Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2018 to Question 169313 on military aircraft: storage, (a) how many and (b) what models of aircraft are held in storage.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Aircraft held in storage are part of the Sustainment Fleet which includes aircraft undergoing upgrade or maintenance.
The number of aircraft available varies from day-to-day according to normal fleet management activities.
Figures for fixed and rotary wing aircraft as at 1 October 2018 are given in the table below. They exclude contractor provided aircraft fleets with the exception of Voyager which is included for completeness.
Aircraft | Service | Sustainment Fleet |
Air Seeker (Rivet Joint) | RAF | 0 |
Atlas A400M | RAF | 5 |
Bae 146 | RAF | 0 |
C-17 Globemaster | RAF | 2 |
C-130J Hercules | RAF | 5 |
Hawk T1 | RAF/RN | 44 |
Hawk T2 | RAF | 5 |
Lightning | RAF | 0 |
Sentinel | RAF | 1 |
Sentry | RAF | 1 |
Shadow/King Air 350 | RAF | 0 |
Tornado | RAF | 9 |
Tucano | RAF | 10 |
Typhoon | RAF | 35 |
Voyager | RAF | 2 |
Avenger | Navy | 0 |
Defender | Army | 0 |
Islander AL Mk1 | Army | 0 |
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many aircraft of each (a) model and (b) type owned and operated by the armed forces are in storage.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The number of aircraft available varies from day-to-day according to normal fleet management activities, aircraft held in storage are part of the Sustainment Fleet for undergoing upgrade or maintenance.
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of landmines in Yemen.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The Ministry of Defence does not undertake its own estimates of the number of landmines in Yemen.
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of live land mines laid by the British Army that are present in former war zones.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The Ministry of Defence does not hold this information.
The UK was a founding signatory of the Ottawa Convention banning land mines and a number of UK organisations such as Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and the Halo Trust are at the forefront of global efforts to make the world mine-free.
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to train the security forces of the Yemini Government in landmine disarmament.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The UK is not providing training of any kind to the security forces of the Government of Yemen.
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Brimstone missiles have been sold by the UK to Saudi Arabia.
Answered by Michael Fallon
A quantity of Brimstone missiles were delivered to Saudi Arabia in 2015 in support of the integration of this capability on Royal Saudi Air Force Tornado aircraft.
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of Brimstone missiles used by Saudi Arabia in the conflict on Yemen.
Answered by Michael Fallon
None.
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to meet his Belgian counterpart to discuss the procurement of F-35 Joint Striker Fighters by that country.
Answered by Philip Dunne
The Joint Strike Fighter is a collaborative Programme, and the UK is one of nine Partner Nations. The US Government leads on all aspects of Joint Strike Fighter Foreign Military Sales. The UK has no plans to discuss the procurement of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter with Belgium.
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many black and minority ethnic personnel have served in each regiment of the Army in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Anna Soubry
The number of black and minority ethnic personnel serving in each Regiment of the Army in each of the last 10 years is detailed in the tables below: