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Forces Personnel (Traffic Accidents)
Mr. Key: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many road traffic accidents involving (a) civilian vehicles and (b) military vehicles driven by forces personnel, and handled by the Royal Military Police, have been the subject of (i) summary trials and (ii) Courts Martial in each of the last three years. [102870]
Mr. Spellar:
Figures for such accidents involving forces personnel reported to the Royal Military Police are available only for 1996, 1997 and 1998.
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| Year | Military vehicles | Private vehicles |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1,365 | 767 |
| 1997 | 970 | 454 |
| 1998 | 959 | 353 |
| Year | Number |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 8 |
| 1997 | 6 |
| 1998 | 14 |
| Total | 28 |
All the Courts Martial were for Driving Under the Influence, only five of them involving accidents. In the United Kingdom the civil authorities deal with offences committed on non-governmental property.
Surveillance, Target Acquisition, Night Observation
and Countersurveillance Centre
Mr. Key: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what is the annual cost of the STANOC centre at Larkhill; which police forces they have assisted in the past two years; and what charges STANOC have made; [102872]
- (2) if he will list (a) police forces, (b) other Government departments and agencies and (c) companies assisted by STANOC in each of the past two years; and what charges have been levied in each case. [102873]
Mr. Spellar: The Annual cost of The Surveillance, Target Acquisition, Night Observation and Counter- surveillance Centre (STANOC) is £0.24 million.
The Centre gives assistance to the police and other Government Departments under the provisions of Military Aid to the Civil Powers, and to Industry. Assistance to the police and other Government Departments is provided without charge. The Centre charges industry for help and advice on matters relating to private venture work and work in pursuit of overseas contracts; advice to industry on UK MOD matters is given without charge. I am withholding the information on the specific charges levied in each case under section 13 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. I can report, however, that total recoveries since 1 January 1998 amount to £9,882. It is not possible accurately to break the figures down for each year as much of the work carried out by the Centre spans the whole period.
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The organisations supported by STANOC during the past two years are as follows:
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Mr. Menzies Campbell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many planned exercises involving (a) the Royal Navy, (b) the Army, (c) the RAF and (d) reserve forces were cancelled or went ahead without UK involvement in each of the years 1996 to 1999 indicating in each case (i) the name of the planned exercise, (ii) the estimated cost of each planned exercise to his Department had UK forces taken part, (iii) the actual cost after cancellation and (iv) the reason for cancellation; and if he will make a statement. [102679]
Mr. Spellar:
I will write to the right hon. and learned Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
Dr. Godman:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if all Royal Naval vessels are free of asbestos in (a) cabins, (b) engine rooms and (c) elsewhere; and if he will make a statement. [102625]
Mr. Kilfoyle:
Royal Naval vessels do contain asbestos, but in all cases there is suitable protection to safeguard the personnel on board. My Department is pursuing a comprehensive programme to eliminate asbestos wherever practicable and as soon as possible.
Mr. Livsey:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to re-organise 160 (Wales) Brigade Headquarters at Brecon Barracks. [102839]
Mr. Spellar:
There are no current plans to reorganise 160 (Wales) Brigade Headquarters. However, the role and function of the Headquarters will be addressed as part of a wider review of all regional brigades throughout Land Command. This review will commence in January 2000 and is scheduled to report by Easter 2000.
Mr. David Davis:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what arrangements (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have put in place for the taking and keeping of minutes of meetings between Ministers and people outside his Department. [102366]
Dr. Reid:
Decisions on the format of minutes of meetings will depend on the nature of the discussion.
Mr. Maclean:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland for each of the buildings under his Department's control how many rooms are set aside for (a) ethnic minority religious use, (b) pregnant and nursing mothers and (c) smokers. [102330]
Dr. Reid:
No rooms are currently set aside for ethnic minority religious use or pregnant and nursing mothers within buildings occupied by my Department, although appropriate arrangements can be made if necessary. One room is set aside for smokers.
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Mr. William Ross:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland in each of the last five years and the current year to date how many illegally held (a) shotguns, (b) .22 rifles, (c) rifles of greater calibre than .22, (d) handguns and (e) other firearms were seized by the police in each police force area in Scotland. [102163]
Dr. Reid:
This information is not held centrally and could be extracted by police forces only with considerable effort and at disproportionate cost.
Mr. William Ross:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many homicides were committed in Scotland using (a) shotguns, (b) rifles, (c) handguns and (d) other firearms in each police force area in Scotland in each of the last five years and the current year to date; and how many homicides were committed with the use of a legally held firearm used by the owner, broken down by the type of weapon used, over the same period. [102164]
Dr. Reid:
The following table details the number of homicides committed in Scotland using (a) shotguns, (b) rifles, (c) handguns and (d) other firearms in each police force area in Scotland in each of the last five years and the current year to date. Current year information relates to January to March 1999 only. Information on the number of homicides committed with the use of a legally held firearm used by the owner is not collected centrally.
Metropolitan Police
Greater Manchester Police
Somerset and Avon Police
Dorset Police
Sussex Police
Norfolk Police
West Midlands Police
Shropshire Police
Hampshire Police
National Crime Squad
Police Scientific and Development Branch
Devon and Cornwall Police
Lothian and Borders Police
Strathclyde Police
South Wales Police
Durham Police
Lancashire Police
Wiltshire Police
MOD Police
Jersey Police
HM Customs and Excise
The Security Service
National Criminal Intelligence Service
Industry
SWAROWSKI
ETI
Cincinatti
Thompson CSF
GEC
Pilkington
Wylam Defence Systems
Avimo
Bae
Baxall
Barrington International
Barracuda
Accuracy International
GKN
Raytheon
Litton
Bridport Aviation
Flectalon
Colebrand
Roctec
MFC
Royal Ordnance
RACAL
Gore UK
Karrimor
Arkonia
CDSS
ATSI
LEICA.
(6) Includes those firearms which were seen but not established and those not seen.
(7) Includes the 17 victims of the Dunblane incident which occurred on 13 March 1996.
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