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Written questions

Brendan O'Hara

602 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence Police: Overtime

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Ministry of Defence Police Officers are subject to disciplinary or unsatisfactory performance procedures in the event that they are unable to undertake additional work in excess of contractual hours; and

29 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence Police

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there is a shortfall in the number of Ministry of Defence Police Officers; and what provision there is for tasking such officers beyond their contracted hours of work.

28 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence Police

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what forecast he has made of the number of Ministry of Defence Police Officers employed by his Department in each year from 2015-16 to 2019-20.

28 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence Police: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what definition his Department use of the term exigency of duty.

28 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence Police

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to address the shortfall in personnel numbers within the Ministry of Defence Police; and when his Department plans to take such steps.

28 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence Police

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many additional Ministry of Defence Police Officers will be required to operate at full capacity in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2018-19 and (e) 2019-20 as a consequence of the 2015 Strategic De

28 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence Police: Clyde Naval Base

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether overtime for Ministry of Defence Police stationed at HM Naval Base Clyde is (a) voluntary or (b) compulsory.

10 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Middle East: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Reaper drones are currently deployed in (a) Iraq and (b) Syria.

10 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Air Force: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to reduce shortages in the number of trained air warfare personnel; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that shortage on military operations in Iraq and Syria.

20 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Radar: Hebrides

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what operational assessment has been undertaken of proposals to use the upgraded TPS-77 radar systems at RRH Benbecula and RRH Buchan as mitigation for planned wind turbine developments.

20 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Radar: Hebrides

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the reasons are for the time taken to upgrade air defence radars at RRH Benbecula and RRH Buchan to the TPS-77 radar standard.

20 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Radar: Hebrides

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to communicate to local authorities and developers of onshore wind renewables projects the effect of the time taken to upgrade air defence radars at RRH Benbecula and RRH Bucha

20 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Radar: Hebrides

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department will meet the revised December 2015 target for upgrading air defence radars at RRH Benbecula and RRH Buchan to the TPS-77 radar standard.

6 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2015 to Question 14252, what estimate he has made of his Department's likely strength of civilian personnel based in Scotland on 1 April (a) 2016 and (b) 2020 for each top lev

22 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Submarines

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the proposed extension of the time limit of restoration of Electrical Shore Supplies to nuclear powered submarines at HMNB Clyde from 20 minutes up to a

22 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Submarines

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what analysis his Department has conducted of the effect on safety of the proposed extension of the restoration of Electrical Shore Supplies from 20 minutes up to a maximum of three hours.

22 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Submarines

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the level of financial saving accruing to Babcock from the proposed extension of the time unit of the restoration of Electrical Shore Supplies from 20 minutes up to a ma

22 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Submarines

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has instructed Babcock to extend the time a nuclear powered submarine can be without electrical power from 20 minutes up to a maximum of three hours.

22 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Submarines

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with Babcock on the proposal to extend the limit of restoration of Electrical Shore Supplies to nuclear powered submarines at HMNB Clyde from 20 minutes up to a maximum of

22 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Astute Class Submarines

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the required timescale is for the restoration of Electrical Shore Supplies with reference to the publication Safety Shutdown Procedure for Astute Class Vessels, published in 2012.

22 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Submarines

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has commissioned an Independent Nuclear Safety Assessment report on plans to extend the time limit of restoration of Electrical Shore Supplies to nuclear powered submarines from 20 minutes

22 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Submarines

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the report by the (a) Nuclear Propulsion Integrated Project Team and (b) Frazer Nash on plans to extend the time limit of restoration of Electrical Shore Supplies to nuclear powered submarines

14 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Submarines: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the submarine involved in the incident with MV Karen on 15 April 2015 was participating in Exercise Joint Warrior at the time of the incident.

14 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Submarines

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Fishing Vessel Avoidance UK Code of Practice extracted from SMP 95 dated 5 June 2002 applies to Vanguard and Astute class submarines on operational patrols.

14 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Submarines: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons Submarine Exercise Areas Ardglass and Peel were not activated on 15 April 2015.

14 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Submarines: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department took to comply with the requirement for transparency set out in paragraph 5c of Annex B of the Fishing Vessel Avoidance UK Code of Practice extracted from SMP 95 dated 5 June 2002 in the

13 Oct 2015 · Attorney General

Syria: Military Intervention

To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Oral Statement by the Prime Minister on 7 September 2015, Official Report, column 26, on what dates he was consulted on the legal basis for drone strikes in Syria.

9 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the demolition of the Samra School in Khirbeit Samra on 20 August 2015.

9 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Clyde Naval Base: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel of his Department working directly with the Trident programme at HM Naval Base Clyde are based permanently within (a) Argyll and Bute constituency, (b) West Dunbartonshire, (c) other parts of S

9 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Clyde Naval Base

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release of 31 August 2015, £500 million for Faslane, announced by the Chancellor, what provision has been made within that funding for investment in (a) roads, signage and communicatio

Source: official written-questions record.