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Defence Medical Services: Inverness
Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much Defence Medical Services spent in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency in each of the last five years. [304647]
Mr. Kevan Jones: Defence Medical Services expenditure in the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency is centred on the Army Primary Healthcare Services (APHCS) Medical Centre at Fort George, home to the 3 Scots Regiment.
APHCS expenditure on the medical centre for the previous three financial years is provided as follows. These exclude costs in such areas as infrastructure and utilities (as well as some staff), which are the responsibility of regimental and other MOD internal budgets. As a result of departmental reorganisations, costs for previous years are not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
| £000 | |||
| FY | Material and treatment costs | Staff capitation costs | Total APHCS costs |
Armed forces personnel requiring medical treatment that cannot be provided by the primary care medical centre will either receive it at military-run facilities outside the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency centres, or for the majority of secondary care, at local NHS hospitals, such as the Raigmore acute general hospital in Inverness.
Departmental Legislation
Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by secondary legislation sponsored by his Department since 1 May 2008. [307804]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: Since 1 May 2008, the Ministry of Defence has created two new criminal offences through secondary legislation. They are the offence of absconding by persons on bail, and the offence of agreeing to indemnify sureties, contained in articles 10 and 14 of each of SI2009/991-The Armed Forces (Conditional Release from Custody) Order 2009, and SI2009/992-The Court Martial Appeal Court (Bail) Order 2009.
No offences were abolished during this period.
Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what criminal offences have been (a) abolished and (b) created by primary legislation sponsored by his Department since 1 May 2008. [307945]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: Since 1 May 2008, the Ministry of Defence has not sponsored any primary legislation, and so has neither abolished nor created any criminal offences by Act of Parliament in this period.
EU Defence Policy
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether his Department plans to increase the number of its (a) military personnel and (b) civilian staff attached to (i) the EU military staff and (ii) the European Defence Agency; [304355]
(2) how many UK (a) military personnel and (b) civilian staff were attached to (i) EU military staff, (ii) the European Defence Agency, (iii) the EU Military Committee and (iv) other EU institutions in each month since May 2008. [304356]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The numbers of military personnel and MOD civilians attached to the EU Military Staff, the European Defence Agency, the EU Military Committee, and other EU institutions since May 2008 are shown in the following tables:
| European Defence Agency | ||
| Civilian | Military | |
| EU Military Staff | |
| Military | |
No MOD civilian staff have been seconded to the EU Military Staff in any month since May 2008. We have no plans to increase the number of military personnel or civilian staff attached to either of these institutions.
The European Military Committee is a regular meeting of the Chiefs of Defence Staff or their representatives from the EU member states, not a standing EU structure. There has been one British military officer seconded as the Military Adviser to the permanent Chairman of the EU Military Committee in every month since May 2008.
In every month since May 2008 there has been one MOD civilian seconded to the European Council General Secretariat, one MOD civilian seconded to the European Commission, and one MOD civilian seconded to the European Global Navigation Satellite System Supervisory Authority.
Iraq: Detainees
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with the US authorities on the (a) legal status, (b) detention conditions and (c) prospects of trial or release of the two individuals detained by British forces in Iraq in 2004 and subsequently rendered to the Bagram Theatre Internment Facility in Afghanistan. [307813]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth:
The MOD maintains an ongoing dialogue with US authorities on a range of detention-related matters, including the two individuals the right hon.
Gentleman referred to. The most recent contact of this nature occurred in mid-December 2009.
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons his Department has withheld the names of two individuals detained by British forces in Iraq in 2004 and subsequently rendered to the Bagram Theatre Internment Facility in Afghanistan. [307814]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: It is not for me to release personal data to third parties, therefore, I am withholding this information. The International Committee of the Red Cross has had regular access to these two individuals.
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent requests his Department has made for British officials to visit the two individuals detained by British forces in Iraq in 2004 and subsequently rendered to the Bagram Theatre Internment Facility in Afghanistan. [307818]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: No recent requests of this nature have been made.
Military Aircraft: Helicopters
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his statement of 15 December 2009, Official Report, columns 801-3, on future defence programmes, whether the procurement of the new Chinook helicopters will affect the funding currently allocated to the Future Medium Helicopter Capability programme. [309191]
Bill Rammell: As the Secretary of State for Defence's statement of 15 December 2009, Official Report, columns 99-100WS, made clear, the Future Medium Helicopter competition has been cancelled. The funds that would otherwise have been used to procure a Future Medium Helicopter will be used to procure the additional Chinooks and fund other elements of the Rotary Wing Strategy.
Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the statement of 15 December 2009, Official Report, columns 801-05, on future defence programme, and to the written ministerial statement of 15 December 2009, Official Report, columns 99-100WS, on future rotary wing strategy, how many helicopters of each type are in service in each service; what the out-of-service dates of each type of helicopter are; and what the in-service dates and numbers are for new helicopters his Department expects to procure by 2020. [309217]
Bill Rammell: "In service" has been taken to mean the effective fleet, which includes all aircraft barring those that are redundant, declared as surplus or awaiting disposal.
The number of effective aircraft within each helicopter type with each service, with accompanying planned out of service dates (OSD) as at 30 November 2009 is set out in the following tables.
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