Asked by: Gerald Howarth (Conservative - Aldershot)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF crews there are embedded in the New Zealand military on maritime patrol aircraft duties; how many such crews were so embedded in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015; and how many members of those crews no longer serve in the British Armed Forces.
Answered by Mike Penning
The information is not held in the format requested.
However, the number of RAF personnel embedded with each nation’s military on Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) duties as part of the Seedcorn Initiative and Exchange Officer programme, on 1 April each year, is set out in the table below:
Year | Number of Personnel Embedded | |||
| US | Canada | Australia | New Zealand |
2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
2011 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
2012 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
2013 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
2014 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
2015 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
2016 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
The number of RAF personnel who were embedded in each nation’s military on MPAs from 2010 to 2016, who no longer serve in the British Armed Forces, is set out below:
US 1
Canada 1
Australia 0
New Zealand 1
Asked by: Gerald Howarth (Conservative - Aldershot)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF crews there are embedded in the Australian military on maritime patrol aircraft duties; how many such crews were so embedded in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015; and how many members of those crews no longer serve in the British Armed Forces.
Answered by Mike Penning
The information is not held in the format requested.
However, the number of RAF personnel embedded with each nation’s military on Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) duties as part of the Seedcorn Initiative and Exchange Officer programme, on 1 April each year, is set out in the table below:
Year | Number of Personnel Embedded | |||
| US | Canada | Australia | New Zealand |
2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
2011 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
2012 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
2013 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
2014 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
2015 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
2016 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
The number of RAF personnel who were embedded in each nation’s military on MPAs from 2010 to 2016, who no longer serve in the British Armed Forces, is set out below:
US 1
Canada 1
Australia 0
New Zealand 1
Asked by: Gerald Howarth (Conservative - Aldershot)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF crews there are embedded in the US military on maritime patrol aircraft duties; how many such crews were so embedded in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015; and how many members of those crews no longer serve in the British Armed Forces.
Answered by Mike Penning
The information is not held in the format requested.
However, the number of RAF personnel embedded with each nation’s military on Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) duties as part of the Seedcorn Initiative and Exchange Officer programme, on 1 April each year, is set out in the table below:
Year | Number of Personnel Embedded | |||
| US | Canada | Australia | New Zealand |
2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
2011 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
2012 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
2013 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
2014 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
2015 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
2016 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
The number of RAF personnel who were embedded in each nation’s military on MPAs from 2010 to 2016, who no longer serve in the British Armed Forces, is set out below:
US 1
Canada 1
Australia 0
New Zealand 1
Asked by: Gerald Howarth (Conservative - Aldershot)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF crews have been embedded in the Canadian military on maritime patrol duties in each year since 2010; and how many of those crew members no longer serve in the UK armed forces.
Answered by Mike Penning
The information is not held in the format requested.
However, the number of RAF personnel embedded with each nation’s military on Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) duties as part of the Seedcorn Initiative and Exchange Officer programme, on 1 April each year, is set out in the table below:
Year | Number of Personnel Embedded | |||
| US | Canada | Australia | New Zealand |
2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
2011 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
2012 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
2013 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
2014 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
2015 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
2016 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
The number of RAF personnel who were embedded in each nation’s military on MPAs from 2010 to 2016, who no longer serve in the British Armed Forces, is set out below:
US 1
Canada 1
Australia 0
New Zealand 1
Asked by: Gerald Howarth (Conservative - Aldershot)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his priorities are for the acquisition of defence equipment over the next two years.
Answered by Philip Dunne
The Strategic Defence and Security Review provided clarity of the Government’s defence equipment priorities not just for the next two years, but for the rest of this Parliament. We have committed to an additional £12 billion for the Equipment Plan to £178 billion over the next 10 years. This includes finalising investment proposals for the next stage of the Successor nuclear deterrent programme and the procurement of a new fleet of nine Boeing P8 Maritime Patrol Aircraft, as we build towards Joint Force 2025.
Asked by: Gerald Howarth (Conservative - Aldershot)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to whom his Department has sold Minley Manor and for what price; how many bidders there were for that site; whether those bidders were asked to improve their offers; when the sale was completed; and what covenants were put in place relating to that sale.
Answered by Anna Soubry
Minley Manor was sold to Strong Property UK Ltd in October 2014. The Minstry of Defence does not release the details of the amount received from any recent sale as to do so would prejudice commercial interests. There were nine bidders for the site, but no bidders were asked to improve their offers due to the fact the sale was by Formal Tender. A copy of the Transfer deed showing the covenants put in place relating to the sale will be placed in the Library of the House.
Asked by: Gerald Howarth (Conservative - Aldershot)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department took to ensure British companies were made aware of the tendering process for the contract to return British military equipment from Afghanistan; and how many British companies tendered for that contract.
Answered by Philip Dunne
The Ministry of Defence is bound by European Union (EU) public procurement directives which demand fair and open competition across the EU for all contracts involving the expenditure of public funds.
Defence Equipment and Support is currently seeking proposals from Industry (under an existing Framework advertised in 2011) to provide an air transport service to move cargo between the UK and Afghanistan in support of Operation Herrick. Within that framework, there are seven companies, which are either UK companies or have offices within the UK, competing for this work.