Defence

written question – answered on 21 November 2002.

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  • Brigadier Gordon Kerr

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will make a statement on the basis for his policy on Brigadier Gordon Kerr's giving evidence and otherwise co-operating with the inquiry...

  • Afghanistan

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel are deployed in Afghanistan; and how many of these are reserves.

  • Army (Non-British Citizens)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of the British Army is comprised of soldiers who are not British citizens.

  • Baton Rounds

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what technologies are available to assist the accuracy of the plastic baton round; what he estimates the comparative advantages of L18A1 (a) optical...

  • Baton Rounds

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what post-development studies have been carried out on the medical effects of the use of the L21A1 baton round; (2) what progress has been made in...

  • Baton Rounds

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many hours of additional training is required to enable personnel to discharge a baton gun to be fired in situations other than public disorder; what...

  • Business Information Systems

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will provide a breakdown of the money announced in the Spending Review for modernising business information systems across defence.

  • Chiefs of Defence Staff

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the periods of office for the last five (a) Chiefs of Defence Staff, and (b) First Sea Lords after 1972.

  • Civilian Firefighters

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many civilian firefighters are (a) employed and (b) resident in Army barracks in (i) Great Britain and (ii) Northern Ireland.

  • Continuous Attitude Survey

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel in the (a) Army, (b) RAF and (c) Royal Navy were sent the last Continuous Attitude Survey and encouraged to answer; what proportion of...

  • Defence Attaché

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the role and mandate of UK defence attachés posted overseas.

  • Defence Logistics Organisation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people have been employed by the Defence Logistics Organisation in each year since its creation.

  • Defence Logistics Organisation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what computer systems he plans to procure for the Defence Logistics Organisation.

  • Departmental Projects

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what procedures he intends to follow so that the programme for the development of his Department's three sites at Northolt, Woolwich and Uxbridge will be...

  • Departmental Projects

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he will make a further announcement about consultation and approval procedures in respect of his Department's three sites at Northolt, Woolwich and...

  • Departmental Projects

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which areas of each of the three sites at Northolt, Woolwich and Uxbridge will be developed as announced by his Department on 29 October; and what the...

  • Devonport Dockyard

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who was responsible for the security of Devonport Dockyard on Friday 15 November; if he will make a statement on a breach of security involving Trident...

  • Farmers (Thailand)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representation he has received regarding the Minute between the UK and Thailand Government signed on 19 October concerning those clauses that will...

  • Fijian Soldiers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to make it easier for Fijian soldiers serving in British regiments to travel freely while on leave.

  • Fire Tenders (Northern Ireland)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the Department first used the term Yellow Goddess to describe a liveries military fire tender in Northern Ireland; and what other colours are...

  • Firefighters' Dispute

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence under what powers the Government have authorised the employment of members of Her Majesty's armed forces for fire fighting duties; and if he will make a...

  • Firefighters' Dispute

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to train defence personnel in the use of civilian fire equipment; and what estimates have been made of the time required to train...

  • Firefighters' Dispute

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) soldiers, (b) sailors and (c) airmen are (i) deployed on firefighting activities, (ii) trained to use civilian fire equipment and (iii)...

  • Gurkha Welfare Trust

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what financial assistance his Department gives to the Gurkha Welfare Trust; and if he will make a statement.

  • L104A1 Anti-riot Gun

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the means are of assessing a candidate applying for a competency qualification to fire the L104A1 anti-riot gun; what the minimum number of rounds...

  • Medical Down-Grading

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of Her Majesty's forces are medically down-graded.

  • MOD Properties

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the implications for other parts of his Department's estate in London of the proposed development announced by his...

  • Nuclear Test Veterans

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many representations on compensation he has received from nuclear test veterans since June 2001; and if he will make a statement.

  • Operation Sandcastle

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will break down the expenditure on Operation Sandcastle under headings.

  • Operation Sandcastle

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff worked on Operation Sandcastle; what their grades were, and for how long each member of staff worked.

  • Perisher Submarine

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Perisher submarine training exercises have taken place in each of the past five years.

  • Picket Lines

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence under what circumstances members of the armed forces can cross trade union picket lines.

  • Recruitment (Over-50s)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people employed in his Department are aged over 50.

  • Reservists

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to ensure that embodied regular reservists are given the same promotion opportunities as their regular army counterparts.

  • Royal Hospital, Haslar

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions his Department has had with the Borough of Gosport as planning authority about the long-term use of the site of the Royal hospital Haslar.

  • Royal Navy

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the strength of the Royal Navy is.

  • Royal Navy

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal Navy ships are (a) on operations and (b) in port.

  • Secondments

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the senior officials who have left his Department since April 2000 to take up posts in the private sector, stating in each case the name,...

  • Service Establishments

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many times establishment targets for the (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) RAF have changed since 1998; and what the rationale was for the change each time.

  • Spending Review

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what capabilities or facilities he intends to procure with the new capital announced in the Spending Review; and if he will list the five capabilities...

  • Stores Management System

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made in developing the defence stores management system; and how much has been spent on the project to date.