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Defence Missions

Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the operations that have been undertaken under each of the defence missions outlined by the Strategic Defence Review in each year since 1998; and if he will make a statement. [51495]

Mr. Hoon [holding answer 25 April 2002]: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Departmental Jobs (Scotland)

Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what percentage of (a) Civil Service, (b) executive agencies and (c) non-departmental public body jobs under the remit of his Department are located in Scotland; and how many of each have been relocated to Scotland since May 1997. [56310]

Dr. Moonie: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

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Law Enforcement

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what law enforcement agencies and prosecuting authorities designated with legislation there are within the responsibility of his Department; and what complaints procedure is available for each. [57104]

Dr. Moonie: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Anglo-Italian Ministerial Meetings

Mr. Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions in the last six months (a) he and (b) his officials have met their Italian counterparts; and what subjects were discussed. [56887]

Dr. Moonie: [holding answer 16 May 2002]: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Pensions

Mr. Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was spent by his Department on paying pensions to retired employees of his Department in 2001–02; if he will estimate the corresponding amounts to be spent in (a) five years' time, (b) 10 years' time, (c) 20 years' time and (d) 30 years' time; if he will estimate in each case the proportion of such liabilities which will arise from (i) unfunded pension schemes and (ii) pre-funded pension schemes; and in the case of pre-funded schemes, if he will estimate the value of the corresponding pre-funded funds in each of these years. [57366]

Dr. Moonie [holding answer 20 May 2002]: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Mr. Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much money was spent by the relevant pension fund on paying pensions to retired members of the armed forces in 2001–02; if he will estimate the corresponding amounts to be spent in (a) five years' time, (b) 10 years' time, (c) 20 years' time and (d) 30 years' time; if he will estimate in each case the proportion of such liabilities which will arise from (i) unfunded pension schemes and (ii) pre-funded pension schemes; and in the case of pre-funded schemes, if he will estimate the value of the corresponding pre-funded funds in each of these years. [66562]

Mr. Ingram: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Mr. Gorden Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications for war disablement pensions were made by (a) members of the Mercantile Marine and (b) other eligible branches of the armed forces in respect of skin cancer and other associated conditions have been (i) upheld and (ii) rejected by tribunals in each of the past 20 years, for which figures are available. [79491]

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Mr. Ingram: The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Work-related Illness

Mr. Clapham: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many claims for work-related illness were settled by his Department in the last year for which records are available; and what the cost was in compensation; [56081]

(2) how many employees of his Department retired through work-related ill-health in the last year for which records are available; and what the cost was to the Department; [56082]

(3) how many days of sick leave were taken by employees in his Department in the last year for which records are available; what proportion of those were due to work-related illness or injury; and what the cost was to the Department. [56083]

Dr. Moonie [holding answer 20 May 2002]: I will write to my hon. Friend and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Redundant Nuclear Warheads

Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what opportunities exist for United Kingdom defence companies and research bodies to assist Russia in (a) the dismantling of its redundant nuclear warheads and (b) immobilization of surplus plutonium from dismantled warheads, arising from the new nuclear weapons reduction agreement between Russia and the United States; [57989]

(2) what opportunities exist for British technology and defence companies to assist the United States in the immobilization of surplus plutonium from dismantled redundant nuclear warheads arising from the new nuclear weapons reduction agreement between Russia and the United States. [57988]

Mr. Hoon: I will write to my hon. Friend and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Luton, South

Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what monies have been provided (a) directly and (b) via agencies for which the Department has responsibility to the Luton, South constituency since 1997. [58587]

Dr. Moonie: I will write to my hon. Friend and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Tax Refunds

Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence why calculations of tax refunds being made to individuals identified as having been taxed incorrectly on retired pay awarded since 1952 does not take into account negative Treasury interest rates applied throughout the 1970s; and if he will make a statement. [59288]

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Dr. Moonie: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reason calculations of tax refunds being made to individuals identified as having been taxed incorrectly on retired pay awarded since 1952 have been based on simple interest; and if he will make a statement. [59289]

Dr. Moonie: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Written Questions

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of ordinary written Questions for his Department were answered within a week of tabling in each month since June 2001; and what proportion of questions for named day received a substantive answer on that day in each month since June 2001. [58986]

Dr. Moonie: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Staff Training

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Department has spent on staff training and development in each of the last five years. [61070]

Dr. Moonie: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Performance Targets

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what has been the (a) cost and (b) saving from the pursuit of the Department's Public Service Agreement targets in each year since they were introduced; [60890]

(2) what the (a) cost and (b) saving has been from the Department's pursuit of Service Delivery Agreement targets in each year since they were introduced. [61630]

Mr. Ingram: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Grants

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which organisations which were in receipt of a grant from him in 1997–98 no longer are; what the annual saving is; which organisations which were not in receipt of a grant in 1997–98 now are; and what the annual cost is. [61396]

Mr. Ingram: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Ministerial Meetings

Mrs. Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which Ministers and officials had

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meetings with representatives of (a) the Confederation of British Industry, (b) the Engineering Employees Federation, and (c) the Engineering Marine Training Authority during the last year; who they met; and what the subjects and outcomes of their discussions were. [62211]

Dr. Moonie: I will write to my hon. Friend and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

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