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905496

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date	16/05/2018
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Kosovo
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff from his Department or seconded from other Ministerial Departments have been assigned to roles in the (a) British Embassy, Pristina, (b) United Nations Mission in Kosovo, (c) NATO Kosovo Force, (d) European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo and (e) other international organisations' missions in Kosovo in each year since 2008.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	144843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has been unable to provide all the information requested. Where this is the case, I have provided an explanation. In addition, where staff numbers are below five people, I have not specified the exact figure. In addition, as a matter of policy, we do not disclose exact figures where staff numbers are below five people.</p><p>(a) As of 31 March each year between 2013 and 2018, the following number of Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) UK-based staff have been posted to the British Embassy in Pristina:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><em>Year</em></td><td><em>Number of FCO UK-Based Staff</em></td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>Fewer than 5</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These numbers include staff who were on interchange from other Whitehall departments for the duration of their posting on FCO terms and conditions of service.</p><p>The FCO does not hold centrally a breakdown of how many FCO UK-based staff were overseas between 2008 to 2012. We are only able to provide information on the total FCO UK-based headcount data. The FCO outlined these figures in a previous Parliamentary Question (142785):</p><p><a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130226/text/130226w0002.htm" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130226/text/130226w0002.htm</a></p><p>(b) The Government provided secondees to the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) between 1999 and 2008. However in the timeframe available, we cannot ascertain whether any such secondees remained in post after 2008. The FCO does not currently second staff to UNMIK.</p><p>(c) The FCO does not second staff to the NATO Kosovo Force (KFOR). Each year from 2009 to 2016, there were UK-based Ministry of Defence (MOD) civilian staff deployed to Kosovo as Deputy Director or Director to the NATO Advisory and Liaison Team (and its predecessor organisations). The FCO currently seconds external staff to the NATO Advisory and Liaison Team. The number each year is under five.</p><p>(d) The FCO supplied the following numbers of secondees to the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) since 2011. Data on secondees prior to 2011 is not held centrally.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Year</strong></td><td><strong>Number of UK secondments to EULEX</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>8 (including secondees to the Specialist Chambers/Special Prosecutor's Office in the Hague)</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>9 (including secondees to the Specialist Chambers/Special Prosecutor's Office in the Hague)</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>43</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>61</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(e) Staff have been seconded by the FCO to the EU Special Representative (EUSR) in Kosovo. The number each year was under five. Staff have previously been seconded by the UK to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mission in Kosovo. However, from 2008 onwards, these secondees were not paid by the Government; they received living allowances from the OSCE. From 2009 to 2012, seven staff were seconded to the International Civilian Office.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 25/05/2018 11:06:34 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

905497

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Kosovo
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff from her Department have been assigned to roles in the (a) British Embassy, Pristina, (b) United Nations Mission in Kosovo, (c) NATO Kosovo Force, (d) European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo and (e) other international organisations' missions in Kosovo in each year since 2008.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	144844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>No DFID staff have been assigned to the British Embassy, United Nations Mission, NATO Kosovo Force, European Union Rule of Law Mission or any other international organisations since 2010. DFID does not hold such records prior to 2010.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 23/05/2018 16:11:18 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

905498

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office and Police: Kosovo
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) staff from his Department and (b) officers from UK police forces have been assigned to roles in the (i) British Embassy, Pristina, (ii) United Nations Mission in Kosovo, (iii) NATO Kosovo Force, (iv) European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, and (v) other international organisations' missions in Kosovo in each year since 2008.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	144845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has no centrally held record of any staff or UK police officers being posted to a role in the British Embassy in Pristina from 2008 to date. Since 2013, 4 police officers have been deployed to the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo. We have no centrally held records covering Home Office staff or police officers being deployed to other agencies relating to Kosovo or the period before 2013.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/05/2018 16:05:41 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

905499

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Kosovo
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilian staff from his Department, (b) military officers and (c) other ranks have been assigned to roles in the (i) British Embassy, Pristina, (ii) United Nations Mission in Kosovo, (iii) NATO Kosovo Force, (iv) European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo and (v) other international organisations' missions in Kosovo in each year since 2008.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	144846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide a complete answer as the information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>In 2008 the UK Defence Attaché (DA) to Kosovo was based in Pristina but has been non-resident since 2009. Since 2009 there has been one officer deployed as Advisor to the Commander of Kosovo Security Force. In 2017 two officers were deployed to KFOR HQ as staff officers and a 29 person Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Task Force (one officer and 28 other ranks) deployed to support KFOR, with two staff officers and an ISR Task Force of 31 personnel similarly deployed in 2018. Each year from 2009 to 2016 there was one UK-based Ministry of Defence civilian deployed to Kosovo as a deputy director or director to the NATO Advisory and Liaison Team (and its predecessor organisations). All posts have been funded through the Conflict, Security and Stability Fund (CSSF) apart from the DA.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 25/05/2018 13:16:03 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

