Written questions

602 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Submarines: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the incident involving a submarine and the fishing vessel Karen took place; and when his Department was first informed of the submarine's involvement.

8 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Submarines: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the submarine involved in the incident with the fishing vessel Karen did not surface immediately.

8 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Submarines: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the name was of the submarine involved in an incident with the fishing vessel Karen in April 2015; and which other Royal Navy vessels were in the area at that time.

8 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Submarines: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the results of the Board of Inquiry into the incident involving a submarine and the fishing vessel Karen will be published.

8 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Military Exercises

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets were involved in the Triplex Warrior exercise from (a) the UK, (b) NATO members and (c) non-NATO members in the (i) 2015 and (ii) 2014 exercise; what facilities in the North Sea were defended in the e

8 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets are monitoring the deployment of Severomorsk to the Arctic Ocean.

8 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Argyll and Bute

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total value of defence-related contracts placed by his Department with suppliers based in Argyll and Bute constituency was in each of the last five years.

8 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Trident Submarines

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what modifications will be needed at HMNB Clyde and RNAD Coulport to accept the successor submarine programme; what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of adapting the ship-lift facility at HMNB

8 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Submarines: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what investigations were carried out by his Department prior to the statement that no UK submarines were within 150 miles of the incident involving the fishing vessel Karen.

7 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister's statement of 7 September 2015, how many of the at least six attempted terrorist attacks in the UK within the last 12 months were halted by drone strikes.

17 Jul 2015 · Prime Minister

Syria: Armed Conflict

To ask the Prime Minister, when he was first informed of the involvement of British military personnel in military actions in Syria after the vote against military action in Syria on 30 August 2013.

17 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Syria: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British ground assets have been deployed in Syria since 30 August 2013.

17 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Syria: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British combat aircraft have been deployed in Syria since 30 August 2013.

17 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Syria: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many operations British armed forces personnel have been involved in Syria since 30 August 2013; and from which branch of the armed forces each such personnel was deployed.

17 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Syria: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he was informed of the deployment of British military personnel in military action in Syria prior to the debate on Britain and International Security on 2 July 2015.

17 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Syria: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received since 30 April 2013 on involvement of British military personnel in actions in Syria.

8 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Kurds: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military equipment his Department has supplied to the Kurdish Peshmerga since 22 June 2015.

8 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Nigeria

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many short-term training teams have been deployed to Nigeria to assist in tackling Boko Haram; and how many permanent UK military personnel are based in that country.

6 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Middle East: Peacekeeping Operations

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) precision-guided munitions and (b) gravity bombs of each type were dropped in Afghanistan and Iraq by British (i) fixed-wing aircraft and (ii) unmanned aerial vehicles since 7 July 2014.

6 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Iraq: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Government has spent on operations in support of Iraqi troops in each month since April 2009.

6 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Guided Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on hosting intermediate range missiles.

29 Jun 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) service personnel and (b) other staff employed by his Department have received redundancy payments in each of the last five years.

29 Jun 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Reserve Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff made redundant by his Department in each of the last five years were later taken up as reservists.

28 May 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Clyde Naval Base: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether 43 Commando Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines is responsible for final denial at HNMB Clyde and RNAD Coulport only when nuclear weapons are aboard nuclear submarines in transport.

28 May 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Clyde Naval Base: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what access is given to civilian contractors at HMNB Clyde and RNAD Coulport aboard and alongside nuclear armed submarines; what vetting is required for civilian personnel; how many civilian contractors from each

28 May 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Submarines: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what grounding incidents involving UK nuclear-powered submarines have taken place since 2 April 2009.

28 May 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Submarines: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what fires have taken place on UK (a) nuclear-powered and (b) nuclear-armed submarines since 3 December 2014.

28 May 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Submarines: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what collisions involving a nuclear-powered submarine and (a) another submarine, (b) another naval vessel, (c) a private vessel and (d) a merchant vessel have taken place since 2 April 2009.

28 May 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Clyde Naval Base: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what defences exist against a momentum vessel attack on the Explosive Handling Jetty at RNAD Coulport.

28 May 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Clyde Naval Base: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vessels transit by RNAD Coulport en route to Finnart Oil Terminal each year; and whether those vessels are boarded by Military Police during the transit.

Source: official written-questions record.