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Medical Staff
Mr. McNamara:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the target complement of medical staff is at Catterick Barracks; how many of each type of
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medical staff are employed; and what the turnover of medical staff has been in the past five years. [183799]
Mr. Caplin: The table details the complement of staff at the resident units at Catterick Garrison as at 13 October 2004.
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Records relating to the turnover of medical staff over the past five years are not held centrally. Military staff turnover has been in accordance with normal service posting plots.
Meteor Jets
Mr. Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence where the Meteor jets will be located when Llanbedr airfield is closed. [194619]
Mr. Caplin: The airworthy Meteor jet is owned by QinetiQ, the company operating activities at the Llanbedr site on behalf of the MoD. The aircraft has been relocated to Boscombe Down in anticipation of closure of the airfield at Llanbedr. At present its future is uncertain. The remaining Meteor, which is not airworthy, is owned by the MoD. A number of options for its disposal are being considered, including the possibility of placing it with an aviation related charity.
Rapid Deployment
Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the infantry regiments available at short notice for deployment. [194385]
Mr. Ingram:
I have assumed that the hon. Member is referring to infantry battalions currently available for short notice deployments. These are: 2nd Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment; the 1st Battalion
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The Queens Lancashire Regiment; 1st Battalion the Royal Gurkha Rifles; and the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment.
This will shortly change to 2nd Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment; 1st Battalion the Royal Highland Fusiliers; 1st Battalion the Royal Gurkha Rifles, and the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment.
Royal Military Police
Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many investigations have been undertaken by the Royal Military Police Special Investigations Branch using the Home Office Large Major Enquiry System in each year since its acquisition; how many persons were prosecuted as a result of each investigation; and how many prosecutions resulted in convictions. [183342]
Mr. Caplin: The Home Office Large Major Enquiry System (HOLMES) has been used to assist in four investigations since its acquisition: one in 2000 and three in 2001. In one case five individuals were prosecuted but none was convicted. In another case one individual was successfully prosecuted.
Two further investigations are currently being pursued jointly between the SIB and the Ministry of Defence Police Headquarters in Wethersfield.
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Service Non-public Funds
Mrs. Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many service non-public funds there are; and how much they are worth; [194464]
(2) what the estimated compliance cost to (a) service non-public funds and (b) the Department would be of their registration as charities under the draft Charities Bill. [194465]
Mr. Caplin: This information requested will take some time to collate. I will therefore write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Submarines
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many decommissioned submarines are (a) laid up and (b) being refurbished following their sale; [194394]
(2) whether decommissioned submarines are cannibalised for spare parts; and if he will make a statement. [194392]
Mr. Ingram: The only decommissioned submarines are nuclear powered and it is not the Department's policy to offer these up for sale. Any re-usable equipment is removed and where appropriate, is recycled for use on in-service submarines. The used fuel is removed from the Reactor Pressure Vessel for long-term storage at BNFL Sellafield, and the submarine containing the reactor compartment, where any remaining radioactive material remains, is stored safely afloat. There are currently eleven decommissioned and defuelled submarines stored in this way.
Temporary Staff
Dr. Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many agency temporary staff have been working for his Department in each of the last five years, excluding those working for agencies for which no data is kept centrally. [195245]
Mr. Caplin [holding answer 1 November 2004]: This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
CABINET OFFICE
Public Engagements
Dr. Julian Lewis: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 25 October 2004, Official Report, column 1053W, on engagements, (1) what public engagements he fulfilled in the week beginning 18 October, in addition to the general ministerial responsibilities referred to in his answer to the hon. and learned Member for Harborough (Mr. Garnier) of 20 October 2004, Official Report, column 720W; [195674]
(2) if he will list his public engagements carried out in the week from 25 October. [195673]
Mr. Milburn:
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I provided to the hon. and learned Member for Harborough (Mr. Garnier) on 20 October 2004, Official
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Report, column 720W. In addition, and from time to time, I meet individuals and organisations outside Government, including right hon. and hon. Members of Parliament, to discuss Government-related business.
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