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Written Question
Ministry of Defence: Equal Pay
Monday 22nd May 2023

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if their Department will publish an Ethnicity Pay Gap Report for financial year 2023-24 in line with the Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting guidance for employers published on 17 April 2023.

Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)

As part of the Ministry of Defence Race Action Plan, Defence has committed to produce ethnicity pay gap reports, for both Defence Civil Servants and members of the Armed Forces. A report for the 2023-24 period will be produced in due course, following the end of that financial year.


Written Question
Ministry of Defence: Re-employment
Monday 19th July 2021

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 27 April 2021, Official Report, column 86WH, on the Government's policy on the inappropriate use by some employers of fire and rehire as a negotiation tactic, what steps their Department has taken to (a) investigate and (b) discourage the use of fire and rehire negotiation tactics by their Department's executive non-departmental public bodies; and what steps they have taken to communicate the Government's policy on those practices to those bodies.

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

The Government has been very clear that threatening fire and rehire as a negotiating tactic is completely unacceptable. MOD always expect employers to treat employees fairly and in the spirit of partnership working with trade unions, where relevant, constructively. The Department is confident that MOD’s non-departmental public bodies (NDPB) are aware of the Government’s position on this matter.

The Department works constructively with each of the NDPBs we have responsibility for, and this includes when it comes to workforce management matters, however each is ultimately responsible for the management of their staff.

The relationship between the MOD NDPBs and the department, is established through their Framework Documents. Managing Public Money sets out that each of the boards of the MOD NDPBs have a responsibility towards its staff for the recruitment, retention and motivation of its staff.


Written Question
Burma: Military Aid
Monday 16th October 2017

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what requirements his Department has set for the re-establishment of military assistance provided by the UK to Myanmar.

Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton

The Secretary of State took the decision to suspend our educational training courses provided to the Burmese military on 19 September, in light of the ongoing violence in Burma's Rakhine State, the growing humanitarian crisis it has caused, and our deep concern about the human rights abuses that are taking place.

The UN Security Council has made clear that the Burmese must take immediate steps to stop the violence in Rakhine, to allow full access for humanitarian aid, resolve the refugee problem, ensure the protection of all civilians, and to implement the Rakhine Advisory Commission recommendations.

We will continue to monitor the situation closely and to press the Government and Armed Forces of Burma to implement the steps outlined by the UNSC. Only when these issues are satisfactorily resolved will we consider reinstating our educational courses.


Written Question
Afghanistan: Military Aircraft
Tuesday 6th December 2016

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK military aircraft have operated in the Kunduz province of Afghanistan since September 2016.

Answered by Mike Penning

No UK military aircraft have operated in the Kunduz province of Afghanistan since September 2016.


Written Question
Afghanistan: Armed Conflict
Tuesday 6th December 2016

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many NATO airstrikes took place in Afghanistan on 2 and 3 November 2016.

Answered by Mike Penning

NATO does not conduct airstrikes in Afghanistan.


Written Question
Burma: Armed Forces
Thursday 14th January 2016

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on whether any members of the Burmese army who have received training from the Government have been involved in military offensives in which war crimes have allegedly been committed against civilians.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons

We do not provide combat training to the Burmese army. We do provide educational training which in 2015 included the Managing Defence in a Wider Security Context and Strategic Leadership Programmes, both delivered by the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom in partnership with Cranfield University. In addition, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst delivered a Psychology of Leadership programme in Burma, and we have also provided English Language Training. We hold no information on whether any specific members of the Burmese Army who have received training from the UK have been involved in offensives in which war crimes may have been allegedly committed.


Written Question
Middle East: Armed Conflict
Monday 14th September 2015

Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the missions flown by the RAF in Iraq and Syria to date have been (a) combat missions where weapons have not been fired, (b) combat missions where weapons have been fired, (c) for reconnaissance, (d) for aid on supply drops and (e) for other reasons.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons

RAF Aircraft have been operating in support of coalition operations to degrade and defeat ISIL since August 2014. In that time 1,315 Tornado GR4 and Reaper Remotely Pilot Air System (RPAS) missions have been flown. Of these, 247 involved weapons releases. All of the Reaper RPAS missions will have included some element of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). On all missions Tornado GR4s are flown fitted for a dual strike and ISR role, however, a specialist ISR pod was fitted on 124 missions. As of the 6 September 2015, other UK air assets have conducted 485 dedicated ISR missions.

From the outset, the UK has also committed various RAF aircraft to Coalition operations in an enabling role, including air-to-air refuelling, command and control and logistic transport. The number of such aircraft has fluctuated considerably throughout the operation and they conduct missions on an almost daily basis.

The Department of International Development is responsible for the provision of humanitarian aid to Iraq and has so far delivered £39.5 million of aid since the start of the conflict. The RAF has not participated in humanitarian aid drops since the summer of 2014 when they conducted seven air drops to the besieged Yazidi community on Mount Sinjar and a further two air drops to trapped groups in Amerli, delivering nearly 100 tonnes of life-saving humanitarian supplies.