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1281W<br />

Written Answers<br />

6 JUNE 2013<br />

Written Answers<br />

1282W<br />

East Asia<br />

Mr Jim Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />

Defence how many defence attaché posts in East Asia<br />

have been closed since May 2010. [158214]<br />

Dr Murrison: The Ministry of Defence has not closed<br />

any Defence Attaché posts in East Asia since May 2010.<br />

Mr Jim Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />

Defence in which East Asian countries the UK has a<br />

defence attaché. [158215]<br />

Dr Murrison: Within east Asia the Ministry of Defence<br />

has defence attachés located in China, Japan and Korea.<br />

The defence attaché for China has non residential<br />

accreditation responsibility for Mongolia.<br />

Mr Jim Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />

Defence what UK capabilities are deployed in East<br />

Asia to protect shipping lanes. [158216]<br />

Dr Murrison: No UK capabilities are routinely deployed<br />

to East Asia to protect shipping lanes.<br />

As part of our commitment to the Five Power Defence<br />

Arrangements (FPDA), the UK may on occasion deploy<br />

military capabilities to the East Asia region. When<br />

deployed, these assets will exercise and operate with our<br />

partners in the region, t<strong>here</strong>by contributing to better<br />

maritime security in the area.<br />

In addition, the Ministry of Defence also funds the<br />

training of our regional partners, both on a bilateral<br />

basis and by holding regional forums, in the responsibilities<br />

and obligations associated with the declaration of Exclusive<br />

Economic Zones (EEZs), as well as the wider application<br />

of the <strong>United</strong> Nations Convention on the Law of the<br />

Sea. The next regional course will be held in the Philippines<br />

in September 2013 and will be attended by delegates<br />

from a number of countries in the region.<br />

Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft<br />

Alison Seabeck: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />

Defence whether a second batch of F-35B Lightning II<br />

aircraft are included in the Single Integrated Capability<br />

Priority list. [157886]<br />

Mr Dunne: Joint Strike Fighter (F-35) is a core funded<br />

programme and is not included in the Single Integrated<br />

Capability Priority list. A decision on F-35 aircraft<br />

numbers will not be made until after the next Strategic<br />

Defence and Security Review in 2015.<br />

Dr Murrison: The UK has the following principal<br />

military agreements and arrangements with countries<br />

in East Asia and the Pacific region:<br />

Japan: A Defence Co-operation MOU, an Agreement on<br />

Defence Exchanges and an Agreement on the Protection of<br />

Classified Information.<br />

Korea: A Mutual Logistics Support Agreement and an Agreement<br />

on the Protection of Classified Information. Additionally, although<br />

not a military bilateral agreement as such, the UK is one of the 16<br />

signatories to the <strong>United</strong> Nations Declaration of 27 July 1953<br />

that ended conflict on the Korean peninsula.<br />

Mongolia: Defence Co-operation MOU.<br />

Indonesia: Defence Co-operation MOU.<br />

Malaysia: Defence Co-operation MOU, an Arrangement on<br />

the Protection of Classified Information and a Status of Forces<br />

Agreement.<br />

Singapore: Research collaboration MOU, an Arrangement on<br />

the Protection of Classified Information, and a Status of Forces<br />

Agreement.<br />

Brunei: Garrison Agreement and a MOU on the Provision of<br />

Personnel of the <strong>United</strong> <strong>Kingdom</strong> Armed Forces to the Royal<br />

Brunei Armed Forces.<br />

Tonga: MOU concerning Command and Control, Training<br />

and related support for the Tonga Defence Services contingents in<br />

Afghanistan.<br />

Vietnam: Defence related co-operation MOU.<br />

New Zealand: Defence Capability and Equipment co-operation<br />

MOU; Exchange Programme LONGLOOK.<br />

Australia: Defence Co-operation Treaty; Australia-UK MOU<br />

on Military Capability Harmonisation and Equipment Cooperation<br />

(AUMICE); Anglo-Australia MOU on Science and Technology<br />

(AAMOST); Mutual Logistics Support Arrangement (MLSA);<br />

Military Geospatial Information and Services MOU (MGIS);<br />

Strategic Policy Partnership, Government Quality Assurance MOU;<br />

American, British, Canadian, Australian Armies Programme (ABCA),<br />

Air and Space Interoperability Council (ASIC); Exchange Programme<br />

LONGLOOK.<br />

In addition, we have a number of multilateral MOUs on<br />

information sharing with Australia and New Zealand.<br />

Along with Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore,<br />

the UK is a signatory to the Five Powers Defence Arrangements,<br />

signed in 1971.<br />

Along with the US, Australia, France, New Zealand, Thailand<br />

and the Philippines, the UK is a signatory to the Manila Pact.<br />

We have no military agreements with China.<br />

Navy: Officers<br />

Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />

Defence how many Royal Navy officers holding the<br />

rank of (a) commodore, (b) rear admiral, (c) vice<br />

admiral and (d) admiral are posted in (i) Scotland, (ii)<br />

Wales, (iii) Northern Ireland and (iv) England. [156776]<br />

Military Alliances<br />

Mr Jim Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />

Defence (1) what military agreements the UK has with<br />

countries in East Asia; [158213]<br />

(2) what military agreements the UK has with (a)<br />

China, (b) Japan, (c) Australia, (d) New Zealand, (e)<br />

South Korea and (f) Vietnam. [158217]<br />

Dr Murrison: Senior military personnel are distributed<br />

across the UK according to military capability requirements,<br />

not on a proportional basis.<br />

The following table sets out the numbers of UK<br />

Regular Royal Navy Officers at the rank of Commodore,<br />

Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral and Admiral, by location<br />

as at 1 April 2013. T<strong>here</strong> are no Naval Service officers in<br />

the rank of Commodore or above permanently based in<br />

Wales or Northern Ireland.

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