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Defence
Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has made any payments to protect the provision of supplies to UK forces in Afghanistan from Pakistan. [306477]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The Ministry of Defence contracts with industry for the provision of supplies to UK forces in Afghanistan from Pakistan. The Department has not made any payments to protect the provision of these supplies.
Lindsay Roy: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made in searching for Osama bin Laden; and if he will make a statement. [307003]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: We have not received any reliable intelligence on the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden for a number of years.
Air Force: Military Bases
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 7 December 2009, Official Report, column 90W, on the Royal Air Force: military bases, what the (a) name and (b) rank of the US base commander is at (i) RAF Croughton, (ii) RAF Barford St John, (iii) RAF Menwith Hill, (iv) RAF Fairford, (v) RAF Welford, (vi) RAF Alconbury, (vii) RAF Molesworth, (viii) RAF Lakenheath and (ix) RAF Mildenhall. [309127]
Bill Rammell: The name and rank of the US base commander at the RAF stations listed as follows are:
| Name and rank of US base commander | RAF station |
Armed Forces: Aviation
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what percentage of flights of (a) miltary aircraft and (b) aircraft chartered by his Department to and from Afghanistan have been delayed by more than six hours in each month since January 2008. [305744]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The information on flights delayed by more than six hours is provided in the following table.
| Number of military flights | Percentage of military flights | Number of civilian flights | Percentage of civilian flights | |
| Notes: 1. Up to 10 December 2009 2. The figures for military aircraft only include passenger flights as delays to freight flights are not recorded. The charter flight figures are only for freight. | ||||
Armed Forces: Bomb Disposal
Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what potential sites are proposed for the recently announced bomb disposal training centre. [308627]
Mr. Kevan Jones: Wimbish in Essex is being considered as the potential location for the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Task Force training facility announced by the Prime Minister on 14 December 2009.
Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many bomb disposal robots (a) have been ordered in each of the last five years and (b) are currently on order. [308629]
Mr. Quentin Davies: I am withholding details on the number of bomb disposal robots ordered over the last five years and currently on order, as disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the armed forces.
Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of the armed forces' TALON bomb disposal robots have been damaged due to human error in the last 12 months. [308631]
Bill Rammell: No TALON bomb disposal robots have been damaged by human error in the last 12 months.
Armed Forces: Officers
Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) commodores, (b) brigadiers and (c) air commodores there were in each year since 1997. [308762]
Mr. Kevan Jones: The number of Commodores, Brigadiers and Air Commodores each year since 1997 can be found in the following table.
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