§ Mr. KeetchTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the shortfalls identified by the Helsinki Process Catalogue and the actions being undertaken to remedy them; and if he will make a statement. [86615]
§ Mr. HoonEuropean Union members have so far met 104 of the 144 capability targets in the Helsinki Headline Catalogue. The shortfalls are:
- Air to Air Refuelling
- Attack Helicopter
- BDA (operational level)
- Carrier Based Air Power
- Civil Military Co-operation
- Combat Search and Rescue
- Cruise Missiles and Precision Guided Munitions
- Deployable Communication Modules
- Early Warning and Distant Detection Strategic Level
- General Cargo Aircraft
- General Cargo Shipping
- General Maintenance Engineering
- General Support Engineering
- General Support Logistics
- Headquarters (OHQ, FHQ, CCHQ) and Augmentees
- Light Infantry Brigade HQ and Augmentees
- Light/medium Armoured Companies
- Maritime Medical Evacuation Units
- Medical Collective Protection Role 3
- Medical Role 3
- Military Intelligence Units
- Military Police
- Multinational Joint Logistic Centre and Augmentees
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- Out Sized Transport Aircraft
- Press Info Group
- PSYOPS
- Recovery/Maintenance
- RO-RO
- Special Operational Forces
- Strategic ISR IMINT Collection
- Strategic ISR SIGINT Collection
- Support Helicopters
- Suppression of Enemy Air Defence
- Surveillance and Target Acquisition/Unmanned Air Vehicles
- Surveillance and Target Acquisition Units
- Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence.
- Theatre Surveillance and Reconnaissance and Air Picture
- Theatre Surveillance and Reconnaissance and Ground Picture
- Transport Units.
Key Acronym Explanation BDA Battle Damage Assessment CCHQ Component Command Headquarters FHQ Force Headquarters HQ Headquarters IMINT Imagery Intelligence ISR Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance MN Multinational NBC Nuclear Biological Chemical OHQ Operation Headquarters PSYOPS Psychological Operations RO-RO Roll On-Roll Off SIGINT Signal Intelligence Work is under way to address the remaining targets through the European Capabilities Action Plan (ECAP). About half of these are regarded as significant. ECAP has made steady progress, with 18 multinational panels of experts so far launched, covering 21 shortfalls. The panels will report in March 2003.