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Porton Down

Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many war pensions have been awarded since 1 January 2002 to service personnel who took part in experiments at the chemical defence establishment, Porton Down; and which of these are attributable to the experiments. [205184]

Mr. Caplin: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what (a) production and (b) testing on animals of botulinum toxin takes place at (i) Porton Down and (ii)other Departmental establishments. [216463]

Mr. Ingram: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Andrew Mackinlay: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what investigation there has been as to what manuals, documents, other materials, and information Dr. Wouter Basson of South Africa was given during and subsequent to his visit to Porton Down in 1985; and if he will make a statement. [217707]

Mr. Ingram: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.

Andrew Mackinlay: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which employees of Porton Down visited South Africa in the period from 1975 until the collapse of the apartheid regime; for what purpose; and if he will make a statement. [217708]

Mr. Ingram: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.

Andrew Mackinlay: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what records his Department has retained relating to pre-1975 visits to South Africa by employees of Porton Down. [217709]

Mr. Ingram: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what arrangements have been made for soldiers in Perth constituency suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following their tour of duty in Iraq. [224116]

 
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Mr. Caplin [holding answer 4 April 2005]: Information on arrangements for personnel suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), further to their tour of duty in Iraq, cannot be broken down into specific geographical areas.

In-patient treatment for service personnel returning from Iraq and suffering from PTSD is provided through the MOD's contract with the Priory Group for the provision of all in-patient mental health care services for the MOD across the UK.

Prisoners of War

Adam Price: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether (a) detainees, (b) security internees and (c) enemy prisoners of war in Iraq transferred by British forces to the United States military have been subject to any form of sensory deprivation. [218259]

Mr. Ingram: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Mr. Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many reports he has received from the (a) UK Prisoner of War Registration Unit and (b) Prisoner Monitoring Team at Camp Bucca. [223311]

Mr. Ingram: None. The UK Prisoner of War Registration Unit and the Prisoner Monitoring Team, both at Camp Bucca when it held prisoners for whom the U.K responsibility, reported to Multi-National Division (South East).

Private Contractors

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions have taken place with private contractors on replacing work currently undertaken by departmental staff. [217599]

Mr. Caplin [holding answer 24 February 2005]: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.

Procurement

Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many procurement contracts were entered into by his Department in each year since 1981 in which (a) Northrop Grumman Corp and (b) a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corp was designated as (i) the prime contractor and (ii) subcontractor; and if he will make a statement. [224516]

Mr. Ingram: A list of the number of contracts entered into by the Department in each year since 1981 in which (a) Northrop Grumman Corp or (b) a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corp acted as (i) the prime contractor or (ii) subcontractor cannot be given in full as departmental records are only available from 1991 onwards. In addition, information relating to subcontracts is not held centrally by the Department and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, the company has provided information on numbers of subcontracts relating to UK subsidiaries, although this covers a limited period from 2000 onwards.
 
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According to departmental records the number of contracts entered into by the Department in each year since 1991 in which (a) Northrop Grumman Corp or (b) a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corp acted as the prime contractor is listed in the following table.

	Number of contracts
1991 (Part year)	1
1992	3
1993	1
1994	3
1995	8
1996	5
1997	7
1998	9
1999	10
2000	9
2001	5
2002	7
2003	13
2004	12
2005 (Part year)	0

The company has confirmed that since 2000, approximately 17 subcontracts were entered into in which (a) Northrop Grumman Corp or (b) a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corp (registered within the UK) acted as subcontractor to other primes.

Puma Aircraft

Mr. Arbuthnot: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library copies of the Airworthiness Review Report into the Puma aircraft. [220171]

Mr. Ingram: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

QinetiQ

Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment his Department has made of the potential for conflicts of interest where QinetiQ is competing for departmental contracts; and if he will make a statement. [216692]

Mr. Ingram: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what role QinetiQ plays in (a) testing and (b) evaluating the effectiveness of military training programmes. [216693]

Mr. Ingram: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Queen's Lancashire Regiment

Adam Price: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment were issued with the aide memoire on the law of armed conflict; and on what dates. [215478]

Mr. Ingram: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
 
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Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) representations, (b) letters and (c) petitions opposing the merger of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment were received by his Department; how many signatures there were in each case; whether that information was presented to the Army Board; and how many board members voted on each side in the decision on the merger. [224969]

Mr. Ingram: It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.

RAF Defensive Aid Suites

Mr. Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the technology of the in-service Defensive Aid Suite. [217414]

Mr. Ingram: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

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