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170363

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date	15/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Babcock International
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements he plans to put in place for monitoring the performance of his Department's private sector partner Babcock, the preferred bidder for the privatisation of the Defence Support Group.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
uin	218714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Ministry of Defence (MOD) teams already monitor the performance of the Defence Support Group (DSG) Trading Fund. When Babcock, as the new owner of the DSG land business, commences operations on 1 April 2015, the MOD will review performance against a set of Key Performance Indicators and assure the quality of work on a regular basis against the agreed contractual performance measures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 05/01/2015 16:29:42 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
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

170096

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	Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has made to his Russian counterpart on increased activity of Russian aircraft in proximity to UK airspace.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
uin	218557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Defence (Michael Fallon), has mede no direct representations to his Russian counterpart on this issue. The Ministry of Defence strongly supports comments made by NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg calling on Russia to obey the norms of international air traffic. On 2 December 2014 Foreign Ministers agreed on the need to maintain NATO/Russia military-military channels to help ensure that Russian military flights, or naval activities, do not give rise to unintended accidents or escalation. NATO Defence Ministers are due to meet early next month for further discussion.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 05/01/2015 16:55:31 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

170097

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	A400M Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to announce an initial operating capability for the A400M Atlas aircraft.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
uin	218551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>As announced by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister, the first aircraft was delivered to RAF Brize Norton on 17 November 2014 with an inherent initial operating capability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 05/01/2015 17:15:20 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
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