Tag: Baroness Jolly

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Jolly on 2015-11-17.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government with how many Iraqi interpreters the armed forces contracted during military operations in Iraq in each year between 2003 and 2009.

Earl Howe

The total number of Iraqi interpreters recruited by the Armed Forces during Military operations in Iraq from 2003 to 2009 is 1,628. The following table shows this figure broken down by each year:

Year	No. of Interpreters
2003	347
2004	426
2005	499
2006	209
2007	78
2008	69
2009	0

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Jolly on 2016-07-20.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the current anticipated outturn costs and in-service dates for (1) Project Mensa, and (2) Project Pegasus, at the Atomic Weapons Establishment.

Earl Howe

The anticipated outturn costs cannot be provided. The current approved costs and in-service dates for Project Mensa and Project Pegasus are shown below.

In-service dates are shown in bandings to avoid prejudice to national security and defence.

The Main Gate business cases for Projects Mensa and Pegasus include estimates for risk and uncertainty, which are contained within the approved costs.

Project	In-service period	Approved cost (£million)
Project Mensa (warhead assembly/disassembly)	2016-20	734
Project Pegasus (uranium components)	2016-20	634

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Jolly on 2015-11-17.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government with how many Iraqi interpreters the armed forces have contracted since the start of military operations in Iraq in September 2014.

Earl Howe

Ministry of Defence interpreter requirements in Iraq have been met through a third party service contract since September 2014. All seven Iraq Interpreters supplied by the contractor to date are British Citizens.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Jolly on 2016-07-20.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much contingency funding has been allocated for (1) Project Mensa, and (2) Project Pegasus, at the Atomic Weapons Establishment.

Earl Howe

The anticipated outturn costs cannot be provided. The current approved costs and in-service dates for Project Mensa and Project Pegasus are shown below.

In-service dates are shown in bandings to avoid prejudice to national security and defence.

The Main Gate business cases for Projects Mensa and Pegasus include estimates for risk and uncertainty, which are contained within the approved costs.

Project	In-service period	Approved cost (£million)
Project Mensa (warhead assembly/disassembly)	2016-20	734
Project Pegasus (uranium components)	2016-20	634

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Jolly on 2015-11-17.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Iraqi interpreters contracted by the armed forces during military operations between 2003 and 2009 have applied for asylum in the UK in each year from 2009 to 2015.

Lord Bates

Information on the previous occupations of asylum applicants is not centrally recorded and is held in an individual’s paper case file or within the notes section of the case information database (CID). Such data are not aggregated in national reporting systems, which would mean this question could be answered only through a disproportionately expensive manual case search to collate the data.

The Home Office publishes immigration statistics annually and quarterly, which are available from the Home Office research and statistics website.

This includes information on asylum applications by nationality. The latest statistics can be found in asylum volume 1, data table as_01 at the following link : https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2015-data-tables

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Jolly on 2015-11-17.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Iraqi interpreters contracted by the armed forces during military operations between 2003 and 2009 have been granted asylum in the UK in each year from 2009 to 2015.

Lord Bates

Information on the previous occupations of asylum applicants is not centrally recorded and is held in an individual’s paper case file or within the notes section of the case information database (CID). Such data are not aggregated in national reporting systems, which would mean this question could be answered only through a disproportionately expensive manual case search to collate the data.

The Home Office publishes immigration statistics annually and quarterly, which are available from the Home Office research and statistics website.

This includes information on asylum applications by nationality. The latest statistics can be found in asylum volume 1, data table as_01 at the following link : https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2015-data-tables

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Jolly on 2015-11-23.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government which foreign governments were consulted as part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015.

Lord Bridges of Headley

Discussions were offered to all London-based foreign diplomatic missions.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Jolly on 2016-01-12.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many foreign nationals received training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in each year between 2005 and 2016.

Earl Howe

Defence has a long and proud tradition of training overseas military and civilian personnel at its training establishments throughout the UK and this is an essential ingredient of Defence Engagement. Training establishments such as Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) offer international students prestigious courses which remain highly prized. Courses currently undertaken by foreign nationals are the Commissioning Course, the Army Reserve Commissioning Course, the Professionally Qualified Officer Course and the International Trainer Development Course.

These courses expose international partners to UK policy, and promote concepts of accountability, human rights and transparency. They are important in building skills which enable other countries to deal appropriately with their own internal problems, thereby contributing to regional security. The courses are paid for by a combination of self and UK funding. Information on the number of foreign nations in receipt of training at RMAS is provided in the attached table.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Jolly on 2016-01-12.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many nationals of (1) Bahrain, (2) Kuwait, (3) Oman, (4) Qatar, (5) Saudi Arabia, and (6) the United Arab Emirates, received training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in each year between 2005 and 2016.

Earl Howe

Defence has a long and proud tradition of training overseas military and civilian personnel at its training establishments throughout the UK and this is an essential ingredient of Defence Engagement. Training establishments such as Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) offer international students prestigious courses which remain highly prized. Courses currently undertaken by foreign nationals are the Commissioning Course, the Army Reserve Commissioning Course, the Professionally Qualified Officer Course and the International Trainer Development Course.

These courses expose international partners to UK policy, and promote concepts of accountability, human rights and transparency. They are important in building skills which enable other countries to deal appropriately with their own internal problems, thereby contributing to regional security. The courses are paid for by a combination of self and UK funding. Information on the number of foreign nations in receipt of training at RMAS is provided in the attached table.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Jolly on 2016-01-12.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what financial remuneration the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst has received from the training of foreign nationals in each year between 2005 and 2016.

Earl Howe

Defence has a long and proud tradition of training overseas military and civilian personnel at its training establishments throughout the UK and this is an essential ingredient of Defence Engagement. Training establishments such as Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) offer international students prestigious courses which remain highly prized. Courses currently undertaken by foreign nationals are the Commissioning Course, the Army Reserve Commissioning Course, the Professionally Qualified Officer Course and the International Trainer Development Course.

These courses expose international partners to UK policy, and promote concepts of accountability, human rights and transparency. They are important in building skills which enable other countries to deal appropriately with their own internal problems, thereby contributing to regional security. The courses are paid for by a combination of self and UK funding. Information on the number of foreign nations in receipt of training at RMAS is provided in the attached table.