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1420721

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken to remove visa fees for non-UK veterans living in Newport West constituency.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	120907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>Last year the Government held a public consultation on the issue of removing visa fees for non-UK Service personnel who wish to remain in the UK at the end of their service. Once collective agreement for the final policy has been secured the Government's response will be published on the Gov.UK website.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 10/02/2022 11:11:37 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1420088

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AUKUS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the AUKUS agreement, whether the submarines will be armed with (a) nuclear capable and (b) non-nuclear capable missiles.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	119821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The first initiative under AUKUS is collaboration on future nuclear-powered submarines for the Royal Australian Navy. A trilateral 18-month programme of work is underway to identify the optimum way to deliver this new capability to the Royal Australian Navy, so it is too early to comment on what conventional armaments the future submarines may carry. However, Australia has been clear that it does not – and will not – seek nuclear weapons.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 10/02/2022 14:32:57 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1420228

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of his responses to Questions 116019 on Afghanistan: British Nationals Abroad and 113243 on British Nationals Abroad: Afghanistan; and what his Department's policy is on answering on behalf of hon. Members from outside his Department.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	119769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my previous answer, which was in line with the Ministerial Code; 'Ministers have a duty to Parliament to account, and be held to account, for the policies, decisions and actions of their departments and agencies.'</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, as Operation Pitting was under MOD command, I have provided a response.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 119770 question first answered 10/02/2022 18:00:29 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1420229

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 31 January and 4 February 2022 to Questions 113243 and 116019 on British Nationals Abroad: Afghanistan, who asked him to respond on behalf of the Prime Minister.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	119770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my previous answer, which was in line with the Ministerial Code; 'Ministers have a duty to Parliament to account, and be held to account, for the policies, decisions and actions of their departments and agencies.'</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, as Operation Pitting was under MOD command, I have provided a response.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 119769 question first answered 10/02/2022 18:00:29 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1420352

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Vietnam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he visited the historic battlefield of Dien Bien Phu during his visit to Vietnam from 21-23 July 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	119453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>I did not visit the Dien Bien Phu battlefield, or any other battlefield in Vietnam.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/02/2022 17:59:50 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1420353

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: USA
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 4 February 2022 to Question 114676, whether the amount of £23,651.51 published in his declaration of ministerial travel on 27 January was for the cost of hiring RAF Voyager ZZ335 between 11 and 23 July 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	119454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>This cost does not relate to the cost of hiring of RAF Voyager, as the Voyager is an RAF asset the visit accrued no hire charges to the Ministry of Defence, only costs relating personnel costs and allowances.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/02/2022 17:58:53 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1420354

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Visits Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his declaration of ministerial travel published on 27 January, whether the total cost to the public purse of his overseas accommodation, meals, visas and other expenses excluding travel between 11 and 23 July 2021 was £1,766.68; and if he will publish an itemised breakdown of those costs.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	119455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>Ministerial expenses and hospitality associated with business trips are reported and broken down as part of its transparency disclosures available on gov.uk. I can confirm the <del class="ministerial">£1,766.68</del> <ins class="ministerial">£6,687.68</ins> figure was for accommodation, meals, visas and other expenses excluding travel between 11 and 23 July 2021</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/02/2022 17:59:09 question first ministerially corrected 16/03/2022 09:01:03 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 50510 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1420400

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 193 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, what the £3.581 million MAB Asset Under Construction Write-off refers to.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	119408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>Within the Ministry of Defence's Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, an entry has been included as an advanced notification valued at £3.581 million.</p><p> </p><p>Advanced Notifications are cases where formal sign-off cannot take place until all the work necessary to establish the validity and the exact amount of the loss has been concluded. The value of an advance notification is the best estimate and may change once the case is finally closed, which will be separately reported in a future Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p>While the specific details of this case, other than the fact that it is MAB related, cannot be released for security purposes the write-offs reflect a number of projects which when scrutinised should have been more properly accounted for as operational expenditure rather than the creation of a capital asset.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department is completing final checks on this balance before the final write off value is confirmed and will identify and apply any appropriate lessons learnt.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 10/02/2022 16:04:47 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1420489

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether service personnel living on base will be able to access financial relief equivalent to the £150 council tax rebate for band A-D properties via a reduction to the Charge in Lieu of Council Tax (CILOR) taken directly from their salary.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	119540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) recognises that Service personnel and families living in Service Accommodation will want to understand if the Council Tax rebate announced by the Chancellor on 3 February 2022, to help with the cost of living following a rise in the energy price cap, will apply to their Contribution in Lieu of Council Tax (CILOCT). The MOD is committed to ensuring that Service personnel are not disadvantaged because of their Service and is working to explore options for calculation and implementation of a potential rebate to Service personnel and families in Service Accommodation, in partnership with Local Authorities. An announcement on a decision will be made shortly.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 10/02/2022 16:46:23 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1420493

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Nowzad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the evacuation of Nowzad cost the Government in expenditure of time and money.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	119438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Defence was clear that the Ministry of Defence did not evacuate Nowzad. No costs were incurred in the limited support provided to Nowzad to secure the required permissions for the charter aircraft to land, and enable safe passage through the airport.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 10/02/2022 11:04:14 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant