House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 27 Feb 2009 (pt 0009)

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Warm Front Scheme: Contracts

Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how frequently payments to Eaga are made in respect of its management of the Warm Front scheme. [255937]

Joan Ruddock: Eaga is paid management fees on a monthly basis.

Defence

Afghanistan and Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the standard rifle used by (a) the Royal Marine Commando, (b) each UK special force and (c) each other UK service is in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan. [258316]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The standard rifle used by all UK forces, excluding Special Forces, is the SA80 A2. It is the policy of this Department not to comment on matters relating to UK Special Forces.

Aircraft Carriers

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the Future Aircraft Carrier main gate business case submission. [257773]

Mr. Quentin Davies: I am withholding the requested document as its release would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests in relation to the Future Aircraft Carrier project.

Armed Forces: Foreigners

Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many foreign nationals are serving in the armed forces, broken down by (a) country of origin and (b) service. [257446]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: Country of origin data are not currently available due to an ongoing data validation of the Ministry of Defence Joint Personnel Administrative
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system (JPA). The following tables show the number of non-British nationals currently serving in the trained UK Regular armed forces as at 1 December 2008 by recorded nationality category on JPA and service.

	Number
Navy total non-UK	630

Navy Commonwealth^{( 1)}	580
Australian	10
Barbadian	⁽²⁾—
Botswanan	⁽²⁾—
Cameroonian	⁽²⁾—
Canadian	20
Citizen of Fiji	100
Citizen of Sri Lanka	⁽²⁾—
Dominican	10
Gambian	10
Ghanaian	10
Grenadian	⁽²⁾—
Guyanese	⁽²⁾—
Indian	10
Jamaican	30
Kenyan	10
Malawian	10
Malaysian	⁽²⁾—
Maltese	⁽²⁾—
Mauritian	⁽²⁾—
New Zealander	10
Nigerian	10
Pakistani	⁽²⁾—
Sierra Leonean	⁽²⁾—
South African	60
St. Lucian	10
Trinidad and Tobago citizen	30
Ugandan	⁽²⁾—
Vincentian	200
Zambian	10
Zimbabwean	20

Navy other foreign	60
Dutch	⁽²⁾—
Irish	50
Ukrainian	⁽²⁾—
United States citizen	⁽²⁾—
⁽¹⁾ Includes Zimbabwean and Fijian citizens, who continue to retain Commonwealth status under the British Nationality Act 1981. ⁽²⁾ Denotes fewer than five. Notes: 1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Figures are provisional due to ongoing validation of data from the Joint Personnel Administration System. 3. Figures are for trained UK Regular forces, and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service personnel and mobilised reservists. Source: DASA (Quad-Service)

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	Number
Army total non-UK	6,770

Army Commonwealth^{( 1)}	6,320
Antiguan	⁽²⁾—
Australian	60
Bahamian	⁽²⁾—
Bangladeshi	10
Barbadian	10
Belizean	⁽²⁾—
Botswanan	10
British Commonwealth	10
Cameroonian	40
Canadian	50
Citizen of Fiji	2,110
Citizen of Seychelles	10
Citizen of Sri Lanka	10
Citizen of St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis	⁽²⁾—
Dominican	20
Gambian	150
Ghanaian	730
Grenadian	50
Guyanese	20
Indian	70
Jamaican	600
Kenyan	120
Malawian	160
Malaysian	⁽²⁾—
Maltese	⁽²⁾—
Mauritian	40
Namibian	⁽²⁾—
New Zealander	60
Nigerian	110
Pakistani	10
Papua New Guinean	⁽²⁾—
Sierra Leonean	40
Singaporean	⁽²⁾—
South African	760
St. Lucian	190
Swazi	10
Tanzanian	⁽²⁾—
Tongan	10
Trinidad and Tobago citizen	70
Ugandan	70
Vincentian	230
Zambian	20
Zimbabwean	440

Army other foreign	450
Afghan	⁽²⁾—
Brazilian	⁽²⁾—
Filipino	⁽²⁾—
Foreign	⁽²⁾—
French	⁽²⁾—
German	⁽²⁾—
Greek	⁽²⁾—
Irish	210
Mauritanian	⁽²⁾—
Nepalese	220
Swiss	⁽²⁾—
United States citizen	⁽²⁾—
⁽¹⁾ Includes Zimbabwean and Fijian citizens, who continue to retain Commonwealth status under the British Nationality Act 1981. ⁽²⁾ Denotes fewer than five. Notes: 1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Figures are provisional due to ongoing validation of data from the Joint Personnel Administration System. 3. Figures are for trained UK Regular forces, and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service personnel and mobilised reservists. Source: DASA (Quad-Service)

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	Number
Royal Air Force total non-UK	90

Royal Air Force Commonwealth^{( 1)}	60
Australian	⁽²⁾—
Canadian	⁽²⁾—
Citizen of Fiji	10
Citizen of Sri Lanka	⁽²⁾—
Ghanaian	⁽²⁾—
Grenadian	⁽²⁾—
Indian	⁽²⁾—
Jamaican	10
Kenyan	⁽²⁾—
Malawian	⁽²⁾—
Malaysian	⁽²⁾—
Mauritian	⁽²⁾—
New Zealander	⁽²⁾—
South African	10
St. Lucian	⁽²⁾—
Trinidad and Tobago citizen	10
Vincentian	⁽²⁾—
Zimbabwean	⁽²⁾—

Royal Air Force other foreign	30
Irish	20
United States citizen	⁽²⁾—
⁽¹⁾ Includes Zimbabwean and Fijian citizens, who continue to retain Commonwealth status under the British Nationality Act 1981. ⁽²⁾ Denotes fewer than five. Notes: 1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Figures are provisional due to ongoing validation of data from the Joint Personnel Administration System. 3. Figures are for trained UK Regular forces, and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service personnel and mobilised reservists. Source: DASA (Quad-Service)

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