Defence

written question – answered on 25 March 2009.

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  • Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether proposals have been made to his Department for the lease of medium and heavy lift helicopters for use in Afghanistan.

  • Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make an assessment of the extent to which the Taliban are using body armour in combat with UK forces.

  • Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent on ammunitions for operations in Helmand province in each month since 2001; and if he will make a statement.

  • Armed Forces Day: Essex

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he plans to enable organisations based in Essex to participate in Armed Forces Day on 27 June 2009.

  • Armed Forces: Brunei

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent on basing Gurkha soldiers in Brunei Darussalam in each year since 2005.

  • Armed Forces: Career Development (1 annotation)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) officers and (b) other ranks there are in each pay range at each level in the armed services.

  • Armed Forces: Defence Equipment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether service members (a) wounded and (b) killed on operations whilst wearing non-issued body armour are entitled to compensation.

  • Armed Forces: Food

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of the food provided for armed forces personnel came from UK sources in 2007-08.

  • Armed Forces: Housing

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many properties at Blandford Camp were surveyed as part of the Service Family Accommodation Review commissioned by his Department; and into which...

  • Armed Forces: Mental Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how much has been spent on the contracting of service mental health provision to the Priory Clinic in each year since 2003; (2) how many service...

  • Armed Forces: Occupational Therapy

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel returning from conflict zones have received occupational therapy treatments for (a) physical and (b) mental trauma in the...

  • Armoured Fighting Vehicles

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of (a) Warrior, (b) CVR(T) and (c) Saxon vehicles have been fit for service in each year since 2005.

  • AWE Burghfield: Nuclear Weapons

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 22 January 2009, Official Report, column 1668W, on AWE Burghfield: nuclear weapons, what internationally recognised...

  • Ballistic Missile Defence

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the Government's policy is on a ballistic missile defence shield in Europe to provide security against Iran; and if he will make a statement.

  • Defence: International Co-operation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made since the Anglo-French summit of 27 March 2008 on the aspects of defence co-operation that were agreed there; and if he will...

  • Defence: International Co-operation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on (a) European defence cooperation and (b) the Anglo-French defence partnership; and if he...

  • Departmental Electricity Generation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what (a) capital and (b) maintenance expenditure his Department has incurred on standby diesel generators for back-up electricity supply of his...

  • Departmental ICT

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which ICT projects costing more than £1 million his Department has initiated and abandoned before completion in each year since 2003-04; what costs...

  • EU Battlegroups

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the expected cost of the Government's contribution to the EU Battlegroup roster will be in 2010.

  • Gurkhas: Retirement

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of Gurkhas retired from the armed forces to (a) the UK, (b) Nepal and (c) other locations in each year since 1997.

  • Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Woodspring (Dr. Fox) of 26 November 2008, Official Report, columns 1552-3W, on Iraq: peacekeeping...

  • Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK military personnel he expects to be deployed in Iraq after August 2009.

  • Joint Working Groups

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 27 February 2009, Official Report, column 1150W, on nuclear weapons, how much was spent on the visits in each year; and how...

  • Joint Working Groups

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how the costs of co-operation with the United States on nuclear weapons technology are shared under the co-operation terms of the 1958 Mutual...

  • Military Aircraft: Helicopters (1 annotation)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of helicopters by type in the forward fleet were fit for purpose in each year since 2001.

  • Nuclear Submarines

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the Interim Storage of Laid-Up Submarines Group will commence its programme of dismantling the UK's defuelled nuclear powered submarines.

  • Nuclear Submarines

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) when the strategic capacity for storing nuclear submarines in Rosyth Dockyard will be reached; (2) when the strategic capacity for storing nuclear...

  • Nuclear Submarines

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether new facilities for defuelling and de-equipping submarines at Devonport Royal Dockyard will be completed by 2012.

  • Nuclear Submarines

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made in meeting the 2010 date for a storage solution for the nuclear waste from the seven UK nuclear vessels at Rosyth Dockyard.

  • Nuclear Submarines

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what other locations have been proposed as alternative storage sites for decommissioned nuclear submarines at Rosyth Dockyard.

  • Nuclear Submarines

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate the cost of moving the seven decommissioned UK nuclear submarines at Rosyth Dockyard to another site in the UK.

  • Nuclear Submarines

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the next UK nuclear submarine is due to be taken out of service; and whether it will be berthed at Rosyth Dockyard.

  • Nuclear Submarines

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether all decommissioned submarines in Rosyth and Devonport Dockyards have been surveyed for possible holes.

  • Nuclear Submarines

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effects on the environment of moving the seven decommissioned British nuclear powered submarines from the Rosyth Dockyard.

  • Nuclear Submarines

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was discussed at the seventh meeting of the Interim Storage of Laid-Up Submarines Group on Wednesday 11 March 2009; and if he will make a statement.

  • Nuclear Submarines

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many decommissioned UK nuclear-powered submarines with nuclear fuel in their reactors are at Devonport Royal Dockyard; (2) where the UK...

  • Nuclear Submarines

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when a decision will be made on the movement of decommissioned British nuclear powered submarines from Rosyth Dockyard.

  • Nuclear Submarines

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the collision with Le Triomphant resulted in damage to the torpedo tube hatches on HMS Vanguard; and whether torpedoes were unloaded from HMS...

  • Nuclear Submarines

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when HMS Vanguard will return to full operational capacity.

  • RAF St. Athan

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence by what date he expects the Defence College of Communications and Information Systems to have completed its transfer from Blandford Camp to St. Athan.

  • Reserve Forces

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of the Volunteer Reserve has been committed to operations in each year since 1997, broken down by service.

  • Warships (1 annotation)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many orders were placed for new (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels in each year since 1979.