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Defence
Air Force: Deployment
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) average, (b) shortest and (c) longest tour interval for the (i) RAF Field Regiment, (ii) RAF Rapier, (iii) RAF Biological Detection and (iv) Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiment squadron was in the last five years. [275041]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The RAF average, shortest and longest tour intervals, i.e. the interval between overseas deployments, for the:
(i) RAF Regiment Field Squadrons are:
| Number of months | |
Average | 12.5 |
Shortest | 11.5 |
Longest | 23 |
(ii) RAF Rapier. The RAF Rapier role was transferred to the Army in 2007 and the Squadrons disbanded or became field regiments. The squadron tour intervals between 2007 and 2004 are:
| Number of months | |
(iii) RAF Biological Detection. The unit has not been deployed as a formed unit since 2003.
(iv) Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiment do not deploy as a formed unit but augment Regiment Squadrons in Theatre when required.
Air Force: Manpower
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of personnel serving with (a) each RAF Field Regiment and (b) each RAF aircraft type exceed the level set out in harmony guidelines. [275051]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The percentage of personnel exceeding the harmony guideline levels within the RAF field regiments are:
| Personnel breaching unit harmony guidelines (percentage) | |
| (1) Refers to all RAF regiment personnel | |
The information requested in relation to separate RAF field regiments and for personnel serving with each RAF aircraft type is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Armed Forces: Aviation
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what percentage of flights (a) to and (b) from operational theatres have been (i) cancelled and (ii) delayed in each year since 2007; what the (A) location and (B) destination was of each such delayed flight; and what the (1) the length of time of and (2) reason for the delay was of each such delayed flight. [274978]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: I will write to the hon. Member.
Armed Forces: Dental Services
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Defence Dental Service officers were based (a) in the UK and (b) abroad, including those deployed on operations, in each of the last five years. [275019]
Mr. Kevan Jones: The numbers of Defence Dental Service Officers are provided in the following table, as at 1 April in each year stated. Figures as at 1 April 2009 have yet to be finalised.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
No civilian dental practitioners are deployed on operations. The uniformed defence dental service officers deployed on operations are drawn from the total cadre based in the UK and abroad as provided in the table. The numbers deployed on operations overseas in each calendar year were:
| Number of operations | |
Armed Forces: Housing
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) longest and (b) average period of time taken to make repairs to a forces accommodation property after a call-out was in the latest period for which figures are available. [275021]
Mr. Kevan Jones: The requested information is not held centrally and will take a little time to collate and verify. I will write to the hon. Member.
Armoured Fighting Vehicles
Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many Vector armoured vehicles have been bought by his Department since 2006; and how many such vehicles have been deployed in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq; [274741]
(2) how many Vector armoured vehicles are in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan. [274746]
Mr. Quentin Davies: 178 Vector Protected Patrol Vehicles have been delivered since 2006. Details on the number of Vectors deployed is being withheld for reasons of operational security.
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether any of the second tranche of Mastiffs have been deployed to (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan. [274972]
Mr. Quentin Davies: A number of Mastiff tranche 2 vehicles have already deployed to Afghanistan, however, none have deployed to Iraq. Details of the numbers deployed to Afghanistan are being withheld for reasons of operational security.
Army: Labour Turnover
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the (a) inflow to and (b) outflow from each infantry battalion was in each year since 2001; [274975]
(2) what the (a) outflow and (b) voluntary outflow from each service was in each of the last three years, broken down by length of service. [275045]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: Current inflow and outflow information for the Army is not segregated by infantry battalions and is only provided as an overall Army level due to the ongoing validation of data following the implementation of the new JPA system. Historical flow information broken down by each Infantry Battalion is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
However, the inflow and outflow to the trained strength of the total Army can be found in Table 4 and 6 of Tri-Service Publication 4, UK Armed Forces Quarterly Manning Report. This can be found at the following link:
http://www.dasa.mod.uk/applications/newWeb/www/index.php?page==48&;thiscontent=20&date=2009-02-26&pubType=1&PublishTime=09:30:00&from=home&tabOption=3
Information on outflow and voluntary outflow from each service in the last three years broken down by length of service of armed forces personnel is currently unavailable and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Army: Manpower
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) required, (b) actual and (c) fit for task strength of each corps of the Army is. [274967]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: In the following table, the requirement figures requested are shown by the funded liability, as at 1 March 2009(1):
| Organisation | Funded liability | Trained strength |
| (1) Figures are rounded and exclude Gurkhas. (2) Provisional. | ||
As at 1 April, Infantry “Fit for Task” (interpreted as “Fit to Deploy”) strength, excluding 1 Para and 1 Rifles, was 18,995. “Fit for Task” figures for other Corps are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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