Defence

written question – answered on 11 December 2006.

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  • Operational Bonus

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with Treasury Ministers on the potential effect of tax credit regulations on the operational bonus.

  • Operational Bonus

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with Treasury Ministers on ensuring that the operational bonus is not affected by tax credit regulations.

  • Iraq

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent reports he has received from the Chiefs of Staff on the security situation in Iraq.

  • Iraq

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the security situation in Iraq.

  • Iraq

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost of the (a) security and (b) non-security element of the Basra equivalent of the Baghdad Security Plan; whether...

  • Iraq

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what role UK forces were asked to undertake as a contribution to the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration process in tackling armed militia...

  • Troop Transportation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the arrangements in place for transporting troops by air to and from Afghanistan and Iraq.

  • Afghanistan

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the contribution of British armed forces to security and stability in Afghanistan.

  • Aircraft Carriers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent progress has been made in acquiring additional aircraft carriers.

  • Accounting Requirements

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what financial information is produced by management groupings, which, under the Simplify and Improve initiative, are not required to produce annual...

  • Aircraft

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his policy is on the fitting of anticipators to rotary aircraft.

  • Aircraft

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has received any proposals from Boeing on restoring to operational use the eight HC3 Chinook helicopters.

  • Armed Forces: Casualty Reporting

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department takes to make publicly available information on the number of British (a) casualties and (b) fatalities incurred in (i) Iraq...

  • Armoured Vehicles

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Challenger main battle tanks and Warrior armoured fighting vehicles are (a) available to the Army and (b) deployed on operations.

  • Armoured Vehicles

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the main investment decision for the future Rapid Effect System has been made; and when the British Army will be given the opportunity to trial...

  • Biofuels: Military Bases

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether steps are being taken to utilise used cooking and fuel oils from military bases for recycling as an ingredient in biofuels; (2) what...

  • Cluster Munitions

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his policy is on the use of cluster munitions.

  • Iraq: Troop Withdrawal

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will submit for the approval of both Houses of Parliament any plans for troop withdrawal from Iraq before those plans are implemented; and if he...

  • Non-lethal Operations

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what types of non-lethal spray weapons are carried by military personnel during operations.

  • Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans his Department has to review its contribution to nuclear arms reduction under Article VI of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

  • Nuclear Submarines

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what assessment he has made of the cost-effectiveness of adopting existing submarine-launched cruise missiles to carry nuclear warheads; (2) what...

  • Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Predator unmanned aerial vehicles his Department expects to purchase in the next 12 months; what the cost of these will be; and when they are...

  • QinetiQ

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many goats have died as a result of experiments at QinetiQ Alverstoke in each year since 2000.

  • Royal Fleet Auxiliary

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what progress has been made in settling the level of pay for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in its 2006 pay review process; (2) why the 2006 pay review...

  • Service Personnel: Welfare

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he has taken to improve the welfare package for injured service personnel.

  • Submarines

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence in what proportion of the world's oceans submarines are undetectable from space.

  • Trident

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will assess the suitability of the Trident weapons system as a deterrent during the rest of its serviceable lifetime; and whom and what Trident is...

  • Trident

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the US has (a) power of veto and (b) technological veto over the launch of the Trident nuclear deterrent.

  • Trident

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate the proportion of the defence budget which would be accounted for by Trident's successor in each year of its development and operation.

  • Troop Secondments

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts at the United Nations on human rights training for troops seconded to UN missions.

  • UK Sourced Food

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of food bought by the armed forces in the last 12 months was produced in the UK.

  • UK Sourced Food

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he is taking to encourage the procurers of food supplies for the armed forces to purchase British produce.