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681834

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Russia: Military Aircraft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Russian military aircraft are passing through British airspace; if so, whether they are always required to submit flight plans in advance; and if not so required, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>There have been no unauthorised incursions by Russian military aircraft into sovereign airspace around the UK, which projects 12 miles off the shore or to a mutually agreed mid-point between adjacent nations, as in the Straits of Dover.</p><p>Russian state registered aircraft, which may include military aircraft, can transit through UK sovereign airspace but must apply for diplomatic clearance in advance on a case by case basis and adhere to an approved flight plan with civil air traffic control authorities.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 08/02/2017 16:21:05 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

662696

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Baltic States: Armed Forces
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many British military personnel are now serving in the three Baltic States and what is the current total NATO deployment there.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The United Kingdom (UK) currently has 21 Service personnel in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, as fellow members of NATO. In the Baltic States there is a persistent NATO presence through three NATO Force Integration Units and three NATO-accredited centres of excellence.</p><p> </p><p>Since Russia’s actions in Ukraine, we have continually demonstrated our commitment to regional defence and security by contributing to NATO assurance activity, including: providing ships to NATO’s Standing Naval Forces in the Baltic Sea; deploying RAF Typhoons to deliver Baltic Air Policing; and conducting exercises in the region, with 400 UK personnel participating in exercise SILVER ARROW in October 2016.</p><p> </p><p>At the Warsaw Summit in July 2016, NATO Allies agreed to enhance the Alliance’s presence in the Baltic States and Poland through the deployment of four highly capable battalions. The UK will be lead the Enhanced Forward Presence battalion in Estonia and it is anticipated that up to 800 UK personnel will be deployed in the Spring of 2017. The contributions from NATO Allies will be:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Host Nation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Framework Nation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Based</strong> <strong>from</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contributing Nations</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Personnel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Deployed from</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>Tapa</p></td><td><p>France, Denmark</p></td><td rowspan="4"><p>Each Enhanced Forward Presence deployment is expected to have around 1,000 personnel, but this will vary over time due to planned rotations of units.</p></td><td rowspan="4"><p>Each Enhanced Forward Presence battalion will be deployed from early 2017.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>Adazi</p></td><td><p>Albania, Italy, Poland, Slovenia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>Rukla</p></td><td><p>Belgium, Croatia, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>US</p></td><td><p>Several locations including Żagań, Świętoszów, Skwierzyna, and Bolesławiec</p></td><td><p>Romania, UK</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 05/01/2017 14:54:19 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

592954

registered interest
date	03/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Lebanon: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the government of Lebanon has requested British air support for its frontier and other military forces; and if so, what their response was.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>No formal request for air support to the Lebanese Armed Forces has been received from the Government of Lebanon. However, should the UK Government receive such a request, it would be given due consideration, in consultation with the counter-Daesh Coalition.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 12/10/2016 15:57:55 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

457926

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Aegean Sea: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) Royal Navy vessels, and (2) vessels from other NATO members, are being deployed for search and rescue operations in the Aegean Sea; whether the orders given to those vessels include arresting traffickers; and what assessment they have made of whether the available forces are sufficient.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the statement I made to this House on Monday 7 March (Official Report, column 1079). The Royal Navy has deployed Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Mounts Bay and a Wildcat helicopter to support NATO activity in the Aegean Sea. These will work alongside three Home Office vessels: VOS Grace, which has been deployed since November; the cutter Protector, which is en route to the region; and a further cutter that is expected to start operations later this month.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to RFA Mounts Bay, there are five NATO ships on station at the moment. Canada, Germany, Greece, Italy, and Turkey have each deployed a ship.</p><p> </p><p>NATO ships will provide information to enable Greek and Turkish civilian authorities to intercept migrant vessels and arrest traffickers. It is not an interdiction or search and rescue operation, but RFA Mounts Bay would give assistance to any vessel it found in distress, in accordance with international obligations.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to sufficiency, we note the substantial contribution being made by the UK and other members of NATO, but we always look to see what further contributions members of the Alliance can make.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL6647 question first answered 11/03/2016 13:50:30 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 7 March 2016.docx title Refugees and Migrants
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

456833

registered interest
date	02/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Aegean Sea: Human Trafficking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to reinforce the Royal Navy's operations in the Aegean Sea in order to save more lives and to arrest more traffickers.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the statement I made to this House on Monday 7 March (Official Report, column 1079). The Royal Navy has deployed Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Mounts Bay and a Wildcat helicopter to support NATO activity in the Aegean Sea. These will work alongside three Home Office vessels: VOS Grace, which has been deployed since November; the cutter Protector, which is en route to the region; and a further cutter that is expected to start operations later this month.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to RFA Mounts Bay, there are five NATO ships on station at the moment. Canada, Germany, Greece, Italy, and Turkey have each deployed a ship.</p><p> </p><p>NATO ships will provide information to enable Greek and Turkish civilian authorities to intercept migrant vessels and arrest traffickers. It is not an interdiction or search and rescue operation, but RFA Mounts Bay would give assistance to any vessel it found in distress, in accordance with international obligations.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to sufficiency, we note the substantial contribution being made by the UK and other members of NATO, but we always look to see what further contributions members of the Alliance can make.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL6744 question first answered 11/03/2016 13:50:30 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 7 March 2016.docx title Refugees and Migrants
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

388059

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have paid compensation to the next of kin of the Afghan interpreters killed, or to those who were disabled, while working for the United Kingdom armed forces in Afghanistan.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>We are grateful to all locally-employed staff working for the United Kingdom Armed Forces who have contributed to the success of our operations in Afghanistan. There are arrangements in place to compensate all those who have suffered significant injury during the course of their employment and the families of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice and whilst working with us in Afghanistan.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 15/07/2015 15:11:35 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

156481

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Interpreters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will accelerate the conclusion of requests for resettlement by Afghan interpreters and other personnel employed by the United Kingdom, either by offering refugee status in the United Kingdom or by assisted resettlement in other countries.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The ex-gratia redundancy scheme includes an offer of relocation to the UK for locally employed Afghan staff who meet the relevant eligibility criteria. Staff are relocated through a bespoke immigration arrangement, not connected to the UK refugee system. This system ensures that identity, health and security concerns are addressed without unreasonable delays. There are no plans to offer Afghan staff refugee status, which would not be appropriate to their circumstances.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 01/12/2014 16:16:22 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

105811

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Hospitals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many staffed and equipped field hospitals they have.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Armed Forces operate 14 Field Hospitals: three Regular Army, ten Regionally Recruited Reserve Field Hospitals and one Nationally Recruited Reserve Field Hospital. These are shown below:</p><p>22 Field Hospital (Regular) - presently deployed in Sierra Leone</p><p>33 Field Hospital (Regular)</p><p>34 Field Hospital (Regular)</p><p>201 (Northern) Field Hospital (Reserve)</p><p>202 (Midlands) Field Hospital (Reserve)</p><p>203 (Welsh) Field Hospital (Reserve)</p><p>204 (North Irish) Field Hospital (Reserve)</p><p>205 (Scottish) Field Hospital (Reserve)</p><p>207 (Manchester) Field Hospital (Reserve)</p><p>208 (Merseyside) Field Hospital (Reserve)</p><p>212 (Yorkshire) Field Hospital (Reserve)</p><p>243 (Wessex) Field Hospital (Reserve)</p><p>256 (London) Field Hospital (Reserve)</p><p>306 Hospital Support Regiment (Reserve)</p><p>Regular Field Hospitals have a permanent cadre of staff who maintain the hospital and its equipment in barracks. During deployments and exercises they are augmented with Regular clinical staff from the Joint Medical Command. At the highest level of readiness, one of these units is able to deploy its lead elements at five days notice.</p><p>The Reserve Field Hospitals' role is to be ready to deploy for enduring operations with a minimum of 18 months notice. This allows sufficient time to prepare both the manpower and equipment for the deployment. Reserves can and do also volunteer as individuals to deploy on operations with Regular units at shorter notice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 11/11/2014 17:16:43 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

100941

registered interest
date	24/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what Royal Navy vessels are currently taking part in NATO's Operation Active Endeavour.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>As at 29 October 2014, HMS KENT (a Type 23 Frigate) and HMS GRIMSBY (a Mine Counter Measures Vessel) are supporting Operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 04/11/2014 17:10:58 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

100607

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RFA Argus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to expand the instructions given to RFA Argus so as to enable its medical facilities to assist all urgent cases from Sierra Leone or nearby states.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>RFA ARGUS is deployed to support the Government's efforts in Sierra Leone. Her primary role is to act as a logistics lift capability and aviation platform, with three embarked Merlin helicopters. RFA ARGUS does, however, have a limited medical capability on board to treat disease and non-battle injury. Treatment of those suffering from Ebola is carried out at separate facilities ashore, the first of which opened in Kerry Town on 5 November and will have the capacity to treat 80 local patients. Also at Kerry Town the UK military is currently manning a 12 bed treatment unit for national and international healthcare workers.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 07/11/2014 14:57:55 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton