The below Parliamentary question was asked by Douglas Chapman on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of email MA/DGMAA to Min(DPWV) private office 3 Dec 13 16:32.
Mark Lancaster
I have placed the requested documents in the Library of the House.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Douglas Chapman on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of EC-01-19-01/20130205-Mil Cap Air Safety Management Plan 2103.
Penny Mordaunt
I have placed a copy of the Mil Cap Air Safety Management Plan 2013 in the Library of the House, although I am withholding Annexes D and H of the document because these consist of personal data which cannot be released.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK (a) military and (b) civilian personnel are deployed on UN peacekeeping operations in each operational theatre.
Penny Mordaunt
The tables below show the numbers of military and civilian personnel the UK has deployed to UN mandated peacekeeping and special political missions in the last six years, as at 26 February 2016:
Military Personnel
|
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|
|
UNFICYP (Cyprus) |
271 |
273 |
270 |
274 |
274 |
274 |
|
MINUSMA (Mali) |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
||
|
UNMISS (South Sudan) |
3 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
MONUSCO (Democratic Republic of Congo) |
5 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
|
UNSOM (Somalia) |
2 |
2 |
||||
|
UNSMIL (Libya/Tunisia) |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
TOTAL |
276 |
280 |
278 |
285 |
287 |
287 |
Civilian Personnel
|
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|
|
MONUSCO |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
UNMISS |
4 |
4 |
2 |
|||
|
UNSMIL |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
MINUSTAH (Haiti) |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|||
|
UNMIL (Liberia) |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
TOTAL |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
10 |
7 |
The civilian figures represent deployments from the Stabilisation Unit; other Government Departments also deploy civilians on UN Peacekeeping missions.
The figures do not include deployments to UN Agencies.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK (a) military and (b) civilian personnel have been deployed on UN peacekeeping operations in each of the last six years.
Penny Mordaunt
The tables below show the numbers of military and civilian personnel the UK has deployed to UN mandated peacekeeping and special political missions in the last six years, as at 26 February 2016:
Military Personnel
|
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|
|
UNFICYP (Cyprus) |
271 |
273 |
270 |
274 |
274 |
274 |
|
MINUSMA (Mali) |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
||
|
UNMISS (South Sudan) |
3 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
MONUSCO (Democratic Republic of Congo) |
5 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
|
UNSOM (Somalia) |
2 |
2 |
||||
|
UNSMIL (Libya/Tunisia) |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
TOTAL |
276 |
280 |
278 |
285 |
287 |
287 |
Civilian Personnel
|
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|
|
MONUSCO |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
UNMISS |
4 |
4 |
2 |
|||
|
UNSMIL |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
MINUSTAH (Haiti) |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|||
|
UNMIL (Liberia) |
1 |
1 |
||||
|
TOTAL |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
10 |
7 |
The civilian figures represent deployments from the Stabilisation Unit; other Government Departments also deploy civilians on UN Peacekeeping missions.
The figures do not include deployments to UN Agencies.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) funding the Government will provide to the Joint Security Fund, (b) funding his Department will receive from that fund, (c) funding Defence Intelligence will receive from that fund and (d) proportion of the funding his Department will so receive will be passed onto the armed forces.
Michael Fallon
The Treasury has allocated £3.5 billion to departments over this Parliament to provide joint security funding across government: the Ministry of Defence will benefit from £2.1 billion of that funding to deliver the investment for our Armed Forces set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in receipt of a war disablement pension are also in receipt of the (a) age-related tax allowance, (b) allowance for lowered standard of occupation and (c) unemployability supplement.
Mark Lancaster
The Ministry of Defence does not hold information on how many people in receipt of a War Pension are also in receipt of the age-related tax allowance, as this is administered by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. However, as at 31 March 2015 (the latest date information is available) there were 41,470* disablement pensioners born before 6 April 1938 who may meet the eligibility criteria to receive age-related tax allowance.
As at 31 March 2015 (the latest date information is available) there were 116,050 disablement pensioners in receipt of an ongoing pension under the War Pension Scheme. Of these, 10,195 were in receipt of an allowance for lowered standard of occupation, and 6,250 were in receipt of unemployability supplement. All payments made under the War Pension Scheme are tax free.
These figures can be found on the Gov.uk website at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/war-pension-recipients-index
* In line with Defence Statistics’ Rounding Policy for War Pension Scheme data, all figures of five or more have been rounded to the nearest five.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Chinooks, (b) Sea King and (c) Lynx helicopters HMS Ocean carried on her most recent deployment.
Penny Mordaunt
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 3 February 2016 to Question 24276.
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&max=20&questiontype=AllQuestions&house=commons%2clords&uin=24276
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects each of the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates to be withdrawn from service.
Mr Philip Dunne
Current planning assumptions are:
|
Ship |
Out of Service Date |
|
HMS Argyll |
2023 |
|
HMS Lancaster |
2024 |
|
HMS Iron Duke |
2025 |
|
HMS Monmouth |
2026 |
|
HMS Montrose |
2027 |
|
HMS Westminster |
2028 |
|
HMS Northumberland |
2029 |
|
HMS Richmond |
2030 |
|
HMS Somerset |
2031 |
|
HMS Sutherland |
2032 |
|
HMS Kent |
2033 |
|
HMS Portland |
2034 |
|
HMS St Albans |
2035 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 4.92 of the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, Cm 9161, what additional funding the Government intends to provide for investment in the Special Forces; and when that funding will be provided.
Michael Fallon
As the Prime Minister announced on 16 November 2015, there will be a £2 billion programme of new investment in the Special Forces over this Parliament.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2016 to Question 25153, on which Type 45 Destroyers all 16 recommendations of the Independent Power and Propulsion System Performance Review have been implemented in full; when he expects the implementation of all 16 recommendations to be completed across the class; and if he will publish the recommendations made by the review.
Mr Philip Dunne
Fourteen of the recommendations involved a modification to the Power and Propulsion system and all fourteen have been completed across all six ships in the class.
The remaining two recommendations, involving changes to existing training procedures and documentation, have also been adopted. As these two recommendations are administrative in nature, they do not require physical modification of the ships.
With regard to the request to publish the recommendations made by the Independent Power and Propulsion System Performance Review, dated March 2011, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife (Douglas Chapman) to question 25234 on 8 February 2016.