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Royal Artillery unit tour intervals
Unit deployed Last operational deployment (as a unit) Start date Previous operational deployment (as a unit) End date Last unit tour interval (months)

1 RHA

Iraq

June 2007

Cyprus

September 2005

20

3 RHA

Iraq

December 2007

Iraq

April 2006

19

4 Regt RA

Afghanistan

October 2007

Cyprus

September 2006

12

7 Para RHA

Afghanistan

April 2008

Iraq

December 2003

51

19 Regt RA

Afghanistan

May 2007

Iraq

October 2005

18

26 Regt RA

Iraq

May 2006

Cyprus

April 2005

12

29 Cdo Regt RA

Afghanistan

October2006

Iraq

May 2003

40

40 Regt RA

Iraq

November 2006

Cyprus

September 2004

25


The unit tour interval is a less relevant measure when applied to the Corps of Royal Engineers, Royal Corps of Signals and the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. This is due to the frequency with which personnel move between formed units within these Corps (the personnel deployed with a unit will be substantially different from the personnel deployed with the same unit on a previous occasion). Unit tour interval data for these Corps are not therefore, routinely collated.

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what period has elapsed since personnel serving with 2nd Battalion The Rifles were last deployed on operations. [204560]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: 2 Rifles are due to deploy to Kosovo shortly. Their previous deployment was to Iraq from November 2006 to March 2007.

BAE Systems

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions his Department has had with BAE Systems. [204355]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: Ministers and officials at varying levels hold numerous discussions with BAE systems regularly. This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Bombs

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with the Foreign Secretary on negotiations towards a legally binding treaty to prohibit cluster munitions. [204353]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence has held a number of discussions with the Foreign Secretary recently to determine how best to achieve a legally binding instrument that will prohibit the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of those cluster munitions that cause unacceptable harm to civilians.

Defence Estates: Assets

Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assets were held by Defence Estates in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland at the latest date for which information is available; what the estimated value of each asset is; and if he will make a statement. [204740]

Derek Twigg: Details of all Ministry of Defence (MOD) holdings over £1 million and their latest asset valuation are available in Chapter 7 of the National Asset Register (CM7022), which can be found on HM Treasury's website. All land and building assets of the MOD are held by Defence Estates. All other assets of Defence Estates are held by Defence Equipment and Support.

Providing details of all property below £1 million in value could be carried out only at disproportionate cost.

Defence Estates: Sales

Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what factors determine the distribution of receipts from the sale of Defence Estates' property between devolved administrations and Government budgets other than those of Defence Estates. [204738]

Derek Twigg: In line with HM Treasury guidance, receipts retained by the Ministry of Defence from the sale of Defence Estates property are reinvested by the Department in key priorities.

Defence: Procurement

Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received from defence equipment suppliers on the effects on them of the separation of the emissions trading scheme; and if he will make a statement. [203803]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: No known representations on emissions trading have been received.

Departmental ICT

James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he has taken to ensure that counterfeit routers and other counterfeit hardware are not utilised in his Department’s computer networks. [203242]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: It is not in the interests of the UK’s national security for Departments to confirm whether they hold information about malicious attacks against their IT systems.

Disabled

Mr. MacNeil: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what targets his Department has set in relation to its employment of people with disabilities over the next five years. [199056]


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Derek Twigg: We are waiting for the successor to the civil service 10 point plan, to be released in late 2008, before determining further targets.

Iraq: Armed Forces

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the estimated total cost has been of equipment gifted to the Iraqi forces in each year since 2003. [183079]

Des Browne: The estimated total cost of equipment gifted to the Iraqi Security Forces per financial year is as follows:

Financial year Cost (£)

2003-04

21,500.00

2004-05

12,678,300.00

2005-06

7,518,200.00

2006-07

3,357,400.00

2007-08

(1)341,600.00

(1) This includes costs until 28 March 2008

Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which units have served (a) one tour, (b) two tours and (c) three tours and more in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan. [190602]

Des Browne: These data are not currently held in the format requested. Officials are working to collate this information from a number of sources. I will therefore write to the hon. Member.

Substantive answer from Des Browne to Liam Fox:


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12 May 2008 : Column 1313W
Unit Iraq Afghanistan Total

1 Grenadier Guards

1

1

2

1 Coldstream Guards

1

1

2

1 Scots Guards

2

—

2

1 Irish Guards

2

—

2

1 Welsh Guards

1

—

1

1 Scots (Royal Scots)

2

—

2

1 Scots (Kings Own Scottish Borderers)

1

—

1

2 Scots (Royal Highland Fusiliers)

2

1

3

3 Scots (Black Watch)

2

—

2

4 Scots (Highlanders)

2

—

2

5 Scots (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)

1

1

1 Princess of Wales Royal Regiment

2

—

2

2 Princess of Wales Royal Regiment

1

—

1

1 Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

2

—

2

1 Royal Anglian

1

2

3

2 Royal Anglian

1

1

2

2 Lancs (Kings)

3

—

3

2 Lancs (Queens)

1

—

1

3 Lancs (Kings Own Royal Border Regiment)

2

—

2

1 Yorks (Prince of Wales)

1

—

1

2 Yorks (Green Howards)

—

2

2

3 Yorks (Duke of Wellington)

1

—

1

1 Mercian (Cheshires)

2

—

2

2 Mercian (WFR)

1

2

3

3 Mercian (Staffords)

2

—

2

1 Rifles (Devon and Dorset Light Infantry)

1

1

2

2 Rifles (1 Royal Green Jackets)

1

—

1

3 Rifles (2 Light Infantry)

1

—

1

4 Rifles (2 Royal Green Jackets)

1

—

1

5 Rifles (1 Light Infantry)

2

—

2

1 Royal Irish

2

—

2

1 Para

1

—

1

2 Para

1

2

3

3 Para

1

1

2

1 Royal Gurkha Rifles

—

1

1

2 Royal Gurkha Rifles

—

2

2

1 Royal Welsh

1

—

1

2 Royal Welsh

3

—

3

Household Cavalry Regt

1

—

1

Queen's Dragoon Guards

2

—

2

Scots Dragoon Guards

2

—

2

Royal Dragoon Guards

1

—

1

QRH

2

—

2

9/12 Lancers

2

—

2

KRH

2

—

2

Light Dragoons

2

1

3

QRL

1

—

1

2 Royal Tank Regt

1

—

1

1 Royal Horse Artillery

2

—

2

3 Royal Horse Artillery

2

—

2

4 Regt Royal Artillery

1

—

1

7 Para Royal Horse Artillery

1

2

3

19 Regt Royal Artillery

1

—

1

26 Regt Royal Horse Artillery

2

—

2

29 Cdo Regt Royal Artillery

1

1

2

40 Regt Royal Artillery

2

—

2

3 Cdo Bde Royal Marines

1

2

3

40 Cdo RM

2

1

3

42 Cdo RM

1

1

2

45 Cdo RM

—

2

2

Cdo Logistics Regt RM

1

1

2

Commander UK Amphibious Forces

1

1

2

1 Force Protection Wing RAF Regt

4

1

5

2 Force Protection Wing RAF Regt

3

1

4

3 Force Protection Wing RAF Regt

4

1

5

4 Force Protection Wing RAF Regt

2

—

2

5 Force Protection Wing RAF Regt

1

1

2

6 Force Protection Wing RAF Regt

1

—

1

7 Force Protection Wing RAF Regt (Tactical Police Wing)

1

1

2

1 Sqn RAF Regt

3

—

3

2 Sqn RAF Regt

3

1

4

3 Sqn RAF Regt

2

1

3

15 Sqn RAF Regt

1

1

2

34 Sqn RAF Regt

3

1

4

51 Sqn RAF Regt

3

1

4

63 Sqn RAF Regt (Queen's Colour Sqn)

2

—

2

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