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To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was spent on the wars in Iraq; and how much has been spent subsequently on assisting (1) translators who helped the UK during the wars, and (2) refugees from Iraq displaced by the wars to settle in the UK.

Asked by

Lord Jones of Cheltenham (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 October 2020

Reference

HL8318

House

House of Lords

Trade Agreements

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made on new trade deals with (1) Argentina, (2) Ukraine, (3) Algeria, (4) Uganda, and (5) Iraq; how many visits to those countries have been made since 23 June 2016 by ministers and officials of the Department for International Trade; and what...

Asked by

Lord Jones of Cheltenham (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for International Trade

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

18 July 2018

For answer on

1 August 2018

Answered on

2 August 2018

The United Kingdom cannot negotiate its own trade agreements while it is still a member of the European Union. The UK remains committed to supporting ongoing EU negotiations with third countries and will remain a strong advocate for free trade.

As the UK leaves the EU, the Government is seeking to ensure continuity for our existing EU trade agreements, including those with: Algeria, Colombia, Egypt, Mexico, South Africa (as part of the Southern African Development Community Economic Partnership Agreement), South Korea and Ukraine, as well as with Vietnam once the EU-Vietnam free trade agreement has been ratified.

The UK continues to support the implementation of the EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the East Africa Community (EAC), including Kenya. If all EAC partners find a way to sign the EPA, the UK will also seek to replicate the effects of this agreement before we leave the EU.

The Government is talking with a range of key trade partners to explore the best ways of delivering our priorities for our trade and investment relationships. These include working groups with Colombia, Mexico, South Korea and Turkey, and commercial dialogues with Argentina and Thailand.

We have introduced legislation which enables the UK to put in place a trade preference scheme for developing countries which will, as a minimum, provide the same level of access as the EU’s scheme. Ethiopia, the Philippines, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burma, Tanzania and Uganda are currently beneficiaries of the EU scheme.

The Department for International Trade (DIT) is working with all the listed countries on promoting trade and investment relationships, including through our overseas network of embassies and High Commissions. The number of visits to these countries by Ministers from DIT are given in the tables below. DIT’s Permanent Secretary (Antonia Romeo) and Second Permanent Secretary (Crawford Falconer) have not visited these countries in the period specified. Visits to these countries by other DIT officials is not recorded centrally.

Country	Total visits (23 June 2016 – present)
Mexico	3
Ethiopia	1
Philippines	1
Egypt	1
Vietnam	2

DRC	0
Iran	0
Turkey	3
Thailand	3
Burma	1

South Africa	3
Tanzania	0
South Korea	3
Colombia	2
Kenya	1

Argentina	2
Ukraine	0
Algeria	0
Uganda	1
Iraq	0

Details of expenditure for DIT Ministerial travel overseas is published on the Gov.uk website on a quarterly basis: www.gov.uk/government/publications/dit-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel-january-to-march-2018.

Date

2 August 2018

Reference

HL9650

House

House of Lords

Private Military Companies

To ask Her Majesty's Government what use they make of private military companies in operations in countries where United Kingdom forces are deployed; and what is the chain of command in respect to the use of such companies.

Asked by

Lord Jones of Cheltenham (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 May 2009

Reference

3101; 710 c106WA

House

House of Lords

Iraq and Afghanistan: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

What steps they are taking to provide assistance to Armed Forces personnel suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental conditions as a result of service in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Asked by

Lord Jones of Cheltenham (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Answered on

