Written question asked by Mike Penning (Conservative) on Tuesday, 2 May 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 4 May 2006. It was answered by Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 May 2006 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Iraq Service Medal
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 27 February 2006, Official Report, column 20, on Iraq service medal, what the nature is of the qualifications required for contractors to be awarded the Iraq service medal; what the procedure is for awarding the medal; how many further such awards are under review; and if he will list the companies involved.
- Answer
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Ministry of Defence Contractors on Deployed Operations (CONDO) in Iraq are eligible to receive the Ministry of Defence Iraq Medal, provided they meet the stipulated eligibility criteria. Sub-contractors, sub-contractors employed by CONDOs, not directly under contract by the MOD, are ineligible for the award of the MOD Iraq Medal. A list of companies who are MOD CONDOs is set out as follows:"Ably Resource Solutions""AEI""AES""Aldershot Legal Services""Alenia Marconi Systems""Alvis Vickers""AMS Systems""Anteon UK Ltd.""Babcock Naval Services""BAE Integrated System Technologies""Barrett Europe Ltd.""Circuit Electric AS""Corinth Healthcare Services Ltd.""EDS""Fernau Avionics Ltd.""Frontier Medical Services""Fujitsu Services Ltd.""G3 Systems Ltd.""General Dynamics UK Ltd.""Goodrich""Harris Systems Ltd.""Jones and Attwood Ltd.""Kellogg Brown and Root""Kudos (UK) Ltd""L3 Communications""Life Fitness""Lightfoot Refrigeration Company""Lockheed Martin""MAN B&W Diesel Paxman""Marshall SV""McAlpine Business Services Ltd.""Midland Medical Services""Midway Road Tanker Services""MSV""Nowledgepool""Orient Freight Group & Willie Betz Transport""Paradigm Services Ltd.""Park Air Ltd.""PSP Safety Products Ltd.""Quench""Rima Alco""ROFI Industries Ltd.""Rolls-Royce""Royal Surrey Health Trust""Seabulk Offshore""Seafast Logistics""Serco""SFS/3663 (MOD Prime Food Contractor)""SSVC""STN Atlas Electronik""Supreme Food Service""Swire Pacific Offshore""Titan Airways""TSC""Thales Communications""Thales Optronics Ltd.""Turner Facilities Management""Vosper Thornycroft""Wiess"Applications from CONDO personnel are verified against the eligibility criteria by the Ministry of Defence Permanent Joint Headquarters before being sent to the Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency, Ministry of Defence Medal Office, for the medal to be despatched to the recipient.At the end of June 2005, the Prime Minister announced that the Queen had agreed a special medal to recognise service by UK civilians in Iraq. The eligibility criteria for this second Iraq medal is currently being considered by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and will be announced in due course.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 446 c301-3W;446 c301-2W; 68693
- Session
- 2005-06
- Related items
- Subjects
- Iraq Military decorations Reconstruction
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