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Mr. Aitken : Collocation of the related staff of the Directorate of Contracts at RAF Brampton and RAF Wyton will improve the efficiency with which the RAF's support management business is handled and follows a detailed investment appraisal. The Harrogate contracts
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posts are due to transfer in 1995 and the majority of the Liverpool posts in the RAF's Support Management Group in 1996. The costs incurred in these moves can be assessed only when the number of staff moving is known.Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what reductions in defence preparedness and defence expenditure will be made following the decision of the EU to establish closer security links with nine additional nations in eastern Europe.
Mr. Hanley : No such reductions are planned.
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many parliamentary questions, in the period November 1992 to March 1993, were answered with the response that the information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost ; how many were referred on to an agency chief executive ; and, in each case, what percentage of the total number of questions asked this constituted.
Mr. Hanley : Based on figures available from the House of Commons POLIS system, of 1,304 written parliamentary questions answered by my Department between 1 November 1992 and 31 March 1993, full answers could not be given to 34 because of disproportionate cost or because information was not held centrally ; and 29 were referred to an agency chief executive for answer.
Mr. McFall : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what date Royal Air Force Tornadoes first carried out instrument low flying, using automatic terrain following radar, from Goose Bay, Labrador.
Mr. McFall : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what facilities were provided to UK-based United States air force F111 units to maintain an instrument low flying capability prior to the establishment of the highlands restricted area.
Mr. Hanley : Prior to the introduction of the highlands restricted area in 1981 there were no facilities for flying in instrument meteorological conditions within the United Kingdom low flying system.
Mr. McFall : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects US air force F15E aircraft to commence using the highlands restricted area for instrument low flying training.
Mr. Hanley : United Kingdom-based USAF F15E aircraft began using the highlands restricted area for instrument low flying training in January 1994.
Mr. McFall : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many deployments of forward air control personnel have been made to Canadian forces base Goose Bay in each year since 1990 ; and what was the purpose of each deployment.
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Mr. Hanley : There have been no deployments of RAF forward air controllers to Goose Bay.
Mrs. Helen Jackson : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the nuclear accident exercise which took place at the Royal Naval Armaments Depot Coulport on 22 March.
Mr. Hanley : The purpose of the exercise was to test the procedures that would be employed in the unlikely event of an accident involving the reactor of a nuclear-powered submarine while berthed at RNAD Coulport. It was part of a programme of routine exercises held each year to test the effectiveness of the MOD's nuclear accident response organisation.
Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who are the members currently appointed to the United Kingdom Polar Medal Assessment Committee.
Mr. Hanley [holding answer 28 January 1994] : To ensure that the advice from members of honours committees is fair and impartial, and to avoid lobbying of members, it is Government practice not to publish details of the composition of committees responsible for the awards of honours. This particular committee is made up of a small group of scientists and academics associated with work in the Arctic and Antarctic.
Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who are the members currently appointed to the National Employer Liaison Committee.
Mr. Hanley [holding answer 28 January 1994] : Members of the National Employers Liaison Committee for the Reserve Forces are as follows :
Sir Alexander Graham, GBE (Chairman)
Sir Michael Angus
Professor J. S. Bridgeman
Sir Dermot de Trafford, Bt
Mr. A. J. Gooding, OBE
Mr. F. C. Graves, OBE
Mr. N. A. Johnson, OBE
Mr. D. A. C. Lambert
Mr. D. M. Middleton, CBE
Mr. J. Miller, CBE
Baroness O'Cathain, OBE
Mr. P. D. Orchard-Lisle, CBE
Mr. D. G. C. Webster
Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who are the members currently appointed to the Defence Scientific Advisory Council and committees.
Mr. Hanley [holding answer 28 January] : The members of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council are as follows :
Professor G. G. Roberts (Chairman)
Dr. D. S. Aldwinckle
Dr. A. D. Appleton
Professor A. Bailey
Mr. D. R. Barron
Professor A. C. Baynham
Dr. A. R. Begg
Dr. L. Bennett
Mr. K. P. Blair
Professor D. Bloor
Professor R. K. Burcher
Dr. D. Butler
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Dr. I. L. BuxtonProfessor J. A. Carruthers
Professor J. E. Castle
Professor P. C. Chatwin
Mr. G. M. Churchhouse
Professor P. J. Clarricoats
Professor R. Coats
Professor E. C. Cocking
Professor R. B. Cundall
Mr. D. J. Daniels
Professor K. E. Davies
Dr. A. A. Denton
Professor G. B. Donaldson
Dr. D. Driver
Professor H. A. Dudley
Professor P. E. Dyer
Professor C. S. Easmon
Professor R. Eatock Taylor
Professor B. G. Evans
Professor J. Ferguson
Dr. J. E. Field
Mr. P. D. Forrest
Professor J. H. Freer
Professor G. S. French
Professor D. Gardner
Mr. P. N. Goddard
Professor B. T. Golding
Professor F. A. Goldsworthy
Dr. J. E. Green
Professor R. L. Grimsdale
Professor K. B. Haley
Mr. F. R. Harris
Professor R. M. Harrison
Professor P. J. Heggs
Mr. J. R. Hennessy
Professor C. Hilsum
Mr. J. Hough
Professor C. I. Howarth
Dr. I. M. Hutchings
Professor K. R. Jennings
Professor D. J. Jeffries
Dr. D. M. Jones
Professor N. Jones
Dr. A. J. Keane
Dr. A. J. Kearsley
Professor L. J. King
Dr. R. H. King
Professor J. F. Scott
Professor M. H. Lader
Dr. I. Levack
Professor A. G. Lockett
Professor J. B. Long
Professor M. V. Lowson
Mr. M. Meek
Professor J. Melling
Dr. J. F. Miles
Mr. M. H. Mills
Professor D. V. Morgan
Dr. R. D. Mulligan
Dr. P. O'Brien
Dr. M. H. Ogle
Professor R. M. Ogorkiewicz
Professor T. F. Page
Dr. D. J. Price
Professor W. G. Price
Dr. S. Primrose
Professor B. Randell
Dr. B. M. Richards
Professor M. W. Roberts
Mr. P. C. Ruffles
Dr. S. J. Rushforth
Dr. J. W. Scadding
Professor N. Shadbolt
Professor K. S. Sing
Sir Joseph Smith
Dr. L. L. Smith
Mr. P. J. Stein
Mr. T. Truman
Mr. R. V. Turner
Professor M. J. Underhill
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