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Written Question
Israel: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Monday 17th July 2023

Asked by: Gareth Bacon (Conservative - Orpington)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Israel on the security impact of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Answered by James Heappey

The Secretary of State for Defence has engaged with the Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on a range of issues.


Written Question
Ukraine: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Monday 17th July 2023

Asked by: Gareth Bacon (Conservative - Orpington)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Ukraine on the security impact of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Answered by James Heappey

The Secretary of State for Defence regularly holds discussions with Defence Minister Reznikov on a range of issues.


Written Question
Ministry of Defence: Social Clubs
Monday 23rd May 2022

Asked by: Gareth Bacon (Conservative - Orpington)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 8 March 2022 to Question 132396 on civil service staff networks, what recognised staff groups have been running in his Department over the last three years.

Answered by James Heappey

The requested information is not held centrally or in the format requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.


Written Question
Ministry of Defence: Social Clubs
Monday 23rd May 2022

Asked by: Gareth Bacon (Conservative - Orpington)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 8 March 2022 to Question 132396 on civil service staff networks, what information he holds on (a) FTE staff time and (b) budgets available to recognised staff groups within his Department in each of the last three years.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

The requested information is not held centrally or in the format requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.


Written Question
Armed Forces: Housing
Thursday 10th March 2022

Asked by: Gareth Bacon (Conservative - Orpington)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the capacity (a) was in 2014 and (b) is of service family accommodation in the London Borough of Bromley local authority area.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

On 1 January 2014 there were 43 Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties in the London Borough of Bromley area. As of 1 March 2022 there are 35 SFA properties.


Written Question
Ministry of Defence: Social Clubs
Tuesday 8th March 2022

Asked by: Gareth Bacon (Conservative - Orpington)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a list of (a) professional staff networks and (b) social clubs operating within his Department; and if he will provide the (i) budgets and (ii) FTE staff time allocated to each group within each of the last three years.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

This information is not held in the format requested.