905501

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
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	Kosovo: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the UK's financial contribution to the budgets of the (a) United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, (b) European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, (c) NATO Kosovo Force and (d) other international organisations' missions in Kosovo has been in each year since 2008.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	144847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has been unable to provide all the information requested. Where this is the case, we have provided an explanation.</p><p>(a) The UK's share of the budget for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) is paid from the UK's Peacekeeping Budget. Our contribution to this is funded from the Government's Conflict Stability and Security Fund (CSSF). The UK's share of the UN Peacekeeping Budget is currently 5.8%. Our payments to the UN Peacekeeping Budget for the last seven financial years are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Financial Year</strong></td><td><strong>Payment</strong></td></tr><tr><td>17/18</td><td>£1.4m</td></tr><tr><td>16/17</td><td>£1.2m</td></tr><tr><td>15/16</td><td>£1.4m</td></tr><tr><td>14/15</td><td>£1.6m</td></tr><tr><td>13/14</td><td>£1.6m</td></tr><tr><td>12/13</td><td>£2.2m</td></tr><tr><td>11/12</td><td>£1.8m</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data prior to FY 2011/12 is not available on the FCO's current system. To search the archives would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p>(b) The UK's contribution to the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) comes from our overall contribution to the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) budget, which is calculated on the basis of Member States' GDP. We do not make mission specific contributions. To give an indication of costs, we pay £34m per year to cover all EU CSDP Missions (Peacekeeping and non-Peacekeeping).</p><p>(c) The UK contributes to the NATO Kosovo Force through our overall contributions to NATO Operation Balkans, in accordance with the UK's NATO cost share in force at the time that the budget was set. Records accessible in the time available date back to 2009 and set out the UK's contribution to Operation Balkans:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Year</strong></td><td><strong>Payment (Euros)</strong></td><td><strong>UK's NATO cost share</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>3.086m</td><td>12.0542%</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>2.910m</td><td>11.5478%</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>2.803m</td><td>11.1677%</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>2.801m</td><td>11.1677%</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>2.588m</td><td>10.4790%</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>2.494m</td><td>10.4790%</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>2.039m</td><td>9.8485%</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>2.245m</td><td>9.8485%</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>2.384m</td><td>10.4581%</td></tr></tbody></table><p>(d) In 2018, the total funds allocated to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Field Operations was €79.5m, of which €17.4m was allocated to its mission in Kosovo. The UK's share of this allocation was 11.09%.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 25/05/2018 11:09:17 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

905504

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Turkey: Military Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what diplomatic steps the Government has taken to support UK industry in its pursuit of Turkish TF-X fighter aircraft contracts.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	144848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government has provided a coordinated, joined up package of support to those UK companies pursuing opportunities as part of the TF-X fighter aircraft programme. This includes Government to Government bilateral meetings and high level interventions, to support the ongoing diplomatic liaison between business and government (in the UK and Turkey) over the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/05/2018 13:02:01 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

905564

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the planned Royal Fleet Auxiliary Fleet solid support ships are planned to play in enabling future UK carrier strike capability.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	144850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The planned Future Solid Support ships, operated by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, will be critical to enabling the Maritime Task Group. They will deliver solid sustainment of food, stores and ordnance to the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers and supporting task groups.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 21/05/2018 15:49:25 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

904823

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual in-year costs for operating the UK Military Flying Training System have been in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	144221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>Since 2011, the Ministry of Defence has spent, on average, £20 million per year with Ascent to provide flying training. This does not include additional costs, for example those associated with fuel, the operation of stations, or military personnel costs, which could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 21/05/2018 15:48:48 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

904827

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Sentinel Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF Sentinel R1 aircraft were serviceable on the first day of each month of 2017.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	144222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of RAF Sentinel R1 aircraft in the Forward and Sustainment Fleets at the beginning of each month for 2017 is given in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Sentinel</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong> <strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>Forward Fleet</p></td><td><p>Sustainment Fleet</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Forward Fleet comprises serviceable and short term unserviceable aircraft. Typically, the short term unserviceable aircraft are undergoing minor works, forward maintenance or any other unforeseen rectification or technical inspection that can arise on a day-to-day basis. The sustainment fleet includes aircraft undergoing deep maintenance, upgrade programmes or being held in storage. The number of aircraft available varies day-to-day, according to normal fleet management activities. The above figures include Sentinel ZJ693 which was placed in long term storage on 1 April 2017</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 21/05/2018 15:30:23 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

904837

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the UK maintains the ability to build combat aircraft and that such capability is not outsourced to foreign powers.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	144223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government recognises the significant contribution that Combat Air makes to UK security, prosperity and international influence and as announced on 22 February 2018 (HCWS479) are developing a Combat Air strategy to address how we will deliver future capability.</p><p>Defence officials are working closely with other Government Departments, international partners, UK industry and academia to inform this work and will publish the initial findings of the strategy this summer.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 21/05/2018 15:44:23 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 22 February 2018, HCWS479.docx title Combat Air Strategy
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones