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1123580

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date	29/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Joint Exercises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what joint military exercises the UK armed forces plan to undertake with Saudi Arabia.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	248621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>As at 1 May 2019, there are no UK/Saudi Arabia military exercises planned.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 02/05/2019 15:09:49 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1123581

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Brunei: Joint Exercises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what joint military exercises the UK armed forces plan to undertake with Brunei.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	248622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>Elements of the UK Armed Forces are conducting Exercise Grypus Trail 19/1 in Brunei from 22 April to 26 May 2019. This is a UK national field training exercise supported by elements of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces.</p><p>The UK Armed Forces based in Brunei (British Forces Brunei) plan to participate in Exercise Hikmat Bersatu VI. This is a Brunei national exercise in two phases. Phase 1 is a command post exercise from 5 to 9 August and Phase 2 is a field training exercise from 23 September to 3 October 2019.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 02/05/2019 15:10:25 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1123605

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Scotland
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 4 April 2019 to Question 238377, whether he plans to make mitigation payments to lower-paid MoD personnel based in England in relation to the Scottish rate of income tax.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	248706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>Our approach to mitigation payments was in direct response to concerns expressed by Service personnel adversely affected as Scottish taxpayers. Similar concerns were not raised by others living outside Scotland. Accordingly, there are no plans to provide any form of financial mitigation for those Service personnel outside Scotland who found themselves, for example in Tax Year 2018-19, paying slightly more tax (up to £20 a year) than their equivalents who are resident in Scotland and, therefore, Scottish taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 08/05/2019 13:35:44 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1123723

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Typhoon Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he signed the memorandum of intent with Saudi Arabia for 48 Typhoon aircraft in March 2018; and what the name was of the Saudi counter-party to that memorandum.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	248754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>On 9 March 2018, my right hon. Friend the then Secretary of State for Defence (Gavin Williamson) and the Crown Prince and Saudi Arabian Minister of Defence, His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz al Saud, signed the memorandum of intent for the supply 48 Typhoon aircraft to Saudi Arabia.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/05/2019 15:10:58 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1123735

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 4 April (HL14845), whether the Ministry of Defence adheres to the advice given in the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency Guide to maintaining roadworthiness: Commercial goods and passenger carrying vehicles, published in November 2018, providing that the advice does not conflict with operational requirements.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL15373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has a dis-application from the statutory legislation that requires vehicles to undergo an Annual Roadworthiness Test and periodic Safety Inspections. Where Defence has dis-applications, the Secretary of State for Defence's Policy Statement for Health, Safety and Environmental Protection requires the MOD to maintain Departmental arrangements that produce outcomes that are, so far as reasonably practicable, at least as good as those required by UK legislation. As such, the MOD does conduct Annual Roadworthiness Test and periodic Safety Inspections to the standard contained in the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency guide to maintaining roadworthiness for commercial goods and passenger carrying vehicles.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 09/05/2019 16:18:43 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1123785

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Blackpool
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in determining the relocation of 370 Ministry of Defence jobs at Norcross, Blackpool, Blackpool Council has been consulted on the possibility of co-locating these jobs with other civil servants at the proposed civil service hub near Blackpool North station; and what assessment of value for money of that option has been made.
tabling member printed	Baroness Valentine
uin	HL15423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>In line with the Government Estates Strategy, Defence Business Services (DBS) are considering how to make the most efficient and cost-effective use of its property in the North West.</p><p>Civilian staff employed at the DBS Norcross site have been informed of the Department's planning assumption to vacate by 2023 and due process remains ongoing to ratify the preferred option for DBS's future presence in the North West. The Department is very much aware of the impact these changes may have on its staff and local communities, and officials will continue to carry out the necessary consultations with the Local Authorities and other Government Departments concerned, including the Trade Unions.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 09/05/2019 16:20:26 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3757 label Biography information for Baroness Valentine

1105984

registered interest
date	28/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many financial mitigation payments have been made to MoD personnel based in Scotland in relation to the Scottish rate of income tax; and at what salary level those payments began.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	238377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>No financial mitigation payments have yet been made to Ministry of Defence personnel resident in Scotland in relation to higher rates of Scottish income tax. Mitigation payments for Tax Year 2018-19 will be made in June 2019 to those with taxable earnings of £27,200 or more. Mitigation payments for Tax Year 2019-20 will be made in June 2020 to those with taxable earnings of £28,193 or more. It is estimated that up to 8,000 payments will be made in June 2019 and up to 7,000 payments in June 2020.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/04/2019 14:43:24 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1123349

registered interest
date	26/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Tanks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to reduce the number of tanks.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	247994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 29 April 2019, to Question 246488, to the right hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Kevan Jones).</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/05/2019 15:40:10 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 29 April 2019, UIN 246488 (1).docx title 246488-Challenger Tanks: Repairs and Maintenance
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1123051

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many walk-ins there were to each Army Careers Centre in the last financial year.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	247752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested. While some Army Career Centres may record some data locally, this will not be consistent or comparable with other sites.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 30/04/2019 15:10:41 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1123101

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	D-Day Landings: Anniversaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to mark the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	247630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>To mark the 75<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the Normandy Landings, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) will support commemorative events in the United Kingdom and France. The MOD is working closely with a range of stakeholders including the Normandy Memorial Trust, The Royal British Legion, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Portsmouth City Council and the French authorities in order to ensure that all commemorative events are a success. Our Armed Forces are proud to support these important commemorations as the nation pays tribute to the D-Day veterans who took part in the Normandy Landings 75 years ago.</p><p> </p><p>Over 4,000 Armed Forces personnel from the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force will be mobilised to offer ceremonial and logistical support to events on both sides of the English Channel. At least 11 Royal Navy vessels and multiple aircraft from the Red Arrows to the iconic Spitfire will be involved in events.</p><p> </p><p>On 5 June, the UK will host a national commemorative event on Southsea Common, Portsmouth attended by D-Day veterans, representatives of the nations involved in D-Day and current serving personnel. An RAF flypast of 26 aircraft including the Red Arrows and a Spitfire will then take to the skies. In the evening, a flotilla of Royal Navy ships will salute up to 300 Normandy veterans on board The Royal British Legion’s specially chartered ship as they depart for Normandy, escorted by HMS St Albans, a Type-23 Royal Navy frigate. In France, members of the Army’s 16 Air Assault Brigade will drop over Normandy from RAF aircraft to recreate the famous airborne landings. In the evening, the Army will support events taking place at Pegasus Bridge.</p><p> </p><p>On 6 June in Normandy, the Army will be at Arromanches to mark the moment the first British soldier landed on Normandy’s beaches. Military musicians and personnel will support the inauguration of The Normandy Memorial Trust’s statue at Ver-Sur-Mer, in the presence of senior leaders. In Bayeux, The Royal British Legion will hold events commencing with a service at Bayeux Cathedral and a cemetery service at Commonwealth War Graves Commission Bayeux where they will be supported with a tri-service Guard of Honour and military musicians. In the afternoon, British veterans, escorted by Army personnel will move to Arromanches for informal events including a flypast by the Red Arrows and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.</p><p> </p><p>Any veterans who would like to attend events in the UK or Normandy are encouraged to contact The Royal British Legion at the following website: https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/community/d-day-75/. Information on how the public can attend events in Portsmouth is available at the following website: https://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/D-Day-events.</p><p> </p><p>​</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 02/05/2019 15:08:56 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell