Brian Leishman MP: written questions 2025
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Offshore Industry: SafetyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the oil and gas industry on the effectiveness of the industry's processes for developing safety standards for offshore oil and gas workers.
Answer: Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: SafetyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the oil and gas industry on the effectiveness of the industry's checks for valid safety certification among prospective offshore workers.
Answer: Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInternational Humanitarian LawForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2025 to Question 52683 on International Humanitarian Law, what the name is of the third-party contractor providing information and analysis t
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office provides funding for the Centre for Information Resilience (CIR), an independent not for profit organisation that specialises in using open-source methodologies to verify digital content (e.g. footage, imag...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: SurveillanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has (a) lost, (b) deleted and (c) otherwise destroyed any surveillance footage taken by Royal Air Force planes over Gaza since December 2023.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 57027, and reiterate that I cannot comment on detailed intelligence matters nor disclose details of Ministry of Defence internal policies for the storage and retention of operational intelligence.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: SurveillanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57027More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what process his Department has for (a) storing and (b) otherwise retaining surveillance footage taken by Royal Air Force planes over Gaza since December 2023.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence has policies and protocols which provide direction for the storage and retention of operational intelligence. I am unable to comment further due to operational security.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Written QuestionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57026More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to Question 52090 tabled by the honourable Member for Alloa and Grangemouth on 13 May 2025.
Answer: I am unable to release this information due to operational security.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Written QuestionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to Question 52089 tabled by the honourable Member for Alloa and Grangemouth on 13 May 2025.
Answer: I am unable to release this information due to operational security.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: F-35 AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2024 to Question 15836 on Israel: F-35 Aircraft, how many F-35 components were sent from RAF Marham to Israel between January 2022 and October 2023; and when each component w
Answer: I am unable to release this information due to operational security.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: F-35 AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2024 to Question 15836 on Israel: F-35 Aircraft, when F-35 components were sent from RAF Marham to Israel between October 2023 and
Answer: I am unable to release this information due to operational security.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Royal Air Force stopped airdropping aid to Gaza; whether he has had recent discussions with his Israeli counterpart on this issue; if he will make it his policy to restart airdropping aid to G
Answer: Humanitarian aid should never be contingent on a ceasefire or used as a political tool. On 13 May 2025, along with European partners, the UK convened a UN Security Council meeting to call for Israel to lift its block on aid into Gaza. We will continue to ...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArms Trade: IsraelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many arms export licences to Israel were approved and subsequently (a) adjusted and (b) rejected between September and December 2024.
Answer: On 2 September, the Government announced the suspension of certain export licences to Israel, related to items for use in military operations in Gaza. New licence applications for such items were also refused on the same basis following this decision.Deta...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Richard KnightonMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the purpose was of Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton’s visit to Israel between 9 and 11 January 2024.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 21 January 2025 to Question 24182.
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when an Israeli Air Force aircraft last landed at an RAF station in the UK; and what its purpose was.
Answer: For operational security reasons and as a matter of policy, the Ministry of Defence will neither confirm, deny, nor comment on any foreign nations’ military aircraft movement or operations within UK airspace or UK overseas bases, whether they may or may n...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: IsraelMinistry of DefenceTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42829More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2025 to Question 36262 on Ministry of Defence: Israel, what the purpose of the meeting was; and who the senior British official was who attended.
Answer: The Israeli Air Force delegation, led by their Head of Personnel Division, visited Ministry of Defence Main Building to meet and receive a briefing from the Defence Human Resources Transformation Team, as part of their visit to the UK focussing on HR and ...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Elbit SystemsHome OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41686More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons officials in her Department met with Elbit Systems on 16 December 2024.
Answer: Officials met with Elbit Systems with regards to the UK Coastal Radar Data Integrator procurement. Content of these meetings are commercially sensitive.
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSri Lanka: Military AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reasons his Department took seven years to respond to freedom of information request entitled FCO 37/3979 Training of the Sri Lankan military in the UK.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) received a request for access to information held on file reference FCO 37/3979 in June 2018. A response was issued four months later in October 2018. The material in question is subject to ongoing l...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: DefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the purpose is of Project HEZUK; and whether that project (a) is ongoing or (b) has been discontinued.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence has a number of active and retired project names, I will not comment further for security reasons.
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPalestine ActionHome OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had meetings to discuss Palestine Action since July 2024.
Answer: Home Office ministers regularly meet with officials to discuss the safety and security of the public.
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRadar: ProcurementHome OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which company was awarded the contract for Coastal Radar Data Integration, advertised on 26 September 2023.
Answer: No contract was awarded as result of the notice posted on 26 September 2023.During the tendering process the Authority made the decision that the procurement would not achieve the requirement outcome and ended the procurement. The Authority is now in the ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Elbit SystemsHome OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason Ministers in her Department met with Elbit Systems on 16 December 2024.
Answer: No ministers have met Elbit Systems on 16th December 2024.
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Depleted UraniumMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the UK last supplied Ukraine with tank shells containing depleted uranium.
Answer: We have sent thousands of rounds of Challenger 2 ammunition to Ukraine, including depleted uranium armour-piercing rounds. For operational security reasons, we will not comment on Ukrainian usage rates for the rounds provided.
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Depleted UraniumMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK-supplied Challenger tanks being deployed by Ukraine in the Kursk region of Russia are equipped with shells containing depleted uranium.
Answer: We have sent thousands of rounds of Challenger 2 ammunition to Ukraine, including depleted uranium armour-piercing rounds. For operational security reasons, we will not comment on Ukrainian usage rates for the rounds provided.
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: IsraelMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 29341 on Ministry of Defence: Israel, which Israeli officials visited his Department on 5 February 2025.
Answer: Brigadier General Yaval Harel, Israeli Air Force Head of Personnel Division, led an Israeli Air Force delegation of nine personnel as part of a three-day HR-focussed visit to the UK.
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPalestinians: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36261More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where his Department has recently published information about the British Support Team Ramallah.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence has not published information about the British Support Team in Ramallah.
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPalestinians: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) purpose, (b) strength and (c) budget is of the British Support Team in Ramallah.
Answer: As part of our commitment to stability in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the UK provides the Palestinian Authority with professional support in helping develop capable and responsible security institutions that respect human rights and a...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
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