44194 – Armed Forces: Private Education (Answered)

Rachel Reeves To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent by his Department on private school fees for children whose parents are stationed (a) in the UK and (b) overseas in the last financial year. Mark Lancaster Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA) was reviewed as part of the Strategic Defence and ...

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43478 – Apache AH-64 Helicopter (Answered)

Mark Menzies To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department has not negotiated a workshare component in its contract to buy Apache helicopters off-the-shelf from Boeing in the US. Harriett Baldwin We are buying our new Apache AH-64E helicopters through a Foreign Military Sale with the United States Government. This ...

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43690 – Frigates (Answered)

Mr Kevan Jones To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps is he taking to ensure that the General Purpose Frigate programme leverages the wider supply chain built up for the Queen Elizabeth-class carrier programme and takes advantage of skills in design, engineering, manufacturing, integration, and assurance resident outside BAE Systems. Harriett Baldwin ...

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45010 – Middle East: Unmanned Air Vehicles (Answered)

Richard Burden To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the rate of UK Reaper drone strikes in Iraq and Syria by month since the mission was launched; and if he will make a statement. Mike Penning The number of RAF Reaper strikes in Iraq and Syria since November 2014 is ...

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44890 – Armed Forces: Germany (Answered)

Clive Lewis To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving personnel will return from Germany as part of the planned rebasing in each year to 2020. Mike Penning The number of serving personnel that will return from Germany as part of the planned rebasing in each year to 2020 is shown below. ...

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43647 – Islamic State: Military Intervention (Answered)

Clive Lewis To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many sorties flown by RAF aircraft engaged on Operation SHADER in Syria and Iraq have (a) Brimstone missiles, (b) Hellfire missiles and (c) Paveway guided bombs been released; and how many of each such weapon type have been released in Syria and Iraq ...

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43676 – Military Aircraft (Answered)

Mr Kevan Jones To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) refurbishment of and (b) operations by the Command Support Air Transport Fleet in each of the last 12 months. Harriett Baldwin The Command Support Air Transport (CSAT) fleet managed by 32 (The Royal) Squadron comprises four BAe ...

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