5 July 2006

The MoD recognises post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a serious and disabling condition, but one which can be treated. We attach a high priority to increasing awareness of stress-related disorders, and to their diagnosis and treatment. Teaching and training service personnel about operational stress and its management starts at the time of entry into the services and continues through their career. We have put in place measures to increase awareness at all levels and to militate against the development of PTSD and other stress-related disorders occurring among service personnel. These include pre- and post-deployment briefing and the availability of support, assessment and, if required, treatment, both during and after deployments. This is available to all personnel, whether regular or mobilised reservist. During their pre-deployment medical, while deployed or during the post-deployment normalisation period, all personnel including reservists can identify themselves to any medical officer or their chain of command if they believe they are suffering from any mental health condition. It is our policy that no stigma should be attached to this. Diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, including PTSD, is then performed by fully trained and accredited mental health staff. Mental health professionals (psychiatrists and/or mental health nurses) are part of the deployed medical team on all significant operational deployments. This team will continue the educational process during the operational tour and will also brief the chain of command about operational mental health issues that are detected. Individuals might be referred to the team for assessment and management—the therapeutic options will include psychological treatments, the use of medication, or aeromedical evacuation of the individual out of theatre back to further care at their home base. After deployment, it is policy to offer individuals a further briefing prior to returning to their home base, using a variety of media materials. Efforts are also made to arrange a ““decompression period”” during which service men can begin mentally and physically to unwind after their operational tour while having time to talk to colleagues and superiors about their experiences. Such a decompression phase appears to help the return to the non-operational environment. Returning personnel are also offered a presentation and issued with leaflets to alert them to the possible after-effects of the operational deployment. Once back at their home base, community-based mental healthcare is available to every military unit via our 15 departments of community mental health (DCMH) across the UK plus satellite centres overseas. DCMH teams comprise psychiatrists and mental health nurses, with access to clinical psychologists and mental health social workers. The aim is to see referred individuals at their unit medical centre and, with the patient's permission, to engage with GPs and the patient's chain of command to help manage any mental health problems identified. The full range of psychiatric and psychological treatments are available, including medication, psychological therapies and environmental adjustment, where appropriate. Inpatient care, when necessary, is provided in psychiatric units belonging to the Priory Group. Close liaison is maintained between DCMHs and the Priory units to ensure that all service elements relating to an inpatient’s care and management are addressed. Should it be decided, after a patient has been assessed and managed as effectively as possible, that he/she will not be able to continue serving in the Armed Forces and will therefore need to be medically discharged, every effort is made to ensure a seamless transfer back to civilian life. The MoD liaises with the individual's future civilian GP and any NHS consultant that he or she might need to see. Individuals are referred to the defence mental health social workers, who offer the individual significant help in rehabilitating them back to civilian life, with advice on resettlement, medical issues, pensions, housing, employment etc. Service personnel are also made aware of the services offered by ex-service men’s organisations such as the Royal British Legion and the specialist mental health charity Combat Stress. Upon leaving the Armed Forces, or on demobilisation for reservists, it is the long-established practice that responsibility for medical care passes to the NHS, and for the majority of veterans their health needs will be met by current NHS provisions. However, the MoD has work in hand to ensure that there is a coherent response to veterans’ mental health issues, co-ordinating inputs from the NHS, health departments throughout the UK, the services and ex-service men’s organisations, including the charity Combat Stress. Indeed, for treatments not available under the NHS, the Government fund courses of care at Combat Stress facilities, which last year cost £2.8 million, for those whose condition is due to service and for whom this is an appropriate course. In support of these developments, the MoD is also working on further initiatives relating, for example, to the prevention and management of problems arising out of operational stress and to the need to address issues of stigma and discrimination. With respect to the department's responsibility for veterans in particular, we have work in hand to ensure that service leavers can recognise the signs of stress and know where to go for help, using suitable magazine-style material. The MoD recently announced a new mental healthcare initiative for recently demobilised reservists, which will include a dedicated mental health assessment by appropriately qualified members of the Defence Medical Services (DMS). If individuals are then assessed as having a mental health problem that is categorised primarily as PTSD or a related traumatic adjustment disorder that is linked to their mobilised service, they will be offered outpatient treatment by the DMS. In instances where the assessment identifies cases that fall outside these parameters, such as complex multi-disorder diagnoses or acute cases requiring inpatient care, the DMS will refer them to the appropriate NHS provider, as well as encouraging contact with the relevant welfare organisations to ensure follow-up. Details of the programme will be confirmed later this year, including the location(s) at which the assessments will be provided, and the date on which the service will commence.

Date

5 July 2006

Reference

684 c48-51WA; 6421

House

House of Lords

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the (a) type and (b) value of export contracts to the Iraqi Ministry of Defence for each year since 1979; and if she will list those contracts which were supported by export credits....

Asked by

Lord Jones of Cheltenham (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

13 January 2004

For answer on

23 March 2004

Answered on

23 March 2004

Mr. Nigel Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the (a) type and (b) value of export contracts to the Iraqi Ministry of Defence for each year since 1979; and if she will list those contracts which were supported by export credits. [148539] Ms Hewitt: I apologise for the delay in responding to this question. This Department does not keep records of contracts to the Iraqi Ministry of Defence. From records available, the contracts with Iraqi defence ministries which were supported by ECGD's Project Group during this period were as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Type £ million 1986 Radio Communications Equipment 26.4 1986 Vehicle-mounted aircraft ground power 1.6 units 1986 Radio Communications Equipment 9.7 1986 Radio Communications Equipment 5.5 1986 Radio Communications Equipment 0.7 1986 Radars 0.9 1987 Vehicle-mounted aircraft ground power 4.2 units 1997 Motor Generator Units 0.9 1988 HF Receiving Stations 0.2 1988 Scanning Electron Microscope 0.1 1989 Aircraft Ground support air conditioning 2.9 system _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Additionally during this period ECGD's Insurance Services Group--privatised in 1991--provided credit insurance cover for a number of contracts with Iraqi defence ministries on cash or short terms of payment. From the partial records available at the time of Lord Justice Scott's Inquiry (comprehensive records were only available from 1987), ECGD was able to document having approved over £220 million of credit limits in respect of business on such terms with Iraqi defence ministries, but corresponding records of the amount of business actually transacted against these limits were not available. ECGD did not require to be advised of the types of goods supported under these short term policies although it was a condition of cover that an export licence be obtained by the exporter where this was required. This information was made available by ECGD to Lord Justice Scott at the time of his Inquiry.

Date

23 March 2004

Reference

419 c729-30W;419 c731-2W; 148539

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list for each of the last 20 years the (a) contracts with, (b) materials involved in and (c) value of trade deals with Iraq agreed with the support of the Export Credit Guarantee Department for which payment...

Asked by

Lord Jones of Cheltenham (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

138914; 413 c1429W;413 c1425W

House

House of Commons

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