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Mr. Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much the Government paid in compensation to Afghan nationals injured by British armed forces in Afghanistan in each year since 2001. [198015]
Des Browne: Payments totalling $US 295,386 have been paid to Afghan nationals killed or injured by British armed forces in Afghanistan since 2001 as follows:
Financial year | Total payments ($) |
(1) None recorded |
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the duration of the contract with the US administration for its use of (a) RAF Menwith Hill and (b) RAF Fylingdales. [198155]
Des Browne: There is no contract for the use of RAF Menwith Hill. The base is made available to the United States Visiting Force under the terms of the NATO Status of Forces Agreement 1951, and other confidential arrangements.
The use of RAF Fylingdales to provide the US with ballistic missile early warning data is governed by the Memorandum of Agreement Concerning Ballistic Missile Early Warning Station at Fylingdales Moor, Yorkshire 1960. This agreement is scheduled to remain in force while the North Atlantic Treaty remains in force. The use of the upgraded early warning radar at RAF Fylingdales to provide data for the US ballistic missile defence system is governed by the Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Ballistic Missile Defence. This agreement is scheduled to last for 25 years, and began in 2003.
Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the UKs stockpile of cluster munitions is; and what the criteria is for their use. [198111]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: I am withholding the information requested as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the armed forces. The use of cluster munitions, as with all munitions, is governed by international humanitarian law.
Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many individuals in each branch of the armed forces participated in his Departments shared equity housing scheme. [197932]
Derek Twigg: The Department does not currently operate a shared equity housing scheme.
Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what guidance the Defence Medical Services Department has issued to the armed forces overseas on preparing for an influenza pandemic; and if he will make a statement. [195353]
Derek Twigg:
Guidance and information on infection control procedures for military establishments, both within the UK and overseas, is set down in the Defence Medical Services document Pandemic Influenza: Infection Control Guidance for Military Settings, issued in October
2006, and based on Health Protection Agency guidance. In the event that the World Health Organisation declares a pandemic alert, Defence Medical Services personnel on operational deployment will work with military commanders to apply the guidance in-theatre.
In addition, MOD has recently produced a Pandemic Influenza Guide, to enable defence personnel to make informed judgements on what to do should an influenza pandemic occur. Two leaflets have also been produced, summarising key aspects of the guidance; TLBs and Trading Funds will be arranging promulgation to their staff shortly.
Mr. Mates: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many forces widows whose husbands retired before 31 March 1973 were receiving an armed forces pension scheme pension at the latest date for which figures are available. [197893]
Derek Twigg: The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at a disproportionate cost.
Mr. Mates: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons figures on the number of service pensions paid are not included in UK defence statistics. [197895]
Derek Twigg: Figures on the number of service pensions paid are not included in the UK Defence statistics as there has been no past requirement for the Defence Analytical Services Agency to routinely process information on the armed forces pension scheme.
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions his Department has had with the National Union of Teachers on the provision of materials on (a) the armed forces and (b) Iraq to schools; and what steps have been taken following such discussions. [196606]
Derek Twigg: No discussions have taken place between MOD and the NUT.
Mr. Jack: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the Tri Service Draft on Transgender Service Personnel. [198200]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: I will place a copy of the policy document in the Library of the House once it has been finalised.
Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) mean, (b) median and (c) mode length of service of (i) UK nationals and (ii) non-UK nationals in the British Army was in each of the last 10 years. [194551]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: This question has been assumed as mean, median and mode return of service and is therefore based on the length of service of those that outflowed during the period.
Non-UK nationals have only been recruited into the Army in significant numbers since 1999 and so a comparatively small number have had the opportunity to serve a full career. This is reflected in the number that have outflowed and the mean, mode and median calculations.
The following tables show the mean, mode and median length of service on outflow for trained regular army direct entry and late entry officers and other ranks. Because of the very small population of outflow from non-UK nationals this information is not comparable with the outflow from UK nationals.
Direct entry officers | ||||||||
UK nationals | Non-UK nationals | |||||||
Financial year of outflow | Mean | Mode | Median | Number of outflow | Mean | Mode | Median | Number of outflow |
Late entry officers | ||||||||
UK nationals | Non-UK nationals | |||||||
Financial year of outflow | Mean | Mode | Median | Number of outflow | Mean | Mode | Median | Number of outflow |
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