Defence

written question – answered on 17 July 2007.

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  • Afghanistan: Reconstruction

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many reconstruction projects in the Helmand province have been (a) started and (b) completed in the last two years.

  • Armed Forces: Health

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what responsibility his Department has for the health care of service personnel ill or injured (a) due to duties and (b) due to incidents unrelated to...

  • Armed Forces: Life Insurance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what provision he has made for personnel being deployed abroad to assist them in securing life insurance.

  • Armed Forces: Nijmegen Marches (1 annotation)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether UK armed forces personnel will be taking part in the Nijmegen Marches in 2007; and if he will make a statement.

  • Armed Forces: Recruitment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the current percentage shortfalls are for each pinch point trade in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force.

  • Armed Forces: Royal Engineers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects (a) 124 Fd Sqn RE(V) and (b) 129 Fd Sqn RE(V) to form.

  • Arms Control

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what role his Department plays in delivering the objectives of the G8 global partnership.

  • Army

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many soldiers were commissioned from the ranks in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

  • Defence Agencies

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many people were employed within the (a) Defence Housing Executive and (b) Defence Estates in each year since 1997, broken down by...

  • Defence Export Services Organisation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the future of the Defence Export Services Organisation.

  • Defence Export Services Organisation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with HM Treasury on the future of the Defence Export Services Organisation; and if he will make a statement.

  • Defence Export Services Organisation: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what funding the Defence Export Services Organisation received in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement; (2) what future...

  • Departments: Early Retirement

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of his staff took early retirement in the last five years; at what cost; what grades of staff took early retirement; and what percentage of each...

  • Departments: Flags

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what guidance he has given to military establishments on the flying of the Union flag on a daily basis; and if he will make a statement.

  • Departments: Manpower

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many headquarters staff funded by the public purse in his Department are classified as people without posts.

  • Departments: Public Expenditure

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) his Department's final bid to HM Treasury for resources in the 2004 spending review and (b) the final...

  • Departments: Public Transport

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate his Department has made of the number of its staff using public transport to commute.

  • Departments: Racial Harassment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many complaints of racial abuse relating to staff for which his Department is responsible have been (a) investigated and (b) upheld in the last 12...

  • Ex-servicemen: Hearing Impaired

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when and how ex-servicemen and women waiting for digital hearing aids due to service-related hearing loss will be informed of their priority status.

  • Ex-servicemen: Hearing Impaired

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what instructions have been sent to NHS trusts in relation to affording priority status to ex-servicemen and women needing digital hearing aids due to...

  • Iraq: Peace Keeping Operations

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's estimate was in March 2003 of the cost of operations in Iraq in each of the subsequent five financial years.

  • Iraq: Peace Keeping Operations

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK troops are deployed on operations in Iraq.

  • Military Bases: Wales

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with Airbus Cimpa on the temporary use of redundant bays in the Red Dragon hangar at MOD St Athan.

  • Ministry of Defence Police: Overtime

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the impact of the decision of the Ministry of Defence Police to cancel all non-mandatory staff overtime on (a) the...

  • MV Bugaled Breizh

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 19 February 2007, Official Report, column 321W, on the MV Bugaled Breizh, whether his Department has received any...

  • Navy: Drug Seizures

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what quantity of illegal drugs was seized by the Royal Navy in each of the last three years.

  • Project MoDEL

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) original cost estimate was and (b) current cost estimate is of Project MoDEL.

  • Transport: AWE Burghfield

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2007, Official Report, column 1286W, on transport: AWE Burghfield, under what circumstances special nuclear materials...

  • Transport: AWE Burghfield

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether local incident management plans are put in place when special nuclear materials convoys travel from AWE Burghfield; and whether local authorities...

  • Reserve Forces: Deployment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many reservists are deployed on overseas operations, broken down by deployment location.

  • Weapons

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many recorded missing (a) weapons and (b) weapons parts reports were made to the Royal Military Police between May 2002 and May 2007.