:55:57 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

1522699

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect that their commitment to increase defence spending to three per cent of GDP by 2030 will have on the number UK service personnel.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL2651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>Defence is re-organising and re-equipping to face future threats, however, as the Secretary of State has stated, as the threat changes, we need to change with it.</p><p> </p><p>The 2021 Integrated Review and Defence Command Paper highlighted that we must focus on capabilities rather than troop numbers.</p><p> </p><p>Information regarding the Government’s spending plans are currently due to be announced in the Autumn Statement on 17 November. It would not be appropriate for the MOD to pre-empt the Chancellor’s statement.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 31/10/2022 16:11:11 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan