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92564

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to encourage all other NATO member states to spend two per cent of their GDP on defence; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	209917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>At the Wales Summit, the UK proposed that all Allies sign up publicly for the first time ever to the NATO target of spending 2% of GDP on defence, and to a range of other metrics including ensuring that 20% of that figure is spent on new capabilities. We secured this objective along with agreement that Allies would review national progress annually and that this would be discussed at future Defence Ministerial meetings and reviewed by Heads of State and Government at future Summits. Between now and the next formal Defence Ministerial in June 2015 we will be engaging with Allies and NATO to ensure the commitments we all agreed at Newport are put in place and reported against. Despite the deficit this Government inherited, we have consistently met and indeed exceeded the target and will continue to do so until the end of the spending review period.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 16/10/2014 16:23:46 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

92215

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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	NATO
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 his NATO counterparts on defence of the eastern borders of the Alliance; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	209692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend The Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) and the Secretary of State for Defence, my Rt Hon Friend the Member for Sevenoaks (Mr Fallon), discussed defence, deterrence and reassurance to Allies in relation a range of threats to the Alliance at the North Atlanitc Treaty Organisation (NATO) Summit in Wales on 4-5 September 2014.</p><p>As the Prime Minister set out in his statement to the House on 8 September, Official Report, column 653, the Wales Summit launched a NATO Readiness Action Plan which will enable NATO to respond faster to the new and emerging threats, including on NATO’s eastern border. To support this, the UK will continue to participate in assurance measures to support our Eastern Allies and contribute 3,500 personnel for exercises.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 15/10/2014 12:38:12 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

90982

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with which NATO allies the UK is working to establish a Joint Expeditionary Force; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	208516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK is developing the Joint Expeditionary Force with Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Norway, outside the framework of any particular international organisation. A letter of intent to develop the Joint Expeditionary Force was signed by Defence Ministers from these nations at the NATO Summit in Wales on 4 September 2014.<br><br>The Joint Expeditionary Force is a pool of forces, drawn from all three Services and the Joint Forces Command and held at high readiness. It covers a very wide spectrum of military capabilities. The UK units allocated to the pool are not fixed, but rotate to allow a cycle of training and exercising between periods of readiness. <br><br>This pool contains up to about 20,000 UK Armed Forces personnel and is used to generate scalable joint task forces, the size and composition of which are tailored to the specific tasks to be completed. They may include forces provided by Joint Expeditionary Force partner nations.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier grouped question UIN 208519 208520 question first answered 06/10/2014 15:31:56 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

90983

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which UK units he plans to allocate to the NATO Joint Expeditionary Force.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	208519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK is developing the Joint Expeditionary Force with Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Norway, outside the framework of any particular international organisation. A letter of intent to develop the Joint Expeditionary Force was signed by Defence Ministers from these nations at the NATO Summit in Wales on 4 September 2014.<br><br>The Joint Expeditionary Force is a pool of forces, drawn from all three Services and the Joint Forces Command and held at high readiness. It covers a very wide spectrum of military capabilities. The UK units allocated to the pool are not fixed, but rotate to allow a cycle of training and exercising between periods of readiness. <br><br>This pool contains up to about 20,000 UK Armed Forces personnel and is used to generate scalable joint task forces, the size and composition of which are tailored to the specific tasks to be completed. They may include forces provided by Joint Expeditionary Force partner nations.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier grouped question UIN 208516 208520 question first answered 06/10/2014 15:31:56 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

90984

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what size the NATO Joint Expeditionary Force will be.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	208520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK is developing the Joint Expeditionary Force with Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Norway, outside the framework of any particular international organisation. A letter of intent to develop the Joint Expeditionary Force was signed by Defence Ministers from these nations at the NATO Summit in Wales on 4 September 2014.<br><br>The Joint Expeditionary Force is a pool of forces, drawn from all three Services and the Joint Forces Command and held at high readiness. It covers a very wide spectrum of military capabilities. The UK units allocated to the pool are not fixed, but rotate to allow a cycle of training and exercising between periods of readiness. <br><br>This pool contains up to about 20,000 UK Armed Forces personnel and is used to generate scalable joint task forces, the size and composition of which are tailored to the specific tasks to be completed. They may include forces provided by Joint Expeditionary Force partner nations.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier grouped question UIN 208516 208519 question first answered 06/10/2014 15:31:56 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

90987

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO
house id	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 a copy of the (a) NATO Readiness Action Plan, (b) Alliance's Review of the Arrangements for NATO Interim Ballistic Missile Defence Capability, (c) NATO Framework Nations Concept and (d) NATO Enhanced Cyber Defence Policy.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	208524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>No. This request relates to a number of classified NATO documents; therefore agreement to release such information would require the agreement of all Allies through the office of the NATO Secretary General.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 13/10/2014 15:52:35 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

89989

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government will repay additional costs incurred as a result of hosting the NATO Summit by (a) the Welsh government, (b) Welsh local authorities and (c) Welsh police forces.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	207631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>In line with established arrangements for funding comparable events, the general principle is that costs directly related to the event, such as those directly attributable to infrastructure and policing for specific supporting activities at the Summit and the UK role in hosting, will be met by the UK Government. However, additional costs which in the devolved context normally fall under the remit of the devolved administration are expected to be met from within existing budgets.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 05/09/2014 13:22:59 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

89542

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of policing the NATO summit in Newport.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	207377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The majority of the Summit costs will be met by Her Majesty's Government. The overall final costs are expected to be reported formally after the Summit has concluded.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 05/09/2014 13:20:45 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

76302

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his priorities are for the forthcoming NATO summit in Newport, Wales.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	204612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer my predecessor the hon. Member for South West Wiltshire (Dr Andrew Murrison) gave on 14 July 2014 (Official Report, column 564) to the hon. Member for Glasgow North West (John Robertson).</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 16/07/2014 16:28:35 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier attachment 1 file name 20140714 Hansard extract NATO Summit.doc title 20140714 Hansard extract
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

64914

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) sets of accounts will be audited and (b) value for money studies will be completed this calendar year by the International Board of Auditors of NATO; how many of these audits were completed in the first six months of the year; when NATO will publish these accounts and audit reports; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	203405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Ministry of Defence. However NATO has agreed to consider for public release all reports from the International Board of Auditors for NATO (IBAN) from financial year 2013 onwards. Given the importance of full transparency and public accountability, we continue to call for all reports to be published except where this would prejudice Alliance security.<br><br><br>The UK remains committed to improving NATO's transparency, accountability and Value for Money to tax payers and will therefore continue to work closely with Allies and NATO on this issue.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 09/07/2014 17:11:44 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison previous answer version 9255 answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley