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1137341

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Aerospace Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If she will make an assessment of the sustainability of the UK defence aerospace sector.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	911784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK is at the forefront of the defence aerospace industry. The Ministry of Defence is continuing to invest in capability development of aerospace platforms, which will protect highly skilled jobs for many years to come.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s Combat Air Strategy, launched at the 2018 Farnborough International Air Show, sets out a clear way forward for preserving national advantage and choice in how our future Combat Air capability is delivered.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/07/2019 16:31:42 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1137343

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to support the UK defence industry.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	911786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>On the 14 of March, we provided an update to Parliament on our ambitious Defence Prosperity Programme. This includes work to sustain an internationally competitive and productive UK Defence sector and grow exports and inward investment. In the past two years, we have published strategies for Shipbuilding and Combat Air and refreshed our Defence Industrial Policy with a new emphasis on supporting growth and competitiveness.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/07/2019 16:29:27 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1135940

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2019 to Question 264428, what assessment his Department has made of the environmental effect of the use of weapons that have been manufactured and sold by the UK.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	271517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) takes environmental and sustainability issues into account throughout its acquisition process. This extends to the defence industry via contract through Defence Standard 00-051 - Environmental Management Requirements for Defence Systems, and the MOD continues to engage with industry on its approach to sustainable procurement.</p><p>The sale of weapons by the UK is tightly controlled, although any environmental impacts resulting from their use would be the ultimate responsibility of the end user.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 04/07/2019 15:21:27 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

1134817

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ships and submarines of each type are in service in each branch of the armed forces; and where each ship and submarine is based.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	269749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>The following table lists how many ships and submarines of each type are in service in the Royal Navy and where each ship and submarine is based as at 1 June 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Naval Vessels in Service as at 1 June 2019</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Type of Vessel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Based</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aircraft Carrier</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 45 Destroyer</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 23 Frigate</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hunt Class Mine Counter Measure Vessel</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offshore Patrol Vessel – River Class</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inshore Patrol Boat</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offshore Patrol Vessel - Helicopters</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Landing Platform Dock</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 23 Frigate</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ocean Survey Vessel</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Survey Vessel Hydrographic/Oceanographic</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inshore Survey Vessel</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ice Patrol Ship</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ship Submersible Nuclear Trafalgar Class</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>HMNB Clyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandown Class Mine Counter Measure Vessel</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>HMNB Clyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane Patrol Boat Squadron</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>HMNB Clyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ship Submersible Nuclear Astute</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>HMNB Clyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>HMNB Clyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Gibraltar</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fleet Tanker</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Not base ported</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fleet Replenishment Ship</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Not base ported</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Landing Ship Dock</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Not base ported</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Primary Casualty Receiving Ship/Aviation Training Ship</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Not base ported</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>85</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 03/07/2019 14:35:36 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1134827

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the training available to those working in the arms industry.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	269706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The defence sector supports many thousands of highly skilled roles across the UK. Many of our leading defence suppliers have programmes in place to ensure they have the right skills to deliver our defence programmes. Through the Defence Suppliers Forum, the Ministry of Defence maintains a close dialogue with industry to ensure we understand industry's approach to skills, and we are exploring new ways to partner with industry to ensure high levels of skills, knowledge and experience exist across the defence sector.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 04/07/2019 15:17:45 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1134915

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Maritime Patrol Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Poseidon MRA Mk1 (P-8A) will be operational.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	269669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The first UK Poseidon MRA Mk1 (P-8A) is scheduled to arrive in the UK in early 2020 and we expect to have reached initial operating capability during 2020.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/07/2019 12:40:42 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1134918

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Submarines: Decommissioning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps her Department is taking to minimise the time taken to dispose of retired nuclear submarines.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	269672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>An established programme of work is in place to dispose of our decommissioned nuclear submarines as soon as practicable. Good progress has been made and the initial phase of dismantling of the first submarine, SWIFTSURE, has been completed. Work continues on the removal of low level radioactive waste from the second boat, RESOLUTION. We expect to have a fully developed process for steady state disposal ready by 2026. In parallel, we continue to examine techniques and processes that can maximise the efficiency of this work.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 03/07/2019 14:36:37 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1135031

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Iron and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether her Department has had discussions with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the UK Steel charter.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	269724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>Officials from the Ministry of Defence and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have been involved in discussions at desk level regarding our approach to the UK Steel charter.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/07/2019 12:37:03 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1135032

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Iron and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if she will sign her Department up to the UK Steel charter.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	269725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 24 June 2019, to Question 266721 to the hon. Member for Newport East (Jessica Morden).</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/07/2019 12:36:18 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 19 June 2019, UIN 266721.docx title Ministry of Defence: Iron and Steel
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1134469

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Modernisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for the publication of the Defence Technology Framework.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	269007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is planning to publish the Defence Technology Framework in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/07/2019 12:41:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones