Mike Penning: The order of battle and current locations of units in 12th (Armoured Infantry) Brigade is set out below: Unit Location HQ 12th (Armoured Infantry) Brigade Bulford Garrison The Kings Royal Hussars Tidworth Garrison The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeth’s Own) Catterick Garrison 1st Battalion Scots Guards Aldershot Garrison 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment Tidworth...

Mike Penning: Russian maritime operations are closely monitored. According to Russian doctrine, the purpose of Russian naval activity is to conduct routine operations in support of their national interests, which Russia sees as including surveillance of UK and NATO maritime operations. The general trend of Russian naval activity has been to increase, year on year, since a post-cold war low point around...

Mike Penning: There are no current plans to change the order of battle of the Royal Marines.

Mike Penning: The RAF is rightly proud of its connections with the MacRobert family. Whilst there are no plans to name a Typhoon as "MacRobert Spirit - Not For Self But For Country", the RAF will be naming a 6 Squadron Typhoon "Sir Roderic" after one of Lady MacRobert's fallen sons who served with the Squadron.

Mike Penning: Further to my answer of 20 April 2017 to question 70281 I can confirm that there are no plans to grant posthumous awards to non-service personnel as part of the RAF's 100th anniversary commemorations.

Mike Penning: Following the conclusion of the Baha Mousa Inquiry, the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT) were directed by the then Secretary of State to reinvestigate his death. The investigation into the death of Baha Mousa remains ongoing. This is a criminal investigation and it would be inappropriate to provide any further details. The death of Tariq Sabri al-Fahdawi (also known as Tariq Sabri...

Mike Penning: The figures to answer the hon. Member's questions are still being compiled and I will write to him when the information is available.

Mike Penning: I am withholding the information as its disclosure would prejudice commercial interests.

Mike Penning: Over the last year, the Royal Navy has continued to meet all their standing commitments, delivering a strong presence at home and globally in protecting our national interests. These include: Continuous at Sea Deterrent; Fleet Ready Escort; Towed Array Patrol Ship; marine enforcement; mine countermeasures support; Atlantic Patrol Tasking North and South; Gibraltar Squadron; operations East of...

Mike Penning: The United Kingdom did not participate in the Royal Australian Navy exercise Ocean Explorer.